“So much emotion it flew off the page and knocked the wind out of me. Finding Mercy was another great story by the absolutely brilliant Riley Edwards.” Jennifer Pierson: The Power of Three Readers DEA Jason Walker became a widow at Twenty-eight. Two years later he’s still torturing himself with guilt. They’d married young, and she’d been his first love, but her illness changed everything. They’d … everything. They’d fought a losing battle and he’d held her to the very end. Now he just wants to be left alone with his misery and memories.
Mercy James is no stranger to grief and loneliness. Her brother’s death of a drug overdose, and her police officer father’s death in the line of duty were the driving forces behind her pursuit of a career in the DEA. In spite of—or maybe because of—her past, Mercy doesn’t believe in feeling sorry for others, or for herself.
When a case brings Jason and Mercy together, and their attraction heats up, can her tough, straightforwardness help Jason learn to live in the light again? He’d lost his first love, but is he ready for a forever love?
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The author nicely showed how a glass half full girl could change the way a glass half empty guy sees his life. Well done. Can not wait for Delaney and Carter’s story.
So Freakin Good
This just has it all! Excellent characters with realistic problems that suck you in to all the drama, action, heat, whatever is happening, you’re right there in the thick of it.
Feeling all the emotions, laughing at the funny bits or sad, hot and bothered or just hot. An eventful journey that grabs you and does not let go.
On a serious note, this addresses some very real and serious issues of today, our war on drugs, keeping our youth safe and the importance and value of family, so be prepared.
Jason and Mercy have both seen their share of loss. They both work for the DEA. Can they track down the drug dealers and find their way to each other. This book is about loss and trying to find love again and doing their jobs the best they can.
What a FANTASTIC, THRILLING, INTENSE, EMOTIONAL read between two strong people that have to work at coming together to solve the crimes but also the emotional ride of loving each other but having issues that both needs to open up to the other…I highly recommend that EVERYONE read this one!! Loved it!!
Intense Ride with Mercy & Jason
Riley gives us more of her incredibly real characters in a situation that keeps the pages turning! Jason Walker and Mercy James (both DEA Agents) find more than a working partnership as they seek an offender who is involving teens in serious drug interactions and poses a dangerous threat to anyone who might get too close to the operation. As the investigation begins to take shape, a family member could be in danger.
Mercy is a sharp gal who calls things as she sees them. Jason has some baggage that is causing him to make some not so good choices in his personal life, leaving the path to a new relationship blocked.
Surrounding these two are family and friends who offer their support, love and a bit of butting in.
An intense ride from start to finish with laugh-out-loud humor, tear jerking highs/lows, can’t-put-it-down suspense and immersion in a family that you want to claim as your own.
Fill your favorite travel mug, buckle up and settle in for another Riley Edwards masterpiece.
Omg where do I begin with this Amazing book? First off kuddles to Riley for writing one heck of a book and absolutely loved the storyline and characters in this book. Jason has been in limbo for 2 years and now he finds he needs to let go over his past with the ghost in his past but when he is partnered up with mercy can they keep the attraction buried or will it come to head ?
My favorite quote in the book is
“Do you hear that?”Loud laughter rang out through the house. “Um?”“I’d forgotten. But thank God, you reminded me.”Family
Having a family isn’t something mercy doesn’t know how to deal with it all.
A very intense story about loving and losing someone dear to your Heart and the time you need to heal. Sad and happy at the same time for Jason to literally start living again after losing his wife.
Jason finds Mercy
Jason’s lost his wife Kayla to cancer and has been going through the motions of lifeWhen he’s invited to join an investigation with Mercy and things heat up between them, he finds he can’t deny their chemistry and decides to give them a chance at an HEA
This was a great story with a hint of some of the couples that are next to come. Flew through the story and sooooo happy Jason found his Mercy
I have been absolutely captivated by the 707 Freedom Series and now the Next Generation series. They have been dramatic, suspenseful, romantic and steamy. But to me the best part of these series is the underlying theme of the importance of family. Riley Edwards has woven family into each story from book one.
While first and foremost Finding Mercy is about loss, grief, guilt and finding love. It’s also very relevant in today’s world because the secondary story deals with the illegal opioid/ benzo/ prescription drug epidemic. This romance delves into powerful emotions and will tug at your heartstrings. Have a tissue or 10 by your side as you read.
