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Bettye Johnson is an international award-winning author. Her book Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls is an Independent Publishers Book Award winner 2006. This book is published in Italy and also in Germany. Johnson's sequel, Mary Magdalene, Her Legacy, 1st Edition is an Independent Publishers Book Awards winner 2008. The 2nd Revised Edition of Mary Magdalene, Her Legacy has just been released by Living Free Press. Johnson's background is a woven tapestry of experiences, which includes working for the Foreign Service branch of the U.S. State Department with posts to the embassies in Paris and Tokyo. In addition, she has been a Federal Women's Program Coordinator for a government district office and conducted workshops on women's issues.

Johnson has also conducted workshops and seminars as a program director of a holistic health center in California and as a minister. She is a retired ordained minister trained in the ministry of Divine Science. Johnson is a native of Texas and after leaving Texas Women's University began her most uncommon education. Her other books are A Christmas Awakening and Awakening the Genie Within. Currently Bettye Johnson offers her workshop, Emerging Woman from the Shadows of History.

Mary Magdalene, Her Legacy

Bettye Johnson
Living Free Press (2010)
ISBN 9780578049762
Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (06/10)

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Synopsis: Two couples who found and translated the scrolls of Mary Magdalene now has a new mystery on their hands. Ellen has a surprising encounter with a mysterious old-world type of man who disappears as fast as he appears leaving her with a portmanteau filled with ancient documents that when translated will shock the world. Author Bettye Johnson's compelling fast-paced novel Mary Magdalene, Her Legacy is filled with intrigue, danger, and a thrilling climax that gives an insight on the life of Sara, the daughter of Mary Magdalene, Jesus, and her lineage with a legacy.

The new documents written by Sarah, the daughter of Mary Magdalene and Jesus, and Sarah’s daughter Magda gives the reader a glimpse of the life and times of these fascinating women. The novel will also bring life to the spiritual side of Mary Magdalene and her lineage by moving the reader from the present day to ancient times, which keeps the reader turning the pages with anticipation of the next surprise.