by Anne Bennett
   Danny Boy
   Daughter of Mine
   To Have and to Hold
   A Sister’s Promise
   Copyright
   This novel is entirely a work of fiction.
   The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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   Table of Contents
   Cover Page
   Title Page
   Dedication
   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
   Acknowledgments
   About The Author
   Other Books By
   Copyright
   About the Publisher