The King's Mercy

By: Lori Benton

Narrated by: Liz Pearce

Can a man accept mercy when it feels more like a curse than a blessing?

When captured rebel Scotsman Alex MacKinnon is granted the king’s mercy—transport across the Atlantic Ocean and exile to the colony of North Carolina—he’s indentured as a blacksmith to Edmund Carey, prosperous owner of Severn Plantation. The arrangement devastates the Scot, who mourns the life he lost and finds life on a slave plantation intolerable. Unwittingly, Alex is drawn into the plight of Carey’s slaves, particularly those connected to Carey’s stepdaughter, Joanna.

A mistress longing for a different life, Joanna Carey is expected to wed the plantation’s overseer, Phineas Reeves, who has no patience for her kinder vision for Severn’s future. For guidance, Joanna relies on itinerant minister Reverend Pauling, who travels to the plantation seasonally, bringing the gospel to all with ears to listen.

Despite his growing bond with Joanna, Alex longs to break the chains of servitude and forge his freedom, until he’s faced with the choice that hounds him: continue down his destructive, rebellious path or embrace the faith of a man like Pauling, whose freedom in Christ no earthly power can steal. But the price of such mercy is total surrender and perhaps Alex’s very life.

©2019 Lori Benton (P)2022 Recorded Books

An Epic Story-

The King’s Mercy is a story of miniseries proportion. It has all of the necessary elements-sweeping setting, three dimensional characters, engaging storyline. And…with spiritual wisdom far above even most Christian fiction, this book is a tale of good against evil and their precarious meeting.

I also enjoyed this story in audiobook. Liz Pearce is a striking narrator. Her voice is as strong as this story, yet soothing to the listen. Her character portrayal is consistent and believable. She remains a favorite.

This book is suitable for teens and older with no inappropriate intimate scenes and no bad language.

Very good book

Loved the story. Very well done. Good clean book. First book I have read by this author and it won’t be my last

Didn't work for me...

I found the story very slow & a bit boring. The narrator did a good job, it was more the storyline. I found myself speeding up the narration just to get things moving. Not my favorite Lori Benton.