Amazon Best of the Year: THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T SCREAM!
Wallet Warning! THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T SCREAM is on Amazon’s Best of the Year list! When you look at this list, your wallet with scream (with joy!) Twenty. Great. Books. And yes, you remember correctly — last year BECAUSE I’M WATCHING (now available in paperback) was also one of Amazon’s Best of the Year. When I wrote the Amazon editor to thank her, she said, “Thank YOU—marvelous books like yours is what makes the world a better place.”
What did I do to celebrate? Let me put it this way — it’s hard to write the next book with fingers sticky from the caramel corn!
You can get THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T SCREAM at your favorite bookstore or:
Want more Virtue Falls? Here’s the series page featuring all full-length thrillers and quirky short stories; hover your pointer over each cover to get the position in the series, click on each cover to read an excerpt.
Christina Dodd’s Favorite Photobomber
I did a quick video showing off my huge DEAD GIRL RUNNING poster, and someone had to get in the act. Hint: If you could zoom in, you would see blond dog hair all over my knees. Wait for it…
More videos:
Tour of my Office
Lavender and the Bees
My Three-Armed Cover
Why My Husband and I Support PBS
Want a “Books by Series and in Order” page? It’s here.
Want the printable booklist sorted by genre/series/in order? It’s here.
101 Best Romance Novels of the Past 10 Years
Wallet warning! The American Library Association’s Booklist 101 Best Romance Novels of the Last 10 Years is out, and BECAUSE I’M WATCHING is on it! ” The tautly written novel’s plot proves that Dodd knows exactly how to keep readers’ nerves jangling; at the same time, her irresistibly dry wit helps lighten some of the darker twists and turns. Scary, sexy, and smartly written, Because I’m Watching is Dodd at the top of her game.” What an honor to be on this list with so many fabulous writers!
What this list means to you — you’ll follow the link, find a lot of fabulous books you haven’t read, and you’ll buy! That’s why I included the wallet warning; I may have (ahem) done something like that myself.
If you haven’t read BECAUSE I’M WATCHING (2016 Amazon Best of Romance, 2016 Booklist Best of Romantic Suspense, “Books To Read If You Love Nora Roberts!”-Bookbub), you can buy it now in ebook, paperback, hardcover and audio at your favorite local independent bookstore or:
Bonus! BECAUSE I’M WATCHING includes two chapters from THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T SCREAM, the next Virtue Falls thriller.
FREE! Listen to the first audio chapter of BECAUSE I’M WATCHING!
100+ Screaming Reviews! 4.7 Screaming Stars!
In its first month of release, THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T SCREAM has over 100 Amazon reviews and 4.7 stars, with some wonderful quotes 
like, “Reading a chapter of a Christina Dodd book is like trying to eat just one potato chip…”
Barnes and Noble has 45 reviews and 4.8 stars.
Goodreads has 141 5-star reviews and includes the classically funny review that starts, “”Noooo!” I screamed. “I finished it, I finished it!” In one day. I couldn’t put down, “The Woman Who Couldn’t Scream (Virtue Falls #4).” Now it starts over again. The LONG WAIT until the next Virtue Falls book is written. … Holy schmoles, what a terrific series! Wonderful plots, fabulous characters, hot sex—wait did I really say that—and a setting I want to move to…”
Thank you so much for taking your time to tell your friends about THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T SCREAM or to write a review or to just take a moment to relax in Virtue Falls.
Want more Virtue Falls? Here’s the series page featuring all full-length thrillers and quirky short stories; hover your pointer over each cover to get the position in the series, click on each cover to read an excerpt.
Want a “Books by Series and in Order” page? It’s here.
Want the printable booklist sorted by genre/series/in order? It’s here.
Books by Series and in Order!
You asked, I listened. So many of you answered my popup survey asking what you would like on the website, and when you requested a page with all my books listed by series and in order, you got it! You can always access it from the dropdown Books menu and on the home page under the header. Also, the Printable Booklist is accessible on every page! Enjoy, and thank you!
