The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy #1)
Megan Bannen
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· 317 ratings · 449 pages · Published: 23 Aug 2022
Too much time alone is the opposite of Mercy Birdsall’s problem. Since her father’s decline, she’s been single-handedly keeping Birdsall & Son undertakers afloat in small-town Eternity—despite definitely not being a son, and in defiance of sullen jerks like Hart Ralston, who seems to have a gift for showing up right when her patience is thinnest. The work’s not the problem—Mercy’s good at it, better than any other Birdsall—but keeping all her family’s plates spinning singlehandedly, forever, isn’t how Mercy envisioned her future.
After yet another run-in with the sharp-tongued Mercy, Hart considers she might have a point about his utter loneliness being a bit of a liability. In a moment of sentimentality, he pens a letter addressed simply to “A Friend,” and entrusts it to a nimkilim, an anthropomorphic animal messenger with an uncanny connection to the gods, (and in Hart’s case, a bit of a drinking problem). Much to his surprise, an anonymous letter comes back in return, and a tentative friendship is born.
If only Hart knew he’s been baring his soul to the person who infuriates him most–Mercy. As the two unlikely pen pals grow closer, the truth about Hart’s parentage and the nature of the drudges creeps in. And suddenly their old animosity seems so small in comparison to what they might be able to do: end the drudges forever. But at what cost?
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The 'The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy' series
4.21 · 453 ratings
competent heroine · open-door · slow burn · third-person-pov · humor · fantasy · independent heroine · mature couple · audiobook · m-f · cold hero · cheerful heroine · standalone · in-her-30s · western · friends to lovers · sweet heroine · angst · small town · tortured hero
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