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"Highly recommend this Ancient Egypt Romance!"

This is a story of Ancient Egypt and of two children who were both given to the Gods as children. Hatshepsut or "Hati" is of Royal blood and is now old enough to dance for the Living God. Senmut has been in the military and is now a scribe. Imagine Senmut's surprise when he is called to Hati's chambers and finds she has grown into a beautiful woman. She is to dance for the Pharoah, Tutmose II, this evening and with any luck, he will choose to marry her. The Pharoah still has no children, even with all his wives and concubines.

Well, no big surprise, Hati impresses the Pharoah and is made one of his wives. Senmut leaves the city and goes into the desert. He decides he must as he realizes he has fallen in love with Hati and it will hurt him too much to be around her. Meanwhile, Hati becomes a favorite with the Pharoah and comes to know the man, rather than the Living God. She falls in love with him and eventually conceives. In order to protect Hati and her unborn child, plans have made to gift the Pharoah with another concubine and he must act as if Hati has fallen out of favor.

In order to consummate their relationship, Pythia, the woman picked as Pharaoh's new concubine, makes up an aphrodisiac. Unfortunately, the Pharoah is allergic to it and dies. Just before all this happened, the Pharoah has decreed that Hati will be the Regent Pharoah until her child can take the throne. The Pharoah has also named Senmut as Tutor of the Royal Children.

During an audience, Hati has the misfortune of meeting one of the Princes, Akenmose. Akenmose immediately attacks Hati's right to rule and shows he will do nothing but create problems for her.

Is Akenmose planning a way to take the throne from Hati? Will she be able to give birth to her child in peace? Will her child live? What of Pythia? Will she be executed as killing the Pharoah? What of Senmut and his forbidden love of Hati? Will the two of them ever have a chance at happiness?

THE GOD'S WIFE is a wonderful story of Hatshepsut, one of the only female Pharaohs. It is obvious Lena Austin has been her research fully before ever setting pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, whatever the case may be. The characters are all engaging, the settings are all fantastic. The story is filled with all kinds of plots and subplots enough to keep any reader engaged. The life of the Pharoah was not easy with all the threats to his safety and everyone plotting to take his power. Lena Austin has done a wonderful job of keeping everything straight and easy to follow in this story, while not reducing it to something simplistic. And the ending was quite a surprise! This is a story I highly recommend to anyone with any interest at al

Reviewed by Chere Gruver
Posted November 6, 2006

The God's Wives were a group of noblewomen sworn to protect and serve Egypt by any means, be it assassination, sorcery, money, or sex. Raised from infancy to be the wife of Pharaoh, Hati knew her duty. She would win the Pharaoh's heart, mind meld with him, produce his children, and rule beside him as the wife of the Living God. But when Pharaoh dies, pregnant Hati must rule alone as Regent-Queen, protecting the Empire for her unborn child and another child of Pharaoh carried by a concubine.

When the disinherited brother of the dead Pharaoh arrives, claiming to be the true heir since no woman has the ability to rule an Empire, Hati must prove her worth and do more than simply be Regent-Queen. She must shave her hair, dress as a man, and become Pharaoh Hatshepsut, the first woman Pharaoh of Egypt. It will take all the might, muscle, sorcery, and deviousness of the God's Wives and their allies to keep Hati on the throne long enough for the true heir of Pharaoh to be born.

Note: The God's Wife contains a brief homosexual male interlude.