Books with title Mercy

Cooper's running from the mob…Willow's running from her past…Can they put up with each other long enough to stop a killer?_____________________________"Part mystery, part laughs, 100% riveting thriller!"_____________________________Through fate -- or a temporary misalignment of the stars -- Willow Ball and Cooper Chain cross paths for the first time since college. Sparks fly, but not for the right reasons. The ex-lovers stumble over a dead body. The discovery fractures a family, but it's the killer's calling card that leaves everyone chilled to the bone. The cops are baffled, unable to connect the dots, forcing Willow and Cooper to step in. Attacks ensue, chaos ruptures wedding plans . . . Through it all, how can the ex-lovers make sense of the puzzle?But it's not over. As the bodies pile up, a pattern slowly develops. At least that's how Ball & Chain see it. And then someone emerges from Willow's past -- and it rocks her to the core. Could he be connected to this string of murders?It's been 18 years, 7 months, and 21 days.The torment can last only so long.The past might provide the breadcrumbs to end this nightmare, but Willow and Cooper may not live long enough to see it through.Can the snarky crime-fighting duo stop the killing in the name of mercy? Or will they be the final victims?Get MERCY now!John W. Mefford's Ball & Chain Thrillers are right up your reading alley if you're a fan of the Fox & O'Hare novels by Janet Evanovich, Michael Connelly's Ballard and Bosch, Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar, David Baldacci's King and Maxwell, Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli and Isles, or the TV show "Castle."______________________________Dear Reader,If you love to bury yourself in a book that's part mystery, part laughs, and one hundred percent thrilling adventure, then Ball & Chain are right up your reading alley.Readers say they love the relatable but quirky characters, the snarky tension between Ball & Chain, and the heart-pounding suspense. I hope you give Ball & Chain a read. I think you might get hooked like thousands of other readers across the globe.Cheers,John______________________________Follow all of the misadventures of Cooper and Willow in The Ball & Chain Thrillers:MERCY (Book 1)FEAR (Book 2)BURY (Book 3)LURE (Book 4)PREY (Book 5)VANISH (Book 6)ESCAPE (Book 7)*Warning: The Ball & Chain novels are an addictive thrill ride full of white-knuckle suspense and snarky wit. Mystery-thrillers with a slice of humor and a dash of romance. Proceed with caution.

Charlie’s true identity is a secret, but her very presence places everyone around her in danger. With no other choice but to remain where she is, she stays with a community that might not be as benevolent as it appears. In this short dystopian romance where a friend might be an enemy and an enemy might be a friend, seventeen-year-old Charlie must protect her baby sister and herself from grotesque monsters outside the community as well as human ones inside. Will the truth she discovers about her protectors save her or ultimately doom her to a fate worse than death?Around 9800 words. Part of a larger work titled Edge of Mercy, also by C. C. Marks and available now.

At first the prisoner scratches at the walls until her fingers bleed. But there is no escaping the room. With no way of measuring time, her days, weeks, months go unrecorded. She vows not to go mad. She will not give her captors the satisfaction. She will die first. ***Copenhagen detective Carl Mørck has been taken off homicide to run a newly created department for unsolved crimes. His first case concerns Merete Lynggaard, who vanished five years ago. Everyone says she's dead. Everyone says it's a waste of time. He thinks they're right. ***The voice in the dark is distorted, harsh and without mercy. It says the prisoner's torture will only end when she answers one simple question. It is one she has asked herself a million times: WHY is this happening?

An electric combination of angels, mystery and romance, MERCY is the first book in a major paranormal series.There's something very wrong with me. I can't remember who I am or how old I am, or even how I got here. All I know is that when I wake up, I could be any one. It is always this way.There's nothing I can keep with me that will stay. It's made me adaptable.I must always re-establish ties.I must tread carefully or give myself away.I must survive.Mercy doesn't realise it yet, but as she journeys into the darkest places of the human soul, she discovers that she is one of the celestial host exiled with fallen angel, Lucifer. Now she must atone for taking his side. To find her own way back to heaven, Mercy must help a series of humans in crisis and keep the unwary from getting caught up in the games that angels play. Ultimately she must choose between her immortal companion, Lucifer, and a human boy who risks everything for her love.

