Harvest of Gold

Harvest of Rubies, Book 2

By: Tessa Afshar

Narrated by: Diana Gardiner

A hidden message, treachery, opposition, and a God-given success will lead to an unlikely bounty.

In Harvest of Gold, the scribe Sarah married Darius, and at times, she feels as if she has married the Persian aristocracy, too. There is another point she did not count on in her marriage—Sarah has grown to love her husband. Sarah has wealth, property, honor, and power, but her husband’s love still seems unattainable.

Although his mother was an Israelite, Darius remains skeptical that his Jewish wife is the right choice for him, particularly when she conspires with her cousin Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Ordered to assist in the effort, the couple begins a journey to the homeland of his mother’s people. Will the road—filled with danger, conflict, and surprising memories—help Darius to see the hand of God at work in his life—and even in his marriage?

©2013 Tessa Afshar (P)2022 Tessa Afshar

Good read

I loved the first book of Sara and Darius! So I was thrilled to see the second. From the beginning I felt like I was back with a good friend. I love the romance and mystery that Ms Afshar intertwines with biblical setting. I loved this story!

Great Biblical Character story

I truly love how she brings Biblical times to life for the readers. She has a way of showing even though we are separated by many many years, we are not so far removed from those characters in the daily struggles they endured. We struggle with political social familial issues just as they did.

Another good one

Good follow up from first book. Interesting right from the beginning of the book. Love

Sara and Darius

Please continue the story of Sara and Darius! And their friends!
Like you mentioned, they’ve become familiar friends

alright

I was frustrated with the Darius character. He was very hard to like and root for. I understand his inner pain and traumatic childhood lead to his actions, but his animosity for his wife was sometimes hard to bear. the lack of understanding for her was frustrating but that could be seen as part of the Persian astrocracy. Sometimes Sara's personality was difficult to enjoy too. i wish she had a backbone sometimes that conflict would have been good to see instead of him hurting her feelings all the time.it was a good book but I do wish the personalities were different.

Great story & performance

Book 2 didn’t disappoint. I loved learning about the historical characters, challenges, & dreams. Plus it’s not too heavy on the religious references.

What Happened to Laural Merlington??!!

This remains one of my favorite stories. I have listened to it and Harvest of Rubies a thousand times and have loved every moment of it. However, this narrator was horrible in comparison to Laural Merlington. I don't know what happen to cause the change, but Laural brought the story and characters alive. She made it funny and interesting. I was very disappointed listening to this version and likely won't listen again. Tessa, PLEASE don't change the narrator for Harvest of Rubies! It would be tragic!

A great read

I was so happy to read this sequel. Looking forward to reading more of this author’s books

Love Tessa Afshar’s writings

I’ve never read anything by Tessa that wasn’t extraordinarily written and held my attention on the edge of my seat! I love the biblical stories and Tessa has a way of bringing them to life and intertwining their lives with your own! I love the series!!!!!!

Excellent

Excellent story, characters and Bible history all in one book! Highly recommend to other readers and listeners.