When Lydia flees to Philippi with her father's dye formula after a betrayal, she establishes a successful business and meets the apostle Paul, who helps her learn to rely on her faith rather than on fear.

"Whispered secrets about her parents' past take on new urgency for Chariline as she pays one last visit to the land of her forefathers, the ancient kingdom of Cush. Raised as an orphan by her aunt, Chariline has only been told a few pieces of her parents' tragic love story. Her beautiful dark skin is proof that her father was Cushite, but she knows nothing else. While visiting her grandfather before his retirement as the Roman official in the queen's...

After the early death of her mother, Sarah becomes the scribe of the Queen in the Persian court, until her cousin Nehemiah sets up an arranged marriage with Darius Pasargadae, a wealthy aristocrat who has no desire for a scribe as a wife.

After losing her husband, Ruth leaves her home to follow her beloved mother-in-law, Naomi, to Israel, where she lives a life of hardship until the wealthy and honored owner of the field where she works begins to show her favor.