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Vote for the next book cover
Dear Ones,
I'm still trying to figure out all the ins and outs of being a Goodreads author, and I don't know if this is the place to post this. Let me know if I've stepped wrong! Anyway …
My publisher, St. Martins Press, and I need your help! Today, Sunday January 10, we’re asking you to choose the cover of my third full-length Virtue Falls suspense, BECAUSE I’M WATCHING! We're doing it with a Google survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10vuz... (I would post an image of the two choices, but I'm not even sure the links will work. You might have to cut and paste.)
I love the colors, the way the title and my name pop, and most of all, that creepy handprint on the window. But opinions are all over the map on which head shot best says, “Woman in Jeopardy.” Please vote! Then come back here and let's discuss your choice.
You can read the excerpt here: http://christinadodd.com/book/because... Click the green "Read an Excerpt" button.
Or you can read the description here on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Thank you!
Best, Christina Dodd
I'm still trying to figure out all the ins and outs of being a Goodreads author, and I don't know if this is the place to post this. Let me know if I've stepped wrong! Anyway …
My publisher, St. Martins Press, and I need your help! Today, Sunday January 10, we’re asking you to choose the cover of my third full-length Virtue Falls suspense, BECAUSE I’M WATCHING! We're doing it with a Google survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10vuz... (I would post an image of the two choices, but I'm not even sure the links will work. You might have to cut and paste.)
I love the colors, the way the title and my name pop, and most of all, that creepy handprint on the window. But opinions are all over the map on which head shot best says, “Woman in Jeopardy.” Please vote! Then come back here and let's discuss your choice.
You can read the excerpt here: http://christinadodd.com/book/because... Click the green "Read an Excerpt" button.
Or you can read the description here on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Thank you!
Best, Christina Dodd
Cover Winner BECAUSE I'M WATCHING
Dear Ones,
You picked the cover for the next full-length Virtue Falls thriller, BECAUSE I’M WATCHING! The survey had 2143 responses and some very vehement opinions posted on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and here on Goodreads. The decisive winner is cover #2 with 1398 votes (65.5%.)
If you'd like to:
— See the survey graph, it's here: http://christinadodd.com/news/news/
— Put BECAUSE I'M WATCHING on your Goodreads “To-Read” list: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
— Read the BECAUSE I’M WATCHING excerpt, it's here: http://christinadodd.com/book/because...
Thank you for making this easy for my publisher, St. Martins Press, and me. We appreciate your input!
Warmly,
Christina Dodd
http://christinadodd.com
(P.S. I realize the image is big, but I'm pretty amazed I figured out how to put it in at all so let's pretend it's perfect. ;) )
You picked the cover for the next full-length Virtue Falls thriller, BECAUSE I’M WATCHING! The survey had 2143 responses and some very vehement opinions posted on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and here on Goodreads. The decisive winner is cover #2 with 1398 votes (65.5%.)
If you'd like to:
— See the survey graph, it's here: http://christinadodd.com/news/news/
— Put BECAUSE I'M WATCHING on your Goodreads “To-Read” list: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
— Read the BECAUSE I’M WATCHING excerpt, it's here: http://christinadodd.com/book/because...
Thank you for making this easy for my publisher, St. Martins Press, and me. We appreciate your input!
Warmly,
Christina Dodd
http://christinadodd.com
(P.S. I realize the image is big, but I'm pretty amazed I figured out how to put it in at all so let's pretend it's perfect. ;) )
My Husband's Inspiration for LOVE NEVER DIES
Dear Ones,
How did the idea for LOVE NEVER DIES come about? My husband's background is in structural engineering and he loves architectural history, so when he read a book about Seattle, he was fascinated by the fact that Denny Park, the oldest in the city, was originally a cemetery. They moved the graves to make it a park and my husband asked, "What if they missed a grave and one ghost was trapped?"
Makes a shiver run up your spine, doesn't it? It did for me! Together we plotted LOVE NEVER DIES:
A murder committed. A love lost. A ghost haunted by the past.
Only one woman can right all the wrongs…
If she can survive the night…
I hope you enjoy LOVE NEVER DIES and all of the Virtue Falls series!
#1 THE LISTENER: A Virtue Falls short story
#2 VIRTUE FALLS: The First Virtue Falls Full-Length Suspense
#3 THE RELATIVES: A Virtue Falls short story
#4 OBSESSION FALLS: The Second Virtue Falls Full-Length Suspense
#5 LOVE NEVER DIES
#6 BECAUSE I'M WATCHING: The third Virtue Falls Full-length Suspense, coming Sept. 6, 2016 to your shelf and your Reader!
