The Lost Goddess

I really enjoyed this book. I found it at a bargin book store and because it was about Ancient Egypt I grabbed it. I liked the story line, it was detailed. The bittersweet love story and the added myth...but the only thing I had problems with is how Sekhmet was protrayed. Sekhmet was the Eye of Ra...she was the slayer of his enemies and she could be firece, and violent- true but after Ra tricked her she bacame HerHert (Hathor) [note she is in no way the other half, sister or anything else of Bast, that is a misconception] and Hathor is the kind, loving, nurturing half. Sekhmet herself does have a kind side. She was was a healer and her priests were trained surgeons and physicians. Sekhmet was one of the most powerful, oldest and revered Goddess. So when they make Sekhmet seem evil and bad, that annoyed me. I think the Authoress could have explained the myth of Sekhmet and Ra so everyone can understand her nature and not just think she is wicked. All in all good book :)

When Karissa and Asheris Asher's daughter Julia is kidnapped by the evil priestesses of Sekhmet, the problem-stricken couple must retrieve her before she is sarificed to the Lion Goddess of Ancient Egypt. Through crystals and a magical box that Karissa finds in her father's posessions, she learns who her mother, the beautiful Tasharyana was, her story, and the key to fighting the priestesses who have her child. This well written and researched book offers both a modern mystery and action setting with Karissa and Asheris, and a romantic, yet sad, background with the ill-fated Tasharyana, and her lover Julian.