Mercy

The search for Mercy begins ...Mercy 'wakes' on a school bus bound for Paradise, a small town where everyone knows everyone else's business - or thinks they do. But they will never guess the secret Mercy is hiding ...As an angel exiled from heaven and doomed to return repeatedly to Earth, Mercy is never sure whose life and body she will share each time. And her mind is filled with the desperate pleas of her beloved, Luc, who can only approach her in her dreams.In Paradise, Mercy meets Ryan, whose sister was kidnapped two years ago and is now presumed dead. When another girl disappears, Mercy and Ryan know they must act before time runs out. But a host of angels are out for Mercy's blood and they won't rest until they find her and punish her - for a crime she doesn't remember committing ...AN ELECTRIC COMBINATION OF ANGELS, MYSTERY AND ROMANCE, MERCY IS THE FIRST BOOK IN A MAJOR NEW SERIES.'A sinister and rather fabulous world' - The AgeLonglisted for the Davitt Awards

About the Author

Rebecca Lim is an award-winning Australian writer, illustrator and editor and the author of over twenty books, including 'Tiger Daughter' (a Victorian Premier's Literary Award-winner), 'The Astrologer's Daughter' (A Kirkus Best Book of 2015 and CBCA Notable Book for Older Readers) and the bestselling 'Mercy'. Her work has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Queensland Literary Awards and Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards, shortlisted multiple times for the Aurealis Awards and Davitt Awards, and longlisted for the Gold Inky Award and the David Gemmell Legend Award. Her novels have been translated into German, French, Turkish, Portuguese, Polish and Russian. She is a co-founder of the Voices from the Intersection initiative and co-editor, with Ambelin Kwaymullina, of 'Meet Me at the Intersection', a groundbreaking anthology of YA #OwnVoice memoir, poetry and fiction.

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