Cooper's running from the mob…Willow's running from her past…Can they put up with each other long enough to stop a killer?_____________________________"Part mystery, part laughs, 100% riveting thriller!"_____________________________Through fate -- or a temporary misalignment of the stars -- Willow Ball and Cooper Chain cross paths for the first time since college. Sparks fly, but not for the right reasons. The ex-lovers stumble over a dead body. The discovery fractures a family, but it's the killer's calling card that leaves everyone chilled to the bone. The cops are baffled, unable to connect the dots, forcing Willow and Cooper to step in. Attacks ensue, chaos ruptures wedding plans . . . Through it all, how can the ex-lovers make sense of the puzzle?But it's not over. As the bodies pile up, a pattern slowly develops. At least that's how Ball & Chain see it. And then someone emerges from Willow's past -- and it rocks her to the core. Could he be connected to this string of murders?It's been 18 years, 7 months, and 21 days.The torment can last only so long.The past might provide the breadcrumbs to end this nightmare, but Willow and Cooper may not live long enough to see it through.Can the snarky crime-fighting duo stop the killing in the name of mercy? Or will they be the final victims?Get MERCY now!John W. Mefford's Ball & Chain Thrillers are right up your reading alley if you're a fan of the Fox & O'Hare novels by Janet Evanovich, Michael Connelly's Ballard and Bosch, Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar, David Baldacci's King and Maxwell, Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli and Isles, or the TV show "Castle."______________________________Dear Reader,If you love to bury yourself in a book that's part mystery, part laughs, and one hundred percent thrilling adventure, then Ball & Chain are right up your reading alley.Readers say they love the relatable but quirky characters, the snarky tension between Ball & Chain, and the heart-pounding suspense. I hope you give Ball & Chain a read. I think you might get hooked like thousands of other readers across the globe.Cheers,John______________________________Follow all of the misadventures of Cooper and Willow in The Ball & Chain Thrillers:MERCY (Book 1)FEAR (Book 2)BURY (Book 3)LURE (Book 4)PREY (Book 5)VANISH (Book 6)ESCAPE (Book 7)*Warning: The Ball & Chain novels are an addictive thrill ride full of white-knuckle suspense and snarky wit. Mystery-thrillers with a slice of humor and a dash of romance. Proceed with caution.

At first the prisoner scratches at the walls until her fingers bleed. But there is no escaping the room. With no way of measuring time, her days, weeks, months go unrecorded. She vows not to go mad. She will not give her captors the satisfaction. She will die first. Copenhagen detective Carl Morck has been taken off homicide to run a newly created department for unsolved crimes. His first case concerns Merete Lynggaard, who vanished five years ago. Everyone says she's dead. Everyone says it's a waste of time. He thinks they're right. The voice in the dark is distorted, harsh and without mercy. It says the prisoner's torture will only end when she answers one simple question. It is one she has asked herself a million times: Why is this happening?

Fourteen-year-old Haley is struggling to cope. She’s got a new stepmom and baby brother. Her cousin Jake is dying from a terminal illness. Her grades are slipping. And the boy she likes is dating her best friend. But all that’s nothing compared to what she uncovers when she digs deep into her family history for a school project. Now she’s got a blood-stained glove, eerie messages on the TV screen, and ghostly images on her camera. Just what—or who—has Haley unearthed? Haley must overcome her own doubts and confront a vampire in order to save herself and her family. Inspired by a true New England story, Mercy is accomplished children's author Sarah L. Thomson's first book for Islandport Press.

"A different and unique and beautifully written book...rawness and pain...[Provencher] does not sugarcoat things. She lays them all out for you and makes you feel." -- Into the Night Book ReviewsFrom new adult romance and young adult fantasy author, Misty Provencher, comes a dark and gritty paranormal coming-of-age story housed in a world that is nothing like what it seems.My will to survive is the first thing to drown. I know, because I hold it under myself.I assumed my death would come easily. But misunderstanding didn't stop the undertow as I dove into the dark water. I didn't bother to flail.I knew the boy with the golden rod voice couldn't save me, so I hoped for angels to come instead.What came for me was something I never expected.It was something that needed me to live again.

An electric combination of angels, mystery and romance, MERCY is the first book in a major new paranormal series.There's something very wrong with me. I can't remember who I am or how old I am, or even how I got here. All I know is that when I wake up, I could be any one. It is always this way.There's nothing I can keep with me that will stay. It's made me adaptable.I must always re-establish ties.I must tread carefully or give myself away.I must survive.Mercy doesn't realise it yet, but as she journeys into the darkest places of the human soul, she discovers that she is one of the celestial host exiled with fallen angel, Luc. Now she must atone for taking his side. To find her own way back to heaven, Mercy must help a series of humans in crisis and keep the unwary from getting caught up in the games that angels play. Ultimately she must choose between her immortal companion, Luc, and a human boy who risks everything for her love.

Mercy in an exile from heaven with shattered memories of who she used to be. She’s doomed to “wake” repeatedly on earth in a new body, each time assuming a new life. During the day she survives in the human world on instinct and at night her dreams are haunted by her lost love, who pleads with her to find him. But this time is different. When Mercy wakes up she meets Ryan, an eighteen-year-old reeling from the loss of his twin sister, Lauren, who was kidnapped two years ago. Only Mercy and Ryan believe his sister is still alive. For the first time since she can remember, Mercy has a purpose: she can help. So she doesn’t understand why the man in her dreams cautions her not to interfere. But as Ryan and Mercy come closer to solving the mystery of Lauren’s disappearance, danger looms just one step behind. Will Mercy be able to harness her extraordinary power in time? The first in a dazzling new series, Mercy masterfully weaves romance, mystery and the supernatural into a spell-binding tale that readers will devour.