Karen Kingsbury

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of life-changing fiction brings her signature “emotional, heart-tugging” (Woman’s World) prose to this wise and worldly novel of forgiveness and hope in the City of Lights. In Indiana, Ashley Baxter Blake and her husband are about to take an anniversary trip to Paris, but she is hesitant. More than two decades ago, she made her most grievous mistake in that same city. She has never forgiven herself for what happened there, and she still harbors secrets that she’s afraid will come to light. Just before the trip, Ashley gets a call from her niece. Jessie explains that her French boyfriend’s mother remembers working at a bakery with an American named Ashley. “Could that be you?” When Alice and Ashley meet, a flood of memories comes for both women, taking Ashley back to a reckless affair and an unexpected pregnancy and Alice to the night she nearly ended it all. Can this reunion bring healing and closure? Maybe it is finally time for Ashley to forgive herself...and Paris.

Denne hjertevarme og rørende forløperen til serien om Baxter-familien følger familiemedlemmene gjennom et bryllup og en kraftig storm. Et uforglemmelig vitnesbyrd om den kraften som er å finne i kjærligheten, familien og troen! Tidlig om morgenen er en voldsom storm i ferd med å bygge seg opp over Bloomington i Indiana. Den samme dagen som Elizabeth Baxter forbereder seg til å feire at datteren, Kari, skal gifte seg med Tim Jacobs. Det skal egentlig være en lykkelig dag, men Elizabeth klarer ikke å riste av seg en illevarslende følelse. Er stormen et tegn? Noe fælt kommer til å skje, Elizabeth føler det på seg. Samtidig kommer også underliggende konflikter til overflaten og mørke tvilstanker kaster skygger over dagen for hele familien. Midt i dette begynner Kari Baxter å få panikk. Er det feil av henne å gifte seg med Tim? Og hva med familien hennes? Broren Luke er sint og avvisende overfor søsteren Ashley, som nylig har kommet hjem fra Paris. Hun er nå alenemor, men overlater sønnen altfor ofte til foreldrene sine. Samtidig har både Ashley og den andre søsteren, Brooke, mistet troen på Gud; den troen som alltid har vært selve limet i familien. Med dette som bakteppe ser Kari at Ashley avviser sin mangeårige kjærlighet, Landon Blake, som tydeligvis bryr seg om henne, uansett hva som skjedde i Paris. Idet stormen når et fryktinngytende crescendo, vil et sjokkerende øyeblikk av fare bringe viktige sannheter fram i lyset. Når denne lange dagen omsider er over, vil Baxter-familien fremdeles føle seg som en familie? Vil de klare å komme sterkere ut av prøvelsene?

Now an original series on Prime Video This warmhearted prequel to the "heart-tugging and emotional" (RT Book Reviews) #1 New York Times bestselling Baxter Family Series--now a television series--follows the family members as they face rising tensions during a wedding and a colossal storm. A terrible storm builds in the early morning sky over Bloomington, Indiana, as Elizabeth Baxter prepares to celebrate her daughter Kari's wedding to Tim Jacobs. It's supposed to be the happiest of days, but Elizabeth can't shake a growing sense of dread. Something bad is about to happen. Elizabeth knows it. Indeed, there are dark currents of conflict and doubt coursing through each of the Baxter family, and Kari Baxter is starting to panic. Is her decision to marry Tim a mistake? Meanwhile, Kari's brother Luke is angry and resentful of their sister Ashley, who has recently returned from Paris as a single mom. Everyone thinks Ashley spends too little time with her son, and they're upset with her for another reason: Ashley has rejected her loyal long-ago love, Landon Blake, who clearly still cares for her. At the same time, the four Baxter sisters are struggling with the faith that has always been the family's glue. When the storm outside reaches a terrifying crescendo, a shocking moment of danger brings important truths to light. At the end of the long day, can the Baxters remain a family, tested but stronger?

