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   “Author Robert Whitlow combines Grisham’s suspenseful legal-thriller style with the emotional connection of a Hallmark made-for-TV movie.”
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   “Whitlow captures the struggle of many women trapped in the battle over abortion in a truly sympathetic and affecting way.”
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   “. . . a solid, suspenseful thriller.”
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   Also by Robert Whitlow
   A Time to Stand
   The Witnesses
   A House Divided
   The Confession
   The Living Room
   The Choice
   Water’s Edge
   Mountain Top
   Jimmy
   The Sacrifice
   The Trial
   The List
   The Chosen People Novels
   Chosen People
   Promised Land
   The Tides of Truth Novels
   Deeper Water
   Higher Hope
   Greater Love
   The Alexia Lindale Novels
   Life Support
   Life Everlasting
   Copyright
   Promised Land
   © 2020 Robert Whitlow
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   Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version and the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™
   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.
   ISBN 978-0-7180-8305-2 (SC)
   ISBN 978-0-7180-8382-3 (HC)
   Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
   Library of Congress Control Number:2019952092
   
   
   
 
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