Where Mercy Flows
Winner of the Christy Award for Best First Novel

"Grabs your heart and doesn’t let go…"
Mary Trimble,
author of Rosemount and McClellan’s Bluff

"Beautiful prose, a poignant prodigal story
and vivid imagery..."
Cindy Crosby,
Bookreporter.com

"...superb, heart-wrenching, inspirational
family drama."
Harriet Klausner,
The Book Review Forum

When Samantha Dodd ran away from home it was for love. But seven years later, she finds herself a single mother struggling to get by, and when she fails to shake a lingering illness, she has no choice but to return to the river valley of her youth in Washington State. Accompanied by her son, TJ, Samantha fears she’ll never earn the approval of her father, a justice of the state superior court with a rigid, black-and-white view of the world.

As she discovers the severity of her illness, Samantha strives to make amends for the sins of her past. Donnie Duncan, her childhood friend, is now a man who wants more form her than she’s free to give. Then, just as she begins to understand her brusque, powerful father, she learns his life is being threatened. As Samantha struggles with her own mortality, she wonders if she will ever find where mercy flows.

Autumn Blue

"A glowing affirmation of the importance of family, community, and the redeeming power of love."
Jayne Ann Krentz,
New York Times bestselling author

“Excellent…so well developed I felt like I was watching a movie. Karen Harter has done a superb job with this second novel!”
Christianbook.com

“Karen Harter weaves a beautiful story of grace and forgiveness.”
Noveljourney.com

Sidney Walker is doing her best at raising her three children alone. But lately her sweet teenage son, Ty has become broodingly angry. When the deputy sheriff arrests Ty and later invades their home with a search warrant connected with another crime, Sidney is overwhelmed. As much as she wants to believe her son is innocent, the evidence is too strong to ignore.

As autumn rolls across the landscape, Sidney fights to save her son from himself and to renew his hope. She finds that she is not as alone as she thinks. The solution just may be in the most unlikely of people.