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Deborah is witness to the marriage of her lifelong friend-the beautiful and adventurous young Rebekah-to her forty-year-old cousin, Isaac. The Bible assures us that Isaac loved Rebekah; Isaac's eyes never wandered though Rebekah remained barren for twenty years before God fulfilled His promise of twin sons. But even that promise came with a prophecy that put Rebekah at odds with her husband... but never at odds with Deborah. For all their lives, Isaac, Rebekah, and Deborah were companions and faithful servants to the Lord. They tried to live as God called them to and their story is a testament to the call to love our neighbor.

Jael is an orphaned slave, tending the village flocks and seeing the revelation of God all around him. After learning that the rainbow is a sign of God's covenant, Jael strikes out to find Noah's son, Shem. His journey takes him to Salem and King Melchizedek then all the way back home to face personal tragedy and doubt in his new flock.In King Melchizedek's garden, Jael encounters the Lord but will this be a solid enough foundation to guide and inform him? His journey, like ours, is a lifelong struggle to keep his promise to God.

A priest is thrown to the floor as the Jerusalem Temple sways and shakes. The skies blacken with storm clouds and rain extinguishes the fire of the Great Altar. The frightened holy man watches in horror as the great curtain separating the Holy of Holies is torn from top to bottom. Why does God shake the very foundation of His Temple? Does it have something to do with the three men crucified on Roman crosses?Fifty days later, the Holy Spirit descends on a novice priest named Ezra and a young woman, Mariam, who has taken the Navarite oath. Ezra and Mariam are baptized into a new faith but what does it mean? Has Jesus established new rules for faithful living? How can the laws of the Temple be reconciled with these fresh teachings?

Facing his most cunning foe, can Robert serve the Lord, save the king, and forestall civil war?It's 1630 and there's a bounty on the head of King Charles I. English cities are plastered with pamphlets and posters promising riches and honors to whoever kills the king. The Lord Inquirer, Robert Curtis, searches for answers. Who is this dangerous pamphleteer who would launch England and the church into civil war? And how does a Christian man serve a tyrant without becoming an instrument of injustice?The King's enemies, like his sins, are vast and varied. Trampling on the Magna Carta and the rights of Englishmen, he betrays allies, nobles, churchmen, and humble subjects alike. Famine made grain scarce and costly, but the king sells as a profiteer of misery. Novel new taxes not approved by Parliament add a heavy burden to the starving subjects put out of work by his greed. Families who are displaced from generations of tenancy to make way for mines and the king's sheep on royal lands parade in protest. And his French Catholic wife rocks the foundations of the Church of England. Can there be loyalty and fidelity in the face of such cruelty? Would even God save such a king? For God and King is the fourth book of the Robert Curtis Mysteries, a series exploring politics, religion, and stories of faith, mercy, justice, and love.

An experienced gamekeeper is killed by the Archbishop of Canterbury while hunting with King James. Determined to be an accident, Captain of Royal Cuirassiers, Robert Curtis, is bothered by a simple question: Why was an experienced gamekeeper in the wrong place? Robert uncovers new evidence, and an addition question: Was King James the real target?Robert's search for the mysterious gamekeeper leads him into the company of England's secret Catholics and a world of priest holes, safehouses, persecution. Robert is torn between his investigation and struggling to fulfill his Anglican priestly duties.Will Robert find and capture the plotters before King James visits for a stag hunt and review of his company of Royal Cuirassiers? Or has Robert's invitation put His Majesty's life in danger again?Soldiers of the King is the second book of the Robert Curtis Mysteries, a series exploring politics, religion, and stories of faith, mercy, justice, and love.

A desperate King James clings to hope for an alliance by marriage with mighty Spain, but when The Lord Inquirer, Sir Robert Curtis, witnesses the murder of a Spanish envoy at the gala opening of The Banqueting House, he knows a new war is brewing: A war of intrigue in the English court. Old conspirators will re-emerge and find new allies. Sir Robert must thwart the threats to his aging sovereign. Lords & Ladies is the third book of the Robert Curtis Mysteries, a series exploring politics, religion, and stories of faith, mercy, justice, and love.