Book Review: A Stray Drop of Blood

I have not read a book that captured me like this one did in a very long time.  It is well worth the $2.99 Kindle price tag.
I will admit that I am not one that is easily brought to tears, but this book really touched me.   It is a story told of a young woman set around the time that Jesus Christ is crucified, and it tells how Jesus’ death profoundly changed her life. 
Product Description from Amazon:
Beautiful is a dangerous thing to be when one is unprotected.
For seven years, Abigail has been a slave in the Visibullis house. With a Hebrew mistress and a Roman master, she has always been more family than servant . . . until their son returns to Jerusalem after his years in Rome. Within a few months Jason has taken her to his bed and turned her world upside down. Maybe, given time, she can come to love him as he says he loves her. But how does she open her heart to the man who ruined her?
Israel’s unrest finds a home in her bosom, but their rebellion tears apart her world. Death descends with Barabbas’s sword, and Abigail is determined to be there when the criminal is punished. But when she ventures to the trial, Barabbas is not the one the crowd calls to crucify. Instead, it is the teacher her master and Jason had begun to follow, the man from Nazareth that some call the Son of God . . .
Born free, made a slave, married out of her bonds, Abigail never knows freedom until she feels the fire of a stray drop of blood from a Jewish carpenter. Disowned by Israel, despised by Rome, desired by all, she never knows love until she receives the smile of a stoic Roman noble.
If you have don’t have a Kindle, you can also find the paperback version on Amazon for $15.00.

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(Free Kindle Book) Change the World: Recovering the Message and Mission of Jesus

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Product Description: 

Something is not working. Despite the church’s place of prominence in American culture and the ubiquity of the church in every American town, misconceptions about the faith of Jesus Christ run rampant today. Christians are known more for exclusivity than for love, more for potlucks than for solving world hunger.

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