No quiet refuge cover

No quiet refuge

by Jessica Steele

Which was worse--the scandal or the pain? Mercy Yeomans was regarded as a paragon of virtue in the tiny village where she'd grown up. Then, one passion-filled night with Croft Latimer had altered her quiet existence irrevocably. Turfed out of her flat, spurned by her friends and rejected by her fiance, Mercy was too ashamed and hurt to think clearly. All she knew was that she had to flee her accusers--even if it meant escaping into the same strong male arms that had given her so much trouble--and so much pleasure....

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?