Biblical
Sarai: A Novel
Biblical women make fascinating heroines. They’re strong. Their stories are larger-than-life, epic adventures. But what makes these women particularly irresistible…
Cain
This is the English edition of the last novel by Portuguese Nobel laureate Jose Saramago, who died in 2010. So…
Love’s Sacred Song
King David, renowned Israeli king, is lying on his deathbed, comforted by Abishag, the woman taken from the Northern Tribe…
A Reluctant Queen: The Love Story of Esther
Fifteen-year-old Esther, raised by her uncle Mordecai, would like to marry her best friend’s brother someday but is no real…
The Twelfth Prophecy
Pregnant out of wedlock to her aged fifth husband, Samaritan Abigail is cast out and threatened with stoning. Years pass,…
Martha
During the reign of the Roman emperor Tiberius, a Jewish family lives a simple life near Jerusalem. The youngest, Mary,…
Red-robed Priestess
This fourth of The Maeve Chronicles returns our heroine – the Celtic Maeve raised on a lone island by witches,…
The Way
In a debut certain to spark conversation, Kristen Wolf takes the story of Christianity and spins it in an entirely…
Love Amid the Ashes
Mesu Andrews’ debut novel is ambitious; she sets herself the task of retelling the story of Job, the “good” man…
Bathsheba
Married to Uriah, a loyal and pious soldier who is often away serving King David, the beautiful Bathsheba frequently finds…
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