Cindy Matthews

Cindy Matthews

Cindy A. Matthews' articles and essays have appeared in over forty publications. She works as a freelance manuscript evaluator, book reviewer, and copy editor. Her writer's guide, Defeating the Slushpile Monster, was a finalist in the self-help/non-fiction category of the 2009 EPIC awards and is now available in print and in Kindle formats. More information about her editorial services and non-fiction works can be found at her web site/blog www.cindyamatthews.com Writing as Cynthianna, Cindy has published contemporary and fantasy romantic-comedies. Cindy also writes sf/paranormal erotic-romance as Celine Chatillon. See her work on Amazon.com.
Book Review: Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews

Book Review: Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews

Hello, Summer, Mary Kay Andrews, St Martins Press – Conley Hawkins has ink in her blood. Daughter of generations of newspaper owners and journalists, her award-winning career looks set to soar onward and upward—until a golden opportunity falls apart, leaving her adrift and jobless.

Book Review: Final Judgment by Marcia Clark

Book Review: Final Judgment by Marcia Clark

Final Judgment by Marcia Clark, Thomas and Mercer – Samantha Brinkman never thought she’d find true love. With her messed-up past and increasingly successful legal career, she thought her love life would never consist of more than a series of flings.

Book Review: Follow Me by Kathleen Barber

Book Review: Follow Me by Kathleen Barber

Book Review: Follow Me, Kathleen Barber, Gallery Books – Audrey Miller’s a young up-and-coming professional with a honed and toned body who lives her life online for all to see. She has millions of followers and admirers on social media, but her glamorous online life doesn’t pay the bills.

Book Review: A Cold Trail by Robert Dugoni

Book Review: A Cold Trail by Robert Dugoni

A Cold Trail, Robert Dugoni, Thomas & Mercer – Seattle police Detective Tracy Crosswhite is on maternity leave when she returns to her hometown of Cedar Grove with her husband Dan and two-month-old daughter Daniella. The town holds painful memories for Tracy.

Glorious Boy by Aimee Liu

Glorious Boy by Aimee Liu

Glorious Boy, Aimee Liu, Red Hen Press – In the late 1930s Claire and Shep Durant move to the Andaman Islands, a far-flung outpost of the British Empire in the Indian Ocean.

A Book of Bones by John Connolly

A Book of Bones by John Connolly

A Book of Bones, John Connolly, Emily Bestler Books – PI Charlie Parker has unfinished business. The destruction of the evil Familist cult’s church in the backwoods of Maine during his last adventure uncovered the scent of something far worse, something that threatens the nature of the world itself.