{"id":24845,"date":"2025-08-19T20:32:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T00:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24845"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:31:53","slug":"george-and-frances-roll-the-dice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24845","title":{"rendered":"George and Frances Roll the Dice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/george-and-frances-roll-the-dice\"><em>George and Frances Roll the Dice<\/em><\/a> (2025) <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/Freeman_Dianne.php\">Dianne Freeman<\/a> (Countess of Harleigh #7.5)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/George-and-Frances-Roll-the-Dice.jpg?resize=190%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"George and Frances Roll the Dice\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/George-and-Frances-Roll-the-Dice.jpg?w=633&amp;ssl=1 633w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/George-and-Frances-Roll-the-Dice.jpg?resize=190%2C300&amp;ssl=1 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/>Set in Paris in 1900<\/p>\n<p>George and Frances ended up not having a honeymoon after their wedding, so the three girls in their lives (Rose, Lisette, Christine) decide to arrange one for them, which is how they end up in Deauville looking at the villa Lisette and Christine inherited.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, they find the villa inhabited&#8211;by a gambling den.<\/p>\n<p>This story is an interlude that allows George and Frances to have their honeymoon with a small mystery for them to solve.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Characters<\/strong>: Frances Hazelton, George Hazelton, Jake Grover, Percy Bradmore, Annabelle Howard, Mark Howard, Lisette, Rose, Christine, Albert Roth, Richard Darby, Etienne Clement, Jeanne Clement, Monsieur Felix Lavigne<\/p>\n<p>Cover art by Sarah Gibb<\/p>\n<p>Publisher: Lyrical Press<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George and Frances Roll the Dice (2025) Dianne Freeman (Countess of Harleigh #7.5) Set in Paris in 1900 George and Frances ended up not having a honeymoon after their wedding, so the three girls in their lives (Rose, Lisette, Christine) decide to arrange one for them, which is how they end up in Deauville looking 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