Mercy's Embrace Book 3: The Lady Must Decide

The flaunting
         of society's rules
     had gone too far...

As the news of Elizabeth Elliot's broken engagement becomes known, the storm of social disapproval decends and Elizabeth is left to wonder how she, with every claim to birth and beauty, has made such a muddle of her life. Even worse, why has dear Mr Gill suddenly become so distant?

Patrick Gill has dropped many a hint that he is not the lowly clerk he has pretended to be, but Elizabeth Elliot will have none of it. His playful jest has gone too far, for him as well as for her. Now "Mr Gill" must force a meeting between Elizabeth and the man he truly is...a man she claims to utterly dispise.

“The world of Jane Austen’s Persuasion fairly sparkles under Laura Hile’s deft and humorous touch. While Elizabeth Elliot retains the abrasive edges of Austen’s original, you’ll be as delighted as I was to see her develop into a woman deserving of a good man’s love.”

--Pamela Aidan, author of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman

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