Tinya is looking for this one! Ohhh a historical religious romance!! I definitely have not read this but maybe someone knows it?
She asks:
Years ago, I read a book about Rahab & Salmon.
It starts with Rahab as a child. She has vibrant red hair and believed to be touched by the gods. She helps in healing a boy. Once she is of age she is sent to the temple and basically made a prostitute.
When she ages out she is given an inn on the wall. This is when she meets the spies, etc.
Then the book goes into how her and Salmon fall in love. Her family deciding to live with the Israelites or leave, etc. It is a beautifully written love story. Not by Francine Rivers but better in my opinion.