title: Promises of Hope: One mothers journey of hope for her son, and faith in a God of promises.
author: C Knox
description: I have been a follower of Jesus Christ since the age of 9. I am a mother of two children and a grandmother of 1, so far. The Lord has blessed me through the years to be a surrogate mother to many teens, lost and unwanted souls or those who simply had no one else. I have a degree in Biblical Studies and I am the office manager at Lael College and Graduate School. I am a volunteer in the lighting department of my home church and in our T.V. ministry, Principles for Life. I live in the country on eight beautiful acres with my husband of 29 years. Our home is our place of peace and security and in these walls abide the Holy Spirit. I look out my windows and I am inspired every day by the beauty and blessings of heavenly Father.
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  A Duke’s Promise Jamie Carie
  
  
  ADVANCE READER’S
  
  
  EDITION
  
  
  Uncorrected Proof
  
  
  not final interior
  
  
  Copyright © 2012 by Jamie Carie Masopust All rights reserved.
  
  
  Printed in the United States of America 978-1-4336-7324-5
  
  
  Published by B&H Publishing Group, Nashville, Tennessee
  
  
  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 ficti-tiously. All characters are fictional, and any
  similarity to people living or dead is purely coincidental.
  
  
  To my son Nicholas, How to describe the joy you bring into my life? My baby
  (okay, okay, I’ll stop calling you that!). You will be thirteen this year, and
  I want to stop time and just keep you at this wonderful stage. You bring so
  much light and laughter to our lives. God blessed you with the gift of
  balance—someone smart, intuitive, witty, and with good looks! And then there
  is your love for God.
  
  
  I sometimes feel I’ve had the l