Mercy Ridge at dusk, with its frontier buildings and church beneath the hills

The Story

Mercy Ridge

Jack Cole and Nora Cain once called this town home. Years after the night that changed their family, they return to face what remains.

Mercy Ridge

They once called Mercy Ridge home.

Jack Cole and Nora Cain once had a home in Mercy Ridge. Then came a night that changed their family forever, and Nora left town.

What happened that night still shapes their lives. When both return to Mercy Ridge, nothing about their past has been settled.

The main street of Mercy Ridge on a dark Western night
Mercy Ridge looks abandoned, but never truly empty.

Jack Cole

He laid down the badge, but never forgot.

Jack Cole was the marshal of Mercy Ridge. After the death of his family, he laid down his badge and set out to find Nora Cain.

He knows her guilt and has not forgotten it in all the years he searched. But when he finally stands before her again, doing what he came to do proves harder than he expected.

Jack Cole in Mercy Ridge, wearing his black Western hat and dark duster

Nora Cain

This time, she does not run.

Nora Cain left Mercy Ridge after a night for which she holds herself responsible. Ever since, she has lived with what she became and with the knowledge that she cannot undo the loss.

She expects neither understanding nor forgiveness from Jack. When their paths cross again, she does not run.

Nora Cain standing outside a building in Mercy Ridge at dusk

Jack and Nora

After years of searching, they face each other again.

Jack spent years looking for Nora. She knew he would come one day. Between them stand the dead, Jack's anger, and things neither of them can speak of.

Now face to face, Jack must decide what to do with the woman he holds responsible for his loss. Nora does not expect him to forgive her.

The church and cemetery of Mercy Ridge under a heavy sky
Mercy Ridge is where their paths meet again.