Christian fiction · Suspense
Stories about what a church chooses to write down, and what it costs to tell the rest.
Get release news About the bookMercy Hill · Business Meeting
Opened with prayer. Treasurer's
report read and accepted.
Sister Marian Crowe stood and
told the church that
Sister Crowe spoke.
Motion to repair rear wall.
Seconded, H. Pike. Carried.
A Mercy Hill Novel
The debut novel · Coming soon
Eli Mercer grew up singing at Mercy Hill, a small church in the hills of East Tennessee. He also grew up learning when to keep quiet. Years ago, when a woman stood in a business meeting and told the church what had been done to her, the deacon taking the minutes wrote down three words: Sister Crowe spoke.
Now Eli is thirty-four, his marriage is fraying, and the pastor who held the pulpit for most of his life has resigned. Eli goes back to Mercy Hill to rebuild the record the church left out, one honest account at a time.
But something in the walls of that church is still writing. It has kept the record for a long time, and it does not want a second copy.
The full draft is complete.
With the editor now.
Revealed to the list first.
Date to be announced.
You are not alone. What a church hides can still be brought into the light.
About the author
Hollis Reade grew up in North Carolina and now lives in Idaho.
Hollis writes for readers who have been hurt by their church. Some carry the wounds of abuse. Some were told their struggles with mental health were a failure of faith. Some spoke up and watched the church look away. Every Hollis Reade story carries the same message to them: you are not alone, and what was done in the dark does not stay hidden.
For years, Hollis tried to tell this story and couldn't. The anger kept getting in the way. Faith made room to move past that anger, and to write the story clearly and truthfully, in the hope that it reaches the people who need it.
The first Hollis Reade novel, set at Mercy Hill, is in editing now.
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