This week’s Substack: Get to know The Husband…and me, musings on the differences of long-term partners. Join me on Substack for weekly musings on writing/cooking/gardening/life. There’ll be book recommendations, old and new. Christina Dodd, New York Times bestseller Expert advice given on writing. Why expert? For 36 years and 65 full-length books,  I’ve been published… Read More

You choose the cover for TEACH THE TORCHES TO BURN coming June 30, 2026! For fun, I created a survey to see which color you prefer. Choose your favorite, click to see which cover has the most votes, then click to see the actual cover my publisher Kensington Books designed. Remember to comment! This is… Read More

Prepare for Christmas with your favorite loving, laughing family! Buy MUCH ADO ABOUT MISTLETOE at: Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Google Play Apple Books Indigo             Every year, as Christmas grows near, sprigs of mistletoe sprout from the arches and doorways—as if we Montagues need encouragement to kiss; we are a huggy-kissy affectionate family…. Read More

“It gives me great pleasure to say that THUS WITH A KISS I DIE has hit the USA TODAY bestseller list at #74! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! I’m doing a little happy dance here for Rosie and Cal!” — email from my publicist at Kensington Books on July 2, the day after my final autographing in Chicago. I… Read More

I’m currently enjoying 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. My trainer is interviewing me, so I made this graphic in her honor. 😁 Seattle (Bellevue) WA — HPB, Wednesday, June 25, 6pm… Read More

“As my mother used to tell me, you have a choice between a pile of dog poo and a land mine…take the dog poo.”—GIRL ANONYMOUS, a Christina Dodd dark romantic suspense, out now in hardcover, ebook and audiobook. “…Crackling sexual chemistry and a few love scenes guaranteed to scorch readers’ fingers,” — AMA Booklist starred review…. Read More

I’m a literary lion! I’m a literary lion! Really! And how cool is that? You: “I don’t know, Christina, how cool is it?” I’m honored to be one of the authors featured at the 2025 Literary Lions Gala hosted by the King County Library Foundation in Bellevue Washington! (Although I know the actual honor goes… Read More

Enjoy a sneak peek at the four new Christina Dodd stories and the two paperback reprints of the 2024 releases. You’re right; 2025 is packed! Prepare to be swept away in the sea of wild adventure, laugh out loud humor, and sweeping romance. New releases:   MARCH 11 – GIRL ANONYMOUS (suspense new release in… Read More

Want to see Susan and Jayne Ann Krentz discuss their considerable influence in the creation of A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA? (Actually, they claimed all responsibility, which is sort of true.) Watch it on my YouTube channel or on the Daughter of Montague website.  It was filmed during Susan Elizabeth Phillips’s autographing for her newest… Read More

Once upon a time a young couple named Romeo and Juliet met and fell in love. You probably know that story, and how it ended (hint: badly). Only here’s the thing: That’s not how it ended at all. Romeo and Juliet are alive and well and the parents of seven kids. I’m the oldest, with… Read More