Anna of Arimathea

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Some wounds are carried in silence. Some healings require more than medicine.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Eighteen-year-old Anna bears the marks of a childhood tragedy that left her motherless scarred and lame. Hidden within the household of her father Joseph of Arimathea a wealthy councilman of the Sanhedrin her days are measured in herb gardens and healing tinctures in the steady work of hands trained to help others and in the quiet safety of a world made small.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Then Andrew of Bethsaida arrives at her father's gate with urgent business for Joseph and talk of a teacher who calls ordinary people to extraordinary purpose. A fisherman turned disciple Andrew follows the rabbi Jesus with a conviction that unsettles every long-held expectation-including Anna's own.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>When Andrew's kindness cracks open the door to a larger world Anna faces an impossible choice: remain in the safety of her father's estate or risk everything for the possibility of healing love and a life she never dared imagine.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Set against the dusty roads and fishing villages of first-century Judea where miracles unfold and mercy walks among the broken </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Anna of Arimathea</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> opens The Arimathea Chronicles-a richly imagined tale of faith first love and redemption in the footsteps of the Messiah.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Anna of Arimathea is perfect for readers who love:</span></p><ul><li><span style=color: var(--__dChNmAmGoMXsw4B#0f1111)>Biblical and historical fiction with rich period detail</span></li><li><span style=color: var(--__dChNmAmGoMXsw4B#0f1111)>Redemptive love stories that explore the cost of faith</span></li><li><span style=color: var(--__dChNmAmGoMXsw4B#0f1111)>Immersive historical worlds</span></li><li><span style=color: var(--__dChNmAmGoMXsw4B#0f1111)>Characters who choose courage over comfort</span></li></ul><p></p><p></p>