Hi There
Welcome back to my old readers and greetings to all of you who are new to my work. Things have changed a bit for me in the last few years, both career-wise and personally, and I am so very happy to have found a home with Christian publisher Thomas Nelson, who have asked me to write biblical romances for them. This new website has been designed to let all of you know exactly what I am doing and what kind of books you can expect to see from me in the future.
THIS SCARLET CORD is the story of Rahab from the Old Testament book of Joshua. Rahab is famous for two things: one, she saved Joshua’s spies when they entered Jericho secretly and then couldn’t get safely out of the city; and two: the evangelist Matthew lists her as one of the ancestors of Jesus.
Because this is a Joan Wolf book it is also a love story. The five paragraphs dealing with Rahab in Joshua tell about how she saved the Israelite spies and how, in return for this service, the Israelites saved Rahab and her family when the walls of Jericho famously came tumbling down. What I have done is imagine Rahab’s life before this momentous historical occasion. When she is a young girl she is kidnapped by slavers and is saved by Sala, a young Israelite boy. They fall in love and it is that love which proves to be the catalyst for the rest of the story.
THIS SCARLET CORD will be out in June from Thomas Nelson in both trade paper and e-book form.
The first book is A RELUCTANT QUEEN, The Love Story of Queen Esther which is based on the Old Testament story. If you remember, Esther was the Jewish girl who married the Great King of Persia and saved her people from what today we would call a holocaust. My book is about Esther and Ahasuerus, the king she marries, who surprise themselves by
falling deeply in love with each other. It is, however, not a love that can run an easy course. Esther is wracked by guilt that she has lied to her husband about who she is (he does not know she is a Jew), and the evil Haman is plotting the scheme that will force Esther to reveal herself in order to save her people. It’s a great love story and I enjoyed writing it enormously.
Meanwhile, please browse around my website and if you have any questions or thoughts, do let me know.
Joan
