What Dreams May Come by Christina Dodd Series: Daughter of Montague #1.5
Published by Kensington Books on April 22, 2025
Genres: Historical Romance
Pages: 129
Format: eBook
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Gentle reader, I, Rosie Montague, present you with the tumultuous events of my recent despite my goal to remain a spinster, I fell instantly in love with Lysander of the House of Beautiful; suffered an unhappy betrothal to a duke, which ended in death for him and almost for me; am now entrapped by a compromising deceit plotted by the enamored Prince of Verona himself, Escalus . . .
Not only am I failing on the spinster front, but I have also failed to set an example for my seven siblings (soon to be eight, thanks to my parents’ embarrassingly undying passion.) Specifically, 13-year-old Katherina, along with her friend, Princess Isabella. In their desire to honor my romance (now ill-fated) by commissioning a sonnet, they imitated my own youthful folly and dressed like well-born young males, complete with stuffed codpieces, and swaggered into the night. Their poetic mission accomplished, they celebrated, landed in scandalous circumstances—and the princess was robbed of her mother’s priceless ring . . .
With our fates and family names at stake, I must save the day. What ensues will require that I visit a brothel, infiltrate the thief’s debaucherous lair, and dodge Escalus. I can only hope to keep intact my virginity—and my life. The latter especially, should my parents find out . . .
On the very night the final events of book one, A Daughter of Fair Verona ended, the adventure for What Dreams May Come begins. Christina Dodd penned this quick novella-length “in between” addition to the series.
What Dreams May Come is book #1.5 in the Daughter of Montague series and was an escapade for Rosie that occurred all in one night. This is a follow up story so doesn’t make a good place to start.
Rosie is trying to get a grip on what just went down earlier in the evening and adjust to her new startling circumstances when she overhears her younger sister and her best friend sneaking in from a clandestine adventure. The girls are dressed in male attire and stirred up over a problem. When Katherina and Isabella spill the tea on what they’ve been up to, Rosie grasps the ramifications better than the younger girls. If Rosie can’t rectify what the girls set in motion, family and individual reputations will be in ruins.
But, Rosie can handle this, so she tells herself, and off she goes in her own male disguise to fix the problems. Before she knows it, she’s in over her head and a certain brooding prince might have to step in and help.
This was a fun lark. It isn’t a big, complicated plot, but it adds a little more to the relationship development between Rosie and Escalus and exposes a powerful enemy who may or may not be a threat to them in the future.
The suspense was good and the light comedic tones were present as were the engaging personalities of the lead heroine and her unwanted suitor. What Dreams May Come is definitely a recommend for those who plan to continue past book one in the series and worth not skipping. An entertaining romp in Romeo and Juliet’s world!
About Christina Dodd
Readers become writers, and Christina has always been a reader. Ultimately she discovered she liked to read romance best because the relationship between a man and a woman is always humorous. A woman wants world peace, a clean house, and a deep and meaningful relationship based on mutual understanding and love. A man wants a Craftsman router, undisputed control of the TV remote, and a red Corvette which will make his bald spot disappear. Christina is married to a man with all his hair and no Corvette, but many Craftsman tools.
When Christina’s first daughter was born, she told her husband she was going to write a book. It was a good time to start a new career, because how much trouble could one little infant be?
Ha! It took ten years, two children and three completed manuscripts before she was published. Now her fifty-nine New York Times and USA Today bestselling novels — paranormals, historicals, and suspense — have been translated into twenty-five languages, recorded on Books on Tape for the Blind, been called, “Books To Read If You Love Nora Roberts!”by Bookbub and the year’s best by Amazon and Library Journal.
As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing.Sophia is a prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many wonderful books, authors, and narrators.Few genres are outside her reading tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and romance.Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.
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I’m not familiar with the series, but it sounds like a great read for fans of the series.
Its a fun historical comedy mystery series set in the Romeo and Juliet Shakespearean world that is promising to be great fun with each installment.
That sounds really good.
This is such an entertaining series, Mary. I’ve laughed a lot.
How fun!!!!
You said it, Carole!
I’m not sure if I’ve read this author or not. Glad to hear you enjoyed this one. I’ll make note that the series is best read in order.
This series was the first time I’ve read her stuff. I want to try her older stuff now. But, yes, definitely read these in order.
This sounds like a fun in between novella that adds something to the series. So Is this a series with a new romance for each book and does the romance gets wrapped up in this novella or will this main character get another book?
This is a mystery series with a strong dose of romance and it sticks with Rosie Montague as the lead character and focuses on her relationship development.
Love the cover! Glad you enjoyed it. Great review!
Yes, the covers are lovely for each of them and all the little symbols have something to do with the story.