Angela Hunt is a master storyteller and proves it once again with this fascinating and somewhat surprising Biblical fiction tale! Disciple Matthew, a former tax collector, is invited to work with Peter, James, and John in Jerusalem. He dreams of preaching and performing miracles like his fellow apostles, but he finds his dreams postponed because …
Author of the Month: Angela Hunt
Merry Christmas! Can you believe we are at the end of the year already (though I can’t say I’m too sad about that fact)? I’m excited to share with you my last Author of the Month post of 2020! My pick for December is one of the queens of the Christian fiction world, a writer …
Review: The Shepherd’s Wife by Angela Hunt
The Shepherd’s Wife was a book whose beauty and impact did not fully hit me until after I had read the last page. Yeshua of Nazareth has two sisters: Damaris, married to a wealthy merchant’s son, and Pheodora, married to a simple shepherd from Bethlehem. When Pheodora’s husband suffers an unexpected reversal of fortune and …
My Top 3 Favorite Series: The Heirs of Cahira O’Connor by Angela Hunt
Welcome for the third and final installment in my “Top 3 Favorite Series” blog post series! By this point in my reading journey, I’ve read lots of book series that I enjoyed just as much as these books. But what keeps “The Heirs of Cahira O’Connor” series on my list of all-time favorites is the …
Review: Daughter of Cana by Angela Hunt
Angela Hunt’s Jerusalem Road series is off to a brilliant start! Check out the gorgeous cover and official blurb, then I’ll share my thoughts: Thomas and Tasmin, twin siblings hired to oversee a wedding feast in Cana, worry when the host runs out of wine . . . until a guest tells Tasmin to have …
Review: King’s Shadow by Angela Hunt
Angela Hunt expertly brings history to life in all of her books, but her Biblical fiction shines as the greatest example of her prowess. Throughout her incredible Silent Years series, I have gotten to know (on what feels like a personal level) Cleopatra, the Maccabees, the Hasmonean kings–and Queen Salome Alexandra–and lastly, the family of …