Jezebel

Name: Jezebel
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Jacquelin Thomas
ISBN: 9781440743573

Author: Jacquelin Thomas

Narrator: Myra Lucretia Taylor

Unabridged: 11 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC

Published: 06/05/2008

Categories: Fiction, Romance

Synopsis

Essence best-selling author of Redemption, Jacquelin Thomas tells the Biblical story of Jezebel as a riveting modern drama. All her life, small-town Georgia girl Jessie Belle Holt has known how to use men. Her ticket out ofMayville isTraynor Deveraux, a trusting pastor with a brilliant career ahead. Seduced by the trappings of position and power, Jessie Bell uses her wiles to nudge her unwitting husband into national prominence. But how far will she go to sustain and expand her power?

About Jacquelin Thomas

Jacquelin Thomas is an award-winning, bestselling author of more than eighty books of romance, womenâ€™s fiction, inspirational fiction, and young adult books. Her book Divine Confidential was nominated for a 2008 NAACP Image Award. Other awards she has won include two EMMA awards, the Romance in Color Reviewers Award, Readerâ€™s Choice Award, and the Atlanta Choice Award. She was a 2005 honoree at the Houston Black Film Festival for the movie adaptation of her novel, Hidden Blessings. She was the first recipient to receive the Writers Achievement Award at the North Carolina Book Festival in Winston-Salem. She also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times Magazine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on May 13, 2016

Jessie Belle has lived a promiscuous life for a long time, even at her young age. Countless of times, she has been warned not to use sex as an advantage but to save herself for a godly man. Dismissing her mother thoughts, Jessie feels justified in doing what she wants to do. If men cannot control th......more

Goodreads review by Nardsbaby on September 21, 2009

Salvation Jessie Bell Holt's agenda at eighteen was simple, she wanted out of the small town of Mayville, Georgia. Luckily for her, fate was on the same path. Pastor Traynor Deveraux Jr. was sent to Mayville, Georgia, in place of his ill father to preach. Unable to fight the growing attraction, Trayn......more

Goodreads review by Corinne on February 28, 2009

omg this book was so good, that it made me want to read about jezebel in the bible. I mean jessie belle holt would stop a nothing to get what she wanted, this book had me going oh no she didn't out loud, surprisingly i was saddened at the end, but knew it had to be that way. i was a fan of ms thomas......more

Goodreads review by Stacey on September 18, 2019

A modern day, bible story. Super clever and well written. Definitely adding this author to my top 5.......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on March 28, 2013

The main character Jessie Belle reminded me of Phaedra on the Atlanta Housewives series-sneaky and devious!......more