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Jul 07, 2016LadySade rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
For this story, Tessa Afshar should win more Christy awards, or any other award that can be conjured. This is the best story in the area of biblical fiction that I have been privileged to read all year. Afshar's brilliance as a writer is commendable as she immersed the reader into a compelling background story of the nameless woman widely known as "the woman with the issue of blood” . Afshar gave that woman a face, a name, and a struggle. Evidently well researched and divinely written, the reader is invited to the early times when Jesus Christ walked this earth. Jews still kept the law, Pharisees were inconveniently self-righteous, and bethorals were actually taken seriously! I met Elianna, a stubborn, brilliant woman longing for love and acceptance while living under a heavy cloud of guilt. Her circumstances robbed her of dignity, peace, and her one true love Ethan: a handsome man who was fiercely loyal. I admired and cheered the heroines' creative business acumen and obvious compelling nature. I lived through her struggle and her freedom after her encounter with the Messiah. The story was deeply vivid with meaningful messages that will cheer the bible/historical fiction enthusiast.