Christina Dodd is well known in the romance world and she truly needs no introduction. Please join Kelly and me as we CELEBRATE this fantastic author’s return to the world of historical romance with her latest release, IN BED WITH THE DUKE.
To learn more about Christina Dodd’s books and her plans, please visit her website at http://www.christinadodd.com/

And the reviews:
Brynna said: I have been a fan of Christina Dodd since the beginning of her career, and I am proud to be an owner of one of the original copies of Castles in the Air (the one with the cover that shows a heroine with three arms). To say I was thrilled when I learned of Dodd’s return to the world of historical romance would be an understatement. In Bed With the Duke surpasses even my high expectations. A classic historical with intrigue, a foreign setting, and a balance of darkness and light, this novel gives us both a strong, determined, wounded hero and a heroine created solely to match his strength and determination and loyalty.
Emma Chegwidden has been forced by life’s circumstances into the role of shy, impoverished, bullied lady’s companion, but in reality, she is so much more. Still, with no money, no position, no connections in this foreign land, Emma has no choice but to accept her fate. Until one night, one moment, one new stroke of fate changes everything. When her lack of a sense of direction puts her directly in Michael Durant’s path, she can never imagine where one chance meeting with this man will lead her.
Michael Durant, the long-lost heir to the duke of Nevitt, has seen dark days these past years as a political prisoner in Moricadia, a land ruled by a cruel prince who cares about nothing more than holding his position and his pride. One glimpse at the mistreated Miss Chegwidden has Michael once again determined to protect the innocent. But his sense of honor, of pride, of protectiveness comes to naught when a simple mistake sends Miss Chegwidden out into the night on her own.
And right into the arms of The Reaper.
Revolution and revenge and romance intertwine within this story of a country torn apart by a ruling family too cruel to care about its people and a seemingly timid young woman who finds her soul connected to the man who must don a mask in his fight to return the rightful ruler to his place. Set far beyond the glitter and glamour of the ton’s Season its title suggests, this story explores depths reminiscent of early Woodiwiss and allows the reader to travel to both the highs and lows of love and danger and family loyalty. Unafraid to visit the dark side of human nature in order to emphasize the light of justice, the strength of love, Christina Dodd creates a vivid new world of contrasts, of a country in turmoil, of the primeval fight between good and evil, and she gives us a novel destined to be a classic.
Kelly said: With the final line, “Your brother Michael … is alive and imprisoned in Moricadia,” fans of Christina Dodd were left salivating for her next historical that would answer the questions that abounded at the end of My Fair Temptress. And we waited. And waited. Now, with the release of In Bed with the Duke, Dodd picks up the tale of the Durant family across the sea, in the midst of social upheaval and political turmoil.
Emma Chegwidden is chronically lost. Aside from her abysmal sense of direction, she has completely lost sight of who she is, allowing herself to become a cowed, miserable companion to an arrogant lady. But her misguiding wanderings are also her saving grace, when the propel her, unsuspecting, into the midst of a budding revolution. Suddenly, Emma finds herself facing down termagants, courted by princes, and riding through the night on a ghostly steed. And at the heart is a mysterious hooded figure known only as the Reaper, whose vengeance terrifies the powerful and whose tender caresses awaken her soul.
Ghost or man, the Reaper is shrouded in mystery. No one, not even the woman who loves him, knows who, or what, he truly is. Is he the phantom of the long-dead King Reynaldo, come to seek revenge on those who murdered him? Or is it his heir, come to reclaim the throne? Or maybe he is Michael Durant, the son of an English duke believed dead but really held captive for years? But surely not, since he spends his nights under house arrest, and his days warning the innocent Emma away from foreign intrigues.
Political drama and romance entwine as both the Reaper and the malevolent Prince Sandre pursue Emma in the hopes of winning her heart. Set in Victorian times, but far removed from the glittering ballrooms of the British ton, Dodd’s return to historical romance explores what happens when her protagonists, stripped of their traditional British roles and taken away from their familiar environments, are forced to face who they really are deep inside. Will they fight for justice, or turn away in self-preservation? Will they choose love, or position and prestige? Though the line Dodd draws between good and evil is blazingly clear, the choices each character must face are the true test of right and wrong, and the great strength of this novel.