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    Abigail: A Novel
    Abigail: A Novel
    Abigail: A Novel
    Audiobook9 hours

    Abigail: A Novel

    Written by Jill Eileen Smith

    Narrated by Callie Beaulieu

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    What price must she pay for true love?

    Her days marked by turmoil and faded dreams, Abigail has resigned herself to a life with a man she does not love. But when circumstances offer her a second chance at happiness with the handsome David, she takes a leap of faith to join his wandering tribe. Still, her struggles are far from over. How can she share his love with the other women he insists on marrying?

    Abigail follows the bestselling Michal and continues Jill Eileen Smith's rich story of David's wives.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 19, 2019
    ISBN9781977342522
    Abigail: A Novel
    Author

    Jill Eileen Smith

    Jill Eileen Smith is the bestselling and award-winning author of the biblical fiction series The Wives of King David, Wives of the Patriarchs, and Daughters of the Promised Land, as well as The Heart of a King, Star of Persia: Esther's Story, Miriam's Song, The Prince and the Prodigal, and Daughter of Eden. She is also the author of the nonfiction books When Life Doesn't Match Your Dreams and She Walked Before Us. Her research has taken her from the Bible to Israel, and she particularly enjoys learning how women lived in biblical times. Jill lives with her family in Michigan. Learn more at www.JillEileenSmith.com.

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    • 5/5
      This book was so well written!!! It carried me along from beginning to end. I guessed wrong about the ending-which I seldom do. Wonderful wonderful!!!
    • 5/5
      Great narrator, shows the human side of people both good & bad.
    • 4/5
      Another great book by Jill Smith. With her imagination and true facts taken from scripture, we get a glimpse of what it might be like to be one of King Davids wives. Very well written.
    • 4/5
      This is the second story in "The Wives of King David" series, and I found myself enjoying it more than book one, which was about David's wife Michal. It is a story that shows a woman's struggle to love a man who chooses to have many wives. I don't often read biblical fiction stories, but this one did a great job of helping you see the turmoil David experienced by marrying many wives. Abigail finds herself in a bad, abusive first marriage. When her husband dies, David takes her hand in marriage, making her wive number three. Abigail grows to love David, but as he continues to take more wives, the heartache and pain it causes her and his other wives is obvious. How can you love a man who wakes up in the morning and spends a few minutes of his time devoted to you, and then moves on to another wife. A man who sends for you periodically and expects you to be okay with the whole arrangement. The story was well done. The historical and biblical facts were there, although one will never know exactly what went on between any of David and his many wives. I can only say as the author did at the end of her book, "Despite three thousand years spanning between us, human nature has not changed. Men and women will always find ways to justify their actions." David tried to justify his many wives, but as you can tell from reading this book, his excuses seemed pretty weak in the eyes of someone who loved him.
    • 5/5
      Second in the Wives of King David series, Abigail is a beautiful story about one woman's journey towards marriage to a king and how she keeps her faith in God along the way. Although we only have what Scripture tells us of Abigail and her story, Jill Eileen Smith fills in the blanks of what might have been to give us a wonderful story of a faithful woman and wife. Through her trials and terrors of being married to Nabal, her first husband, to her marriage to David and her jealousy of his other wives. This story is brought to life through Jill Eileen Smith's wonderful descriptions of sights, smells, sounds, and characters.Storyline: Abigail is forced to marry the abusive Nabal, and tries to be a faithful and good wife. When she one day she learns that David is coming to take revenge on her husband and his household, she decides to take matters in to her own hands. After her husband dies from the shock of what she has done, she receives word from David that he is willing to take her has his wife and take care of her. She quickly accepts, wanting another chance to have the husband she always dreamed of. Will life as a king's life be all that she wants?
    • 5/5
      Awesome story because of the setting and romantic elements. The writing was flawless and I was totally into this book the entire time I read it. Wonderfully edgy in some parts, too.
    • 5/5
      After being included in being able to review this book for a blog tour, I knew I had to go and get my copy of Michal, book 1, in The Wives of King David series. I loved Michal so much that I couldn't wait to get a hold of Abigail and start reading it. Unlike Michal, which took me 2 weeks to read, I read Abigail in 2 days. It was just as amazingly good and powerful as book 1. I didn't want to say good bye to these wonderful Biblical people who felt like friends to me. As with Michal, this book moved me beyond words. I was again transported back in time to a Biblical era that I fell in love with. I could feel myself there with Abigail and with King David. The feeling of that was so powerful. Smith, again, makes this a wonderful read by mixing Biblical dialogue from the Bible in with the fiction. Add that to the suspense of Abigail, not only being saved by King David but by King David also saving her, makes this a most wonderful edge-of-your-seat book. I will look at 1 and 2 Samuel in a whole new light now, when I read my Bible. I will be drawn back to Smith's work on Abigail (and Michal!) and will want to read these two amazing novels over and over again! Words just can't explain! It makes me anxious for 2011 when Smith's third book in this series is released: Bathsheba....it can't get here soon enough! Abigail is, like Michal, worthy of so much more than 5 stars but I will only give it 5 stars.....and I will recommend this story to EVERY woman out there.....I'm sure you will love it as much as I did! It is an amazing love story in an ancient time and you will feel so different (in a good way!) after reading this book and feeling a part of a Biblical era. If you would like to see my review of the first book in this series, Michal, please visit here.