The Silk Merchant of Sychar

One woman, five husbands and a weary rabbi at the well who knows everything she ever did. The day after they bury her husband Leah Marcellus loses her baby. A widow and childless, what man will want her now? Her father arranges a second marriage - a profitable business arrangement - sealed on Mount Gerizim, the holy mountain where every true follower of Yahweh worships. But Leah’s heart belongs to another. Her passion only brings trouble - jealousy, murder and lies. Leah’s skill at the loom and the secrets of dye - the woad, the murex and madder - brings her renown among the Roman women of wealth. Yet death and betrayal soon steal her security. Leah is determined to protect her family … at any cost. From the olive groves of Samaria to the bloodied sand of a Roman stadium to the exquisite silks brought from the East, The Silk Merchant of Sychar weaves colour into the biblical account of the woman at the well.