Best of
Biblical-Fiction

2016

Land of Silence


Tessa Afshar - 2016
    . .Before she stole healing by touching the hem of his garment . . .Elianna is a young girl crushed by guilt. After her only brother is killed while in her care, Elianna tries to earn forgiveness by working for her father’s textile trade and caring for her family. When another tragedy places Elianna in sole charge of the business, her talent for design brings enormous success, but never the absolution she longs for. As her world unravels, she breaks off her betrothal to the only man she will ever love. Then illness strikes, isolating Elianna from everyone, stripping everything she has left.No physician can cure her. No end is in sight. Until she hears whispers of a man whose mere touch can heal. After so many years of suffering and disappointment, is it possible that one man could redeem the wounds of body . . . and soul?

Counted with the Stars


Connilyn Cossette - 2016
    When terrifying plagues strike Egypt, Kiya is in the middle of it all.Choosing to flee with the Hebrews, Kiya finds herself reliant on a strange God and drawn to a man who despises her people. With everything she's ever known swept away and now facing the trials of the desert, will she turn back toward Egypt or surrender her life and her future to Yahweh?

The Chronicles of the Kings Collection: Five Novels in One


Lynn Austin - 2016
    More than 300,000 copies sold!Collects the five novels of Lynn Austin's sweeping biblical saga Chronicles of the King in one volume! Includes:1 Gods & Kings2 Song of Redemption3 The Strength of His Hand4 Faith of My Fathers5 Among the Gods

The Jerusalem Chronicles: When Jesus Wept, Take This Cup, Behold the Man


Bodie Thoene - 2016
    With rich insights from vineyard owners and vine dressers, the Thoenes explore the metaphor of Jesus as the True Vine, harvesting the ancient secrets found in the Old Testament. Take This Cup Woven into the fabric of prophecy, a young boy named Nehemiah must choose to embrace his destiny as cupbearer to the King of Kings. Behold the Man Behold the Man is the culmination of the Jerusalem Chronicles and brings readers to an encounter with the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.

Mary: Chosen of God


Diana Wallis Taylor - 2016
    She helps her mother with household chores, she daydreams about a handsome carpenter's son named Joseph, and at night she lies on the roof and contemplates at the stars. But one evening, a heavenly visitor comes with unexpected newsAnd#8212;and her life is changed forever. Experience the life of the Messiah from the perspective of his mother, who must place her trust and obedience in Adonai, the Most High, as he fulfills centuries of anticipation in the middle of her daily life. Walk with Mary as she witnesses Yeshua grow, mature, minister, and even crucifiedAnd#8212;and then raised again, to the kindling of her new faith.

Providence: Hannah's Journey


Barbara M. Britton - 2016
    Determined to restore her family’s honor, she escapes Jerusalem in hopes of finding the prophet and convincing him to restore her deformities. Gilead, a young Hebrew guard sympathetic to her plight, willingly accompanies her. On their way, they are captured by a band of raiders and Hannah is forced to serve in the household of the commander of the Aramean army, an officer who is in need of healing himself. Meanwhile, Gilead is being used as sword practice for the Aramean soldiers. Hannah must act fast to save Gilead and herself, but survival will mean coaxing the prophet of Israel to heal an enemy commander.The story of Hannah is based on the servant girl from Naaman's story in 2 Kings 5.

A Dance In the Desert The Story of Leah, Jacob, and Rachel


L.M. Roth - 2016
    Two sisters married to the same man, now bitter rivals for his love. A family torn apart by the deception of the father, who holds the lives of all he loves in his hands. Jacob - a man who fled for his life from the brother he cheated. Leah - a woman disfigured from a childhood disease, now forced to obey her father and deceive both her sister and the man she loves. Rachel - the love of Jacob's life who waits patiently for their marriage, only to end up having to share him with her own sister. Laban - the wily old man who pulls the strings to control those he loves and those he uses. From L. M. Roth, author of Battleground: Elijah and the War With Jezebel, A Star In the Darkness, Esther and the King of Persia, and Arise My Love, the Princess Who Fell Asleep, comes a sensitive and poignant retelling of the legendary love triangle that birthed the Twelve Tribes of Israel. A Dance In the Desert, The Story of Leah, Jacob, and Rachel is a tale of yearning, heartbreak, and sibling rivalry that still evokes across the centuries the drama of a family torn apart, yet whose legacy is one of the great dynasties of history. Can they overcome the bitter jealousy that threatens to destroy them and thus receive their inheritance? Or will they only succeed in destroying each other?

