Lucas Walker was a child yearning for the one thing that every child should have without a doubt...parental love. Lucas wasn't brought up in the most stable of homes, so when he overheard his mother talking about moving on he was ready to go. Unfortunately, she moved on and left him behind with an abusive father.

Lucas' father finally manages to land a job as the super in an apartment building where the actor Martin Gerard lives with his family. For reasons that he can't begin to fathom Juliette has taken a shine to him, and he begins to feel a mother's love for the first time. Add to this that the oldest Gerard children, twins, Tansy, and Paris have befriended him, and Lucas is just about in heaven.

Then on one horrible night everyone's life takes a terrible turn. Paris is murdered, Tansy is raped, and Lucas is accused. He spends the next twenty years of his life in prison.

MERCY picks up the story of Lucas on the eve of his release from prison. It follows him as he makes his way back into society, and as he once again crosses paths with the Gerard family. When I first sat down to read Mercy I was confused, and had a hard time following the plot. However, Ms. Brashear did an excellent job of weaving a story that drew me in, and had me using every spare moment I could sneak in a day to read. It didn't take long for me to no longer be confused, but to instead be immersed in the lives of all the characters.