Sipping Mercury is the much-anticipated continuation of Sugarcane Saint, the epic story of one woman’s life in an abusive marriage. In Sipping Mercury, Ruth Shurlington, having defied her family, is swept into a whirlwind marriage with Leonidas Brantley, a man whose charm hides a violent hunger for control. Their impulsive honeymoon in the North Georgia mountains exposes the first cracks in his façade, and by the time they return to Atlanta, Ruth is already caught in his tightening grip.

Isolated from her family and surrounded by Leonidas’s adoring sisters, Ruth is lured by comfort and false promises—but some see the truth: her sharp-eyed sister Lola and a meddling yet loyal neighbor, Elmira Keen. When Leonidas’s brother commits a devastating act, Ruth realizes the darkness consuming her marriage runs far deeper than she ever imagined.

A story of resilience, sisterhood, and the dangerous silence of a woman trapped, Sipping Mercury follows Ruth toward a choice that will shape the future of her family in ways she can't begin to imagine.