The Queen's Handmaid

<p><strong>A jealous Egyptian queen.</strong></p><p><strong>A lascivious Galilean governor.</strong></p><p><strong>How can one servant girl possibly make a difference?</strong></p><p><strong>An orphan since birth </strong>Lydia lives in the palace at the demand of Cleopatra and her royal child the son of Julius Caesar.</p><p><strong>But Lydia's beauty is becoming a liability </strong>to the aging queen and the visiting Herod's undisguised interest in Lydia only makes matters worse.</p><p><strong>When Lydia's mentor is murdered </strong>the handmaid inherits a daunting task. An ancient set of sealed scrolls the secret writings of the prophet Daniel must be returned to Jerusalem-before those who killed her mentor destroy the scrolls as well.</p><p><strong>Lydia joins Herod the Great's retinue </strong>and soon becomes absorbed in the machinations of his Jerusalem palace.</p><p><strong>But dark forces older than Jerusalem itself are at work.</strong></p><p><strong>And Lydia has no idea of the true nature of her destiny.</strong></p>