Recently widowed, Rivkah refuses to submit to the Torah law compelling her to marry her husband’s brother and instead flees Kedesh, hoping to use her talents as a scribe to support herself. Without the protections of her father, Kedesh’s head priest, and the safety of the city of refuge, Rivkah soon discovers that the cost of recklessness is her own freedom.
Malakhi has secretly loved Rivkah for years, but he never imagined his older brother’s death would mean wedding her himself. After her disappearance, he throws himself into the ongoing fight against the Canaanites instead of dwelling on all he has lost. But with impending war looming over Israel, Rivkah’s father comes to Malakhi with an impossible request.
As the enemies that Rivkah and Malakhi face from without and within Israel grow more threatening each day, is it too late for the restoration their wounded souls seek?
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Summary
"The mountains will fall into dust before I will ever give up on my daughter."
Recently widowed, Rivkah defiantly turns her back on an arranged betrothal, assuming it would shackle her to a man that she could not love; the brother of her deceased husband. Only life has a way of teaching lessons that cannot be learned except from the heights of disappointment and the depths of despair, for Rivkah's impulsive decision severs any ties that might have been restored should she ever return to her beautiful home in Kedesh. "I could never, ever go home again", were the words of her lament.
Malakhi has spent endless hours honing his skills as a warrior. Having lost what was dear to him five years earlier, he struggles to realign his future after Rivkah dashed his dreams into a thousand pieces. Just as he decides to put his past behind him, reluctantly entertaining thoughts of happiness with a lovely young woman who graciously accepts his attention, an impossible entreaty is laid at his feet.
"No matter what I did to squelch it (the sound of your voice beneath the terebinth tree), I could not help but hope."
You will never read a lovelier story; bask in the power of mercy facing mutiny; revel in the certainty of grace granting rebellion a second chance.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher, the opinions stated above are entirely my own.