Tracy L. Higley's "The Queen's Handmaid" is a novel containing 397 pages, published on March 25, 2014. The novel takes place in 39 BC and starts out in Egypt and continues to take its reader through Rome and finally to Judea. In the book, the character Lydia, an orphaned servant, strives to please Cleopatra in Egypt. When Herod comes from Judea for a visit, she ends up going back with him to start a new life there.

Entertainment, a good thrill, passing up time. It was so hard to put the book down and I finished it within three days!

I loved the character Lydia, her personality and her mysteries. I also loved figuring out about the pendant she wore, her true identity, and the scrolls. Also, the mysterious thieves were exciting.

How Simon reacted when he discovered Lydia's true identity. It made me so sad, but glad to find out he put it behind him.

Read it all over again!

Inspired to grow in my own writing. The amazing research and details also made me want to do the same for my novels, which I do now, thanks to Higley! I also could relate myself to Lydia a lot, which is one reason I like her so much. Higley's characters are believable, complex, and touching.

Tracy L. Higley

I loved it and I know others will, too.

"The Queen's Handmaid" is also in the Religious genre. It in the Historical, Mystery, and the Thriller/Suspense genres.

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