© 2012 by Robin Lee Hatcher

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Publisher’s Note: This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. All characters are fictional, and any similarity to people living or dead is purely coincidental.

Scripture is taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

Scripture noted NLT is taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hatcher, Robin Lee.
   Heart of gold / Robin Lee Hatcher.
       p. cm.
    ISBN 978-1-59554-488-9 (trade paper)
    I. Title.
   PS3558.A73574H43 2012
   813’.54--dc23

2011044566

Printed in the United States of America

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