The Mercy Light

What does the City of Angels have in store?

When Laura Cooper moves to Los Angeles for a better job and closeness to family, a romantic relationship is the last thing she expects to find. Her focuses are her son Liam, her work managing a chain of restaurants, and that's it.

Andre Waters is a pastor in Downtown LA, with a full, colorful life of love and service, but a too-quiet apartment. Meeting Laura at a gas pump, of all places, inspires some immediate hopes, just as instantly dashed.

Andre is sold on Laura and Liam from the beginning, but his inner voice won't stop telling him to take things slow. And although Laura feels the spark with him, she feels her doubts and insecurities just as distinctly.

As they support each other through losses, heartbreaks, and fears, the hope and trust between Andre and Laura grows, but in the midst of frequent setbacks, can they both learn to be truly free?

Raelee May Carpenter is a student of landback economics, a bit of a Christian mystic, and a "chronically online" author of contemporary fiction. Their work is passionate, descriptive, and a bit edgy. They serve as unpaid help to the naughtiest doglet ever born and a member of an incredible chosen family that spans three continents.They live daily with multiple chronic health conditions, and between health flares and book-creating, they try to grow food for their neighbors while dreaming of collective liberation.