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

Daughter of Rome (Tessa Afshar) – Review + Giveaway

A woman with a devastating secret. A man bent on proving his worth. A chance encounter that catapults them into the heart of history.

When the daughter of a prominent Roman general meets a disinherited Jewish immigrant, neither one can dream of God’s plan to transform them into the most influential couple of the early church. Nor can they anticipate the mountains that will threaten to bury them. Their courtship unwittingly shadowed by murder and betrayal, Priscilla and Aquila slowly work to build a community of believers, while their lives grow increasingly complicated thanks to a shaggy dog, a mysterious runaway, and a ruthless foe desperate for love. But when they’re banished from their home by a capricious emperor, they must join forces with an unusual rabbi named Paul and fight to turn treachery into redemption.

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12 February 2020

A Conspiracy of Breath (Latayne C. Scott) – Review

~ About the Book ~ In a richly-textured, controversial and provocative literary work, award-winning author Latayne C. Scott examines: What would it have been like to be a woman, a Gentile, and someone onto whom the Holy Breath moved – to produce what became the mysterious Epistle to the Hebrews in the Bible? “This book changed me, deepened my love for The Breath, and swelled my appreciation for those who sacrificed so much to ensure people like me…could turn the parchment pages and read Truth for ourselves. I didn’t want to leave this story and fear Latayne has spoiled me

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12 May 2018

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?

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4 September 2017

The Confessions of X (Suzanne M. Wolfe) – Review

Publisher’s Description Before he became a father of the Christian Church, Augustine of Hippo loved a woman whose name has been lost to history. This is her story.  She met Augustine in Carthage when she was seventeen. She was the poor daughter of a mosaic-layer; he was a promising student and heir to a fortune. His brilliance and passion intoxicated her, but his social class would be forever beyond her reach. She became his concubine, and by the time he was forced to leave her, she was thirty years old and the mother of his son. And his Confessions show

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25 February 2016