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Tessa Afshar

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Tessa Afshar’s books have been translated into 11 languages, and been on Publishers Weekly and CBA bestseller lists. Her novel, Pearl in the Sand is the recipient of ECPA’s Bronze Milestone Sales Award. Tessa’s novels have won a number of awards including the Christy and INSPY, and been finalists for the Carol and the ECPA Christian Book Awards. Land of Silence was chosen as one of top five Christian fiction titles of the year by Library Journal. The Way Home, God’s Invitation to New Beginnings, is the winner of the Christian Book Award in the Bible Study category.

Tessa was born in the Middle East and lived there the first fourteen years of her life before attending boarding school for girls in England. She fell in love with Jesus after mo ...more

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Average rating: 4.42 · 74,475 ratings · 8,667 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors

	Pearl in the Sand 4.33 avg rating — 12,851 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Land of Silence 4.52 avg rating — 7,095 ratings — published 2016 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harvest of Rubies (Harvest of Rubies, #1) 4.44 avg rating — 7,078 ratings — published 2012 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Field of Grace 4.40 avg rating — 6,325 ratings — published 2014 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hidden Prince 4.56 avg rating — 5,877 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughter of Rome 4.42 avg rating — 5,539 ratings — published 2020 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harvest of Gold (Harvest of Rubies, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 5,201 ratings — published 2013 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jewel of the Nile 4.39 avg rating — 4,700 ratings — published 2021 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thief of Corinth 4.37 avg rating — 4,683 ratings — published 2018 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bread of Angels 4.44 avg rating — 4,461 ratings — published 2017 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Harvest of Rubies (2 books)
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Queen Esther's Court (3 books)
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Tessa Afshar answered Hope's question: hey Tessa Afshar I have read all your books except The Peasant King I love your books they have the right combination of biblical history, romance, and just the right touch of adventure. I hope you will keep on writing books my favorite time is the Persian period and wats the next book you are working on ? So glad you are enjoying my books. My newest novel releasing this fall is called The Palace Spy. It is set during the time of Queen Esther. One of the questions the story grapples with is what became of Esther after the famous Purim story in the Bibl See Full Answer
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“We long for things that harm us and run from the things that grow and heal us. We think good is bad and bad is good.”
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“I mean that the reason God seems to act in ways that make no sense to us is that our perceptions are wrong. Our expectations are subtly twisted. We long for things that harm us and run from the things that grow and heal us. We think good is bad and bad is good. God acts rightly, but to us, it seems confusing. Or sometimes plain wrong.”
― Tessa Afshar, Pearl in the Sand

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“A woman needs to feel safe in love. She needs to know her husband accepts everything about her and still loves her. To be known through and through, including the failures of her past, the shortcomings of her character, and still be loved, that's the Promised Land of a woman's heart! That's where she finds rest.”
― Tessa Afshar, Pearl in the Sand

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Vote here for April's Book of the Month! The book with the most votes will be our Group Read, and the one with the second most votes will be a Buddy Read for the month.

Wildflowers from Winter by Katie Ganshert

7 votes 21.2%

Land of Silence by Tessa Afshar

7 votes 21.2%

The Confessions of X by Suzanne M. Wolfe

6 votes 18.2%

Vendetta (The Nikki Boyd Files, #1) by Lisa Harris

Vendetta by Lisa Harris

5 votes 15.2%

Claudia, Wife of Pontius Pilate by Diana Wallis Taylor

4 votes 12.1%

Michal (The Wives of King David, #1) by Jill Eileen Smith

Michal by Jill Eileen Smith

2 votes 6.1%

First Light (A.D. Chronicles, #1) by Bodie Thoene

First Light by Bodie Thoene

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The Pharaoh's Daughter (Treasures of the Nile, #1) by Mesu Andrews

The Pharaoh's Daughter by Mesu Andrews

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