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Today! $1.99 WHAT DREAMS MAY COME 50% off!

on June 16, 2025

eBook links Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Google Play Apple Books Indigo             What’s the problem, Rosie? you ask. Is your betrothed unsuitable? Ugly? Poor? Old, fat, lecherous, of low character? Not at all. He’s wealthy, well-formed, from a good family, a man of power who will protect me and our children in this fair… Read More


Now! 75% off audiobook A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA!

on June 12, 2025

 A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA, book 1 of the Daughter of Montague series, $4.99 (75% off) in audiobook at Chirp.  As I neared the far end of the fountain away from the house, in the dark I could discern the tall trimmed shapes of the hedges and the water in the pool began to shimmer…. Read More


Christina Dodd Autographs Books!

on June 8, 2025

With the THUS WITH A KISS I DIE arcs in hand, I’m visiting bookstores, chatting with the booksellers, signing the arc and any Christina Dodd books they have on their shelves and leaving the autographed books behind for you to purchase. With Katherine, owner of Grand Gesture Bookstore! If you’re in the Portland OR area,… Read More


Daughter of Montague Book Tour!

on May 14, 2025

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. Join me at bookstores in: Bellingham WA — Village Books, June 24, 6pm. This launch event is ticketed: secure your seat and a book here. Seattle (Bellevue) WA — HPB, June 25, 6pm… Read More


New release: WHAT DREAMS MAY COME

on April 21, 2025

What Dream May Come

            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


Read A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA *free* with Prime

on April 20, 2025

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


Christina Dodd honored as Literary Lion

on March 19, 2025

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


2025 Daughter of Montague Releases!

on December 26, 2024

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


Daughter of Montague #2 title announcement!

on October 3, 2024

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


A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA Fun and Free!

on May 20, 2024

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