The Magdalene Mercies

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Midwife Ursalynn Wade is attending the most dangerous delivery of her career. The perfect couple her sixteen-year-old patient did not select as adoptive parents are not taking no for an answer, and now Howard Memorial Hospital is under siege.

 

Ursalynn is the only witness to the first birth of its kind in over a thousand years. More than one kind of family wants this baby. When her patient begs her to keep the extraordinary child safe from the sinister forces of the Magdalenes, Ursalynn must do the unthinkable. She must turn her back on everything she's worked hard for, and go on the run.

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About the author

Winifred Burton

Winifred Burton (she/her/hers) is a Midwestern granddaughter of the Great Migration (by way of Mississippi). She ricocheted around the United States for years before wandering off to Norway, for no other reason than that she could. She loves power ballads, lush temperate rainforests, and is often fascinated by random minutiae. She writes quirky, genre blending speculative fiction that ranges from “what is the least likely paranormal explanation for this event?” to “desperately trying to fix the gaping wound of the human condition with technology, but it’s not going so well.” You can find her at winifredburton.com or @AuthorWinifred on Twitter.