Calix, the centurion, is a highly decorated, skilled soldier and a known leader of men in the Roman Army. He is also haunted by something he did in a recent battle. In his last assignments, he interacts with the governor of Judea and Pontius Pilate. And he meets Jesus. What else happens in his last months of service?
Month: January 2022
Feeding Washington’s Army by Ricardo A. Herrera
A persuasive history detailing how the Continental Army was fed at Valley Forge in the deadly winter of 1778. Packed with names, places, and details.
A tour de force! Herrera states “this book contends that the Continental Army at Valley Forge was a field army engaged in active operations.”
A Dangerous Talent
Alix London is restoring a valuable painting and is thankful for the job. The daughter of a convicted art forger, once a notable art conservator, she is trying to make it in the art world with the baggage left by her father. A chance meeting with a newly rich art collector lands her a job to authenticate an undiscovered Georgia O’Keefe painting. Alix finds herself in New Mexico. What she doesn’t expect is that her talent becomes dangerous — even to the point of death. Hers!
A Promise of Forgiveness by Jo Ann Brown
Key characters are holding secrets. Some long held. Beautifully written. Great characters. Insight into what bullying in any form can do to people. Not a “downer” story at all
History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of West Virginia by Wills De Hass
“How did earlier WV pioneers survive the frequent and brutal raids on their homesteads at a time when that wilderness frontier served as the western border of the United States?” Chap.III, “Manners and Customs” alone is worth the cost of this book. Full of names & dates.
The Offering
Sheriff Serenity Adams feels she owes Bobby, Blood Rock’s coroner. So — when he asks her to “dig” into the murder outside of her authority, she does but it is *not* something she wants to do. Bobby’s best friend, a coroner in Sugar Grove, has asked Bobby for help. He, in turn, asks Serenity. And the more she looks…