WHAT DREAMS MAY COME release date is now April 22, to coincide with Shakespeare Day, which as we all know is April 23. 🙂 April 22 is also my mom’s birthday, so that’s a good portent.
You’ve probably guessed I got my sense of humor from her; my favorite unmade memory is her reading the Daughter of Montague series and laughing until she cried. She would have loved it so much, especially the part about dealing with teenage girls (she had three of us.)
At one point she asked where I learned so much about sex (for my love scenes.)
Me: “Mom, I am married.”
So she, being a wicked old woman, told our then teenage daughters that their dad was my inspiration for all my sex scenes. Twenty years later, our kids are still horrified when they recall the moment of hearing that from their grandmother.
🤣
Kiss your mom for me!
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME is a Daughter of Montague novella which will publish in eBook.
If I’d been able to sleep that night, things would have been much different…
Luckily, I was awake and staring with dry, hot, wide eyes at the night candle’s flame when I heard the furious whisperings of two familiar young female voices on the balcony next to mine.
With a glance at Nurse, who was snoring heavily on her cot and more than partially responsible for my recent not-death and who would move swiftly to make sure nothing untoward happened to me ever again, I slipped out of bed and moved to fix whatever had upset my sister, Katherina, and her best friend and our princess, Isabella of the House of Leonardi. Because that’s who I am: Lady Rosaline Montague, fixer of all things or, as a less than pleasant acquaintance called me, “Female Most Likely to Win the Verona City State Know-It-All Contest.”
The problem, as I see it, is that a woman of intelligence is unappreciated and indeed frowned upon, and I’m not good at dissembling. I scowled as I tightened the knot on my robe. If I know the right thing to do, shouldn’t I say so?
Yes, yes, you’re right. You’re always right. It’s annoying how you’re always right! I should say so in such a mild and tactful way as to allow others to believe it’s their idea. Sometimes… Well, most of the time, I lose patience and say what I think. When if I don’t say what I think, my facial expression seems to speak for itself. What can I say? I leave the acting to the professionals, i.e. the rest of my highly overwrought and dramatic family.
It was with that somewhat impatient thought that I walked barefoot and quietly onto my balcony. I told myself I did not wish to wake Nurse but also, I wanted the opportunity to observe and perhaps overhear Katherina and Isabella. Such stealth could considerably shorten the time it took for me to pry the source of their distress from them.
Fie! Fie! As soon as I laid eyes on them, I knew all…(You can read the rest of the excerpt here, and do pre-order your copy!)
Upcoming: In early February, The Husband and I be getting copies of GIRL ANONYMOUS (March 11) for the Reviewers’ Club. Because you’re a Christina Dodd newsletter subscriber, you can enter the contest to get an autographed hardcover copy and the opportunity to do online reviews. I’m not allowed to tell anyone until February 6…but it got a fabulous Booklist review! Keep it under your hat. 😉
Currently, The Husband and I are in Northern California enjoying the sunshine, drinking wine, and relaxing. I sent a photo to my workout group, and they responded accordingly.
They love me. Really they do. 😬
Until next time, happy reading!
Christina Dodd
New York Times bestselling author
A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA “Infused with a sharp and saucy sense of wit the Bard himself would be proud to claim as his own.” — John Charles, Poisoned Pen Bookstore
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Books by Series with covers and links.
Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world. – Dave Barry
