I have a cover and a publishing date for my upcoming novella! In my excitement, I neglected to post it here, but better late than never.
George and Frances Roll the Dice will release in E-book and Audio on April 1st!
This novella is for everyone who wanted this sleuthing couple to have a honeymoon. I wanted it too, but one book tends to lead me to the next and none of them allowed Frances and George to get away on their own. Then while writing book eight, I kept referring to a mythical honeymoon at the seaside in Deauville that they’d just returned from, and I realized that was my opportunity. The book had to fall between books seven and eight. And it would have to be short, or I’d never have time to write it. So, it became a novella—a book seven and a half.
While on their honeymoon, George and Frances find out that the French seaside is a fetching place for pleasure, business, and murder!
Frances and George arrive in Deauville by the sea to enjoy a long-awaited honeymoon. It’s also an opportunity for George to inspect a villa inherited by his ward and arrange for its sale. To the Hazeltons’ surprise, they find it inhabited by wealthy revelers playing an illegal game of Hazard—forbidden fun, hosted by Albert Roth, a charismatic professional gambler who has a lease and no desire to vacate.
The discovery doesn’t sit well with Frances and George. Especially since Albert also fixes horse races and polo matches and is said to pay off authorities who turn a blind eye to his criminal endeavors. But not anymore. The Hazeltons plan to break up the party. Yet the game abruptly changes when a popular British polo player who claims to have lost a fortune to Albert is found murdered in the villa’s salon.
Now Frances and George have to do more than prove ownership of the valuable Normandy coast property. They have to find a killer. They’re sure all roads lead to Albert. But in a world of bribery, loansharking, corruption, and high society risks, nothing is what it seems. And for the Hazeltons, the stakes are getting higher.
George and Frances Roll the Dice is available for preorder wherever you buy Ebooks. Audio books will be available 4/1/25.
