Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.

Welcome to Susie Larson Live. Welcome to Susie Larson

live. Always so honored to get to spend this time with you. In fact, I look forward to bringing

you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk, the deep in your

understanding of God's word, and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your

life. Well, you know that I write nonfiction and you also know that I mostly have nonfiction

authors on the show just for the nature of the book. We're talking about topics of faith themes

from scripture, but I also love, love, love a good work of fiction. That's how I relax and

unwind. And today we're talking to one of my favorite

fiction authors, and she happens to be a dear friend of mine as well. But here's the back cover

copy from her latest novel. Actually, it releases next week, if I remember, maybe next week

or the week after. We've got four early copies for you. This is what it says in the back of the

cover. The beloved daughter of a

Jewish captives, the beloved daughter of Jewish captives in Babylon, Kieran is sold into Daniel's

household to help her family survive. She becomes Daniel's most trusted scribe while taking

lessons and swordmanship training alongside Daniel's son and their best friend Jared. But after a

tragic accident changes

the course of her life, she finds herself in a foreign country charged with a mysterious task

teaching a shepherd boy how to become a lord. When she overhears whispers that hint at his true

identity, she realizes she must protect him from a bloodthirsty king. The title of the novel is the

hidden prince. And the author is Tessa Afshar. Whether you

like fiction or not, you're going to want to hear what Tessa has to say. She actually holds a

...