Thank God it's Friday and the second day of Spring!!! I hope you are enjoying some spring-like weather. The weather in Idaho is bipolar and we'll have a bit of Spring weather and then we'll get snow. So much fun, says no one ever!
I chose Dawn of Grace for this week because I love the cover and Easter is around the corner.
About the book:
Title: Dawn of GraceAuthor: Jill Eileen Smith
Publisher: Revell
Source: Purchased
From her earliest days, Mary Magdalene has known fear and loss at a level so deep she has no hope of surfacing. Bound to the demons within her and incapable of freeing herself, Mary walks in shadow--until one day she encounters a healer, a rabbi who is radically different from the religious leaders and family members who could do nothing to help her. One touch from Jesus and Mary is never the same.
Now Mary's one mission in life is to serve the one who freed her. She is determined never to leave his side, fearing that if she loses him, she'll return to her former bondage. Even when the unthinkable happens and her savior is arrested and sentenced to execution, she cannot abandon him as so many others did. Let her be buried in his tomb, for she cannot live without him.
On the brink of despair, Mary is about to discover that while the life of faith is never perfect, perfect love casts out fear--and Jesus makes all things new.
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FIRST LINE:
AD 26
The Hebrew letter aleph formed in the clay beneath my stylus. I smiled, at last happy with the result.
A very interesting first line.
About Jill Eileen Smith
Jill Eileen Smith is the bestselling and award-winning author of the biblical fiction series The Wives of King David, Wives of the Patriarchs, and Daughters of the Promised Land, as well as The Heart of a King and Star of Persia: Esther's Story. She is also the author of the nonfiction books When Life Doesn't Match Your Dreams and She Walked Before Us. Her research into the lives of biblical women has taken her from the Bible to Israel, and she particularly enjoys learning how women lived in Old Testament times. Jill lives with her family in southeast Michigan.
You can learn more about Jill at her website and follow her on the following social media platforms. Facebook || Instagram || Twitter
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