Jason Walker and Mercy James both have suffered tremetremendous liss in their lives. It’s how they’ve dealt with it that makes them so different. Jason wrapped himself in grief and guilt. Mercy chose to put her grief behind her and live her best life. They are coworkers who become friens who become lovers and as such they are explosive. Because of Mercy, Jason starts reconnecting with his family after keeping them at arm’s length for years.
From the moment I started reading Finding Mercy I couldn’t put it down until I finished the whole story! I always enjoy a good romantic suspense story but these two main characters sucked me in so that I wasn’t stopping until I got to the end. Jason Walker is a widowed DEA agent that is assigned to a drug case with fellow agent Mercy James. Mercy transferred to the department 5 years ago but when she noticed the handsome agent was married she kept everything at work professional. Jason noticed when Mercy arrived but he had been consumed by his personal life for years. His wife passed away two years ago and he has been existing but not living. These two are complex characters and that is what drew me in. I am not going to give away any of their story because it needs to be read. Finding Mercy is told from dual POV and has action, steam, heartache and laughs. I completely recommend it and I will be moving on to Mercy’s friend Tuesday’s story next.
I love the storyline and the characters. Jason and Mercy are made for each other, or are they? Jason freaks with something he sees and looks for a second chance with Mercy. I highly recommend this book.
What can I say? Riley Edwards did it again. Normally I’m not much of a fan of “death of a spouse” trope, I always feel that sometimes authors made it look like the new love interest feels 2nd best. However, I’m really happy that I didn’t feel that in Finding Mercy.
Jason is a widow, he married really young and had cared for his late wife when she was terminally ill. He didn’t feel that he deserved to love again but he did, in Mercy who also works as a law enforcement officer. Mercy felt attracted to Jason when she first got to know him but she saw the ring on his finger, so respectfully she back off and made sure whatever attraction she has is under lock and key. This story is about coming over the guilt of what happened (Jason) and allowing oneself to be happy again. There were times when Jason’s actions frustrates me, I wish he wouldn’t wallowed in such guilt and shame but the moment he snapped out of it, he became the Hero that Mercy deserves. There are so many layers to this book, Riley Edwards doesn’t do one dimensional characters in her books. Her characters are well thought and fleshed out. Also, can we please talk about Mercy? Wow, such a resilient heroine after all the horrible things that life threw at her. She is exactly what Jason needed and she truly lives up to her name … Mercy.
The secondary characters in this book is just as awesome. We see how tightly band the Walker clan is and how much they missed Jason in their family gatherings after the death of his wife. I’m so happy to see Jasper (Jason’s dad), I totally fell in love with him in his own book “Freeing Jasper”. I love their interactions when Jason was still young and to see the dynamics between Jason and Jasper when they’re both older is really something.
Go ahead and pick up this book, infact … pick up the entire series. You will not regret it.
Riley’s aim was dead center once again. Emotionally charged and absolutely wonderful! There really is nothing hotter than a kick a** Alpha man with some strong emotions and women that have their hearts!!! I absolutely loved visiting this family once again in here. The sadness and guilt ate at him but he found Mercy and in that found love. I’m in love once again.
Finding Mercy
By Riley Edwards
Main Characters: Mercy and Jason
I voluntarily and honestly reviewed this book without bias or persuasion from the author.
5 out of 5 stars
Loved that this book has a strong female in Mercy and of course our alpha male Jason. This book had heartache, love, great chemistry, suspense and plenty of angst. This had a great storyline and highly recommend it.
Jason and Mercy were both fantastic characters and I really enjoyed finding out more about DEA agent Jason. Jason had lots of baggage that he carried since his wife had died of cancer. Mercy also had her own story and was a great agent. As the two work a case together the chemistry just kept going up. Lots of steam as their relationship develops. Secondary characters were also great with some action and a great story. I really enjoyed how Jason messed up and had to make up. Loved it!!
There is just something about Jason and Mercy that pulls at your heart. The characters are so well written that they feel like family. You cheer them on when things are going brilliantly, cry when they get hurt and even threaten to take to them with a shovel when they are being dumba@#es! Wait maybe that last one is just me.
Another fantastic book in the Next Generation series.
Finding Mercy is another amazing book by the talented Riley Edwards, and while it is a part of a series, it can totally be read as a stand-alone, just like I did, and it will not affect the story in any way.
