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Isaiah's Daughter (Mesu Andrews) – Review

~ About the Book ~ In this epic Biblical narrative, ideal for fans of The Bible miniseries, a young woman taken into the prophet Isaiah’s household rises to capture the heart of the future king. Isaiah adopts Ishma, giving her a new name–Zibah, delight of the Lord–thereby ensuring her royal pedigree. Ishma came to the prophet’s home, devastated after watching her family destroyed and living as a captive. But as the years pass, Zibah’s lively spirit wins Prince Hezekiah’s favor, a boy determined to rebuild the kingdom his father has nearly destroyed. But loving this man will awake in her all the

20 January 2018

First Line Friday – 19 January 2018 – Isaiah's Daughter (Mesu Andrews)

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! I’m deep in the world of 8th Century BC Judah this week, thoroughly engrossed in Mesu Andrews’ new release Isaiah’s Daughter. I can’t wait to share my review with you all tomorrow! You’ve probably noticed that Carrie is sharing the first line from Isaiah’s Daughter on Hoarding Books blog, so I’m going to share the first line from chapter two today. I think you’ll find it follows on nicely from the first line of chapter one!

19 January 2018

Most Anticipated Books of 2018 – Biblical Fiction

Hello again, book lovers! It’s day four of my Most Anticipated Books of 2018 series. Having already looked at contemporary fiction, historical fiction, and suspense fiction, it’s time to turn to Biblical fiction. This is a genre with a much smaller output, but the output that is there is top quality. Hence, every Biblical fiction release of 2018 that I know of is in this list. This post contains affiliate links. Click here for full disclosure.

29 December 2017

Top Ten Tuesday – Books On My Winter (In Other Words, Summer) TBR

Hello, reader friends. We’re just two days away from Summer here in Australia, so while the girls at The Broke and the Bookish have nominated ‘Books on my Winter TBR’ for today’s Top Ten topic, I will, of course, be giving you the books that I’ll be reading over the glorious (and, let’s face it, sometimes stinking hot!) days of the Australian summer. Not that it makes much difference to the books that will actually be on my list, but . . . you know. Just so you’re all picturing sunshine instead of snow. 🙂

28 November 2017

Interview + Giveaway with Latayne C. Scott

Hi there, and thanks for stopping by my blog today. I’m not sure about you, but the word ‘controversial’ always grabs my attention. What can I say? In my dictionary, ‘controversial’ often equals ‘intellectually stimulating’. However, pair ‘controversial’ with ‘Biblical fiction’ and I’m likely to get nervous, too. And that leads me to the book that is the topic of today’s interview: A Conspiracy of Breath by Latayne Scott. What if God breathed through a woman to author the book of Hebrews? Would you find it interesting? Or conspiratorial?

4 September 2017

Bread of Heaven (Tessa Afshar) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Purple. The foundation of an influential trade in a Roman world dominated by men. One woman rises up to take the reins of success in an incredible journey of courage, grit, and friendship. And along the way, she changes the world. But before she was Lydia, the seller of purple, she was simply a merchant’s daughter who loved three things: her father, her ancestral home, and making dye. Then unbearable betrayal robs her of nearly everything.

14 June 2017

First Line Friday – 9 June 2017 – Bread of Angels (Tessa Afshar)

First Line Friday is coming to you all the way from sunny/foggy/rainy Melbourne today. 🙂 For those of you not up on your Australian geography, that means I’m 1,000km (600 miles) from my home north of Sydney in the Hunter Valley. Yesterday morning I had a wonderful time chatting with the lovely Rel from Relz Reviewz. And what better place for us to meet than at a Christian bookstore! It just so happens that I spied a copy of the novel I will be featuring today on the shelf! (A bit of a surprise since it’s only just released, and

9 June 2017

Wings of the Wind (Connilyn Cossette) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Alanah, a Canaanite, is no stranger to fighting and survival. When her family is killed in battle with the Hebrews, she disguises herself and sneaks onto the battlefield to avenge her family. The one thing she never counted on was surviving. Tobiah, a Hebrew warrior, is shocked to find an unconscious, wounded woman among the Canaanite casualties. Compelled to bring her to a Hebrew healer back at their camp, he is soon confronted with a truth he can’t ignore: the only way to protect this enemy is to marry her.

5 May 2017

The power of fiction, the beauty of words, and the God who made us to wield them for His glory.