Now an original series on Prime Video In the third book in Karen Kingsbury and Tyler Russell's beloved series about the Baxter children, Ashley and Kari Baxter struggle with what it means to grow up. When Kari Baxter is assigned an essay about what she wants to be when she grows up, her mind goes blank. She doesn't want to grow up; she wants everything to stay just like it is. But Kari comes to realize that while making time stand still isn't possible, she can enjoy every moment with her best family ever. Meanwhile, Ashley Baxter feels the same way. She is worried her siblings are growing up too fast. When she wins the role of Wendy in her school performance of Peter Pan, Ashley gets an idea. Maybe she and her siblings can pledge to never grow up at all This third story in the Baxter Family Children series shares the reassuring message that even though growing up can be tough, family and friends are always there with support and love.

Ashley ja Landon yrittävät selviytyä tyhjän sylinsä kanssa ja unelmoivat siitä, että Sarahin lyhyt elämä voisi jättää rakkauden perinnön Baxterin perheeseen ja ehkä laajemmaltikin. Katy ja Dayne unelmoivat kaukaisesta päivästä, jolloin Hollywood lieveilmiöineen olisi jäänyt taakse ja edessä aukeaisivat rauhalliset ajat Bloomingtonissa, mutta elämä heittelee kapuloita rattaisiin. John sen sijaan ei oikein tiedä, mistä hänen pitäisi unelmoida. Reaganin ja Luken välit ovat tulehtumassa pahasti, kun taas Brooke innostuu uudesta tehtävästään.

Kingsburyn suosittu kirjasarja saa taas jatkoa!

The #1 New York Times bestselling author and “inspirational fiction superstar” (Publishers Weekly) presents this high stakes love story of danger, passion, and faith. She was a child caught in a riptide in the Caribbean Sea. He was a teenager from the East Coast on vacation with his family. He dove in to save her, and that single terrifying moment changed both of their lives forever. Ten years later Jack Ryder is a daring undercover agent with the FBI and Eliza Lawrence still lives on that pristine island. She’s an untainted princess in a kingdom of darkness and evil, on the brink of a forced marriage with a dangerous neighboring drug lord, a marriage arranged by her father. This time when Jack and Eliza meet, there’s a connection neither of them can explain. Both of their lives are on the line, and once again, the stakes are deadly high. Can they join forces in a complicated and dangerous mission, pretending to have a breathtaking love…without really falling? Sometimes miracles happen not once, but twice…along a distant shore.

Vår mest populære romanforfatter, Karen Kingsbury, kommer nå med en ny roman der handlingen er lagt til Paris, lysets by -en by preget av forfinet kultur og verdensvante mennesker. Tilgivelse og forsoning står sentralt i romanen. I Indiana holder Ashley Baxter Blake og ektemannen på å forberede seg til en tur til Paris, der et fransk galleri skal stille ut maleriene hennes. I tillegg skal de feire bryllupsdagen sin der. Men Ashley plages av motstridende følelser. For litt over tjue år siden gjorde hun noen av sine største feiltrinn i Paris. Hun har aldri helt klart å tilgi seg selv for det som skjedde der, og hun har fremdeles hemmeligheter hun er redd for å avsløre. Like før avreise får Ashley en telefon fra niesen Jessie som sier at moren til kjæresten hennes husker at hun jobbet på et bakeri sammen med en amerikansk jente som het Ashley. «Kan det være deg?» Idet Alice og Ashley møtes, veller en strøm av minner fram for dem begge. Ashley føres tilbake til et ubetenksomt kjærlighetsforhold og et uplanlagt svangerskap. Alice på sin side føres tilbake til den kvelden hun nesten gjorde slutt på alt. Kan denne gjenforeningen bringe legedom og forsoning? Kanskje tiden er inne for at Ashley endelig kan tilgi seg selv - og Paris.

