The Centurion's Wife, is an A-m-a-z-i-n-g Book, and one my most favorite books that I've read!!! The characters in this book are so interesting and full of character, making this book an absolute joy to read! Once I began to read it, I couldn't put it down, its so full of suspense, I love it! It ...
This is a well written book in the first of a series (Acts of Faith). Bunn & Oke take the reader on a journey through the dusty streets of Jerusalem right after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.The reader is brought into the Palace of Pontius Pilate and his wife, Procula. Procula is having night...
This novel is Book II from the Acts of Faith series (after The Centurion’s Wife). The story takes place in first century Judea, shortly after the death of Christ. The main character, Abigail, is a follower of “The Way” who begins to struggle with her faith as the community of believers begin to...
The Acts of Faith series helps me to realize how human and real the people of first-century Jerusalem were. Historical cultural details, mixed with the intimate struggles of fictional characters, help me appreciate the book of Acts so much more -- knowing the real Stephen and Martha and Philip we...
Bunn did a very good job of acquainting us with life in Iraq. I listened to this as an audio book, and I think it would have been better to read it. Sometimes, there was too much detail to absorb while listening, due to how easy it is for the mind to wander. Overall, however, I think this was ...
Rare Earth is a nice, light action story--a humanitarian investigation to a devastated region of Africa turns into an international investigation and a life-or-death chase. The land itself is ready to turn against Marc Royce, along with the scattering of UN workers and private contractors who bet...
Elena Burroughs is a clinical psychologist with a best-selling book on dream interpretation. Still grieving the unexpected death of her husband five years previously, she’s retreated into her comfortable world. All that changes when a mysterious woman arrives with her bodyguards and tells Elena ...
Cowboy JayJay Parsons has no idea is going on. One moment he is on a bus heading to California, and the next moment, the bus is in an accident. He wakes up and finds himself in the wardrobe room at Centurion Studios in Riverside, California. Stranger still, he is starring himself in a televisi...
For Val Haines, dying may be the chance of a lifetime.Awakening in a jail cell and bleeding from his head, Val Haines remembers nothing. Not even his name.As his memory slowly begins to return, Haines discovers that the world thinks he's dead. If his nightmares ring true, it may be for the best. ...
. . The security guys were about what Thad would have expected, silent and hulking and at first a little frightening. They wore matching blue blazers and crew cuts and had muscles so pumped up their shoulders remained bunched in permanent shrugs. He had asked their names and got mumbled replies h...
Word had come down from Richmond of new budget cuts. Small mountain towns were the first to be hit when times got hard, since they lacked the political clout to protect themselves. Connie had spent five hours pleading and cajoling to keep their meager city-works budget intact, and still felt unce...
She stood at a side table, reading from a ledger and making notes in her little book. She did not notice them in the doorway, or if she did, she chose to ignore them. She said to Harold, “You have to pay the power company everything you owe them.” Harold was seated behind ...
AUSTIN, TEXAS Reverend Craig Davenport sat in his home office. The wood- paneled study was his inner sanctum, the one place where he could come and shut out the constant demands of running such a large church. But this afternoon his retreat had been invaded. In more ways than one. And on the v...
He hurried up to his room, dropped off the gear he was not now wearing, then returned to the street fearing she would use the interruption as an excuse to change the subject. When he settled into the old Mercedes, he asked, “Who was the guy who broke your heart?” Kayla started the car. “His name ...
Ahmed bought caps, sweatshirts, long drawstring pants, sunglasses, and a disposable phone from the shop. Emma did not wait for his explanation that the Western woman needed to disappear. She smudged her face with road dust, tucked her hair into the cap, slipped on the shades, and pulled the bulky...
But as far as he could tell, no one in the house took notice. Wayne used the truck for cover until it was midway down the drive and passing a stand of pink oleander. He dove and rolled and crawled in a training ground sprint. By the time Julio pulled up at the front door, Wayne was on the house’s...
When she stepped into the parlor, Brian had to smile, though every movement of his face stretched and pulled at his wound. Cecilia wore a college sweatshirt so old the stitching had come out and the letters fallen off. Her jeans were washed to a chalk color, and her sneakers came from two differe...
She heard Harry discuss their destination with the driver, but paid little attention. The taxi deposited them by a hillside manor whose interior courtyard was a graveyard for lost dreams. The palace’s former grandeur was now reduced to old bones. Harry led her to a corner table set upon the raise...