[The Realm Series 05] • A Touch of Mercy

Members of the Realm have retuned to England to claim the titles they left behind. Each holds to the fleeting dream of finally knowing love, but first he must face his old enemy Shaheed Mir, a Baloch warlord, who believes one of the group has stolen a fist-sized emerald. Mir will have the emerald's return or will exact his bloody revenge. A devastating injury has robbed AIDAN KIMBOLT, VISCOUNT LEXFORD, of part of his memory, but surely not of the reality that lovely Mercy Nelson is his father's by-blow. Aidan is intrigued by his "sister's" vivacity and how easily she ushers life into Lexington Arms, a house plagued by Death's secrets-secrets of his wife's ghost, of his brother's untimely passing, and of his parents' marriage: Secrets Aidan must banish to finally know happiness. Fate has delivered MERCY NELSON to Lord Lexford's door, where she quickly discovers appearances are deceiving. Not only does Mercy practice a bit of her own duplicity, so do all within Lexington Arms. Yet, dangerous intrigue cannot squash the burgeoning passion consuming her and Viscount Lexford, as the boundaries of their relationship are sorely tested. How can they find true love if they must begin a life peppered with lies? "The first fully original series from Austen pastiche author Jeffers is a knockout." -Publishers Weekly "Jeffers brings to life timeless characters in the series [the Realm] to create intrigue and a once-in-a-lifetime love." - Perceived Reality