"Loree Lough’s characters allow us to re-explore what happened ten years ago and examine our feelings, perhaps like never before." Cathy Bryant, author of the award-winning Texas Roads and A Path Less Traveled "Loree Lough proves once again her superb storytelling skills in From Ashes to Honor, peopled by characters so lifelike they seem to jump from the pages." When Austin, now an EMT, responds to an emergency at Mercy’s school, both are stunned and wary.įinally their common-and painful-memories turn suspicion into friendship, then romance.īut hard questions linger: Can they truly move beyond their past harsh judgments and harsh words? Will their past finally bring them closer or-as the tenth anniversary of 9/11 draws near-drive them farther apart? Haunted by her own memories of 9/11, Mercy takes a job as a school counselor in Baltimore. Trying to live with his one regret causes hatred and bitterness to consume Austin, and when counselor Mercy Samara recommends desk duty, Austin resigns. history, New York police officer Austin Finley ignored the call from his brother, who’d been bugging him for days. Minutes before two jumbo jets changed U.S. If he had only answered that last phone call from the World Trade Center.
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