The Centurion's Wife — Janette Oke; T. Davis Bunn

A SWEEPING SAGA OF THE DRAMATIC EVENTS surrounding the birth of Christianity --
AND THE VERY PERSONAL STORY OF LEAH, compelled into a betrothal she never wanted, drawn by a faith she never expected…

When her family's wealth and power are lost forever, Leah is sent to Pontius Pilate in hopes that he might arrange a strategic marriage. But despite her betrothed's striking countenance and position, Leah deems life as a centurion's wife a fate worse than death.

Head of the garrison near Galilee, Alban has ambitions that could one day see him at the seat of power -- in Rome itself. Eager to prove himself, he takes on the assignment of a lifetime, one that will put his career, his beliefs, and his very life at risk.

But when the death --and missing body -- of an obscure rabbi compel Lean and Alban to search for answers, what they discover changes everything.