
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.