Author: Davis Bunn and Janette Oke.
Genre: Christian, Historical Fiction, Romance, Early Christian Period.
Plot: Leah may be the niece of Pilate, the famous or perhaps infamous governor who had Jesus scourged and then washed his hands of His blood, but she serves as Procula's handmaid and feels tainted by her family's disgrace. Haunted by her two elder sisters' unwanted arranged marriages, Leah vows never to marry and never to trust a man. Her heart hardened yet her hands gentle and her eye quick to attend her mistress and the aging Dorit, Leah's only friend in Pilate's household, Leah is as content as can be expected. Until word reaches her that Pilate has received an offer of marriage for her from a centurion whom she has never even heard of before. Distressed, Leah carries on with her duties while all around her swarm the reports of the Prophet Jesus' death and what a good man her centurion is. With Procula's mysterious dreams and painful headaches still lingering, Leah and her mistress pack up and head back to Jerusalem where Procula sends her out to find Jesus' disciples and learn if an attack upon Rome is in question.
What Leah, amidst all her duties and the memories of a former life locked away in her heart, doesn't know is that her centurion, Alban, has a heart as emotionally scarred as her own. Sent away from home upon his father's death, Alban remains stationed in a little corner of the dusty empire near Galilee where his main concern is keeping his men alive and dealing with those pesky raiding parties of Parathians. When his request for Leah's hand is seemingly accepted and he is summed before Pilate, Alban is nearly knocked off his feet at the idea of a Judean betrothal and the task he must undergo in order to claim Leah as his own. Now both of them are on the hunt for the truth, but what they find shakes their separate worlds to their cores.
Likes/Dislikes: Beautifully written with a flowing, engaging plot and wonderful well drawn characters that immediately became my best friends, this book is an epic Christian look at the events surrounding the birth of Christianity. Mixed in with all the seriousness and the beauty of the setting is good clean humor among the characters that had me smiling all the way from cover to cover and the last final twist at the end brought happy tears to my eyes! Highly recommended! For additional information on this book, visit the following links: http://www.bethanyhouse.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=0477683E4046471488BD7BAC8DCFB004&nm=&type=PubCom&mod=PubComProductCatalog&mid=BF1316AF9E334B7BA1C33CB61CF48A4E&tier=3&id=752FA8200766458180F9260EA3349C4A
http://www.davisbunn.com/book/the-centurions-wife.htm
Rating: PG-13 and up for reading level.
Date Report Written: May 19, 2011.
This book was provided free by the publishers in exchange for an honest review. I was not required to write a positive review and the opinions expressed in the above review are my own.
1 comment:
Wow, this sounds like a neat story. Very dramatic. A lot like something Chelise would write, don't you think? hehe:) Keep those reviews coming, girl!
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