The Lost Years of Mehy


Mesu Andrews - 2016
    Explore the years between The Pharaoh's Daughter and Miriam.

I Am My Beloved's


Elsa Quiñones - 2016
    As the youngest and only daughter of her family, Abishag was loved and cherished, living within the safety of her father’s gentle heart. But when he dies unexpectedly, her cruel brother seizes the opportunity arriving at their doorstop, selling her into the service of the ailing King David. Devastated, alone and struggling with her waning faith in a distant God, Abishag soon finds herself falling in love with the King’s heir, the young Prince Solomon, whose poetry and passion draw them to each other in a tangled web of love, lies and deceit. Will the young prince who’s captured her heart still love Abishag when he discovers her true identity? Or will Solomon forsake his love and his heart in order to secure his throne? I Am My Beloved’s takes us back to ancient Israel, drawing us into the lives of Prince Solomon and Abishag, the Shunammite. Together they are consumed by a love so fierce and overwhelming it threatens to fracture the monarchy, the kingdom and their very hearts...

Slender Reeds: Jochebed's Hope, SAMPLE


Texie Susan Gregory - 2016
    But while it is still dark, God is at work. Young Jochebed is unaware the Master Weaver is preparing her to mother three formidable leaders: Miriam, Aaron, and Moses. Shiphrah, the half-Egyptian midwife tasked to kill Hebrew male newborns, remembers childhood stories of a merciful God and cannot resist His call on her life. Two women, each following the dangerous path God has set before them—this is their story.Releases November 1, 2016!

Remnant: Book One of the Gracefinder Saga


John Stacy Worth - 2016
    A chosen remnant. With nothing but grace to carry them through. Many have attempted to dissect, interpret, refute, prove, or adapt the tale, wrestling with the question in its various forms: Why would a merciful God choose to destroy so many? How could a loving Father rain down such complete annihilation? What grieved the Creator so deeply that He would wipe away an entire world? Leaving only a remnant of eight. This trilogy cuts to the heart those questions and more. One of the world's most ancient tales, it is also vastly misunderstood. Scholarly commentaries gloss over it. Movie versions never do it justice. Children's Bibles tame it into one of a robed old man and plush animal figurines. So let the first book in this series usher you toward a fresh revelation of the Flood event. Envision God's remnant as never before, and find answers that may surprise you. And, as you follow the series to its end, discover a grace even deeper than the waters that covered an entire world. ********************** For Noah’s sons completing the great ship has always been the first priority, yet they must also find wives. But where, when all the world is corrupt? There is Beth, their mother’s handmaiden, who longs for Japheth but catches Shem’s eye instead. There is also the slave girl, Shandai, nursed back from the brink of death and willing to seduce either one. Meanwhile for Ham there seems to be no one, and a life of inheriting only the scraps of his older brothers. Tension within the family and from without threatens to tear them apart, as Satan uses any means available to destroy God's remnant; vengeful enemies, the demon spawn Nephilim, and if possible, even one another.

Slender Reeds: Jochebed's Hope


Texie Susan Gregory - 2016
    . . .And while it is still dark, God is at work.   Jochebed’s entire life has been a faith journey as she seeks her mother’s God. The daughter of a Hebrew slave and master basket weaver, Jochebed knows the stories of her ancestors but wonders if the Lord cares how they suffer under the hand of Pharaoh Ramses. . .and if the promised deliverance will ever really come.               Ramses, warned of Egypt’s destruction, vows to do whatever is necessary to protect his two great loves, Egypt and Nefertari, unaware that satisfying one will sacrifice the other.Shiphrah, the half-Egyptian midwife tasked to kill Hebrew male infants, yearns for a place to belong and remembers childhood stories of a merciful God.                Doubts are a constant companion to Jochebed, but her foundation of faith leads her to defy the most powerful man in the world in a deadly race to save her son and, ultimately, God’s chosen people.  Two women, each following the dangerous path God has set before them—this is their story.