Jewel of the Nile by Tessa Afshar
#Jewel of the Nile# by Tessa Afshar is a Biblical fiction novel. .Tessa is the Publisher's weekly best selling author of Biblical and inspirational fiction. She won the Inspy award for Land of Silence. The Bible study New Beginnings on the book of Ruth won the EPCA book of the year award. She has her Master's of Divinity from Yale. The novel takes place at Cush , the ancient city and the Roman empire. . The characters are well described. The city of Cush is explained well. Chariline is the main character. The themes of the book are trust vs mistrust, identity, hope, secrets, coming of age, coping in difficult situations. The reader will feel like they have stepped in the land of ...