From the Best Selling and Multi Award Winning author of, The Guardian of Secrets and The Errant Flock, comes the Award Winning, Dark Shadows.

"A fast-paced, action-packed historical romance set during the last days of the Old South" Kirkus Review
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When unimaginable calamities strike, Mercy Carver, a poor London woman, wonders what she has done to deserve such immeasurable suffering. It is only when she faces imminent death in the snow and ice-encrusted Virginia wilderness that she finally understands the power of destiny.

Mercy is passionate. She loves and hates in equal measure. Can love and hatred give her the strength she needs now to reach a Northern state, and free a runaway slave wanted for murders she committed?

America and her people are strangled in an uncompromising political stalemate. Southern states have seceded from the Union, and a civil war is imminent.

Mercy Carver: her journey is just beginning.
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REVIEWS

Editorial Reviews
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Kirkus Review.
"A fast-paced, action-packed historical romance set during the last days of the Old South."

Readers' Favorite 2016 Silver Medalist

Readers' Favorite Five Stars

"Ohhh, long sigh. That is what I did when I finished reading Dark Shadows, the first book in the Mercy Carver series by author Jana Petken. A stunning work of historical fiction, the book is heartbreaking and ultimately a story of redemption. Follow the story of Mercy Carver, a young woman whose mother dies in childbirth and whose father kills himself due to grief shortly thereafter. Mercy is raised in poverty by both sets of her grandparents, and is promised in marriage at the young age of fourteen to an unsavory, older and more prosperous man, and will be married off to him when she turns eighteen. But when she's being fitted for her wedding dress, she convinces the women there to allow her to leave so that she enjoys one day of freedom. And that's where the adventure really starts.

I enjoyed Dark Shadows to no end. Author Jana Petken has done a wonderful job at creating a lovely and sympathetic character in Mercy Carver; she's a character that the reader will truly feel connected to, and will hope for the very best for her. Jana Petken has also written with an authenticity and real knowledge for the time period and that adds to the very realistic feeling of the book. Dark Shadows would be enjoyed by anyone who loves historical fiction, action, adventure, or just a great work of fiction. I am happy to highly recommend Dark Shadows and am very excited to continue reading this promising series as soon as possible!"

"A female Dickens" (Amazon Reviewer)
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Also by Jana Petken

Multi Award winning, Best Seller, The Guardian of Secrets

The Mercy Carver Series:
Award Winning #1 Best Seller Dark Shadows - Book 1
#1 Best Seller Blood Moon - Book 2
Multi Award Winning, The Errant Flock
The Scattered Flock
Swearing Allegiance

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