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In a town where calm is prized and nothing ever seems to go wrong, one woman begins to sense that peace has been carefully engineered. When Nora Voss uncovers how harm has been quietly anticipated, managed, and reassigned, she realizes that stability is not a gift-it is a system of silence that protects some while quietly sacrificing others. Hidden Mercies is a psychologically charged work of contemporary literary fiction about recognition rather than revelation, exploring how communities preserve order, how love can become a form of control, and what it costs to remember what was meant to be forgotten. A novel that asks what peace is worth-and who is expected to pay for it. Includes Reader Notes & FAQ along with a Discussion Guide.

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B. A. Scott is a Canadian writer whose work moves fluidly across genres, guided by curiosity rather than convention. A two-time cancer survivor, she writes with a quiet attentiveness to uncertainty, endurance, and the moments that matter without announcing themselves. Her stories favour emotional precision over spectacle, trusting restraint, listening, and human tenderness to carry their weight. She lives in Ontario, Canada, with her flame point Siamese and follows the stories that ask to be written next.

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