Karen Kingsbury

A fresh new look for the best-selling series from America's number-one inspirational novelist, Karen Kingsbury. Fans will enjoy a personal note from Karen and Gary Smalley as well as discussion questions for book group use. Revisit the Baxter family in all their life-changing events, or share the series with someone who hasn't discovered it yet. The Redemption series won Christian Retailing's 2005 Retailer's Choice Award for Best Series In addition, Rejoice was a 2005 Gold Medallion Award finalist This latest release in the Redemption series reunites readers with the continuing saga of the Baxter family. Brooke Baxter has achieved everything this world has to offer--a prestigious career, a beautiful home, and two wonderful children. Her recent return to her faith is an encouragement to her family. But if she faces tremendous loss, can her fledgling faith and her rocky marriage survive?

Aaron Hill är en framgångsrik manmed sportigt, tilltalande yttre och med en stjärnquarterbacks många privilegier i livet. Han ägnar sina söndagar åt att spela NFL-football inför miljontals TV-tittare. Men Aaron är på väg att få en oväntad överraskning, en som kommer att ge honom ett helt nytt perspektiv på hans självcentrerade tillvaro. Derrick Anderson är en familjeman som ägnar sin tid åt fosterbarn samtidigt som han upprätthåller en karriär som professionell footballspelare. Men nu behöver han ett mirakel. Han måste agera som lagets mentor samtidigt som han kämpar för den sak som har störst betydelse den här säsongenatt hålla det löfte som han avgav flera år tidigare. Megan Gunn har två arbeten och hjälper på sin fritid till på ett ungdomscenter. En stor del av det hon gör i sitt liv gör hon för den pojke som hon betyder allt förett fosterbarn vars döende mamma lämnade honom till Megan. Nu vill hon adoptera honom men det finns ett hinder i vägen. Hennes fosterson, Cory, är övertygad om att 49ers quarterback Aaron Hill är hans far. Två män och det spel de älskar. En kvinna vars hjärta slår för de ensamma och utsatta, och en pojke som tror på det omöjliga. När deras vägar möts får de lära sig om karaktärsstyrka och nåd, kärlek och uppoffring. För när allt kommer omkring handlar inte livet om det som händer den sista dagen i veckan, utan hur vi lever våra liv mellan söndagarna. När ingen ser oss.

New York Timesbestselling author Karen Kingsbury delivers an instant classic with this heartwarming story about the beauty of enduring friendship

After tragedy strikes the Warren family, all of their secrets start to unravel and it takes a mother's love and faith to help heal everyone. Annie Warren always wanted the best for her son, Josh. But years of failure and bad choices created a heartbreaking distance that has grown far worse since the day Josh was hit by a drunk driver. Now on medical disability, Josh has put his life on hold for years, waiting for the insurance company to send a settlement that never seems to come. Worse, he believes the story of a scheming woman who claims they have a seven-year-old daughter named Savannah. Despite the unlikelihood and complete lack of evidence, Josh dreams of being a father and is determined to one day claim the child. His family doesn't know the full story. They don't know what happened the night of the accident that was worth the chronic pain Josh suffers every waking minute, or that he is turning his life around. They haven't seen that Savannah's eyes are his, and they don't know how desperately the little girl needs her family. When the settlement that rightly belongs to Josh is threatened, Annie sets out to defend her son. But she might find a treasure more valuable than money, one she never expected, one that is the greatest gift her son could ever give her--THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN.

