I’m very pleased to share that Kensington Books will be featuring THUS WITH A KISS I DIE in a Goodreads giveaway from May 23 – June 6 with 100 lucky winners receiving a combination of ARC and finished copies! Click here to enter. THUS WITH A KISS I DIE will be out June 24 in hardcover, eBook… Read More

Starting on Tuesday, June 24, the day THUS WITH A KISS I DIE is published, I’m beginning a multi-city booktour that criss-crosses the US. So far I’m autographing in bookstores in: Bellingham Washington — Village Books, June 24 at 6pm. The launch event! Seattle (Bellevue) Washington — HPB, June 25, 6pm with the New York… Read More

            Fie! Fie! As soon as I laid eyes on my sister Katherina and Princess Isabella, I knew all.             Or not all, but I knew they’d been making mischief and somehow had been caught, for they stood with their heads together, dressed like well-born youths in tights, thigh-length tunics, and short capes. Like… Read More

Amazon has recognized A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA as a Standout Release of 2024 and is offering a free eBook to anyone who has Prime. This free download is designed to put the story in as many hands as possible and generate new reviews that echo the joy of the story. Clearly, A DAUGHTER OF FAIR… Read More

From my press release: In a publishing career that has spanned thirty-five years in hardcover, paperback, eBook and audiobook, included the New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Lists and distinguished writing awards, there isn’t much that could astonish Bellingham author Christina Dodd — but her nomination as a King County (Washington) 2025 Literary Lion… Read More

Enjoy a sneak peek at the three new Christina Dodd Daughter of Montague stories and the paperback reprint of A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA. You’re right; 2025 is packed! Prepare to be swept away in the sea of wild adventure, laugh out loud humor, and sweeping romance. APRIL 29 – WHAT DREAMS MAY COME (Historical fiction:… Read More

I know. I love it, too! THUS WITH A KISS I DIE takes off where A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA leaves off, continuing Rosie’s story while presenting her with a new mystery to solve. Of course, she remains your typical 20-year-old smart mouth early Renaissance female, living with her celebrity parents, Romeo and Juliet, while caring… Read More

For your enjoyment, to celebrate the publication of A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA, my most noble and magnificent publisher, Kensington Books, has prepared a “Create Your Own Shakespeare Story” generator! Thus you may discover your next adventure! As I have. I’m Hamlet of Verona and I’m about to join a reality dating show. Wait until… Read More

How cool is this? A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA is on the Publishers Marketplace’s Buzz Books for Spring and Summer! I know. You’re thinking, “Um… great?” Honest, it is a big deal, one of those honors for an author that comes too seldom. It’s my first time! I’m so excited that it’s for A DAUGHTER… Read More

Welcome to the new Daughter of Montague website, created for the readers of the upcoming A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA (June 25, 2024 in hardcover, eBook and audiobook.) Here you’ll enter into the world of Rosie (“Rosaline if I’m in trouble”) Montague, oldest daughter and the result of the tumultuous union between Romeo and Juliet… Read More