Tessa Afshar
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Pearl in the Sand
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2010
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Harvest of Rubies (Harvest of Rubies, #1)
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2012
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In the Field of Grace
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2014
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Land of Silence
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2016
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Harvest of Gold (Harvest of Rubies, #2)
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2013
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Bread of Angels
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2017
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Thief of Corinth
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2018
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Daughter of Rome
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2020
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Jewel of the Nile
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2021
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Pearl in the Sand, Sampler
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"Okay, it’s official, Tessa Afshar is now one of my favourite authors. I am blown away by how amazingly she brings the biblical world to life in her stories. This one in particular, Daughter of Rome, was SO WELL DONE. It shed fresh light on how instru"
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"I felt like a reread and since I am reading Romans I felt like reading about Priscilla and Aquila journey in the Daughter of Rome. Priscilla is trying to get over her sin for losing her baby out of wedlock, she is Roman. Aquila, a Jew, comes to Rome "
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"Great storytelling permeates Jewel of the Nile from beginning to end. Relatable characters, a perfectly paced plot, skillful writing, and a mystery that spans continents combined to make this story a five-star read. I read the entire novel in two lon"
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"Once again, Tessa Afshar has written an excellent novel. Her stories always bring to life Biblical times and I feel like I get to know the people from the Bible better, even if it is in a fictional way.
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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.”
― Pearl in the Sand
― Pearl in the Sand
“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.”
― Pearl in the Sand
― Pearl in the Sand
“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.”
― Pearl in the Sand
― Pearl in the Sand
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