Queen's Handmaid

Tracy Higley–Queen’s Handmaid Review

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I Love Epics The grander, the better. Old or new, doesn’t matter. I loved Cecil B. DeMille’s Ten Commandments, and I love Mel Gibson in Braveheart. Give me an afternoon of Dances With Wolves, Gladiator, or Troy, and I’m as happy as a pig in the mud on a sunny day. Maybe even happier.  😀 Tracy Higley Thinks EPIC! So, when I heard Tracy Higley’s new …

Book Review: Rachel

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Rachel by Jill Eileen Smith Book Description Beautiful Rachel wants nothing more than for her older half sister Leah to wed and move out of their household. Maybe then she would not feel so scrutinized, so managed, so judged. Plain Leah wishes her father Laban would find a good man for her, someone who would love her alone and make …

By the Waters of Kadesh Reviewed by Mesu Andrews

Book Review: By the Waters of Kadesh

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By the Waters of Kadesh by Carole Towriss Book Description: A displaced soldier anticipates only empty tomorrows. A young widow knows nothing but yesterdays filled with abuse and neglect. A spy sees only a today he can manipulate to gain the power he craves. Will they allow Yahweh to give them what they need? Kamose, once Egypt’s most trusted soldier, …

Seeker of Stars reviewed by Mesu Andrews

Seeker of Stars: A Novel by Susan Fish

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Book Description: As a boy, Melchior is fascinated by stars but has rigid obligations to apprentice with his rug-making father. When his life is radically changed, he is propelled onto a new path full of danger and glory in pursuit of a special star. The journey leads Melchior to reflect on life and death, dreams and duty, and to find …

Jesus: A Novel reviewed by Mesu Andrews

Jesus: A Novel by Walter Wangerin, Jr.

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Book Description: With eloquence and beauty, the award-winning author of Book of the Dun Cow, The Book of God, and Paul: A Novel turns his pen to history’s most compelling figure: Jesus of Nazareth. In vibrant language, Walter Wangerin Jr. sweeps away centuries of tradition and reveals a man of flesh-and-heart immediacy. Passionate, intelligent, and irresistibly real, this is a …

King reviewed by Mesu Andrews

Book Review: King by R.J. Larson

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King by R.J. Larson Book Description: Fantasy Meets the Old Testament in a novel that will reach readers of all ages. Against his wishes and desires, Akabe of Siphra has been chosen by his people to be King. But what does a warrior know of ruling during peacetime? Guided by the Infinite, Akabe seeks to rebuild the Temple in the …