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The Unreturned Mercy
Paperback
Publisher: Country Writes Publishing
Published: May 19 2026
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.17 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A Winter Story of Survival in the Blue Ridge Mountains
In the winter of 1850, the mountain closed, and a girl was left to decide what could be burned to stay alive.
Fifteen-year-old Ruthie Upton is alone in a remote cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains, snowed in with her younger brother as a brutal storm seals the pass. Their father has gone for help. Their mother is already gone. Food is scarce. Firewood is running out. Survival demands choices Ruthie never expected to make.
When a stranger enters the cabin in the night-silent, watchful, and dangerous by every story she has been taught-fear becomes a matter of life and death. What follows is not rescue or romance, but a fragile, wordless mercy that keeps two children alive through the storm.
As the mountain finally releases its hold, Ruthie must choose whether to trust the man who has given them everything and asked for nothing in return.
The Unreturned Mercy is a standalone historical story of survival, loss, and grace set in the nineteenth-century Blue Ridge Mountains. Told with restraint and emotional weight, it is a quiet exploration of mercy freely given-and the lives forever shaped by it.
Perfect for readers who appreciate historical fiction that lingers long after the final page.
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