Warmly, Christina Dodd
How did the idea for LOVE NEVER DIES come about? My husband's background is in structural engineering and he loves architectural history, so when he read a book about Seattle, he was fascinated by the fact that Denny Park, the oldest in the city, was originally a cemetery. They moved the graves to make it a park and my husband asked, "What if they missed a grave and one ghost was trapped?"
Makes a shiver run up your spine, doesn't it? It did for me! Together we plotted LOVE NEVER DIES:
A murder committed. A love lost. A ghost haunted by the past.
Only one woman can right all the wrongs…
If she can survive the night…
I hope you enjoy LOVE NEVER DIES and all of the Virtue Falls series!
#1 THE LISTENER: A Virtue Falls short story
#2 VIRTUE FALLS: The First Virtue Falls Full-Length Suspense
#3 THE RELATIVES: A Virtue Falls short story
#4 OBSESSION FALLS: The Second Virtue Falls Full-Length Suspense
#5 LOVE NEVER DIES
#6 BECAUSE I'M WATCHING: The third Virtue Falls Full-length Suspense, coming Sept. 6, 2016 to your shelf and your Reader!
Warmly, Christina Dodd
Have you ever followed your dreams?
When I say I have never based a book on a dream, I mean it…until OBSESSION FALLS. One night I dreamed I stood in a mountain meadow and heard a man's voice say, "Get him out of the trunk." A child's scream pierced the air and I realized I had stumbled into a murder for hire. What could I do? I had no weapon, no defense. I only knew I faced a moral dilemma. I could flee and report the crime. The child would die and I would live with guilt for the rest of my life. I could attempt to distract the murderers, get myself and the child killed. Or I could distract the murderers and succeed, allowing the child to escape and thus saving his life.
In OBSESSION FALLS, Taylor Summers faces this exact situation. She is an interior decorator, a woman who sacrifices her life for a unknown child. She flees into the mountains, her reputation is destroyed, she loses her identity, she becomes a woman who will do anything survive … and when she arrives in Virtue Falls, she turns the tables on the men who hunt her. She becomes the ultimate survivor. What would you do to save a child's life?
Warmly,
Christina Dodd
In OBSESSION FALLS, Taylor Summers faces this exact situation. She is an interior decorator, a woman who sacrifices her life for a unknown child. She flees into the mountains, her reputation is destroyed, she loses her identity, she becomes a woman who will do anything survive … and when she arrives in Virtue Falls, she turns the tables on the men who hunt her. She becomes the ultimate survivor. What would you do to save a child's life?
Warmly,
Christina Dodd
BECAUSE I'M WATCHING EXCERPT
Jacob was in Maddie's shower for a long time, and when he came out he smelled like he'd fallen into his mother's herb garden. He was using Maddie's razor to shave when, without fanfare, the door opened. He swung around, ready to kill whoever stood there.
It was Maddie. She held an arm full of clothes. His clothes.
He was naked.
If she cared, she didn't show it. She put the clothes on the hamper. "Here. After the cops left, I went to your house and found you something to wear." Her lips curled with disgust. "You have perfectly good clothes in the closet, and you were wearing … these." With two fingers, she picked up his pants, his underwear, his t-shirt. "I'll take these out to the garbage. You're a pig."
"You sound like my mother."
"That's because we both have vaginas. People with vaginas are smarter than people with penises. If we weren't, we'd live like pigs, too."
His penis apparently heard its name mentioned and took this inopportune moment to remember she had a nice ass. He turned back to the sink to finish shaving.
"When you come out, if you want, I'll give you a hand cutting your hair." She said, "Wow, you're skinny."
He glanced at her.
She was looking at his face. "Shaving makes you look even more like a concentration camp survivor. Not a good look. You should eat something."
For whatever reason, his penis found that exciting, too. So much for his comforting theory that he was impotent.
He leaned against the cold porcelain sink. That knocked back his erection.
Horniness: God's gift for caring whether Maddie walked off a cliff. — BECAUSE I'M WATCHING, Sept 6
Read more and find links at: http://www.christinadodd.com/book/bec...
It was Maddie. She held an arm full of clothes. His clothes.
He was naked.
If she cared, she didn't show it. She put the clothes on the hamper. "Here. After the cops left, I went to your house and found you something to wear." Her lips curled with disgust. "You have perfectly good clothes in the closet, and you were wearing … these." With two fingers, she picked up his pants, his underwear, his t-shirt. "I'll take these out to the garbage. You're a pig."
"You sound like my mother."
"That's because we both have vaginas. People with vaginas are smarter than people with penises. If we weren't, we'd live like pigs, too."
His penis apparently heard its name mentioned and took this inopportune moment to remember she had a nice ass. He turned back to the sink to finish shaving.
