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Author · Storyteller
Lewis Mercer
@lewismercer
Romance writer interested in character, atmosphere and the decisions that make stories difficult to forget.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Lewis Mercer writes mainly in romance and enjoys discussing both the creative and practical sides of making books, from early drafts to finished editions.
The smallest detail can change the temperature of a scene.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Lewis Mercer
On the writing desk
Currently creating
First draft
After Closing Time
Nora Byrne is a librarian in Dublin who is quietly trying to keep her branch open while the city keeps finding new ways to cut it back. When she has to work with Ciaran Vale, a blunt local architect hired to assess the building, their arguments over the library’s future start to feel uncomfortably personal. What begins as a practical fight over a public space turns into a slow, awkward reckoning with what each of them is willing to lose.
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Draft progress
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