Rachel

A Novel (Wives of the Patriarchs, Book 3)

By: Jill Eileen Smith

Narrated by: Vanessa Daniels

Beautiful Rachel wants nothing more than for her older half sister Leah to wed and move out of their household. Maybe then she would not feel so scrutinized, so managed, so judged. Plain Leah wishes her father Laban would find a good man for her, someone who would love her alone and make her his only bride. Unbeknownst to either of them, Jacob is making his way to their home, trying to escape a past laced with deceit and find the future God has promised him.

But the past comes back to haunt Jacob when he finds himself on the receiving end of treachery and the victim of a cruel bait and switch. The man who wanted only one woman will end up with sisters who have never gotten along and now must spend the rest of their lives sharing a husband. In the power struggles that follow, only one woman will triumph . . . or will she?

Combining meticulous research with her own imaginings, Jill Eileen Smith not only tells one of the most famous love stories of all time but will manage to surprise even those who think they know the story inside and out.

©2014 Jill Eileen Smith (P)2024 Tantor

Thank you GOD, when we are weak he is stro

Jill Eileen Smith these series of books GOD has use to give me more understanding,GOD s work in you never ends,thank you,too the speaker thank you, always wanted too know what happened too Jacob Daughter.Thank you all who had apart in wonderful series.

A bittersweet love story

The story of Jacob, Leah and Rachel has always been a favorite of mine. Jill Eileen Smith's historical fictional telling of it is wonderful. The story grabbed my attention and kept it from the first page. It's wonderfully written.

Excellent novel

Loved the story set in one of our favorite childhood stories from the Bible. Lots of details & interesting relationships. Worth the read for sure!

Rachel’s desire for SPACE from Leah … and Leah’s desperation for at least SOME loving attention from her husband.

… and Jacob the pawn of both father-in-law AND wive(s)… yet, he holds God FIRST!

Unexpected Perspective Shift

I’ve never been a fan of Jacob and Rachel based on my very biased opinion of them without truly empathizing and trying to see them as more human. I used to find Jacob selfish and Rachel as well to some extent. But this book helped me consider that they were human just like all of us and I’m no less falible than they and maybe would have been the same or even worse in their circumstances. That’s why I like this genre and Jill Eileen Smith. She makes me fill out these people and stop treating them as two dimensional cartoon characters. Great book!