"When you come out, if you want, I'll give you a hand cutting your hair." She said, "Wow, you're skinny."
He glanced at her.
She was looking at his face. "Shaving makes you look even more like a concentration camp survivor. Not a good look. You should eat something."
For whatever reason, his penis found that exciting, too. So much for his comforting theory that he was impotent.
He leaned against the cold porcelain sink. That knocked back his erection.
Horniness: God's gift for caring whether Maddie walked off a cliff. — BECAUSE I'M WATCHING, Sept 6
Read more and find links at: http://www.christinadodd.com/book/bec...
Today is National Dog Day
Today is National Dog Day so we're taking over Mom's Goodreads page.
Hi, I'm Miss Elizabeth Bennett Dog, known as Lizzie. I'm the brunette, the guard dog, and I'm in charge. The parents picked me up at a shelter in Houston and since then I've dedicated my life to training these people to walk me every morning, take me to lunch every noon, and feed me salmon and lamb for dinner. It's been tough, but I just about have them whipped into shape. I'm fifteen years old which in human years is, um, a lot.
Hi, I'm Ritter. I just met you and I love you. My folks trained me to be a CCI assistant dog to help a person in a wheelchair. I was doing great, too, but they got all fussy about how I jumped around when I meet you and the way big fuzzy mascots (the kind at ball games) scare me. So I flunked out of college and now stay home. My hobbies are lolling around and being petted.
Oh! I almost forgot! Since I'm Mom's assistant dog, I also write all her books. I'm not a ghostwriter, I'm a poochwriter.
Here I am with my newest suspense, BECAUSE I'M WATCHING.
Do you have any furry friends? Tell us about them.
Want to know more about Ritter the (Almost) Assistance Dog? You can read about him here. http://www.christinadodd.com/photo/ch...
Warmly,
Christina Dodd
NYT Bestselling Author
Hi, I'm Miss Elizabeth Bennett Dog, known as Lizzie. I'm the brunette, the guard dog, and I'm in charge. The parents picked me up at a shelter in Houston and since then I've dedicated my life to training these people to walk me every morning, take me to lunch every noon, and feed me salmon and lamb for dinner. It's been tough, but I just about have them whipped into shape. I'm fifteen years old which in human years is, um, a lot.
Hi, I'm Ritter. I just met you and I love you. My folks trained me to be a CCI assistant dog to help a person in a wheelchair. I was doing great, too, but they got all fussy about how I jumped around when I meet you and the way big fuzzy mascots (the kind at ball games) scare me. So I flunked out of college and now stay home. My hobbies are lolling around and being petted.
Oh! I almost forgot! Since I'm Mom's assistant dog, I also write all her books. I'm not a ghostwriter, I'm a poochwriter.
Here I am with my newest suspense, BECAUSE I'M WATCHING.
Do you have any furry friends? Tell us about them.
Want to know more about Ritter the (Almost) Assistance Dog? You can read about him here. http://www.christinadodd.com/photo/ch...
Warmly,
Christina Dodd
NYT Bestselling Author
Men and Women are Different
Jacob was using Maddie's razor to shave when, without fanfare, the door opened. He swung around, ready to kill whoever stood there.
It was Maddie. She held an arm full of clothes.
He was naked.
If she cared, she didn't show it. She put the clothes on the hamper. "After the cops left, I went to your house & found you something to wear. You have good clothes in the closet, & you were wearing…these." With two fingers, she picked up his pants, his underwear, his t-shirt. "I'll take them to the garbage. You're a pig."
"You sound like my mother."
"That's because we both have vaginas. People with vaginas are smarter than people with penises. If we weren't, we'd live like pigs, too."
His penis apparently heard its name mentioned & took this inopportune moment to remember she had a nice ass.
So much for his comforting theory that he was impotent.
He turned back to the sink & leaned against the cold porcelain. That knocked back his erection.
Damn Madeline Hewitson. Like he didn't have enough trouble already. Horniness: God's gift for caring whether Maddie walked off a cliff.
-BECAUSE I'M WATCHING: Get it now in eBook, beautiful shimmery hardcover, and NOW IN AUDIO!
Warmly,
Christina Dodd
NYT Bestselling Author
A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT RELEASE DAY!
Today, A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT is out and most of you, my dear and faithful readers, do not care. A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... includes the three previously published Virtue Falls short stories … and you already have them. But some readers are new to the series and some readers prefer a compilation. So! A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT includes:
THE LISTENER: Misfit and computer security expert Cornelia Markum hacks into a text conversation between unidentified Virtue Falls residents … and realizes she’s stumbled into a murder plot. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
THE RELATIVES: When relatives invite themselves to visit a wealthy couple’s Virtue Falls home, events take an unexpectedly dark—and fatal—turn. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
LOVE NEVER DIES: A murder committed. A love lost. A ghost haunted by his past. Only one woman can right all the wrongs… If she can survive the night… https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
These Virtue Falls short stories are available for purchase as singles.
