Good Book to Read: Honey, Victor Lodato, Harper Collins – Honey spent a lifetime trying to escape the pull of her organized crime family, going so far as to change her surname from Fazzinga to Fasinga.
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.
Good Book to Read: The Monstrous Misses Mai by Van Hoang
Good Book to Read, The Monstrous Misses Mai, Van Hoang, 47 North – Cordelia Yin finds life tough as a first-generation Vietnamese American in 1959 Los Angeles.
Good Book to Read: The Wishing Bridge by Viola Shipman
Good Book to Read: The Wishing Bridge, Viola Shipman, Graydon House – Henrietta “Henri” Wegner is fifty two, menopausal, and hanging on to her job at Tolliver & Co for dear life.
Good Book to Read: The Last Love Note by Emma Grey
Good Book to Read: The Last Love Note, Emma Grey, Zibby Books – Canberra, Australia, native Kate Whittaker is left widowed at age thirty-eight with a young child and a world of heartache to navigate.
Good Book to Read: This Impossible Brightness by Jessica Bryant Klagmann
Good Book to Read: This Impossible Brightness, Jessica Bryant Klagmann, Lake Union – Alma Hughes has always possessed the gift—or curse—of empathy.
Good book to read: The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas
Good book to read, The Paleontologist, Luke Dumas, Atria – The Covid outbreak was hard on many people. Paleontologist Dr. Simon Nealy suffered mental health issues and the end of his relationship.
Good Book to Read: The Tree Doctor by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Review: The Tree Doctor, Marie Mutsuki Mockett, Graywolf Press – Can a deadly virus teach a better appreciation of life?
Good Book to Read: The Wild Between Us by Amy Hagstrom
Review: The Wild Between Us, Amy Hagstrom, Lake Union – 2003: High school seniors Meg Tanner and Danny Cairns live quiet lives in the High Sierra town of Feather River, California, until a blast from Danny’s past drops into their midst.
Good book to read: The Handler by Jeffrey S. Stephens
Book Review: CIA operatives Nick Reagan and his partner Carol Gellos are on the trail of new technology that could give terrorists a dangerous edge should it fall into their hands.
Review: The Midnight Garden by Elaine Roth
Review: Can two broken hearts believe in second chances? The Midnight Garden, Elaine Roth, Lake Union – Hope Gold is left widowed at the tender age of twenty-three when her husband Brandon dies in an accident.