En kärleksfull och dramatisk berättelse om Guds ledning och omsorg när livet inte blir som man först tänkt sig. Elise Walker drömmer om att bli konstnär. Efter high school längtar hon efter att få börja studera konst på New York University. En dröm som hennes mamma inte alls står bakom. Besvikelsen över situationen leder till val som gör att Elise hamnar i dåligt sällskap. Till sist tvingas hon byta både stad och skola för att komma vidare. Men hennes dåliga val verkar förfölja henne och det visar sig dessutom påverka hennes framtidsdrömmar mer än hon någonsin anar. Cole Baxter Blake (Ashley Baxters son) ska snart börja läsa till läkare på universitetet och därefter arbeta på sjukhuset i Bloomington, precis som hans morfar John Baxter. Men sista terminen på high school blir inte alls som han tänkt sig när han träffar en nyinflyttad tjej och blir kär vid första ögonkastet. Helt plötsligt ser framtiden inte längre lika självklar ut och Cole ställs inför utmaningar han inte är beredd på. Finns det kanske ändå en väg framåt? Lucy och Aaron Williams är nyinflyttade i Bloomington. Äntligen ska de få en efterlängtad nystart, där ingen känner till deras kamp för att få barn. Aaron har trots allt de gått igenom inte gett upp hoppet, utan ber varje dag att de ska bli föräldrar. Lucy däremot lider fortfarande svårt av alla förluster och har allt svårare att tro på en framtid som mamma. Men är det så att bönesvaret denna gång inte är så långt borta? Det kanske bara måste gå två veckor först… Karen Kingsbury är en av Amerikas och Sveriges mest älskade och lästa kristna romanförfattare med fler än 25 miljoner sålda böcker. Hon och hennes man, Don, bor i Tennessee. Här bor även flera av deras vuxna barn och barnbarn.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER In love for the first time, a son’s decisions about the future divides his family in this fearless and thought-provoking novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of life-changing fiction. When eighteen-year-old Tommy Baxter declares to his family that he wants to be a police officer after graduation, his mother, Reagan, won’t hear of it. After all, she’s still mourning the death of her own father on September 11 and she’s determined to keep her son safe from danger. But Tommy’s father, Luke, is proud of Tommy’s decision. He would make a kind and compassionate cop. Meanwhile, Tommy is in love for the first time. His sweet relationship with Annalee Miller is almost too good to be true. Tommy begins seriously thinking about the far off day when he can ask her to marry him but she hasn’t been feeling well. Tests reveal the unthinkable. While his girlfriend begins the fight of her life, Tommy is driven to learn more about the circumstances surrounding his birth and the grandfather he never knew. Secrets come to light that rock Tommy’s world, and he becomes determined to spend his future fighting crime and bringing peace to the streets. Or is this just his way to fight a battle he cannot win—the one facing Annalee? Blending romance and family drama, Truly, Madly,Deeply shows us that, in the shadow of great loss, the only way to live with passion is truly, madly, deeply.

Hun var ei lita jente som ble fanget av en undervannsstrøm i Det karibiske hav, og han var en tenåring fra Østkysten av USA på ferie med familien sin. Han stupte uti for å redde henne, og det skremmende øyeblikket endret livet for dem begge. Ti år senere er Jack Ryder en dristig og uredd hemmelig agent for FBI, og Eliza Lawrence bor fremdeles på den vakre øya. Hun er en urørt prinsesse i et kongerike bygd på mørke og ondskap, og nå er hun i ferd med å tvinges inn i et ekteskap med en farlig narkobaron, et ekteskap faren hennes har arrangert. Når Jack og Eliza møtes denne gangen, oppstår det en kontakt ingen av dem kan forklare. Livet står på spill for dem begge, og nok en gang er innsatsen skyhøy. Klarer de å samarbeide på et komplisert og farlig oppdrag, late som om de er hodestups forelsket - uten å falle for hverandre? Noen ganger kan det skje mirakler, ikke bare én gang, men to - på en strand langt borte.

Karen Kingsbury and her son Tyler Russell tell the childhood stories of the beloved Baxter children--Brooke, Kari, Ashley, Erin, and Luke--to inspire and entertain younger readers. The first three books in the series are now available together in a collectible hardcover boxed set Brooke, Kari, and Ashley work hard to make their parents proud of them. Each girl has her own talents. And they are always there for each other. But when the news comes that Dr. Baxter is moving the family from Ann Arbor to Bloomington, Indiana, no one is happy. Saying goodbye is hard, but the family still has what's most important--their faith and their love for each other. Over the years, that will get them through the good and hard days together. Much-loved storyteller Karen Kingsbury's Baxter Family books have captured the hearts of millions who have come to think of the Baxter family as their own. See how the Baxter siblings grew up in these funny and poignant books from the #1 New York Times bestselling team Karen Kingsbury and Tyler Russell. This charming boxed set includes: Best Family Ever Finding Home Never Grow Up

