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The Book of Love

By: Kathleen McGowan
Narrated by: Linda Stephens
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Maureen Paschal thought she might rest and work on her book after discovering the gospel written by Mary Magdalene that revealed Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married. The truth of their story rocked the world and made Maureen a target of those who did not like her discovery and a heroine to those who did.

Then Maureen receives a strange package containing what looks like an ancient letter written in Latin and signed with a symbol. She discovers that its author is an extraordinary woman whom history has overlooked -- or covered up -- Countess Matilda of Tuscany, and in the letter Matilda demands the return of her "most precious books and documents." Maureen soon finds herself in a race across Italy and France, where hidden dangers await her and her lover, Bérenger, as they begin to realize that they are on the trail of another explosive discovery: the Book of Love, the Gospel written in Jesus' own hand.

As Maureen learns more about Matilda, an eleventhcentury warrior countess who was secretly married to a pope, she begins to see the eerie connections between herself and Matilda, connections she must trace to their source if she is to stop the wrong people from finding the Book of Love and hiding it forever.
©2009 Simon and Schuster, Inc; 2008 Kathleen McGowan
Historical Suspense Italy France
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With ears to hear

Thank you Kathleen for sharing this with the world. For those with ears to hear.

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Great - Worth a Read

I really enjoyed this book … if you decide to read it disregard those negative reviewers … they are merely there to deter you in reading the book …

the only part I did not enjoy was that was that song/hymn at the end of the book … music was so overpowering and I am quite deaf …

Will definitely read the next book …

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