After years spent living with her mother and oppressive grandfather in Athens, Ariadne runs away to her father's home in Corinth, only to discover the perilous secret that destroyed his marriage: though a Greek of high birth, Galenos is the infamous thief who has been robbing the city's corrupt of their ill-gotten gains.
Desperate to keep him safe, Ariadne risks her good name, her freedom, and the love of the man she adores to become her father's apprentice. As her unusual athletic ability leads her into
dangerous exploits, Ariadne discovers that she secretly revels in playing with fire. But when the wrong person discovers their secret, Ariadne and her father find their future-and very lives-hanging in the balance.
When they befriend a Jewish rabbi named Paul, they realize that his radical message challenges everything they've fought to build, yet offers something neither dared hope for.
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Meet the Author:
Tessa Afshar is an award-winning author of historical and biblical fiction. Her novel Land of Silence was voted by Library Journal as one of top five Christian fiction titles of 2016 and won the INSPY Award for General Fiction. Harvest of Gold won the prestigious 2014 Christy Award in the Historical Romance category. Her book Harvest of Rubies was a finalist for the 2013 ECPA Book Award in the fiction category. In 2011, after publishing her first novel, Pearl in the Sand, Tessa was named New Author of the Year in the FamilyFiction-sponsored Reader’s Choice Awards. Tessa lived in the Middle East for the first fourteen years of her life. She then moved to England, where she survived boarding school for girls and fell in love with Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte, before moving to the United States. She holds an MDiv from Yale Divinity School, where she served as co-chair of the Evangelical Fellowship. But that has not cured her from being exceptionally fond of chocolate.
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My Take:
I have always wanted to read a book by Tessa Afshar. The covers of her books and descriptions are always so intriguing. I finally had the privilege to be able to do so, and I have to say, I was not disappointed! She is an amazing author. I was caught up in the time period and city of Athens and Corinth at the beginning of the book. She took me on a ride for most of the book through the ancient cities as Ariadne risks all to help her father. Everything came to life!
Another favorite genre of mine is Biblical fiction and this is similar to that, as Ariadne meets Paul and a new kind of challenge from the message he preaches.
You don't want to miss this tale. If you like historical settings, Biblical fiction, adventure, and much more, you will want to read this. I definitely will be reading another one of Tessa's books in the near future.
A big thank you to Tyndale Blog Network for providing this book for my enjoyment. I was not required to review it in a positive manner and all opinions are my own.
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