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 …
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 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.
Book Review: Strangers We Know by Elle Marr
Book Review: Strangers We Know, Elle Marr, Thomas & Mercer – Ivy Hon knows she was adopted. Her birth mother gave her up at only a few days old, but aside from the fact she’s of Chinese-American extraction, Ivy knows little else.
Review: Karitas Untitled by Kristin Baldursdottir
Karitas Untitled, Kristin Baldursdottir, Amazon Crossing – Karitas Jónsdóttir is the youngest daughter of Steinunn Ólafsdóttir, a hardworking widow with two other daughters and three sons. Life on their western Icelandic farm is hard.
Review: My Fine Fellow by Jennieke Cohen
My Fine Fellow, Jennieke Cohen, Harper Teen – What do you get when you mix an alternate historical timeline into a YA romance with the scenario of My Fair Lady then add in elements of the Food Network?
Review: To Marry and To Meddle by Martha Waters
Review: To Marry and To Meddle, Martha Waters, Atria Books – A marriage of convenience becomes inconvenient when love enters into the mix in Martha Waters’ To Marry And To Meddle.
Review: Wingwalkers by Taylor Brown
Review: Wingwalkers, Taylor Brown, St,. Martins Press – Della Mackintosh inherited a sawmill after her father killed himself during the Great Depression. She finds her life unendurable.