Much-loved storyteller Karen Kingsbury’s Baxter Family books have captured the hearts of tens of millions of readers who have come to think of the Baxter family as their own. Now Karen Kingsbury and her son Tyler Russell inspire and entertain young readers by going back in time to tell the childhood stories of the beloved Baxter children—Brooke, Kari, Ashley, Erin, and Luke. Summer is over and Dad begins his important position at an Indiana hospital. Like it or not, Bloomington is the Baxter Family’s new home. As school starts, everyone finds reasons to be excited about the move. Everyone, that is, except Ashley. Ashley desperately misses the home and friends she left behind. As she realizes her siblings have their struggles, too, she can’t help but wonder if unlikely friends can be the best friends of all? And could time and love from her family be enough to make a house feel like home? In the second book in the Baxter Family Children series, #1 New York Times bestselling Karen Kingsbury and Tyler Russell tell the funny and poignant tale of the Baxter children finding home!

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Science raises questions only love can answer in this moving and thought-provoking novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of “heart-tugging and emotional” (Romantic Times Book Reviews) life-changing fiction. One frozen embryo. Two families with life-long secrets. And a guy who never planned to fall in love again. Maddie Baxter West is shaken to the core when she finds out everything she believed about her life was a lie. Her parents had always planned to tell her the truth about her past: that she was adopted as an embryo. But somehow the right moment never happened. Then a total stranger confronts Maddie with the truth and tells her something else that rocks her world—Maddie had a sister she never knew about. Betrayed, angry, and confused, Maddie leaves her new job and fiancé, rejects her family’s requests for forgiveness, and moves to Portland to find out who she really is. Dawson Gage’s life was destroyed when London Quinn, his best friend and the only girl he ever loved, is killed. In the hospital waiting room, London’s mother reveals that London might have had a sibling. The frozen embryo she and her husband donated decades ago. When Dawson finds Maddie and brings her to Portland, the Quinns—her biological parents—welcome her into their lives and hearts. Maddie is comforted by the Quinns’ love and intrigued by their memories of London, who was so much like her. Is this the family and the life she was really meant to have? Now it will take the love of Dawson Gage to help Maddie know who she is...and to help her find her way home.

Från bästsäljande författaren Karen Kingsbury kommer ännu en gripande berättelse. Vi möter en ung pappa vars hela värld vänds uppochned kvällen före hans skilsmässa. Vi återser även medlemmar ur den älskade familjen Baxter. Allt kring Noah och Emily Carter var perfekt, de var som skapade för varandra. Från hur de träffades, till deras storslagna förlovning, överdådiga bröllop och hur de skulle leva lyckliga i alla sina dagar. Deras kärlek var speciell och de ville visa den för världen. Sedan Noahs offentliga frieri har mer än en miljon följt deras liv på Instagram. Men bakom de noggrant arrangerade fotona och uppmuntrande inläggen är deras liv allt annat än en sagodröm, och Noahs besatthet av sociala medier har ödelagt allting. Emily är upprörd och vänder sig till sin vän Kari Baxter Taylor för att berätta precis hur illa det är: Noah och Emily har bestämt sig för att gå skilda vägar. Han ska flytta ut nästa morgon. Men när Noah vaknar upp nästa dag är allting annorlunda. Emily är borta och barnen är flera år äldre. Precis som för Scrooge i Charles Dickens En julsaga sker märkliga och underliga händelser under natten som får Noah att tro att han är tjugo år äldre. Han är i desperat behov av en andra chans. Nu krävs det ett mirakel för att kunna återvända till gårdagen. Karen Kingsbury är en av Amerikas och Sveriges mest älskade och lästa kristna romanförfattare med fler än 25 miljoner sålda böcker. Hennes prisbelönade titlar har toppat bästsäljarlistor. Karen är professorsadjunkt på Liberty University. Hon och hennes man, Don, bor i Tennessee. Här bor även flera av deras vuxna barn och barnbarn.

