Can a Canaanite harlot who made her living enticing men be a fitting wife for a leader of Israel? Shockingly, the Bibles answer is yes.This 10th anniversary edition of Pearl in the Sand includes new features that will invite you into the untold story of Rahabs journey from lowly outcast to redeemed child of God. Rahabs home is built into a wall, a wall that fortifies and protects the City of Jericho. However, other walls surround her too, walls of fear, rejection, and unworthiness... Years of pain and betrayal have wounded Rahabs heart--she doubts whether her dreams of experiencing true love will ever come true...A woman with a wrecked past--a man of success, of faith... of pride. A marriage only God would conceive Through the heartaches of a stormy relationship, Rahab and Salmone learn the true source of one anothers worth and find healing in God.About author(s):TESSA AFSHAR is the award-winning author of biblical and inspirational historical fiction, including Harvest of Gold which won a Christy Award and Land of Silence, which won an INSPY. The Way Home: Gods Invitation to New Beginnings is Afshars critically acclaimed Bible study based on the book of Ruth. Born in the Middle East, Tessa spent her teen years in England and later moved to the United States. Her conversion to Christianity in her twenties changed the course of her life. She holds a Master of Divinity from Yale, where she served as co-chair of the Evangelical Fellowship for a year. She worked in women and prayer ministry for twenty years before becoming a full-time writer and speaker. Contact Tessa at tessaafshar.com or on Facebook at: https: //www.facebook.com/AuthorTessaAfshar/.