{"id":3115,"date":"2013-07-15T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T10:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=3115"},"modified":"2013-07-14T10:30:26","modified_gmt":"2013-07-14T14:30:26","slug":"the-riddle-of-solomon-and-the-winner-of-the-wicked-wit-of-jane-austen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=3115","title":{"rendered":"The Riddle of Solomon and the Winner of The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The winner of THE WICKED WIT OF JANE AUSTEN from last Monday’s Give Away is…<\/p>\n

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Marilyn!<\/p>\n

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Congratulations Marilyn! And my thanks to all who participated. please stay tuned, b\/c I’ll be giving away more books and Jane Austen fun as the launch for LOVE ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT approaches…<\/p>\n

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And for more Monday Fun…<\/p>\n

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Today I also want to mention a lovely novel that my friend Amy Bruno is working with on her\u00c2\u00a0Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours<\/a><\/p>\n

It looks like a lot of fun…intrigue and mystery…very cool. Thanks for sharing with me, Amy \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Publication Date:\u00c2\u00a0 July 1, 2013
\nMedallion Press
\nPaperback; 472p<\/span><\/p>\n

Cambridge archaeologist Sarah Weston and anthropologist Daniel Madigan team up\u00c2\u00a0 for another expedition and adventure in this second book in the Sarah\u00c2\u00a0 Weston Chronicles. While working on the Qaryat al-Fau archaeological\u00c2\u00a0 site in Saudi Arabia, the pair uncovers a mysterious ancient scroll\u00c2\u00a0 composed as a riddle. As they attempt to date and decipher the scroll, a flurry of ills befalls their expedition and the scroll is stolen. A\u00c2\u00a0 trail of clues leads to India, Jerusalem, and the Judean wilderness,\u00c2\u00a0 where the two discover the scroll was written by the enigmatic King\u00c2\u00a0 Solomon as a map to an ancient manuscript. Meanwhile a privileged young\u00c2\u00a0 Briton, Trent Sacks, has invested years and a fortune looking for his\u00c2\u00a0 manuscript. Believing he is the last descendant of the House of David in the line of Solomon, Sacks will do whatever it takes to amass the\u00c2\u00a0 ancient relics which will prove he is the Jewish Messiah. Leaving a\u00c2\u00a0 string of murders in his wake, Sacks vows to crush Sarah and Daniel for\u00c2\u00a0 challenging his quest. Journeying through the worlds of the occult,\u00c2\u00a0 corporate greed, geopolitical conflict, Judaic mysticism, and biblical\u00c2\u00a0 archaeology, Sarah and Daniel race to uncover the powerful ancient\u00c2\u00a0 message that could have an explosive impact on modern Israel.<\/p>\n

Praise for The Riddle of Solomon<\/b><\/p>\n

“D. J. Niko’s storytelling carries the grit of desert dust and the\u00c2\u00a0 seductive scent of incense on every page as Sarah Weston races with a\u00c2\u00a0 madman to save the treasures that King Solomon left behind.” \u00e2\u20ac\u201dMary Anna\u00c2\u00a0 Evans, award-winning author, Artifacts and Wounded Earth<\/p>\n

About the Author<\/b><\/p>\n

D.J. Niko is the nom de plume of Daphne Nikolopoulos, an award-winning\u00c2\u00a0 author and journalist. Her first novel, titled The Tenth Saint, was\u00c2\u00a0 released in March 2012 to rave reviews by both readers and the trade. In March 2013, it was awarded the Gold Medal for popular fiction in the\u00c2\u00a0 prestigious, juried Florida Book Awards. An archaeological thriller\u00c2\u00a0 embroidered with historical motifs, The Tenth Saint takes readers on an\u00c2\u00a0 adventure across the globe: Ethiopia, the Syro-Arabian Desert and\u00c2\u00a0 Abyssinian Empire circa fourth century, London, Paris, Brussels, and\u00c2\u00a0 Texas. The Tenth Saint is the first book in The Sarah Weston Chronicles\u00c2\u00a0 series. The second, titled The Riddle of Solomon, releases July 1, 2013.<\/p>\n

Daphne is now at work on a historical novel set in tenth century B.C.E.\u00c2\u00a0 Israel. The epic story details the collapse of the United Monarchy and\u00c2\u00a0 the glory and fall of the empire built by King Solomon. It will be\u00c2\u00a0 released in early 2015.<\/p>\n

As a former travel journalist, Daphne has traveled across the globe on assignment, or for personal discovery. She has been to some places most of us don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t realize are on the map, and\u00c2\u00a0 she has brought them to life through her writing for various magazines,\u00c2\u00a0 newspapers and websites on an international scale. Her travel background and rich experiences now bring authentic detail, color, and realism to\u00c2\u00a0 her fiction.<\/p>\n

She also is the editor in chief of Palm Beach\u00c2\u00a0 Illustrated magazine, a 62-year-old luxury-lifestyle glossy. She also is the editorial director of Palm Beach Media Group, and in that capacity\u00c2\u00a0 oversees 11 magazines and 3 websites.<\/p>\n

She is the mother of twin\u00c2\u00a0 toddlers and, in her spare time, volunteers for causes she believes\u00c2\u00a0 in\u00e2\u20ac\u201dliteracy, education, child advocacy, and the advancement of\u00c2\u00a0 traditional and tribal arts from around the world. Born in Athens,\u00c2\u00a0 Greece, she now lives with her family in West Palm Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit D.J. Niko’s website<\/a>. You can also follow on Twitter<\/a> and Goodreads<\/a>.
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The winner of THE WICKED WIT OF JANE AUSTEN from last Monday’s Give Away is… *** Marilyn! *** Congratulations Marilyn! And my thanks to all who participated. please stay tuned, b\/c I’ll be giving away more books and Jane Austen fun as the launch for LOVE ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT approaches…   And for more …<\/p>\n

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