Merry Mary: Scottie's Adventures, #1

By Ashley Farley

A young woman longing for a child happens upon a Christmas miracle.

Investigative journalist Scottie Darden is photographing the homeless for her Lost Souls Series when she makes a discovery that changes her life forever. Under a makeshift tent in subzero temperatures in a downtown city park, she discovers a woman's dead body and her infant child. Without her cell phone to call for help, Scottie makes the split-second decision to take the baby home. Her intent is to provide the baby with food and shelter until her family is located. But as her fondness for the baby grows, she finds herself facing a life on the run. Or worse—prison time for abduction.

Curl up with Merry Mary this holiday season. A heartwarming story of the powerful connection between a caring soul and an innocent child in need.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AHF Publishing
• Release date: Oct 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9780986167225

Ashley Farley

Ashley Farley is the bestselling author of the Sweeney Sisters series as well as the stand-alone novels Sweet Tea Tuesdays, Magnolia Nights, Beyond the Garden, and other books about women for women. Her characters are mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives facing real-life situations, and her goal is to keep readers turning pages with stories that resonate long after the last word. In addition to writing, she is an amateur photographer, an exercise junkie, and a wife and mother. While she has lived in Richmond, Virginia, for more than two decades, part of her heart remains in the salty marshes of the South Carolina Lowcountry where she grew up. Through the eyes of her characters, she captures the moss-draped trees, delectable cuisine, and kindhearted folks with lazy drawls that make the area so unique. For more information on the author and her work, visit www.ashleyfarley.com.

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Reviews for Merry Mary

[bookappeal · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

A woman who lost a child happens to find one while helping the homeless and sees it as a Christmas miracle until she can't ignore the fact that she may have misread the miracle. This novella is too slight and superficial to feel enough of a connection to the main character. The "right thing to do" is very obvious and yet the author makes the main character take extreme measures to do what could have been accomplished very easily.