Forbidden Faith - Softcover

What started as an exercise where I put myself into the shoes of the Book of Mormon characters soon became a full wall of notes with names, dates and places. I wanted to be there, follow their footsteps and find the answers I was seeking in my own life. I knew that there were many great women who lived between the pages of the Book of Mormon that we didn't know anything about but I saw the evidence of their goodness: righteous husbands, noble sons and faithful families. I felt like if I gave them names and imagined what they were doing while their husbands preached and did the Lord's work. They too had a work to do and as I gave them names and roles in the Book of Mormon stories they became real enough to write about. So, I did just that. As the pages and word count escalated I realized that I needed a writing partner if I was really going to publish it, so I asked a good friend to help me compile and finish the book. She was amazing to work with and what we ended up with was much better than what I began with. It's true that the sum of the partnership was much greater than our contributions individually. It is our hope that after you read this novel that you'll turn to the Book of Mormon with new eyes and a fresh desire to know and feel the truthfulness of the sacred record.

When Queen Mera’s son Noah takes the throne ahead of his righteous elder brother, Jarom, Mera hopes he will mend his ways and turn to the Lord. Instead, he leads the kingdom into iniquity, disregarding the priesthood and dishonoring his young wife. Mera fears she is to blame, and she can only hope that it is not too late to change his heart.
Meanwhile, Noah’s wife Tamar seethes with fury over his indiscretions, false promises, and neglect of their marriage and their son. But even as she struggles to salvage the pieces of their life together, she fears she will never regain the love they once shared.
In this Book of Mormon historical fiction, faith is forbidden, and both women walk a perilous line between keeping peace with the king and honoring the truth in their hearts. But they can’t walk that line forever. The more they try to force Noah to change, the more they risk destroying themselves. The appearance of a prophet and call to repent brings consequences no one imagined.