Rachel, Jill Eileen Smith
Rachel, Jill Eileen Smith
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Rachel
A Novel

Author: Jill Eileen Smith

Narrator: Vanessa Daniels

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/08/2024

Synopsis

Beautiful Rachel wants nothing more than for her older half sister Leah to wed and move out of their household. Maybe then she would not feel so scrutinized, so managed, so judged. Plain Leah wishes her father Laban would find a good man for her, someone who would love her alone and make her his only bride. Unbeknownst to either of them, Jacob is making his way to their home, trying to escape a past laced with deceit and find the future God has promised him.

But the past comes back to haunt Jacob when he finds himself on the receiving end of treachery and the victim of a cruel bait and switch. The man who wanted only one woman will end up with sisters who have never gotten along and now must spend the rest of their lives sharing a husband. In the power struggles that follow, only one woman will triumph . . . or will she?

Combining meticulous research with her own imaginings, Jill Eileen Smith not only tells one of the most famous love stories of all time but will manage to surprise even those who think they know the story inside and out.

About Jill Eileen Smith

Jill Eileen Smith is the bestselling author of the Daughters of the Promised Land, the Wives of King David, and the Wives of the Patriarchs series. Her research into the lives of biblical women has taken her from the Bible to Israel, and she particularly enjoys learning how women lived in Old Testament times. Jill lives in Michigan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Savanna on September 01, 2016

This third novel in the Wives of the Patriarchs series takes the reader, along with Jacob and Rachel, on quite an emotional and surprising journey. The beloved Bible story of a wandering shepherd and his true love has always captured me, but I had never really stopped and put myself in their shoes b......more

Goodreads review by Kate on October 09, 2014

You know it is a great book when you immediately want to go to the Bible to read the story. This book led me to Genesis more than once, remembering that these were real people not characters and real lives. The story of Rachel and Leah has everything that makes a wonderful story, love, betrayal, adv......more

Goodreads review by Margaret on January 28, 2016

I truly enjoy Biblical Christian Historical Fiction, this is the genre that I first started with when I became so passionate about reading. Interestingly enough, the story that I was reading at the time was a modified timeline and location of Rachel (or Jamie, Rose, and Lena in Scotland). From the p......more

Goodreads review by My Book Addiction and More on February 12, 2014

RACHEL by Jill Eileen Smith is another exciting inspirational Historical Fiction set in 1879 BC. #3 in the "Wives of the Patriarchs" but can be read as a stand alone. See "Rebekah" and "Sarai". What a joy to read! Ms. Smith, makes these biblical characters jump off the page and come to life. She wea......more

Goodreads review by Meg on January 15, 2025

I had a love/hate relationship with this one. I enjoyed the romance between Jacob and Rachel. I hated seeing how Leah was treated though. But I imagine it probably wasn’t much different than what was portrayed. A very difficult thing to go through.......more

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