Orem Library

The lepers in the Valley of Makob hear the rumors--that a miracle healer is now walking the earth. Could this be the hope they have waited an eternity for? the healing they have longed for? While Lily, Cantor, and Rabbi Ahava courageously comfort the dying in the Valley, the leper Jekuthiel risks home and family, even when his baby is about to be born, to find out if the rumors are true. In these somber, deceitful days, Peniel, the once-blind...

Mary and Yosef begin their fateful journey to Jerusalem while King Herod ponders a prophecy about a rival to his throne.

From the wilderness of Sinai in the south to Mount Hermon in the north, the question of Yeshua of Nazareth's identity resounds across the ancient land of Israel. Even evil waits to hear the answer. It is in the very air, the storm, and the sea. Zahav, the lonely, unmarried daughter of an old rabbi, waits for the promised Messiah ... waits for love. Her heart is drawn toward Alexander and his young son, who is ravaged by evil forces. But can their...

In 1380 BC, Rivkah flees Kedesh, refusing to marry her late husband's brother, Malakhi. Malakhi has loved Rivkah for years, but after her disappearance, he throws himself into the war against the Canaanites and must confront both of their wounds--including the secret that has kept her from returning.

Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute, a female divinity figure, a church leader, or all of those? Biblical references to her are tantalizingly brief, but we do know that she was the first person to whom the risen Christ appeared--and the one commissioned to tell others the good news, earning her the ancient honorific, "Apostle to the Apostles." Today, Mary continues to spark controversy, curiosity, and veneration. In a vivid re-creation of Mary Magdalene's...

A novel of faith and redemption follows Jacob, who, after deceiving his brother, embarks on a journey and encounters God, which forever changes his life, while his daughter, Dinah, discovers that the slave she has purchased is really an aristocrat from Crete.

Judas, the myth, history's arch betrayer who sold his Lord for thirty pieces of silver and stands for all time as a figure to be rejected and reviled; Judas, the man, son of wealth and power, a young rebel, a disciple who fought to suppress the lusts of his flesh and hot-blooded pride to follow Jesus, and who became the victim of a monstrously diabilical lie when he committed the act that damned him in the eyes of the world; now the man and not the...

"Hezekiah's unexpected death puts his son in charge. The new king's angry heart puts him at odds with his best friend--drawing battle lines down the middle of their fathers' kingdom"--Provided by publisher.

Leah was so young when her sister Rachel was born that she could not remember a time when Rachel was not the darling of the family- pretty, clever, and cute, whereas Leah plugged along being obedient, hard-working, and responsible. Then one day a good-looking marriageable kinsman named Jacob showed up, looking for a haven from his brother's rage, and Leah fell in love at once. It didn't surprise her at all that Jacob saw only Rachel. But surely, as...