The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan BannenHart is a marshal, tasked with patrolling the strange and magical wilds of Tanria. Its an unforgiving job, and Harts got nothing but time to ponder his loneliness. Mercy never has a moment to herself. Shes been single handedly keeping Birdsall & Son Undertakers afloat in defiance of sullen jerks like Hart, who seems to have a gift for showing up right when her patience is thinnest. After yet another exasperating run in with Mercy, Hart finds himself

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And it’s this special connection that leads Nora to Oliver Huntsman—the same boy who disappeared from the Camp for Wayward Boys weeks ago—and in the middle of the worst snowstorm in years

The brief companionship does little to ease his loneliness

I’m drawn to him like a moth to flame

and her mother passed away years ago

In a fallen kingdom

why does she seem so real

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he’s twice my age

her betrothed

and constant tabloid coverage

and he and Évike make a tenuous pact to stop his brother