Landscapes of Mercy

~Where only the bond of love can make redemption possible~Lacey Woodhouse arrives at River Ranch to deliver the bank's notice of default for unmade mortgage payments but plunges into a horse trough and meets the struggling owner, rancher Wray Benson, up close and personal. When a bouquet of field daisies finds its way to her car windshield weeks later, she decides to throw caution-and conflict of interest-to the wind. Time in the country charms Lacey and she learns of Wray's support of an ailing family member which softens her heart. Soon destruction of his perimeter fence during the foreclosure countdown hints of trouble within her REO unit at the bank. An investigation launches with Lacey at the helm, but she has problems navigating the sole condition mandated by the bank president-she can't see Wray until the foreclosure process concludes. As the dreaded foreclosure clock ticks down, will Lacey be able to reach out to downtrodden Wray and reconnect heart-to-heart?A troubled undercurrent runs through the flower-strewn meadow of their relationship,one that the redemptive river of love must overcome.

~Where honest advocacy justifies an investment of the heart~Marin Evans finagles her way into a rowboat with a temperamental sound-side resident who's about to have his salty heritage crumble beneath him on the Outer Banks. Tyde Fearing lowers his guard to give the insistent land use planner her interview, but doesn't expect to enjoy her company as the threat of condemnation for the historic Fearing cottage makes his future seem bleak. Marin goes into advocacy mode when the historical society and recreation department clash for use of the Fearing land donation. An outbuilding with a shadowy past stands to further condemn the Fearing family-or will the shed become a plank of justification when the truth is revealed? All hope falls to ashes when the Fearing cottage is taken by an act of nature, plunging Tyde into despair. Marin's land use plan is the only life raft that will save him-and she employs a flotilla of creative reinforcements to pull it off at the grand opening of Fearing Landing.Will the shifting sands of the Graveyard of the Atlantic sink its last authentic waterman?Not when he has an advocate determined to cross the waters of the soundwith a heart that bridges an impossible task with the surety of love.Book Three in the seriesLandscapes of Mercy~Because when you're on the ledge of desperation, the only lifeline is love~