Is it possible for a love between Hadassah and Marcus to flourish considering not only their differing stations in life, but also the gap between Hadassah’s unrelenting faith and Marcus’ lack of belief in anything? Simultaneously, Atretes, a captured soldier from Germania, is forced to become a gladiator. But Julia’s brother, Marcus, is a different sort altogether. Reckless, impulsive, and villainous, Julia tries to undermine Hadassah at every turn. Confused and alone, she has only her faith to cling to as she tries to subtly bring God into the lives of her captors. Hadassah struggles to walk in the footsteps of Jesus and to treat her masters in a manner in keeping with His teachings, but she is forced to keep her religious identity a secret in order to survive. Brought to Rome, she is pressed into service as a personal slave to hedonistic Julia Valerian.

After surviving the massacre of her family and the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, Hadassah is captured and sold to a well-to-do merchant’s family. Jerusalem, the ill-fated romance between a steadfast Christian slave girl, Hadassah, and Marcus, the handsome aristocrat destined to love her, comes alive in this bestselling epic.Ī Voice in the Wind transports readers back to Jerusalem during the first Jewish-Roman War, some seventy years after the death of Christ, to follow the prides and passions of a group of Jews, Romans and Barbarians living at the time of the siege. She lives in northern California with her husband, Rick, where they enjoy spending time with their three grown children and extended family.Set in 70 A.D. All of her books have appeared on the CBA bestsellers lists. Her acclaimed “Sons of Encouragement” novella series was launched in 2004, and includes The Priest, The Warrior, and The Prince, with two additional titles to be released. Unashamed (Tyndale, 2000), the second novella in her five-book “Lineage of Grace” series, received a Christy Award. In 2004, her novel, And the Shofar Blew (Tyndale, 2003) received the Retailer’s Choice Award for fiction, and appeared on Publishers Weekly’s bestselling fiction list. Her novel, The Last Sin Eater (Tyndale, 1998), won the ECPA Gold Medallion, and three books have won the Romance Writers of America Rita Award. After becoming a Christian in 1986, she wrote Redeeming Love as her statement of faith.

From 1976 to 1985 she had a successful writing career in the general market, where she won numerous awards.

Author francine rivers