Tears of the Black Butterfly The Healer: The Mercy Carter Story, Book 3, (Paperback)

<b>The Healer - The Mercy Carter Story</b><br><i>(</i><i>The Healer: The Mercy Carter Story</i><i>, Book </i><i>3</i><i> - Premiere Edition)</i><br><b>From bondage to battlefield. From herbs to honor.</b><br><i>The Healer - The Mercy Carter Story</i> continues the <i>Elite Paternity</i> series with the rise of a woman whose hands carried mercy long before the world allowed her a title.<br>Born into slavery, Mercy Carter learns to heal in secret-watching the land, studying discarded books by lamplight, and practicing careful remedies when knowledge itself is forbidden. Her gift delays death, breaks fevers, and saves lives, but it also places her in danger. Healing without permission makes her visible.<br>After securing her freedom through skill, service, and providence, Mercy trains under a country doctor who treats plantation families and the enslaved alike. When war comes, she serves beside Harriet Tubman, nursing wounded soldiers in field tents where speed, discipline, and courage decide who lives. Many refuse to call her "Doctor." Many refuse her help. Until desperation leaves them with nothing but tears and prayer-and mercy answers through her hands.<br>Though lives are saved and records cleared, one truth remains unchanged: Mercy is Black, and she was once enslaved. Recognition does not arrive easily. Authority must be earned again and again. <i>The Healer</i> follows Mercy as she cleans wounds, cools fevers, teaches families, and builds a small practice after the war-practicing medicine the only way she knows how: <b>clean first, feed next, rest when possible, and never waste time</b>.<br>Written in plain, steady prose, this novel honors the real steps that make a healer and the quiet courage it takes to stand when skill threatens power. After her battle with the law, the Plantation Master's Son, takes Mercy Carter's case to the Supreme Court. <i>The Healer</i> is both a historical novel and a testimony to Black women in medicine whose knowledge survived denial, whose service became authority, and whose legacy continues to open doors under pressure.<br>A powerful companion to <i>Elite Paternity</i>, this book is a standout choice for <b>Black History Month</b>, community readings, and programs spotlighting Black women healers-past and present.<br><b>Theme: </b> earned recognition.<br><b>Truth: </b> Service is authority.

• Tears of the Black Butterfly The Healer: The Mercy Carter Story, Book 3, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798244290578
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-01-17
• Page Count: 186