Shane Galanteren man redo att slå sig ned efter åratal av sökande. Men är han på väg att fatta rätt beslut? Eller finns det en kvinna någonstans som trots allt kommer ihågprecis som hande där dagarna för länge sedan och en kärlek som inte har bleknat med åren? Lauren Gibbsen framgångsrik krigskorrespondent som gav upp drömmen om ett lyckligt liv för en evighet sedannär lyckan brutalt slets ifrån henne. Sedan den dagen har hon aldrig sett tillbaka. Så hur kommer det sig då att hon inte har lyckats skaka av sig den fråga som ständigt förföljer henne: Varför känns livet så tomt? Emily Andersonen högskolestudent, uppfostrad av sina morföräldrar, som snart ska påbörja sin första praktik som journalist. Men innan hon fortsätter framåt upptäcker hon en kärlekshistoria som fick ett tragiskt slut i samband med hennes födelse. Detta får henne att blicka tillbaka och söka efter den mamma som hon aldrig har träffat. En ung kvinna som söker svar på sitt hjärtas innersta frågor. En man och en kvinna åtskiljda av lögner och svek som trots allt aldrig har lyckats glömma varandra. Med innerlig värme och styrka väver Karen Kingsbury samman en väv av liv, förluster, kärlek, återförening och tro.

2009 Retailer's Choice Award winner As John Baxter makes plans to marry Elaine, one of the Baxters enters into the most trying season of all. During a time of renewed love and hope for the future, the Baxters try to come together to establish the sacred ground of marriage and to chart a course for the future. Memories of times gone by meet with the changes of today in a story that proves only the support of faith and family can take a person into the sunset years of life.

En bortglömd hemlighet. En fruktansvärd upptäckt. Ett kärleksoffer som tvingar Connor Evans på knä. Flygkapten Connor Evans har nästan glömt den där stormiga helgen på Hawaii åtta år tidigare då han bröt det viktigaste löftet av dem alla. Nu lever Connor ett perfekt liv tillsammans med sin fru, Michele, och deras två döttrar - ensam om att känna till den stora hemligheten från det förflutna. Men på andra sidan oceanen uppfostrar en flygvärdinna på egen hand sin son när det plan hon arbetar på kraschar i Stilla Havet. Hennes testamente är mycket tydligt på en punkt - innan barnet lämnas över till staten måste hans far kontaktas. Nyheten slår ner som en bomb i kapten Evans liv och han ställs inför ett val: Att vägra ta emot barnet och aldrig höra från honom igen eller att spendera två veckor tillsammans med honom och sedan besluta sig för om han ska låta honom stanna för gott. Familjen är nära att gå under. Kan Michele och döttrarna någonsin förlåta Connor för det misstag han begick för så länge sedan? Eller kommer ett ensamt barns närvaro att förstöra allt?

Aaron Hill has it all—athletic good looks and the many privileges of a star quarterback. His Sundays are spent playing NFL football in front of a televised audience of millions. But Aaron’s about to receive an unexpected handoff, one that will give him a whole new view of his self-centered life. Derrick Anderson is a family man who volunteers his time with foster kids while sustaining a long career as a pro football player. But now he’s looking for a miracle. He must act as team mentor while still striving for the one thing that matters most this season—keeping a promise he made years ago. Megan Gunn works two jobs and spends her spare time helping at the youth center. Much of what she does, she does for the one boy for whom she is everything—a foster child whose dying mother left him in Megan’s care. Now she wants to adopt him, but one obstacle stands in the way. Her foster son, Cory, is convinced that 49ers quarterback Aaron Hill is his father. Two men and the game they love. A woman with a heart for the lonely and lost, and a boy who believes the impossible. Thrown together in a season of self-discovery, they’re about to learn lessons in character and grace, love and sacrifice. Because in the end life isn’t defined by what takes place on the first day of the week, but how we live it between Sundays.

Pressures of the celebrity lifestyle weigh heavily on Dayne and Katy Matthews as they take on separate movie projects. Tabloid rumors talk of trouble and unfaithfulness between the two, but finally something drastic catches Dayne's attention and makes him realize the destruction they're playing with. But will it be too late? The Flanigan family recognizes the deep loss of the Christian Kids Theater program, and they lead a final effort to keep the theater from being torn down. Meanwhile, John Baxter takes the next step in his growing relationship with Elaine, giving him a season to contemplate selling the Baxter house and, along with it, losing a lifetime of memories made there. As the rest of the family considers the future and what may lie ahead, they must pull together like never before. Only their undying love for each other can help the Baxters get past the trials of today for a life they know is possible . . . someday.

