Redemption
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5.0 • 8 Ratings
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- £10.99
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- £10.99
Publisher Description
The Baxters is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Roma Downey and Ted McGinley.
A story of redemption and love at all costs, from Karen Kingsbury, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of “heart-tugging and emotional” (Romantic Times) life-changing fiction, co-authored with Gary Smalley.
A Shocking Betrayal
Kari Baxter Jacobs is furious, hurt, and confused. Her husband, Tim, a respected professor of journalism, is having an affair with a student. Stunned, Kari returns home to the Baxter family to sort things out. But when an old flame comes back into her life, she is more confused than ever.
A Difficult Decision
How can Kari forgive her husband? What could possibly ease the pain? And what about her own revived feelings for Ryan, a man she knows she should avoid?
A Reason to Hope
As Kari searches for answers, an unexpected discovery gives her hope for the future. But when she faces her darkest hour, can she find the faith and strength she needs to move on?
Redemption is the first book in the bestselling Christian fiction series about the Baxter family―their fears and desires, their strengths and weaknesses, their losses and victories. Each book explores key relationship themes as well as the larger theme of redemption, both in the characters’ spiritual lives and in their relationships.
• Fans will enjoy a personal note from Karen Kingsbury and Gary Smalley as well as discussion questions for book clubs
• Books featuring the Baxter family include:
Redemption series: Redemption, Remember, Return, Rejoice, and Reunion
Firstborn series: Fame, Forgiven, Found, Family, and Forever
Sunrise series: Sunrise, Summer, Someday, and Sunset
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The recent penchant for pairing prolific Christian novelists with well-known CBA nonfiction authors is cause for skepticism, and justifiably so in this first collaboration between Smalley, an author and speaker on family relationships, and novelist Kingsbury. "Good-looking" Indiana University professor Tim Jacobs has found his stereotypical midlife affair with his "achingly beautiful" student Angela Manning more than a passing distraction. His "gorgeous" wife, Kari, who models in her spare time, discovers the affair just as she finds she is pregnant. Even as Kari refuses to grant Tim a divorce, she learns that her high school sweetheart, football star and "hunk" Ryan Taylor, is still single and interested in picking up their romance where they left off. Tim hits the bottle, and things look grim for the couple. Not surprisingly, counseling plays a large role in the work Kari and Tim do to try and salvage their marriage. There is a fairly shameless plug for Smalley's Relationship Center in Branson, Mo., when Kari and Tim's pastor suggests they travel to a two-day "Marriage Intensive Seminar" in the Ozarks. (Readers are also invited to contact the center.) Minus the heavy doses of counseling references and descriptions of the characters' surpassing gorgeousness, Kingsbury's writing is much improved from Halfway to Forever. While she laudably avoids a neat wrapup, it's likely because there are six more books to come in the series. This novel functions largely as an encouraging self-help book rather than as a solid contribution to inspirational fiction.
Customer Reviews
A wonderful story of real love.
This is the start of an extremely moving story about the Baxter family. I have read one or two Karen Kingsbury books before and I like her writing style. I chose this as my next book based on an Internet search of others' favourites, and the comments that I read alongside the recommendations. I was immediately pulled into this story and hooked into every page, unable to put it down. I shed many tears and felt it speak to me about my life too. I would highly recommend this book, and I am looking forward to beginning the second in the series very soon.