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Stealing Mercy [Kindle Edition]

Kristy Tate
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)

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Book Description

A girl disguised as a boy.
A villain with a brothel to fill.
A hero wondering why he’s in love with a lad in breeches.
Serving murder, mayhem and pies, Stealing Mercy is a romantic adventure set in 1889—on the eve of the Great Seattle Fire, when more than a city is set on fire.

After a night of terror, Mercy Faye flees New York. Disguised as a boy, she sets sail for a new life in Seattle, but her nightmare, Mr. Steele, follows close behind. Armed with only her chocolates, laced tarts and wits, Mercy sets out to destroy Mr. Steele and his Lucky Island brothel.

Trent Michaels is searching for his missing cousin. He can't afford complications - or romance - yet, at every turn he finds Mercy Faye. The night before the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, flames spark between Mercy and Trent leaving the life they know and the city they love in ashes.

Their story reaches forward through time to Bette Michaels, a genealogist, struggling with grief after the sudden death of her husband. Although generations apart, as Bette unravels Mercy's story, she learns that a life can be rebuilt - even after everything is lost.

Through Mercy, Bette discovers that sometimes the only way to find happiness is to steal it.


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About the Author

Kristy Tate lives in Rancho Santa Margarita, California with her family. She studied English Literature at Brigham Young University and at BYU’s International Center in London. Stealing Mercy is her first published novel. For more information and updates on Kristy’s next novel follow her blog at: kristystories.blogspot.com

Product Details

  • File Size: 536 KB
  • Print Length: 194 pages
  • Publisher: Kristine Tate (July 21, 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B005FCFHZ6
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,595 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars You'll enjoy this one! August 12, 2011
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New author Kristy Tate brings a wicked sense of humor and a fast-paced storyline to her tale of a feisty 1880s piemaker who flees an enemy in New York and finds happiness--along with danger--in Seattle. You can't help rooting for Mercy Faye, who flaunts convention and flings herself into peril, determined to save young women forced to work in a brothel. Her secrets form a barrier between her and the appealing Trent Michaels, but love has a way of breaching the gap. A charming debut!

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Story and Characters! August 25, 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
This was a fantastic book! I loved the character development in this book and the richness of the descriptions of their feelings. Every emotion was painted very vividly by Kristine Tate. The plot is very intriguing and keeps you interested to the finale at the end. Additionally, the romance between the characters sparks everything up and keeps the reader very excited. The history of Seattle is merged flawlessly into the story giving the reader an extra feel of realism. Overall this was a fantastic book!
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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun escapism August 22, 2011
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This was a fun read. Kristy Tate did a great job of weaving in the historical details so seamlessly that you get a rich sense of place without a history lesson. Mercy, the main character, is spunky and too headstrong for her own good but it makes for an enjoyable read. I always enjoy a good romance and this is definitely a good romance.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Stealing mercy
Very good love story it was intense mercy was very brave I will have to tell my friends and . Read more
Published 3 days ago by Unknown
4.0 out of 5 stars Top read in Historical Mystery/Romance Genre!
This was an involved cozy mystery. For a short book (approx 200 pages) I felt the entertainment value was that of a book twice it's size. Read more
Published 9 days ago by kklinz
3.0 out of 5 stars It's a good book. I would recommend it if you have a good amount of...
It's a good book. I would recommend it if you have a good amount of time to sit down and read.
Published 1 month ago by Kay
3.0 out of 5 stars Okay but recipes were too distracting
This book was a good adventure however, I found the recipes did not really go with the chapters and they were too distracting from the story.
Published 1 month ago by Jane Daniel
3.0 out of 5 stars Spoiler alert!
It was an ok read. But I didn't like the ending. The author left a lot unexplained. What happened to the brothel? The girls who escaped? Belle? Read more
Published 1 month ago by boyscout8
4.0 out of 5 stars Most Enjoyable Book
I love reading good books. This is one that was both easy to read as well teaching me a little of the history about San Francisco at the turn of the late 1800's and early... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Gapch125
5.0 out of 5 stars Heart warming!
A very neatly done story. Loved both sets of characters in each time period. It was one of my favorites!
Published 3 months ago by misty kuiper
1.0 out of 5 stars Not thrilled
I read the reviews before I purchased this book, thought it sounded interesting. I was very disappointed. First, the spelling and grammar mistakes were a distraction. Read more
Published 3 months ago by DDH
3.0 out of 5 stars It was an ok read
I liked the book I won't put it down in my favorites. But it was good read. I liked the writing style.
Published 4 months ago by SuzAnna
3.0 out of 5 stars Stealing Mercy
Being honest would have saved her a lot of trouble. But I guess it would've been a much shorter book :-)
Published 4 months ago by Norene Schlader
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More About the Author

Kristy Tate is the author of many novels, but only five are published. Her debut novel, Stealing Mercy, has been on the Amazon's top 100 list of historical romance for more than fifteen weeks and spent two weeks as number one.

Kristy studied English literature at Brigham Young University and at BYU's International Center in London. Although a long time resident of Orange County California where she lives with her family, Kristy's heart belongs in her hometown of Arlington, Washington, AKA Rose Arbor--the fictional setting of her popular Rose Arbor series.

For updates on Kristy's upcoming novels, please visit her blog at kristystories.blogspot.com

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