Davis Bunn ist ein international gefeierter Autor, dessen Werke in zwanzig Sprachen übersetzt wurden und sich über sieben Millionen Mal verkauft haben. Seine Schriften werden für ihre Fähigkeit gelobt, fesselnde historische und spannende Erzählungen zu schaffen, die die Leser in ihren Bann ziehen. Bunn ist auch ein gefragter Dozent für die Kunst des Schreibens und wirkt als Writer in Residence am Regent's Park College der Universität Oxford. Sein literarischer Beitrag liegt in seiner meisterhaften Verbindung von Spannung, historischen Elementen und nachdenklicher Auseinandersetzung.
Im Jerusalem des Jahres 35 n. Chr. tobt ein Konflikt zwischen dem Hohen Rat und den römischen Machthabern gegen die frühe Christliche Gemeinde. Die junge Christin Abigail steht im Mittelpunkt, umworben von dem jüdischen Händler Esra und dem römischen Soldaten Linux. Sie muss entscheiden, wem sie ihr Herz schenkt und ob sie den Herausforderungen der Christenverfolgung gewachsen ist.
Julia has everything money can buy...except for acceptance by either the Gentiles or the Jews. Her Greek father already has a wife and family, leaving Julia and her Hebrew mother second-class citizens. But when they are introduced to followers of the Way, they become part of that community of believers.Abigail's brother, Jacob, now a young man, is attempting to discover his own place as a Christian. He is concerned that being more serious about his faith means trading away the exhilaration of his current profession as a caravan guard. Hired by Julia's father to protect the wealthy merchant's caravans on the secretive "Frankincense Trail"--undercover transport of this highly valuable commodity--Jacob also passes letters and messages between various communities of believers. He is alarmed to find out that Julia, hardly more than a girl, is also a messenger. Can their immediate mistrust be put aside to finally bring their hearts together?
Six years ago, Daniel was a successful financial analyst in Los Angeles, living a glamorous life until a tragic accident claimed his fiancée. Overwhelmed by grief and guilt, he relocated to the serene seaside town of Miramar Bay with his loyal rescue Labradoodle. Now, Daniel is clean, sober, and focused on himself, taking life one day at a time. Just as he begins to feel the weight of solitude, two unexpected visitors enter his life. His self-absorbed sister has severed ties with several relationships, including her own daughter, Nicole, whom she has dropped off with Daniel. Nicole, feeling disconnected from her mother and the world, finds herself lost in a new environment with an uncle she barely knows. Surprisingly, Daniel's role as a surrogate father helps him forge a bond he desperately needs. Complicating matters is the potential for romance with Stella Dalley, a single mother grappling with her own trauma. Both Daniel and Stella are cautious about love, yet their shared struggles may lead to healing. For Daniel, Stella, and Nicole, there remains hope for a brighter future, but it hinges on their ability to trust one another and themselves.
A disillusioned business executive seeking to escape from his tyrannical father's shadow and a psychotherapist with a tragic past discover unexpected healing, freedom, and love in the solitude of a Miramar Bay retreat.
CIA field agent Kelly Kaiser is drawn into a dangerous, top-secret mission to stop the number of people affected by the rowan tree's mysterious forces getting out of control. Junior CIA field agent Kelly Kaiser jumps at the chance to lead a risky mission to enter Mexico and gather refugees from under the nose of the notorious drug lord who murdered her fianc�. When the mission takes a revenge-fuelled twist, Kelly finds herself facing dismissal, but Agnes Pendalon, the CIA's chief 'spook' lady, has other ideas. Kelly must lead a new, top-secret team to hunt down everyone infected by a magical, mysterious rowan tree's supernatural forces, and stop the outbreaks getting out of control. Facing an enemy she cannot see or define, Kelly is pulled into a war between alien forces and humanity, and soon discovers that there is more to her fianc�'s death than meets the eye . . .
Als ihre Familie drastisch an Reichtum und Einfluss verliert, wird Lea zu Pontius Pilatus geschickt, damit er eine strategische Ehe arrangiert. Doch obwohl ihr Verlobter Alban sehr gut aussieht und eine bedeutende Position innehat, kann Lea dem Leben als Frau an der Seite eines Zenturios nichts abgewinnen. Als Kopf der Garnison in der Nähe von Galiläa hat Alban das Ziel, eines Tages im Zentrum der Macht zu sitzen: in Rom. Um sich zu beweisen, übernimmt er eine Aufgabe, die seine Karriere, seinen Glauben und sein Leben in Gefahr bringt. Als sich Lea und Alban durch den Tod eines gewissen Jesus von Nazareth dazu genötigt sehen, nach Antworten zu suchen, verändert das, was sie entdecken, alles...