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Meet Christina
Readers become writers, and Christina Dodd has always been a reader. She reads everything, but because she loves humor, she likes romance best.
A woman wants things like world peace, a clean house, and a deep and meaningful relationship based on mutual understanding and love. A man wants things like a Craftsman router with attachments, undisputed control of the TV remote, and a red Corvette which will miraculously make his bald spot disappear. So when Christina’s first daughter was born, she told her husband she was going to quit work and write a book. It was a good time to start a new career, because how much trouble could one little infant be?
Ha! It took ten years, two children and three completed manuscripts before her first novel, CANDLE IN THE WINDOW, was published. In the thirty-two years since, her novels have been translated into 25 languages, won Romance Writers of America’s prestigious Golden Heart and RITA Awards and been called the year’s best by Library Journal and Booklist. Christina Dodd herself has been a clue in the Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle (11/18/05, # 13 Down: Romance Novelist named Christina.) Her cross-word loving mother was thrilled! With more than 15 million of her books in print, Booklist praises her, “brilliantly etched characters, polished writing, and unexpected flashes of sharp humor that are pure Dodd.”
Christina’s current historical fiction series, Daughter of Montague, stars Rosie Montague, the eldest daughter of Romeo and Juliet. As Rosie says, “Yes, that Romeo and Juliet. The one that Shakespeare wrote about. No, they didn’t die in the tomb. Rumors of their deaths were greatly exaggerated. In fact, they’re alive and well and the parents of seven kids. I’m the oldest, with the emphasis on ‘old’—a certified spinster at twenty, and happy to stay that way. It’s not easy to keep your taste for romance with parents like mine. Picture it—constant monologues, passionate declarations, fighting, making up, making out . . . it’s exhausting.” Historical mystery/humor.
Book #1 A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA.
Novella #1.5 WHAT DREAMS MAY COME
Book #2 THUS WITH A KISS I DIE
Novella #2.5 MUCH ADO ABOUT MISTLETOE
Book #3 TEACH THE TORCHES TO BURN
Upcoming:
Novella #3.5: A WINTER WEDDING NIGHT DREAM December 15, 2026
Let me state for the record that this masquerade was Cal’s idea. Cal is Escalus, prince of Verona. I’m Rosie, daughter of Romeo and Juliet. The good news: this morning, we married in front of cheering crowds. The bad news: it’s the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year when the Old Gods hold reign. A blinding winter storm roars through the city. When Cal suggests I disguise myself, escape from the palace and rendezvous with him at an inn where we can celebrate our wedding night, I’m changed in a flash.
As I travel the empty streets, a dog runs past, a tin cup tied to his skinny tail. By the time I rescue the terrorized dog, snow blankets Verona and I’m lost. When I find the inn, I discover it houses three hungry bears, a troupe of seven acrobatic dwarves, a woodworker and his singing cricket and a lovelorn prince (not my prince!) clutching a shoe.
I trust Cal will find me, but first…the Old Gods need someone to balance the scales between reality and fairy tale. Who better than me, newly anointed Princess Rosaline and the woman voted most likely to think herself smarter than everyone else? All I have to do is cook for the crowd, not get eaten, and eventually my prince will…well, you know. 😉
Click to read excerpts and laugh out loud! Read about the inspiration for the series!
Christina’s full-length stand-alone suspense is GIRL ANONYMOUS is available in hardcover, ebook and audiobook.
GIRL ANONYMOUS is a third person stand-alone dark and sexy thriller featuring two protagonists, a dominant male and a gutsy, “whoops she’s a virgin” female. “West Side Story” meets “The Godfather.”
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Christina Dodd is married to a man with all his hair and no Corvette, but many Craftsman tools. They have been married since the earth’s crust cooled.
