© 2007 by Sally John and Gary Smalley

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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.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

John, Sally, 1951–
A time to mend / Sally John, with Gary Smalley.
p. cm. — (Safe harbors ; Bk. 1)
ISBN 978-0-8499-1889-6
I. Smalley, Gary. II. Title.
PS3560.O323T56 2008
813'.54—dc22

2007044358

Printed in the United States of America

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