Vitenskapen reiser spørsmål som bare kjærligheten kan besvare i denne rørende og tankevekkende romanen fra den New York Times bestselgende forfatteren, Karen Kingsbury. Maddie Baxter West er rystet til grunnen når hun finner ut at alt hun trodde om livet sitt var en løgn. Foreldrene hadde alltid tenkt å fortelle henne sannheten om opphavet hennes: at hun ble adoptert som et embryo. Men det rette øyeblikket kom liksom aldri. Så konfronterer en fremmed Maddie med sannheten og forteller henne noe annet som også ryster tilværelsen hennes - Maddie hadde en søster hun aldri fikk møte. Såret, sint og forvirret forlater Maddie den nye jobben og forloveden, avviser familiens bønn om tilgivelse og flytter til Portland for å finne ut hvem hun egentlig er. Hele verden raser for Dawson når London Quinn, hans beste venn og den eneste jenta han noensinne har elsket, blir påkjørt. På venterommet på sykehuset avslører moren til London at London kanskje kan ha søsken. De nedfrossede embryoene hun og ektemannen hadde gitt fra seg over tjue år tidligere. Når Dawson så finner Maddie og bringer henne med seg til Portland, blir hun varmt tatt imot av ekteparet Quinn - de biologiske foreldrene hennes. Maddie lar seg trøste av kjærligheten deres og fascineres av minnene om datteren, som var så lik henne. Er dette den familien og det livet hun egentlig var ment å skulle ha?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes a heart-wrenching and redemptive story about a couple desperately waiting to bring their adopted child home and a young mother about to make the biggest decision of her life--a story about love, faith, and what it really means to be a family. Cole Blake, son of Landon and Ashley Baxter Blake, is months away from going off to college to kickstart the great plan he has been dreaming about for years--a career in medicine. But as he starts his final semester of school he meets Elise, a mysterious new girl who captures his attention--and heart--from day one. Elise has her heart set on mending her wild ways and becoming the good girl she used to be. But not long after the semester starts, she discovers she's pregnant. Eighteen and alone, she shares her secret with Cole. Undaunted by the news, and in love for the first time in his life, Cole is determined to support Elise--even if it means skipping college so he can marry her and raise another man's baby. When Elise decides to give the baby up for adoption, she is matched with Aaron and Lucy Williams, who moved to Bloomington, Indiana, in the hope of escaping the loss and emptiness that seven painful years of trying to start a family has brought them. But as her due date draws near, Elise becomes more and more torn. She knows she has two weeks after the birth of her daughter to change her mind. With Cole keeping vigil and Lucy and Aaron waiting to welcome their new baby, Elise makes an unexpected decision--one that changes everyone's plans.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Baxter Family novels—now a TV series—comes a heart-wrenching and redemptive story about a couple desperately waiting to bring their adopted child home and a young mother about to make the biggest decision of her life—a story about love, faith, and what it really means to be a family. Cole Blake, son of Landon and Ashley Baxter Blake, is months away from going off to college to kickstart the great plan he has been dreaming about for years—a career in medicine. But as he starts his final semester of school he meets Elise, a mysterious new girl who captures his attention—and heart—from day one. Elise has her heart set on mending her wild ways and becoming the good girl she used to be. But not long after the semester starts, she discovers she’s pregnant. Eighteen and alone, she shares her secret with Cole. Undaunted by the news, and in love for the first time in his life, Cole is determined to support Elise—even if it means skipping college so he can marry her and raise another man’s baby. When Elise decides to give the baby up for adoption, she is matched with Aaron and Lucy Williams, who moved to Bloomington, Indiana, in the hope of escaping the loss and emptiness that seven painful years of trying to start a family has brought them. But as her due date draws near, Elise becomes more and more torn. She knows she has two weeks after the birth of her daughter to change her mind. With Cole keeping vigil and Lucy and Aaron waiting to welcome their new baby, Elise makes an unexpected decision—one that changes everyone’s plans.