Woman of Stones: A Novella

By Meredith Allard

For fans of The Red Tent.

She is from a poor Jewish settlement in a powerful Greco-Roman world. When Othniel bar-Ismael, a textile merchant from Jerusalem, arrives in her village, he is determined to take her for his wife. But the reality of living as a fine lady is not as grand as she thought it would be. When she meets the man of her dreams, an acquaintance of her husband’s, her life is forever changed.

Caught with her lover, she is dragged and kicked to the Temple Court. In the end, she must make sense of the second chance she has been granted.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Copperfield Press
• Release date: Sep 16, 2020
• ISBN: 0615832164

Meredith Allard

Meredith Allard is the author of the novels The Loving Husband Trilogy, That You Are Here, Victory Garden, Woman of Stones, and My Brother's Battle (Copperfield Press). Her latest release is the historical novel When It Rained at Hembry Castle, a great read for fans of Downton Abbey. She lives in Las Vegas, NV.

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