Some purposes are obvious … Easy to understand. Others are hidden … Their meanings never revealed. After fleeing from the giants, Kerstin wakes deaf, injured, and disoriented. In this new land, will she be welcomed by the villagers? Ammon has searched for a woman to love. When he finds Kerstin, she is not what he expected. Her strength and independence are different from the other women he has encountered. Can Ammon accept Kirsten’s strength? Can she submit to his love? Will they ever understand the purpose of her coming or the other secrets found in Safe Haven? If you love strong women who strive to do the right thing while maintaining their independence, you will love Hidden Purpose, the 11th book of the Lost Children of the Prophet series. Get it now.
Angelique Conger, has spent years enticed by the stories of ancient women, challenging her to comb through the Bible, gleaning tidbits of information about them, the little there is. No one knows or tells their stories, even their names are unknown. Many of their husbands’ stories are unknown, as well. Now, Angelique tells their thought-provoking stories as though they sat beside her, whispering into her ear. These are found in her series Ancient Matriarchs. Angelique discovered the wonders of writing books later in her life. Books, however, have always been important. As a little girl in a small town in southern Utah, she was given her own library card at the tender age of five, highly unusual in those days. She remembers walking the few blocks to the library on her own to choose the maximum number of books allowed in those days, four nice, thick books. She took them back three or four days later for four more. As she got older, she occasionally returned the books a day or two past the limit of two weeks. The librarians allowed her to straighten the stacks to pay off her fines. This introduced her to the Dewey Decimal System of organizing books early in life. Angelique reads a book or three much of the time. She reads most genre`s of books, often toying with the idea of writing a few herself. Her sister challenged her to participate in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in 2013. She won that year and several others, writing the beginnings of the books in Ancient Matriarchs. Since then, she has spent many hours each day learning the craft of writing, editing, and publishing. Studying and writing about Eve, and other matriarchs, gave her a deeper understanding of the challenges faced in a new world. Many of the questions women want to know about her life, such as: Who helped her give birth? How did the learn to feed themselves? Who taught Eve about raising children? How did they learn to write? Though the answers cannot be historically accurate, they “feel right.” Angelique followed her husband around the world as he served in the United States Navy. Her favorite place to live was Hawaii. Though Gibraltar was interesting, it wasn’t her favorite place to live. She received a BED in Education from the University of Hawaii and a MS from Utah State University. She taught grade school for 14 years in Utah. Angelique strives to do her best to obey the command given to Eve to replenish the earth. She has five children and nine grandchildren, so far. Her goal is to be a noble matriarch like Eve. Angelique lives in southern Nevada with her husband, love bird, and two turtles. She looks forward to visits from her grandchildren—and their parents.
An awesome ending to a fabulous series! I have loved every book in this series and this one was no exception. As much as I hate to see the series end, I understand it must. I loved how the author neatly tied the story of the decendants of Nat and Ziva, the Lost Children of the Prophet Enos, to her series of the Ancient Matriarchs. Great character development! The characters truly seem like real people and I'm sad to leave their aquaintence. This is definitely a series I will treasure and reread for years to come!