© 2024 by Nancy Mehl
Published by Bethany House Publishers
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bethany House Publishers is a division of
Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ebook edition created 2024
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ISBN 978-1-4934-4656-8
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
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I dedicate this book to Carolyn Parks-Williams,
a faithful book reviewer, reader, and most of all, my dear friend.
I will miss you until we meet again, but I know that you are
now dancing before the Lord, full of joy and free from a body
that held you back in this life.
I love you.
“Precious in the sight of the LORD
is the death of His saints.”
PSALM 116:15
Contents
Cover
Endorsements
Half Title Page
Books By Nancy Mehl
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Prologue
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