Hannah has told no one of the abuse she survived before her husband’s death freed her. By Law she must face her worst nightmare and wed a total stranger. But Joshua has a secret of his own.
Hannah has endured six years of a brutal marriage to a husband who used her barrenness as an excuse for his cruelties. Just when she thinks she can endure no more, Levi falls in the river and drowns, a release too good to be true.
In a nation that guards land rights, under the rule of levirate, or brother-in-law, marriage she must go to another. What she does not know is that her husband’s brother Joshua has loved her from afar every day of those six years. Having broken the Tenth Commandment, Joshua cannot believe God is now giving him his heart’s desire. Surely there must be some punishment to come.
And there is, but not at God’s hand. At Levi’s. He just never expected to die before his greatest act of malevolence played out, and Joshua and Hannah are left caught in his scheme.
“I can’t believe how much of a page turner this was for me. &ellip; I couldn’t put this one down. I’m starting to love this little village and I hope there’s more to come.”
—Shelina, Goodreads review, 5 stars
In a world of brideprice and arranged marriages, she wants to choose her own love.
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