A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA CBA Bestselling AuthorA Christy and RITA Award?winning AuthorWhen King Xerxes of Persia issues a call for beautiful young women, Hadassah, a Jewish orphan living in Susa, is forcibly taken to the palace. After months of preparation, the girl known as Esther wins the king?s heart and a queen?s crown. Then she learns that an evil and ambitious man has won the king?s permission to exterminate all Jews. Violating an ancient Persian law, she risks her life in order to save her people . . . and bind her husband?s heart.
