The Heart of Mercy (Georgia Peaches)

To one, hope is a gift. To the other, a lie. To both, it's what binds them. Mercy Cunningham runs a homeless shelter and soup kitchen in Atlanta. Dismissive of her noble work among the destitute, her father continually pesters her to work for his Fortune-500 corporation. A bedraggled stranger visits the soup kitchen and catches Mercy's attention. Not because of the piercing gaze almost hidden behind his facial hair, but because something seems off about him. Noah Allen is not the pastor, or even the man, he once was. The single-blow death of his wife and child made sure of that, as did a raging opioid addiction. Blaming himself for their deaths, he wanders the country without a destination and without a desire to find one. Then, Mercy finds him.