The Lost Page

This is a very good book. It includes biblical references along with people from today's time. There were times when I was a little afraid to go on but knew I just had to.  Anyone who loves to read fictional Christian history will love this.

I was given this book by NetGalley and Black Rose Writing in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Book Review: The Prophetess

The story of Deborah, in the Bible, is a story that some pass over. I find it fascinating. In this book she is one of the characters in the book who are calling to God to help save the Israelite from the oppression of Sisera and Jabin.
 Deborah is called on to lead them but the story is about Israel and how they face worshiping of idols and other issues.
The author did research Deborah in the Bible and stayed true as far as the biblical story goes. I enjoyed this book as it helped me to see Deborah from a different angle.
I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. 

Book Review: A Place We Knew Well

I have never read a historical novel set in a time like this. Late October 1961. Not a great time to be living in Florida as the United States and Cuba were setting up for a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Susan Carol McCarthy used this time and place to create her novel. People were picking up signs of something happening, even before it was announced. People were leaving in droves, filling stations were not able to receive fuel, yet a semblance or normalcy was trying to take place. Wes, a veteran who was part of the bombing of the cities in Japan, now owned a Texaco station. His wife, Sarah, is having a nervous breakdown. There daughter Kitty is a teenager who is looking forward to homecoming.

The events that transpire are tragic as we feel how they could change the people, not only in Florida and Cuba, but around the world, for all time.

McCarthy built her characters slowly but yet I felt a true sense of  feeling what her characters were feeling all along the way. I could not put the book down, once I began.

Anyone that would like to see a different perspective of the Cuba Missile Crisis should read this book. As should anyone that enjoys historic novels or very good writing.

I was given this book by NetGalley and Random House Publishing in exchange for my honest review,

Book Review: Keepers of the Covenant

Lynn Austin is such a wordsmith. This historical fiction is set in t he times after Israel was sent into exile to Babylon. It begins with the influence Haman had over Xerxes to convince him to have all of the Jews kills. Then it continues with the events after Haman was killed and Xerxes allowed the Jews to defend themselves.

This time period was brought to life with the people that Austin placed in her writing and the way she showed characters that were involved from both sides of this. The development of the characters made me, generally, care for them.

I cannot list all of the ways that Lynn Austin was successful with this book. I am now going to go back to read the first book in the Restoration Chronicles. I would recommend this book for everyone.

I was given this book by the publisher and bookfun.org in exchange for my honest review.

Book Review: The crimson Cord: Rehab's Story

The Crimson Cord, by Jill Eileen Smith, is the first in Daughters of the Promised Land series.

Rahab was a prostitute who is listed in the lineage of Jesus Christ. But there is more to her story than that. When Joshua sent spies into Jericho, Rahab provided them with a hiding place. She was a believer of God who could have been killed for her actions and her belief.

With so little known of Rahab, the author did have to take some liberties to provide her back story. However, she did such a great job that the novel is easy to believe. Jill Eileen Smith did stay true to the Bible, but allowed the reader to feel like they now can understand more about the main character.

This well-written book, published by Revell Publishing and I would recommend it to any of my friends and families. I will give it the maximum number of stars on all of the sites where I post this.

I was given this book by the author and Revell Publishing in exchange for my honest review.