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Cross My Heart

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Scripture quotations on pages 102, 294, and 295 are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

Scripture quotations on page 297 are taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org).

Scripture quotations on pages 64 and 260 are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation. © 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Various people have attributed the quote on page 17 to Edmund Burke. But it is generally considered to be of unverified origin.

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.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hatcher, Robin Lee, author.

Title: Cross my heart / Robin Lee Hatcher.

Description: Nashville, Tennessee : Thomas Nelson, [2019] | Series: A legacy

of faith novel

Identifiers: LCCN 2018059440| ISBN 9780785219309 (softcover) | ISBN

9780785219323 (epub)

Subjects: | GSAFD: Love stories. | Christian fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3558.A73574 C76 2019 | DDC 813/.54--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018059440

Printed in the United States of America

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