THE WOMAN WHO COULD SCREAM
Christina rides the zipline.
Read more about the Giant Treehouse and see photos here.
Read an excerpt and listen free to the first audiobook chapter of THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T SCREAM: the latest Virtue Falls thriller, out now!
Amazon Best of September THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T SCREAM!
I love to share my good news with you, my readers. THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T SCREAM is one of Amazon’s Best Books of September!
And THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T SCREAM got a starred review from Library Journal!
★ 08/01/2017
With her future destroyed by an explosion aboard an airplane and her fiancé supposedly dead, Merida Falcon (aka Helen Brassard, Merry Bird) reluctantly agrees to a trophy-wife marriage in exchange for the reconstructive surgery that will turn her into a beauty. Nine years later, her cruel, controlling husband is dead, and Merida heads for the solitude and anonymity of Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, intent on bringing down those who caused the accident that left her disfigured and unable to speak. Yet the tiny town of Virtue Falls is not the haven for which she’d hoped. When people from her past, including her former fiancé Benedict Howard, show up and the whispered phone calls begin, Merida knows she’s no longer safe—and then the gruesome killings start. Intriguing characters (including an especially horrifying villain), twin romances (Kateri and Stag’s prickly sparring as well as Merida and Benedict’s trust-challenged bond), and a complex plot that reveals itself with chilling precision keep the pages turning. VERDICT Tense, taut, and beautifully paced, this latest addition to Dodd’s series is another stunner; it will appeal to romance and suspense fans alike.
Added to the other wonderful reviews, this adds up to a great read for you—and I write for you!
Free 1st Chapter Audiobook Download!
Only one week until the publication of THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T SCREAM. Hm, what kind of tidbit I could offer to whet your appetite? How about a chance to listen, free, to the audio of the first chapter? Here’s the link, listen on my website or download and listen on your mobile device. Enjoy, and remember — the whole book is free with a trial Audible membership at Audible and Amazon. My publisher tells me iTunes Audio will put up the audio link on September 5.
Of course you can pre-order the book in hardcover and ebook from your favorite bookstore or online.
You voted on the DEAD GIRL RUNNING cover!
My publisher and I asked for your opinion about the cover for my May 2018 release, DEAD GIRL RUNNING. 2216 of you voted, 
425 of you commented on Facebook , and you gave feedback on Google+ , Instagram and Twitter. One observation predominated—on all covers, the title and author name were too faint to read. One reader said, “I’ll buy anything with your name on it, but I can’t read your name.” Ouch!
My publishing company leaped into action. The Art Department took the winning cover, made the font bolder, darken the yellow, and (bless them) darkened the background behind my name so it’s readable. And now… (drumroll, please), here’s the DEAD GIRL RUNNING cover!
Thank you for taking the time to vote and especially for expressing your opinions. Because of you, we have a stronger cover that will pop online and on the shelves. DEAD GIRL RUNNING is the first in a new series, a spin-off from Virtue Falls and Bella Terra .
— Read the first excerpt here.
— Pre-order in trade paperback at Barnes and Noble and Books-a-Million, Indiebound and Amazon, or your favorite local bookstore.
— Pre-order in ebook for Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Kobo and GooglePlay.
— For you hardcover collectors, order DEAD GIRL RUNNING at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Indiebound, Books-a-Million.
Now on sale! THE WATCHER: a Virtue Falls Short Story
When Sheriff Kateri Kwinault gets a call about something strange happening at the local boys’ and girls’ summer camp, she finds herself telling a scary story that might be a little too close to the truth…
Settle down by the campfire and read THE WATCHER, a stand-alone Virtue Falls short story. Buy it for $1.99 or download it free when you join my mailing list!
Don’t have an e-reader? Download a free app, such as the Kindle app or Nook app, to read THE WATCHER on your phone or computer.