A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT also includes the alternate conclusion of acclaimed action-filled adventure OBSESSION FALLS, Readers’ Guides and excerpts from the newest Virtue Falls thrillers, BECAUSE I’M WATCHING (out now) and THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T SCREAM (out September 2017.) It also includes previously unpublished extras from the full-length suspense VIRTUE FALLS.
You can purchase A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT in eBook (even with the extras it’s too short for paper.) Kindle, Nook ,Kobo, iBooks
Warmly,
Christina Dodd
Remember to send me a friend request.
www.christinadodd.com
THE LISTENER: Misfit and computer security expert Cornelia Markum hacks into a text conversation between unidentified Virtue Falls residents … and realizes she’s stumbled into a murder plot. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
THE RELATIVES: When relatives invite themselves to visit a wealthy couple’s Virtue Falls home, events take an unexpectedly dark—and fatal—turn. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
LOVE NEVER DIES: A murder committed. A love lost. A ghost haunted by his past. Only one woman can right all the wrongs… If she can survive the night… https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
These Virtue Falls short stories are available for purchase as singles.
A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT also includes the alternate conclusion of acclaimed action-filled adventure OBSESSION FALLS, Readers’ Guides and excerpts from the newest Virtue Falls thrillers, BECAUSE I’M WATCHING (out now) and THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T SCREAM (out September 2017.) It also includes previously unpublished extras from the full-length suspense VIRTUE FALLS.
You can purchase A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT in eBook (even with the extras it’s too short for paper.) Kindle, Nook ,Kobo, iBooks
Warmly,
Christina Dodd
Remember to send me a friend request.
www.christinadodd.com
BECAUSE I'M WATCHING hit Amazon's List of Best Romance of 2016!
Dear Ones,
BECAUSE I'M WATCHING hit Amazon's List of Best Romance of 2016! This is my first time to make the list with any of my books, I'm honored to be in the company of such great authors…and I’m so happy for Jacob and Mad Maddie, Kateri and all of the fabulous Virtue Falls characters!
Most of all, thank you for your support and enthusiasm. BECAUSE I'M WATCHING is a word of mouth book—my readers tell other readers who tell other readers, and I'm honored and grateful.
See the complete list here: http://amzn.to/2f8FNHa
Would you or someone you love an autographed copy as a holiday gift? These bookstores have signed copies, they ship, and some have lavender sachets!
Seattle Mystery Bookstore
Downtown Seattle (206) 587-5737
The Poisoned Pen
Scottsdale Arizona (480) 947-2974
3rd Place Books
Seattle Washington (206) 366-3333
Again, thank you and happy reading!
Warmly,
Christina Dodd
Printable booklist : http://bit.ly/1qwIncC
Books by Series and in Order: http://bit.ly/1YhHYW5
BECAUSE I'M WATCHING hit Amazon's List of Best Romance of 2016! This is my first time to make the list with any of my books, I'm honored to be in the company of such great authors…and I’m so happy for Jacob and Mad Maddie, Kateri and all of the fabulous Virtue Falls characters!
Most of all, thank you for your support and enthusiasm. BECAUSE I'M WATCHING is a word of mouth book—my readers tell other readers who tell other readers, and I'm honored and grateful.
See the complete list here: http://amzn.to/2f8FNHa
Would you or someone you love an autographed copy as a holiday gift? These bookstores have signed copies, they ship, and some have lavender sachets!
Seattle Mystery Bookstore
Downtown Seattle (206) 587-5737
The Poisoned Pen
Scottsdale Arizona (480) 947-2974
3rd Place Books
Seattle Washington (206) 366-3333
Again, thank you and happy reading!
Warmly,
Christina Dodd
Printable booklist : http://bit.ly/1qwIncC
Books by Series and in Order: http://bit.ly/1YhHYW5
What do you think?
Interesting! Which cover do you prefer?
A. Bookstore edition THE WOMAN WHO COULDN'T SCREAM
B. Large print library edition THE WOMAN WHO COULDN'T
SCREAM
Warmly,
Christina Dodd
New York Times Bestselling Author
Join my mailing list for upcoming book information! http://www.christinadodd.com/
A. Bookstore edition THE WOMAN WHO COULDN'T SCREAM
B. Large print library edition THE WOMAN WHO COULDN'T
SCREAM
Warmly,
Christina Dodd
New York Times Bestselling Author
Join my mailing list for upcoming book information! http://www.christinadodd.com/
