Catherine Matthews is an award-winning Pacific Northwest author of high-stakes suspense and evocative women’s fiction. Her novels, including Releasing the Reins and Roadside Sisters, have earned top honors in Thriller, Suspense, Women’s Fiction and Contemporary Fiction for their atmospheric tension, deep emotional grit, and unyielding female protagonists. Catherine crafts her stories with a strong cup of coffee in the silent hours before dawn, under the watchful eyes of her two constant companions and literary guard dogs—Wally and Delta.