Title: Jewel of the Nile
Author: Tessa Afshar
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Genre: Biblical Fiction/Historical Fiction
Synopsis:
Whispered secrets
about her parents' past take on new urgency for Chariline as she pays
one last visit to the land of her forefathers, the ancient kingdom of
Cush.
Raised as an orphan by her aunt, Chariline has only been
told a few pieces of her parents' tragic love story. Her beautiful dark
skin is proof that her father was Cushite, but she knows nothing else.
While visiting her grandfather before his retirement as the Roman
official in the queen's court, Chariline overhears that her father is
still alive, and discovering his identity becomes her obsession. Both
her grandfather and the queen have reasons for keeping this secret,
however, and forbid her quest. So when her only clues lead to Rome,
Chariline sneaks on the ship of a merchant trusted by friends.