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A shepherdess in the northern city of Shunem, Arielah remembers the first time she laid eyes on Solomon in Jerusalem when she was just seven years old. Since then she has known that it was her destiny to become his bride. When her father, a leader of their tribe, secures a promise from King Solomon to marry Arielah as a treaty bride to help unite the kingdom, it seems her dreams may come true.

An emotional and stirring account of the well-known story of Job, told through the eyes of the women who loved him. Drawing together the account of Job with those of Esau’s tribe and Jacob’s daughter Dinah, Andrews breathes life, romance, and passion into the classic biblical story of suffering and steadfast faith.

God has rewarded Hezekiah’s faithfulness with great wealth and power, but the godly king has no heir. In desperation, his beloved wife takes forbidden measures to ensure fertility. With all that is going on in his kingdom—and with the Assyrians approaching—Hezekiah does not discover his wife’s idolatry until it’s almost too late. Her betrayal cuts to the very core of his being and belief in God. Will his faith sustain him in the face of this deceit, and against an overwhelming enemy?

In this story of the post-Flood world, the Bible’s brief account of the rise of Nimrod and the Babel rebellion is fleshed out with scintillating characters and a wealth of imaginative detail.

Leah, a young Jewess of mixed heritage, is secretly commissioned to discover the truth behind the death of an obscure rabbi in first-century Palestine while also being engulfed in her own turmoil—facing the prospect of an arranged marriage to a Roman soldier.

In first-century Judea, Abigail, together with her fellow followers of the Way, face a gathering storm of persecution they never could have foreseen but find a glimmer of hope through their faith and courage to survive.

Tracing their lives from childhood to maturity, four women change each other—and are changed again by the holy books charismatic kinsman Jacob brings to their desert camp. Ambition, jealousy, fear, and love motivate them as they vie for his attention, heir to the spiritual birthright of Abraham and Isaac.

Biblical tradition blends with recorded history to put a powerful new twist on the story of creation’s first family. In their world they are alone…a family haunted by banishment, struggling for survival in a harsh new land. Eve is brought to life in a way religion and myth have never allowed—as a wife, a mother, and a woman.

Wrenched from a simple life for her beauty, Esther finds herself at the mercy of King Xerxes. Leaving behind her only relative, her cousin Mordecai, and her first true love she is thrown headlong into the unrestrained extravagance of palace living.

Up from the sands of Egypt rises the Great Pyramid, where Pharaoh’s Grand Vizier commands the historic building project as he orders his life—with justice, truth, and precision. When a series of murders threatens chaos, Hemi must abandon his legacy to hunt down the killer who may be closer than he would like to think.

For seven years the Babylonian princess Tiamat has waited for the mad king Nebuchadnezzar to return to his kingdom. Driven from his throne to live as a beast, he prowls his luxurious Hanging Gardens, secreted away from the world. When a nobleman is found murdered in the palace, Tia enlists the help of a Jewish captive, her late husband’s brother Pedaiah, who challenges her notions of the gods even as he opens her heart to both truth and love.

Beginning during the last winter before his baptism in the Jordan and concluding with the miracle at Cana, we see Jesus—he is called Yeshua bar Joseph—during a winter of no rain, endless dust, and talk of trouble in Judea.

As the daughter of King Saul, Michal lives a life of privilege—but one that is haunted by her father’s moods and by competition from her beautiful sister. When Michal falls for David, the harpist who plays to calm her father, she has no idea what romance, adventures, and heartache await her.

When Abram requests Sarai’s hand in marriage, he promises never to take another wife and in return Sarai promises to give Abram a son, but as the years go by and Sarai’s womb remains empty, she becomes desperate to fulfill her end of the bargain.

Who in Bethlehem could guess that their tiny, obscure village, populated by shepherds, would become the hinge upon which all history turns . . . and the focus of a terrifying rampage? The story chronicles the lives of Mary, Yosef, and baby Yeshua in the first months of his life in Bethlehem. From the shepherd’s visit to the escape to Egypt to the Bethlehem babies who gave their life for Jesus, discover the most critical events in the history of the world.

Perhaps one of the most misunderstood characters of the New Testament is Martha. This touching, well-researched portrayal of Martha of Bethany, sister of Mary and Lazarus, brings to life her world—her trials, triumphs, and loves. Follow Martha as she is jilted by her betrothed, falls in love with a Roman soldier, grieves the death of her father, cares for her siblings, and serves her Lord with dignity and grace.

You’ve read it as a biblical tale of courage. Experience it anew as a heart-stirring love story. She was a simple girl faced with an impossible choice. He was a magnificent king with a lonely heart. Their love was the divine surprise that changed the course of history.