FRANCINE RIVERS has been a professional writer for more than twenty years. She achieved recognition first as a secular writer, and then, after she turned to God, as a Christian writer, winning many prestigious awards. The five novels included in this book tell the stories of women whose names are inscribed in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. These women were not perfect, but all of them, by the infinite mercy of God, became in His hands instruments for the accomplishment of His plan for the birth of Christ, the Savior of the world. Their life stories are recreated by the author based on the biblical narrative.*** The Bloodline of Grace series brings together five novels about God's chosen women, each of whom was destined to play an important role in God's plan for the birth of Jesus Christ.