Jill Eileen Smith Books in Order

As King Saul's daughter, Michal lives close to power and danger from the start. Her love for David is real, but Saul's rage and the demands of kingship threaten to tear them apart.

Abigail's life with Nabal is full of fear and disappointment until David enters the picture. Saving her household is only the beginning, because joining David means learning how to survive love inside a complicated, growing kingdom.

Lonely while her husband fights far from home, Bathsheba is drawn into a night that changes her life and David's kingdom. The story stays with her through desire, grief, and the long search for forgiveness.

Beautiful and certain of her future, Sarai promises Abram an heir and assumes the waiting will be short. Instead she faces years of barrenness, jealousy, and the dangerous urge to force God's promise herself.

After her father's death, Rebekah finds herself at the mercy of her brother Laban and a future going nowhere. Marriage to Isaac offers hope, but love alone may not heal the misunderstandings that grow between them.

Jacob arrives at Laban's household dreaming of a future with Rachel, but deceit turns that hope into a tangled marriage with two sisters. Love, jealousy, and the fight for children drive this deeply personal family saga.

Naamah, princess of Ammon, falls for young Solomon before he becomes king. Their attraction may serve politics as well as love, and she soon learns that winning Solomon may not mean getting him to herself.

Rahab has already lost almost everything when Israelite spies arrive at her house in Jericho. Hiding them is a desperate gamble that could cost her life, but it also offers her first real chance at freedom.

Abishag loves the open fields of Shunem and the life she hoped to share with Yaron. Then she is taken to serve the aging King David, and the struggle for succession pulls her into deadly palace politics.

Princess Siti dreams of marrying for love, not duty, until politics place her in Solomon's path. Leaving Egypt for Israel means trading everything familiar for a husband she barely knows and a future she cannot control.

Deborah never expected to lead a nation, but Canaan's oppression and God's call leave her no room to hide. This novel pairs private doubts with public courage as Israel moves toward battle.

Famine drives Naomi's family to Moab, where loss leaves her with two daughters-in-law and little hope. Ruth's choice to return with her to Bethlehem sets the stage for hardship, loyalty, and an unexpected new future.

This imagined novella follows the famous queen who travels a great distance to test Solomon's wisdom. Her visit opens larger questions about power, faith, and what she will believe after meeting Israel's king.

Hannah loves her husband and her God, but years of barrenness wear her down. As Peninnah's cruelty and corruption at Shiloh close in, Hannah must keep praying when silence seems to be the only answer.

Solomon's story unfolds through his own eyes and through four women drawn into his court: Naamah, Abishag, Siti, and Nicaula. Wisdom, desire, politics, and spiritual compromise collide as the king's private choices grow more costly.

Smith turns to nonfiction here, using women from the Old Testament to explore disappointment, changed plans, and hard choices. It is a practical, faith-centered book about trusting God when life goes somewhere you never expected.

Raya longs for a child and receives a miraculous promise: she will bear Samson, a son set apart for God. Joy turns to heartache as she watches him break the vows that were meant to shape his life.

This nonfiction book looks at the struggles and strengths of twelve women from the Old Testament. Smith connects their failures, losses, and victories to the hard seasons many readers face now.

Esther rises from obscurity to the Persian throne, but royal favor offers no safety. With court rivalries closing in and her people facing destruction, she must decide whether to risk everything and speak.

From life under Egypt's cruelty to the long march through the wilderness, Miriam waits decades for deliverance. Smith imagines her as sister, leader, and woman of fierce hope, even as she struggles in Moses's shadow.

Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery and tell their father he is dead, but guilt follows Judah for years. When the brothers meet again in Egypt, power has shifted, and forgiveness becomes the hardest test of all.

Eve wakes to perfect beauty and a close walk with her Creator, then one act of disobedience changes everything. Exile, grief, and broken trust with Adam force her to learn whether mercy can still reach beyond Eden.

Zara stands beside Noah as the world around them grows more violent and corrupt. Mockery, family strain, and the long wait inside the ark test her faith before the flood finally comes.

Mary Magdalene lives under crushing fear and spiritual torment until Jesus sets her free. Her devotion leads her from that first rescue to the cross and the dawn of a hope stronger than death.

Nessa is passed from one unwanted marriage to another, each loss cutting deeper than the last. When she meets a Jewish rabbi at the well in Sychar, her story turns toward truth, dignity, and hope.