Books Reviewed
A MOTHER'S SACRIFICE: JOCHEBED'S STORY
Rebecca recommended this book. (4 stars out of 5)
This historical fiction novel depicts Moses' mother birthing her son, painstakingly hiding him, and enduring the first years as she served as Moses's wet nurse. It is evident that considerable research went into this story, and it gave great insight into what she may have endured. Very informative read. Recommended!
A Mother’s Sacrifice Jochebed’s Story (Ordinary Women of the Bible)
by Carole Towriss
Publisher Description
A Mother’s Sacrifice-Jochebed’s Story is the first book in the Ordinary Women of the Bible fiction series.
You probably know something of Moses—the man who God entrusted with the Ten Commandments. Now discover the remarkable story of his mother.
Stroll the ancient halls of an Egyptian villa and walk the dusty paths of a slave’s village and witness God’s governing hand on two mothers. This captivating story begins when Jochebed gives birth to Moses, just moments after the Pharaoh issues an order to kill every newborn Hebrew male.
How will Jochebed hide her precious son? Does his only chance for survival lay with the Pharaoh’s own daughter? Can Jochebed convince her to raise him to worship the one true God?
MURDER AT THE BEACON BAKESHOP
by Darci Hannah
Rebecca recommended this book. (5 stars out of 5)
This was the first book I've read by Darci Hannah. It was a highly entertaining cozy, and I really enjoyed it. The characters were bigger-than-life. This is a great vacation read (or vacation-from-home read)!
From BookBub
With over 800 five-star Goodreads ratings: Lindsey Bakewell has just converted an old Michigan lighthouse into a brand-new bakery — but the grand opening is ruined by a murder, and Lindsey’s the prime suspect! Now she has to catch a killer to clear her name in this small-town whodunit featuring delicious recipes.
Publisher Description
After catching her celebrity chef fiancé sizzling in the arms of another woman, Lindsey Bakewell left big city Wall Street for small town Beacon Harbor, Michigan to pursue her own passion as a pastry baker—and gets mixed up in someone’s sweet taste of revenge . . .
More interested in kneading dough than adding it up, Lindsey’s breakup inspired her to set up the shop she always wanted in a place that always made her happy. She’d spent many childhood summers near this beach community and converting the old run-down lighthouse into a bakery café, and home offers a perfect fresh start for Lindsey and her devoted Newfoundland dog, Wellington.
But not everyone in town has a sweet tooth. The preservation society won’t have the lighthouse’s history sugar coated by lattes and cakes—and a protest group crashes Lindsey’s Memorial Day opening. Then her ex-fiancé Jeffrey Plank and his girlfriend Mia Long arrive to trash the place. In the ensuing chaos Mia chokes on a donut and dies.
An autopsy reveals cyanide in Mia’s bloodstream and Lindsey is the police’s prime suspect. To clear her name, she’s going to need to combine ingredients found in the town’s checkered past to uncover the identity of a desperate killer . . .
Includes Delicious Recipes!