Review: The Edge of Summer by Viola Shipman, Graydon House – Sutton Douglas became a successful fashion designer for a major clothing house, but deep inside her impoverished upbringing in the Ozarks never went away.
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.
Review: The Beach Trap by Ali Brady
Review: The Beach Trap, Ali Brady, Berkley – Young teens Kat Steiner and Blake O’Neill meet at Camp Chickawah and immediately become fast friends.
Review: Kingston edited by Viet Thahn Nguyen
Review: Kingston, edited by Viet Thahn Nguyen, The Library of Congress – The Bicentenary year of 1976 marked Maxine Hong Kingston’s arrival on the American literary scene with the publication of her work The Woman Warrior, winner of the National Book Critics Circle award.
Review: Loving the Dead and Gone by Judith Turner-Yamamoto
Loving the Dead and Gone, Judith Turner-Yamamoto, Regal House – Donald Ray Spencer dies in a car accident on a summer’s day in the early 1960s, a few days short of his first wedding anniversary.
Review: The Making of Her by Bernadette Jiwa
Review: The Making of Her, Bernadette Jiwa , Dutton – Dublin, 1996: Joan Egan lives a wealthy but increasingly frustrating life in a posh suburb. Her husband Martin is subservient to his mother,
Review: Kismet by Amina Akhtar
Review: Kismet, Amina Akhtar, Thomas & Mercer – New Yorker Ronnie Khan suffered years of constant physical and mental abuse from her Aunt Shameem. Orphaned at an early age, Ronnie became a slave to the woman …
Review: The Big Dark Sky by Dean Koontz
Review: The Big Dark Sky, Dean Koontz, Thomas & Mercer – Joanna Chase had an idyllic childhood growing up on Rustling Willows Ranch in Montana.
Review: West Side Love Story by Priscillla Olveras
Review: West Side Love Story, Priscilla Oliveras, Montlake – Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet takes on a happier, contemporary Southwestern twist in Priscilla Oliveras’ West Side Love Story. Two rival families–the Capuletas and the Monteros–have feuded for almost a generation.
Review: The Truth about Ben and June by Alex Kiester
Review: Ben and June seem to have an ideal marriage, yet there’s trouble in paradise.
Book Review: Our Little World by Karen Winn
Our Little World, Karen Winn, Dutton Books – Summer 1985: Audrina and Borka “Bee” Kocsis live in Hammond, an ordinary small New Jersey town.
