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Sweet Mercy
Ann Tatlock

Sweet Mercy

May 01, 2013
9780764210464
| Paperback
Bethany House | 2013
Dewey TAT
LC Classification 2998
LC Control No. 2013002076

Genre

  • Historical Fiction
  • Suspense Fiction

Subject

  • Alcoholic Beverage Law Violations - Fiction
  • Family-owned Business Enterprises - Fiction
  • Life Change Events - Fiction
  • Ohio - Fiction
  • Prohibition - Fiction
  • United States - History - Fiction

Plot

Stunning New Novel from Award-Winning AuthorWhen Eve Marryat's father is laid off from the Ford Motor Company in 1931, he is forced to support his family by leaving St. Paul, Minnesota, and moving back to his Ohio roots. Eve's uncle Cyrus has invited the family to live and work at his Marryat Island Ballroom and Lodge. St. Paul seemed like a haven for gangsters, and Eve had grown fearful of living there. At seventeen, she considers her family to be "good people." They aren't lawbreakers and criminals like so many people in her old neighborhood. Thrilled to be moving to a "safe haven," Eve is blissfully unaware that her uncle's lodge is a transfer station for illegal liquor smuggled from Canada. Eve settles in to work and makes new friends, including an enigmatic but affecting young man. But when the reality of her situation finally becomes clear, Eve is faced with a dilemma. How can she ignore what is happening right under their very noses? Yet can she risk everything by condemning the man whose love and generosity is keeping her and her family from ruin?