MERCY'S HART
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Last published Tue, Feb 28, 2023
Mercy was an injured traumatized enslaved girl on the run, who had already had a life full of trial when she met Eli Hart on what was to be her last stop on the Underground Railroad. When things take a turn after the Civil War, she is forced to flee her adopted home to make a new life out in the wild west. Her destination? A rumored mixed-race town in Oklahoma.
She encounters new challenges and dangers, all while unaware of the pursuits of two men from her old life in the east. One who she'd thought she'd lost forever, and the other she'd thought she'd escaped forever. Get lost in the western epic! MERCY'S HART
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