Catalogue

Record Details

Catalogue Search


Back To Results
Showing Item 1 of 1

A daughter of fair Verona  Cover Image Book Book

A daughter of fair Verona

Dodd, Christina (author.). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Adaptation of (work): Romeo and Juliet. (Added Author).

Summary: Once upon a time a young couple 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 the emphasis on ‘old’—a certified spinster at twenty, and happy to stay that way. It’s not easy to keep your taste for romance with parents like mine. Picture it—constant monologues, passionate declarations, fighting, making up, making out . . . it’s exhausting. Each time they’ve presented me with a betrothal, I’ve set out to find the groom-to-be a more suitable bride. After all, someone sensible needs to stay home and manage this household. But their latest match, Duke Stephano, isn’t so easy to palm off on anyone else. The debaucher has had three previous wives—all of whom met unfortunate ends. Conscience forbids me from consigning another woman to that fate. As it turns out, I don’t have to . . . At our betrothal ball—where, quite by accident, I meet a beautiful young man who makes me wonder if perhaps there is something to love at first sight—I stumble upon Duke Stephano with a dagger in his chest. But who killed him? His late wives’ families, his relatives, his mistress, his servants—half of Verona had motive. And when everyone around the Duke begins dying, disappearing, or descending into madness, I know I must uncover the killer . . . before death lies on me like an untimely frost.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781496750167
  • Physical Description: viii, 296 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Kensington hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : John Scognamiglio Books/Kensington Books, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes a reading group guide.
Subject: Verona (Italy) -- Fiction
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction
Arranged marriage -- Fiction
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
Characters and characteristics in literature -- Fiction
Juliet -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Romeo -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Genre: Romance fiction.
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Adaptations.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at South Central Regional Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Morden Library F Dod v.1 (Text) 35864003027941 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

Back To Results
Showing Item 1 of 1

Additional Resources