Connor Evans is a man who loves his wife and their two daughters. They have their troubles - what marriage doesn't - but they've always managed to get through them. Now a phone call is about to shatter his world... Eight years ago, Connor was unfaithful, and unbeknownst to him, that one night produced a son. The mother has died suddenly, and her will gives Connor the opportunity to know the boy before he makes any decisions. Now, the family is on the brink of destruction. Can Connor's wife Michele and their daughters ever forgive Connor? Or will the presence of one lonely child destroy everything?

Mary Madison var ett barn som utsattes för obeskrivlig smärta, en ung kvinna som samhället helst ville glömma. Nu har en gudomlig kraft befriat henne så att hon med sin historia kan ge hopp och kärlek till misshandlade och utsatta kvinnor som lever sina liv i huvudstadens skuggområden. Mary är utbildad och högt ansedd, en inflytelserik röst i Washington, D. C.i såväl politiska sammanhang som hos de kvinnor som behöver hennes hjälp. Men hon har också ett förflutet som skrämmer. Hennes bakgrund är full av paralyserande rädsla, svek, övergrepp, beroende, och promiskuitet. Vid ett vägskäl i Marys liv var det bara en kraft som kunde rädda hennes liv och som gav henne en tillvaro full av kärlek och hopp. En kraft som inte kunde vara någonting annat än Gudomlig. Emma Johnson är en ensamstående mamma som är på flykt från sin misshandlande pojkvän, och som tvivlar på att det verkligen finns hopp för henne och hennes små döttrar. Hon är desperat, nedbruten och uppgiven, och frestad att göra slut på alltihop. Då introducerar Mary Madison henne till den största kärleken av alla. Den Gudomlige är en modern liknelse om Maria Magdalena. Precis som Maria Magdalena möter också Mary Madison sju demoner, och båda två blir de räddade av den ende som har kraften att göra detJesus Kristus, den Gudomlige.

Sometimes hope for the future is found in the ashes of yesterday. EVEN NOW A young woman seeking answers to her heart’s deepest questions. A man and woman driven apart by lies and years of separation…who have never forgotten each other. With hallmark tenderness and power, Karen Kingsbury weaves a tapestry of lives, losses, love, and faith—and the miracle of resurrection. EVER AFTER (2007 Christian Book of the Year)Two couples torn apart – one by war between countries, and one by a war within. In this moving sequel to Even Now, Emily Anderson, now twenty, meets the man who changes everything for her: Army reservist Justin Baker. Their tender relationship, founded on a mutual faith in God and nurtured by their trust and love for each other, proves to be a shining inspiration to everyone they know, especially Emily’s reunited birth parents. But Lauren and Shane still struggle to move past their opposing beliefs about war, politics, and faith. When tragedy strikes, can they set aside their opposing views so that love—God’s love—might win, no matter how great the odds?

Still aching over his wife's death, Cody Gunner can't bear the thought of also letting go of his Down Syndrome brother, Carl Joseph. Cody wants his brother home, where he will be safe and cared for, not out on his own in a world that Cody knows all too well can be heartless and insecure. So when Carl Joseph's teacher, Elle, begins championing his independence, she finds herself at odds with Cody. But even as these two battle it out, they can't deny the instinctive connection they share, and Cody faces a crisis of the heart. What if Elle is the one woman who can teach Cody that love is still possible? If Cody can let go of his lingering anger, he might just see that sometimes the brightest hope of all lies JUST BEYOND THE CLOUDS.

