Denise Robins Boeken

Pagan Princess Jezebel's reception into Samaria was hailed as one of the wonders of the ancient world. Drenched in the exotic colours of the East, the spectacle of King Ahab's bride and her triumphant progress to the Ivory Palace was never to be forgotten. The exotical beauty of the Queen brought her praise and admiration from all who served her. Yet even then, amid the cheering voices, there were those who seemed to sense a dreadful power in Jezebel's stately bearing. But as Thamar, her half-sister had foreseen, the seeds of Jezebel's glory were later to bear a terrible fruit. For her ambition and her power over the men of her family would one day earn her the title of the devilsh women in the ancient world.

Up until now, young Nicola Horten had always done what was expected of her. She had grown up in the suburbs, gone to school, and taken a job. But then the unexpected happened. Nicola is completely bewitched by the well-known novelist, Laurence Gray - a man with a wife and child - she fell in love with him and he asked her to go away with him. He lifts her out of the suburbs into his spoiled luxury world. He leads and she follows, despite the protests of her family. But Nicola has to grow up very fast with Laurence's wife and daughter in the foreground, and worse still, the slow awareness that Laurence is a man of short-lived passions. Soon Nicola will feel what it is to be betrayed, but may be Richard can make you feel otherwise.