The Covenant House Books in Order

The Covenant House series sits at a turning point in Israel’s history, when the Ark of the Covenant has been captured by the Philistines and then returned, and the people are wrestling with what it means to be led by God versus human rulers. Connilyn Cossette tells that story through the lives of two Philistine-born siblings who leave their old world behind and are adopted into a Levite family that guards the Ark.

In To Dwell Among Cedars, readers meet Eliora and her younger brother, who flee their hometown when the Ark brings plagues and upheaval to Philistia. Following the sacred chest into Israelite territory, they are taken in by a family in Kiryat-Yearim and given new names, new customs, and a new God to learn. Years later, Eliora still struggles with feeling like an outsider, even as she tends gardens and hosts guests on the mountain where the Ark rests.

At the same time, Ronen, a gifted Levite musician, is sent on a secret mission to discover exactly where the Ark is hidden. Relatives who believe the Ark belongs elsewhere are pressuring him to retrieve it, and he expects a simple task. Instead he finds that the young girl he once rescued in a rainstorm is now Eliora, and that betraying her family would tear open old wounds he is not ready to face. The novel threads political tension, questions about worship, and a slow-building romance through a story of divided loyalties.

Between the Wild Branches shifts focus to Lukio, Eliora’s foster brother, who has returned to his Philistine birthplace of Ashdod and reinvented himself as a famous fighter. Outwardly he is confident and successful, but inwardly he is still the wounded boy who never felt he belonged anywhere. When Shoshana, a Hebrew woman from his past, is captured in a raid and enslaved in Ashdod, their unexpected reunion forces both of them to confront betrayal, shame, and the cost of survival in a brutal city.

As Lukio faces pressure to cement his status by marrying into the royal family, he must decide whether power and comfort are worth the price of his soul. Shoshana, meanwhile, has to choose whether she can trust the man who once broke her heart. Their journey plays out against the larger conflict between Philistia and Israel and brings the Ark storyline right up to the edge of the monarchy that will dominate The King’s Men series.

Taken together, The Covenant House books are about adoption and identity, about what it means to be grafted into God’s people even when your blood and memories tell a different story. The series deepens threads that began in Cities of Refuge and sets the stage for the early reign of King Saul, making it a natural bridge for readers following Connilyn Cossette’s world in chronological order.