Shady Bay

Sometimes the hardest thing for a proud person to do is lean on others. Since her father went to prison, Mercy Taylor's life has been crap. With forty dollars in her pocket, and a determined look on her face, Mercy decides to do something about it. She hitch-hikes her way to Myrtle Beach to start fresh. Never say it can't get worse, because for Mercy, it does. For her, rock bottom consists of eating out of a trash can. But, once you've hit bottom, there's nowhere to go but up. Jaxon Harrison left Devil Creek, West Virginia for a new start. He'd fallen in love and had given his heart to a woman who had chewed it up and spit it out. He doesn't need that kind of heartache again. The problem is, there's a sweet, stubborn girl who refuses to get out of his head. The moment when you get your feet firmly set on the ground, life tends to throw something else your way. What will the future hold for Mercy and Jaxon?