A NEW BEGINNING: Hollywood actor Dayne Matthews and Katy Hart are married and living in Bloomington, Ind., where Dayne has found a solution to his on-camera love scenes--he wants Katy to star in his next film. Katy wins the part and is cast opposite her super-star husband. The story of a small town girl's dream come true is too much for the press to resist, and in an effort to appease them, the couple agrees to a 12-episode reality show. It seems like the perfect compromise but by the time they finish filming the movie, they feel cracks around the edges of their marriage. Now they face an uncertain future, and possibly the end of everything that truly matters to them. AN UNFORGETTABLE SUMMER: The Baxter family learns that Ashley and Kari are both pregnant, but an ultrasound reveals that something is wrong with one of the babies. As the summer progresses, the sisters pray for a miracle while trying to face the unthinkable. It's in this trying season that they must all learn the lesson God has been trying to teach them--He is still in control, and He will be with them regardless of the outcome. AN EMOTIONAL FAREWELL: The Flanigans continue to draw closer to their only daughter, yet Bailey struggles to find her way amidst the turmoil of adolescence. She has always made good decisions, but she wants to experience more of life. Her friendship with Cody Coleman--the young border staying with the Flanigans--continues to blossom in this summer after his graduation. But when Cody decides to enlist in the Army, he'll have to say goodbye to the family he's come to love and the girl he'll never forget.

Jag är en brandman, Gud, så jag vet att jag har befunnit mig i en del svåra lägen tidigare. Men det här ... att inte längre känna människorna som jag älskar ... det är det svåraste jag kan föreställa mig. Det sista Jake Bryan hann uppfatta var dånet som uppstod då World Trade Center kollapsade över honom och hans arbetskamrater från brandstationen. Mannen i sjukhussängen minns ingenting. Inte hur han skyndade sig uppför trapporna i det södra tornet för att hjälpa instängda skadade. Inte hur han sprängdes ut ur byggnaden. Och inte kvinnan vid sängkanten som säger sig vara hans fru. Jamie Bryan är beredd att göra vad som helst för att hjälpa sin älskade make att återfå sitt minne. Hon är redo att göra allt för att få tillbaks det underbara liv som de tidigare har levt tillsammans med deras lilla dotter, Sierra. Men det innebär att hjälpa Jake att återupptäcka det enda som Jamie aldrig har delat med honom: hans djupa tro på Gud. En dag i september är en kärlekshistoria olik alla andra, en historia som kan ses som ett minnesmärke över den tragedi som ägde rum den elfte september. Det är också en historia som låter oss ta del av styrkan i Guds rättfärdighet och i en god mans kärlek.

2008 Retailer's Choice Award winner In preparation for their long-awaited wedding day, Dayne and Katy are determined to keep the ceremony a secret from the paparazzi. Their relationship grows closer and stronger as they plan together, but in the end it takes the help of the Baxter family and many of the CKT kids so that they'll even have a chance at a private wedding. John Baxter is thrilled that his oldest son will be settling down a few miles away, but he isn't sure how any of his kids will handle a situation he can no longer run from--the feelings he is having for his friend Elaine. In the meantime, the Flanigan family is struggling with their young boarder, Cody Coleman, Jim Flanigan's star receiver. After an alcohol overdose, Cody fights for his life. Only God's grace and a miracle can bring him back from the brink of death--physically and spiritually.

Maggie Stovall is trapped inside a person she's spent years carefully crafting. Now the truth about who she is-and what she's done-is bursting to the surface and sending Maggie into a spiral of despair. Will she walk away from everything, or can Maggie allow God to take her to a place of ultimate honesty-before it's too late?

After suffering the loss of his mother and separation from his sister and the girl he loved, Jordan Riley has filled the holes in his soul with anger. He decides to reject the God he leaned on in his youth and sues his hometown to have a popular statue of Jesus removed. The conflict causes him to cross paths with a spirited young newscaster named Faith, who opposes Jordan's suit in surprising ways. Perhaps most amazing of all is the way Faith begins to disassemble the walls around Jordan's heart. And there's something very familiar about her...

After going back home for her father's funeral, award-winning journalist Ellen Barrett is faced at every turn with bittersweet memories of the past, and soon she rediscovers what is truly important and eternal in her life. Reissue.