When I read biblical fiction I like a story written in a biblical time period, filled with history of the cities and places we read about in the Bible, but when it comes to the characters, I like them to be fictional. This is just a personal preference of mine. I don't want to veer from biblical truth. Tessa Afshar writes these beautiful stories that are rich in faith, biblical truths, but stays true to the Bible.
First-century Corninth is a city teeming with commerce and charm. It's also filled with danger and corruption.
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-gottten 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.
Such a great book, that I couldn't recommend more!
***Thanks to Tyndale Publishing for providing me a copy of this great book in exchange for my honest review.
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