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A Prince & A Princess
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ISBN13: 9798272837486
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 9 2026
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.54 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 9 2026
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.54 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Synopsis:
Dr. Troy Mercer saves lives for a living. He's just forgotten how to live one himself.
Hiding in a basement apartment in the Bronx with nothing but his unhinged German Shorthaired Pointer and a collection of takeout containers, Troy has perfected the art of going through the motions. Work. Sleep. Repeat. Feel nothing. It's safer that way.
Dr. Troy Mercer saves lives for a living. He's just forgotten how to live one himself.
Hiding in a basement apartment in the Bronx with nothing but his unhinged German Shorthaired Pointer and a collection of takeout containers, Troy has perfected the art of going through the motions. Work. Sleep. Repeat. Feel nothing. It's safer that way.
Dana Reed is drowning in the wreckage of her own life, raising two young boys alone and showing up for shifts as Head Nurse because someone has to pay the bills. She doesn't have time for complications. Doesn't have room in her shattered heart for anything beyond survival.
Then their dogs-two chaos demons in canine form-decide otherwise.
What begins as German Shorthaired Pointers literally dragging their humans into each other's lives becomes something neither Troy nor Dana saw coming: proof that broken people can build beautiful things. That it's possible to honor what you've lost while reaching for what you might still have. That sometimes the best families are the ones we piece together from the wreckage.
Troy learns what it means to be a father. Dana discovers she's allowed to love again. Together, they build a future at a cabin upstate where laughter and chaos and three impossible dogs and two resilient boys create the kind of home neither of them thought they'd ever have.
Until one night shift changes everything.
An active shooter in the ER. Impossible choices. The kind of trauma that doesn't show up on X-rays but leaves you questioning what's real and what's the story you tell yourself to survive.
Twelve months later, Troy stands at sunrise holding a newborn baby, while someone he loves calls him back to bed. But his memory has holes. His hands shake. And he can't quite bring himself to turn around and see who's there.
Then their dogs-two chaos demons in canine form-decide otherwise.
What begins as German Shorthaired Pointers literally dragging their humans into each other's lives becomes something neither Troy nor Dana saw coming: proof that broken people can build beautiful things. That it's possible to honor what you've lost while reaching for what you might still have. That sometimes the best families are the ones we piece together from the wreckage.
Troy learns what it means to be a father. Dana discovers she's allowed to love again. Together, they build a future at a cabin upstate where laughter and chaos and three impossible dogs and two resilient boys create the kind of home neither of them thought they'd ever have.
Until one night shift changes everything.
An active shooter in the ER. Impossible choices. The kind of trauma that doesn't show up on X-rays but leaves you questioning what's real and what's the story you tell yourself to survive.
Twelve months later, Troy stands at sunrise holding a newborn baby, while someone he loves calls him back to bed. But his memory has holes. His hands shake. And he can't quite bring himself to turn around and see who's there.
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