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Some quotations are also taken from The Book of Common Prayer.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to events or locales, is entirely coincidental.

CASTLES IN THE SAND

Copyright © 2006 by Sally John

Published by Harvest House Publishers

Eugene, Oregon 97402

www.harvesthousepublishers.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
John, Sally, 1951-

Castles in the sand / Sally John.

p. cm. — (The beach house series ; bk. 2)

ISBN-13: 978-0-7369-1317-1 (pbk.)

ISBN-10: 0-7369-1317-3 (pbk.)

Product # 6913173

1. Pregnancy, Unwanted—Fiction. 2. Clergy—Family relationships—Fiction. 3. Fathers and daughters—Fiction. 4. Mothers and daughters—Fiction. 5. Seaside resorts—Fiction. 6. Domestic fiction. 7. Psychological fiction. I. Title. II. Series.

PS3560.O323C37 2006

813'.54—dc22

2006004026

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