Book cover for 'The Wrong Daughter by E.S. Mercer.

“I didn’t set out to save the world or become a hero.
In fact, I made my choice so that I could become a nobody.”

THE WRONG DAUGHTER

BOOK 1 OF THE HERESY OF ISA SERIES

Isabella Harred has spent twenty-five years knowing exactly who she is.

She knows the family she belongs to. The world she was raised to inherit. The rules that keep it running.

Then one act of disobedience changes her face.

Suddenly, memories she doesn’t remember losing begin to surface. The man helping her escape knows things about her he shouldn’t. And every person Isa turns to seems to have a different version of the truth.

Leaving was supposed to be the simple part.

Instead, Isa finds herself moving through a world she was taught to fear, chasing answers from people who cannot agree on the question.

Everyone in Isa Harred’s life knows something about her.
The problem is, none of them agree.

She wanted the truth.

She should have been more specific.

This is, in fact, a love story.

The Wrong Daughter is the first novel in The Heresy of Isa Harred, a planned dystopian time-slip trilogy.

Current stage: Flush edits - 60% done
Genre: Dystopian speculative fiction / science fiction / romantic fantasy
Series: Book One of Three

This book contains

missing memories

Not the cute kind where I forget someone’s birthday. Apparently entire conversations were optional.


Friends to Lovers

We were already emotionally attached. Kissing just required an unreasonable amount of administrative delay.


found family

I did not find them. They kept appearing and refusing to leave.


He knows more than she does.


a very messy reluctant heroine

Questionable information

Yes. We hate this. BUT…it is not his fault so we don’t hate him.

I prefer doing remarkably well considering the information.



And, unfortunately for everyone involved, this is in fact a love story.