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Authors: Richard Paul Evans

About the Author

© DEBRA MACFARLANE

R
ichard Paul Evans
is the #1 bestselling author of
The Christmas Box
and
Michael Vey
. Each of his more than twenty novels has been a
New York Times
bestseller. There are more than seventeen million copies of his books in print worldwide, translated into more than twenty-four languages. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the American Mothers Book Award, the
Romantic Times
Best Women’s Novel of the Year Award, the German Audience Gold Award for Romance, three Religion Communicators Council Wilbur Awards, the
Washington Times
Humanitarian of the Century Award, and the Volunteers of America National Empathy Award. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife, Keri, and their five children.

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The Walk

Miles to Go

The Road to Grace

A Step of Faith

A Winter Dream

Lost December

Promise Me

The Christmas List

Grace

The Gift

Finding Noel

The Sunflower

A Perfect Day

The Last Promise

The Christmas Box Miracle

The Carousel

The Looking Glass

The Locket

The Letter

Timepiece

The Christmas Box

For Children and Young Adults

The Dance

The Christmas Candle

The Spyglass

The Tower

The Light of Christmas

Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25

Michael Vey 2: Rise of the Elgen

Michael Vey 3: Battle of the Ampere

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2014933520

ISBN 978-1-4516-2831-9

ISBN 978-1-4516-2835-7 (ebook)

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Map of Florida

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

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