The Scarlet Thread
- Author: Francine Rivers
- Publisher: Tyndale House, Living Books
- Year: 1996, Re-issued 2000
- Editor: Karen Ball
- Setting: Los Angeles
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Sierra Madrid's happy life is changed when her husband Alex uproots their family by taking them to Los Angeles. As Alex grows more distant, Sierra finds solace and faith by reading the journals of her ancestor.