Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes!

• The hunt BEGINS on 4/10 at noon Mountain with Stop #1 at LisaTawnBergren.com.
• Hunt through our loop using Chrome or Firefox as your browser (not Explorer).
• There is NO RUSH to complete the hunt—you have all weekend (until Sunday, 4/13 at midnight Mountain)! So take your time, reading the unique posts along the way; our hope is that you discover new authors/new books and learn new things about them.
• Submit your entry for the grand prizes by collecting the CLUE on each author’s scavenger hunt post and submitting your answer in the Rafflecopter form at the final stop, back on Lisa’s site. Many authors are offering additional prizes along the way!

I’m Angela Hunt, and my featured book is THE DAUGHTER OF ROME, the final book in the Emissaries series, but don’t worry—it also works as a stand-alone read. The book is about a female sculptor in the days of Nero, when the persecution of Christians began in earnest—it reminds me of the classic stories THE ROBE and THE SILVER CHALICE, as well as Francine Rivers’ Mark of the Lion series. 

I’ve been writing for more years than I can count, and I live in Florida with my hubby, three huge dogs, and an assortment of chickens. Don’t ask how many.  You can learn more about me at my website or my Facebook page.  If you are a writer, you may be interested in my newsletter just for writers—Write Well. You can find it here. 

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to attend a banquet in ancient Rome? 

The Romans loved their feasts, and even you and I might enjoy the food there—as long as we were certain the foods had been freshly prepared. They had no way to refrigerate foods, so I would advise caution if you were presented with something that was overly sauced or spiced to cover the smell of spoilage. 

At a Roman banquet, we could sample honeyed almonds from a bowl, snack on Lucian sausages, and dip our boiled eggs into a delicious pine nut sauce. The main course might consist of a baked flamingo or peacock, complete with colorful feathers, or a roasted boar that would release a live bird once cut open. The chef might be partial to a sow’s udder stuffed with kidneys. When eating with the Romans, perhaps it is best if we do not inquire about what we’re eating. 

For dessert? Cheesecake is a favorite. And if we indulge ourselves too heartily, we can always visit the vomitorium, release the contents of our stomach, and start eating again. What a life!

Here are the Stop #15 Basics:

If you’re interested, you can order THE DAUGHTER OF ROME on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, ChristianBook or at your local bookstore! 

Clue to Write Down: TO READ

Link to Stop #16, the Next Stop on the Loop: Stephen Burnett’s site!

But wait! Before you go, I’m offering three books to three entrants—Magdalene, one of my other historical biblical novels. All you have to do is sign up to become one of my VIP readers (bottom of my home page) or note that you’re already a subscriber. (Foreign residents will receive an epub copy.) 

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Thank you for joining the hunt!