Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated (September 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1586607685
ISBN-13: 978-1586607685
Emilie Nazzaro is just trying to finish college and is none too pleased when she is whisked off the street and offered a job to translate a tablet that took her own father away from her. Somehow, she ends up traveling to Israel, and working at a dig site. After being warned about thieves, she has a hard time making friends. Things are hardly uneventful though, when the first time she touches the tablet she gets a vision of ancient Babylon. The affect vanishes, but every night from then on, she dreams of the detailed life of a priestess. Suddenly she wonders if perhaps she truly was a Priestess in a past life. Happy to further herself from the flirtatious Jack, she accepts an invitation for dinner from a handsome stranger named Sheldon Gold, but her anxieties lead her to suspect him as well. Eventually, Emilie finds herself in jail, accused of stealing the tablet herself! After getting bailed out, she sets out the capture the thieves, on her own.
Emilie loves history, and has immersed herself in her work. Although she is hesitant to turn to God, she is not close-minded, and is willing to consider all options. Because of her father rejecting her, she hasn't had any close relationships.
Jack Cabot is not what he seems. He finds himself attracted to Emilie because she seems to actually see he is wearing a facade. But, due to rejections of his past, he doesn't trust her.
Margaret is the nice woman you would want to sit beside you at church. She is confident in her beliefs but is completely calm and respectful.
Jenn, Emilie's roommate, is confident in her beliefs as well, but they are her new-age religion. She seems rather angry at times, which clues you into the effects of her lifestyle. She is condescending to Margaret, and unwilling to hear an opinion other then one she agrees with.
My favorite aspect of this book is that it deals with a belief outside of Christianity, mainly the idea of reincarnation. I have read more Christian-fiction than I can remember, and I have no memory of this belief being mentioned. Most books just mention the evils of witchcraft if they mention any other belief.
There is plenty of suspense in this book, thanks to Jack, who made me constantly wonder whose side he was on. Jenn, and Sheldon also have secrets, and did I mention the moral struggles of Victor Herrigan?
The perspective switches from Emilie, to Jack, and even to Victor sometimes. But it never bored me or made me anxious to get back to our main character, as I have sometimes experienced with other books.
For lots of suspense and good characters, I give it three and half stars.
Go to the author's website to learn more about her historic-fiction.
You can buy it used at Amazon.com.
Up next, I'll review "Wormwood" by G.P. Taylor.
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