I have never read about two characters who have suffered so much heartache in their lives as much as Jason and Mercy. Mercy with the loss of her family, and Jason with the loss of his wife. And now as DEA agents, their life continues, despite all their ghosts of the past that haunt them. At the beginning of Finding Mercy, Jason and Mercy partner up as they tackle a case of dying teens and the drugs suppliers who are hiding in plain sight and as they work together, their relationship quickly blossoms, but is it too soon for both of them? how can they stop teens from dying of drug overdoses!
Finding Mercy was a fantastic book to read, it was fast paced and with likable characters, and just between you and me, my favorite character is Delaney, and once you read the book you will know why! The writing is smooth and the ending was fantastic! With the women showing so much strength and determination, even in the toughest times, which in my honest opinion, is an excellent representation of modern romantic suspense.
Riley Edwards delivers again with the men of the Next Generation. All of the siblings and cousins of this new generation are close knit and serve the country in some way or another. In each book, we see one couple find each other and get glimpses of the next couple-to-be. This book is well-crafted, suspense filled, and emotionally packed from start to finish. Did I mention H.O.T. hot? Everything you need in a Riley Edwards’ book!
At just 28 years of age, Jason lost his young wife to cancer. He remained faithful to her their entire marriage even when cancer changed their relationship. Two years later Jason is still consumed by guilt and haunted by her memory, wallowing in misery and self-loathing. His only relief is the occasional glimpse of beautiful Mercy, a fellow DEA agent. She’s the only thing left in the world that makes him feel alive for a moment. If angels walked on the earth to comfort man, Mercy would be the one for Jason. She’s the balm to his wounded soul. She takes all the parts of him and accepts him without question. She, along with some help from Jasper, help Jason overcome his past and move back towards the light.
Mercy & Jason are teamed up together to take down a drug dealer infiltrating the area’s high schools, leaving multiple dead from overdose and poisoning. As they dig deeper into the case and their slow burning attraction begins to simmer, will Mercy dig deeper into Jason’s heart? If she does, will Jason let her stay forever?
Family is at the core of this book from Jason’s brotherly affection for his sisters to Mercy’s drive for justice due to the loss of her family. This book was more romance than suspense, but it fit Mercy and Jason perfectly. This book made me laugh, cry and giggle in delight!
FINDING MERCY (The Next Generation Series Book #3) by Riley Edwards is her new romantic suspense in the Next Generation Series. This generation of brothers, sisters and cousins are all a close extended family who serve in a variety of ways and in each book they meet their perfect match. This story is especially emotional and leans more to the romance of the story than the suspense. It can be read as a standalone because the crossover family characters are easily explained by the author.
DEA Agent Jason Walker married his first young love. He was faithfully by her side through her battle with cancer, but it changed their relationship. When the cancer returned, he refused to leave her side and held her until she died. For two long years, he has pushed his family away and wallowed in his self- loathing, memories and misery.
DEA Agent Mercy James knows what it is like to grieve and be alone. Her mother died while giving her birth, her brother died of a drug overdose and her father died avenging his son’s death. Even with her loss, Mercy works to keep an upbeat attitude and moves always forward with her career and life. She also recognizes the sadness in Jason’s eyes.
When Jason and Mercy are partnered together on a case, sparks begin to fly. Mercy is straight-forward and a breath of fresh air in the self-imposed isolation Jason has surrounded himself in. He cannot resist her and her love of life. After having lost his first love, can Jason move forward to claim the forever love that Mercy is offering him?
This story had me emotionally wrapped up in Jason’s past and present. Ms. Edwards’ writing was so authentic in regards to how we can become so caught up in an emotional loop in our heads and how we need family, friends, whomever to sometimes help us find a way out. Mercy is a strong heroine which I always enjoy reading about. The sex scenes are explicit, but not gratuitous to the story. The suspense subplot in this book took a backseat to the romance, but it was a page turner especially at the end and it did tie into hopefully the next book in this series.
I can highly recommend this book and the whole series for a great romantic suspense read!
Riley Edwards has you craving her stories! I love these guys and their families. So next we got Jason and Mercy story. Jason is in a place of loss. Hope is no where near and he lives as a shell of a man. I wanted to knock some sense into him, but he has sisters that got it under control.
Mercy is a bad a** heroine. She does a pretty good job keeping Jason on his toes. She makes him forget and finally live. I love these two. I love the chemistry. I also love their friendship. I got the butterflies when these two were near each other.
Finding Mercy is a beautiful story about loss and love. Letting go is so hard in life, and Riley shows her readers that it is okay to move on. I also need to comment how my blood runs hot with all the alpha men. Just hearing from Jasper made me smile and feel like I am home.