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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Evans, Richard Paul.
The mistletoe promise / Richard Paul Evans. —
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
pages ; cm
1. Christmas stories. I. Title.
PS3555.V259M57 2014
813’.54—dc23 2014034377

ISBN 978-1-4767-2820-9
ISBN 978-1-4767-2823-0 (ebook)

Contents

Epigraph

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Epilogue

About the Author