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Twenty years ago, Lucas Walker was seventeen, in love with Tansy Gerard—and framed for the murder of Tansy’ s twin brother. Lucas’ s part-Cherokee heritage, “ bad seed” reputation and desperate need to protect Tansy made him an easy target to take the rap. Now, on the eve of his release from Attica, Lucas discovers Tansy is about to be married to her father’ s most trusted advisor and friend, the rich and powerful Carlton Sanford the man who framed him.
Lucas returns to Manhattan only to find Tansy reclusive and ethereal—lost in a world where her brother is still alive. Secret meetings with Tansy are a balm to Lucas’ s scarred soul, yet his very presence could shatter the illusion that keeps Tansy safe. But Sanford is dangerous, so Lucas must take the risk and prove what really happened that fateful night. Or Tansy will be lost to him forever .
Lucas Walker soon will be a free man after spending twenty years in Attica for murder and rape. He survived his incarceration only due to the MERCY letter sent to him two decades ago by the late Juliette Gerard, mother of both the man he was convicted of killing and the woman he allegedly raped. When Lucas learns that the rape victim Tansy Gerard is marrying Carlton Sanford, expected to be named Ambassador to England, he concludes he must warn her that she must never wed the man who framed him to take the fall for the homicide of her twin and the rape of her.................. After being released, Lucas travels to New York City knowing he will not be welcomed by the Gerard family and risking making a prophet out of the guard who taunted him that he will be back. He secretly meets Tansy and tries to persuade her that he never harmed her or her sibling. Tansy wants to believe the man she loved, but the evidence is overwhelmingly contrary; besides which the manipulative Carlton sets in motion a scheme to return Lucas to prison with the key tossed away........................ This tense romantic suspense works because the cast seems genuine although most seemingly carry the weight of the world on their shoulders yet the amazement of MERCY is that Jean Brasher never allows the plot to turn into a soap opera. The story line is fast-paced as Lucas has two objectives: to save Tansy from the monster and to bring back the smile and élan to his beloved that he still remembers when they were teenage lovers................................. Harriet Klausner
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IT'S TIME FOR THE TRUTH
Twenty years ago, Lucas Walker was seventeen, in love with Tansy Gerard—and framed for the murder of Tansy’ s twin brother. Lucas’ s part-Cherokee heritage, “ bad seed” reputation and desperate need to protect Tansy made him an easy target to take the rap. Now, on the eve of his release from Attica, Lucas discovers Tansy is about to be married to her father’ s most trusted advisor and friend, the rich and powerful ...