Review: A Wish for Winter, Viola Shipman, Graydon House – Forty years ago, Petoskey, Michigan, bookstore owner Susan Norcross was born into a family that really does Christmas.
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 Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel
Review: The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel, Emily Bestler Books – Lauren Shaw and her family live in New York’s Greenwich Village. Village life suits them, right down to the Bohemian bar called The Sweet Spot located in their brownstone’s basement.
Review: A Likely Story by Leigh Abramson
Review: A Likely Story, Leigh Abramson, Atria Books – From an early age Isabelle Manning knew she would be a writer. Her father, Ward Manning, is an award-winning, New York Times best-selling author, the darling and doyen of the New York intelligentsia.
Review: Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica
Review: Just the Nicest Couple, Mary Kubica, Park Row Books – Gifted neurosurgeon Jake Hayes storms out after a blazing argument with his wife Nina.
Review: Small Deaths by Rijula Das
Small Deaths, Rijula Das, Amazon Crossing – Lalee hopes and dreams of a better life away from her career as a sex worker in the Shonagachi district of Kolkata.
Review: Terra Nova by Henriette Lazaridis
Review: Terra Nova, Henriette Lazaridis, Pegasus Books – In 1910 a British polar expedition is in a race against a Norwegian team to be first to plant their national flag at the South Pole.
Review: Brave Hearted by Katie Hickman
Review: Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West 1836-1880, Katie Hickman, Spiegal and Grau – Rarely do history lovers get to see the whole of an era solely through female eyes. Author Katie Hickman has taken on this challenge
Review: Exactly Where You Need to Be by Amelia Diane Coombs
Review: Exactly Where You Need to Be by Amelia Diane Coombs, Simon & Shuster – Florie and Kacey bonded at high school over a shared love of the true crimes podcast Murder Me Later.
Review: Life in Every Breath by Fatima Bremmer
Life in Every Breath:, Fatima Bremmer, Amazon Crossing. – Ester Blenda Nordström was born in 1891 in Stockholm, Sweden. The little girl was quick, smart, and mischievous. Her family despaired of ever taming her.
Review: The Edge of Summer by Viola Shipman
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.
