Daughter of Fair Verona

I'm the eldest daughter of Romeo and Juliet. Yes,thatRomeo and Juliet. No, they didn't die in the tomb. They're alive and well and living in fair Verona with their six wildly impetuous children and me, their nineteen-year-old daughter RosalineKnives OutmeetsBridgertonin Fair Verona, asNew York Timesbestselling author Christina Dodd kicks off a frothy, irreverent, witty new series with an irresistible premisetold from the delightfully engaging point of view of Romeo and Juliet's clever, rebellious, fiercely independent daughter, Rosie Montague. ';Fun, funny, charming, and absolutely delightful. If you're looking for a novel to sweep you away and lift your spirits, look no further.' KRISTIN HANNAH, #1New York Timesbestselling author 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 itconstant 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. But their latest match, Duke Stephano, isn't so easy to palm off. The debaucher has had three wivesall 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 ballwhere, quite by accident, I meet a beautiful young man who makes me wonder if perhaps thereissomething to love at first sightI stumble upon Duke Stephano with a dagger in his chest. But who killed him? 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.