The Reckoning Stones

After accusing the pastor of her close-knit religious community of molesting her, fourteen-year-old Mercy Asher is branded a liar and publicly humiliated. She runs away on the night someone beats the pastor into a coma and kills his wife. Two decades later, Mercy has become Iris Dashwood, an emotion [...]
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After accusing the pastor of her close-knit religious community of molesting her, fourteen-year-old Mercy Asher is branded a liar and publicly humiliated. She runs away on the night someone beats the pastor into a coma and kills his wife. Two decades later, Mercy has become Iris Dashwood, an emotionally troubled but brilliant jeweler. She thinks she's in control of her life until news of Pastor Matt's miraculous awakening broadsides her and leaves her unable to design. Iris returns to Lone Pine, Colorado, determined to confront her past to restore her creativity. Iris reconnects with her mother, best friend, and boyfriend who harbor secrets she must unearth to find a killer. In the final reckoning, the truth may cost more than she anticipates. Will it bring redemption...or devastation? Praise: "Riveting Powerful, disturbing and ultimately, inspirational. This chilling psychological tale of revenge and redemption is crafted with the sure hand of a skilled storyteller."--HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN, AGATHA, ANTHONY, MACAVITY, AND MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR "This utterly compelling novel grabs you on page one and drags you into the dark heart of a family and a church gone wrong . . . A triumph "--CATRIONA McPHERSON, ANTHONY AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF AS SHE LEFT IT