Forgiven

Are some wounds too deep to forgive?With a ruthless father who murdered for the family inheritance Marcus Drusus plans to do the same. In AD 122 Marcus follows his brother Lucius to Judaea and plots to frame a zealot for his older brothers death. But the plan goes awry and Lucius is rescued by a Messianic Jewish woman. Her oldest brother is a zealot and a Roman soldier killed her twin but Rachel still persuades her father Joseph to put his love for Jesus above his anger with Rome and hide Lucius until he heals.Rachel cares for the enemy and more than broken bones heal as duty turns to love. Lucius embraces Josephs faith in Jesus but sharing a faith doesnt heal all wounds. Even before revealed secrets slice open old scars Joseph wants no Roman son-in-law. With Rachels zealot brother suspecting hes a Roman officer and his own brother planning to kill him when he returns can Lucius survive long enough to change Josephs mind?Forgiven is the first volume in the Light in the Empire series which follows the interconnected lives of the members of three Roman families during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian. The eight novels of the series will take you around the Empire from Germania and Britannia to Thracia Dacia and Judaea and of course to Rome itself.