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Longing (Bailey Flanigan #3)

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Longing, book three in the Bailey Flanigan Series, picks up where Learning ended. After a long and lonely silence from Cody Coleman, Bailey Flanigan becomes closer to her one-time Hollywood co-star, Brandon Paul. Nights on the town in New York City and long talks on the balcony of Brandon's Malibu Beach home make Bailey dizzy with new feelings and cause her to wonder if he...more

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Published November 22nd 2011 by Zondervan (first published October 25th 2011)

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Jul 21, 2011 Elizabeth L marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Is it just me or does this wimp bear a striking resemblance to Justin Bieber? ;-)

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Aug 05, 2012 Tamara rated it 3 of 5 stars

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LONGING, book three in the Bailey Flannigan series from Karen Kingsbury had better pacing then the previous two.

I felt LONGING had a little more oomph to it. A little more tragic then the previous installments, I felt the triangle between Bailey, Brandon, and Cody eased some. But, as in all fiction romance, there is still a door cracked open to spin things a completely different way.

I would agree with several of the reviewers, that Bailey’s story could’ve easily been told in two books, but come...more

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Jun 17, 2012 LuAnn rated it 5 of 5 stars

A great continuation of the series. I have sometimes thought this author could be a little predictable, but this book kept me guessing and totally surprised me in the end. I can't wait to read the final book in this series to see what decisions Bailey makes for her life. I love the relationship she has with her mother and how her mother confesses to trying to write the story of her life and must turn that over to God. A great, but sometimes tough lesson for a mother. I also enjoy the interaction...more

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Jan 15, 2012 Tammy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Bailey Flanigan had finally fulfilled her dream of being on Broadway. She was living in New York and in the Broadway production of Hairspray. She was dating Brandon Paul. She met him on the set on Unlocked, a movie they both starred in. He had become a Christian because of her witnessing to him while they were working together. When she was on the set of Unlocked, she had been dating Cody Coleman. She loved Cody since she was a teenager. When Cody broke things off, she started to date Brandon. C...more

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Dec 22, 2011 Terri Harr rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was so excited to get this book in my hands! And NOW I can't wait for Loving in March! I love the characters in this book. I have "watched" as Bailey has grown up and become a wonderful young woman. She shows us that even when things are difficult that God can get us through it. We may not know WHY things are the way they are at the time but if we trust that God works all things for good then at some point we will be able to look back and see how God worked through that situation.

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Dec 15, 2011 Iola rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Longing is the third book in the Bailey Flanigan series (following Leaving and Learning, with the final book, Loving, due to be published in March 2012). I haven’t read the first two (although I have read all the previous books right back from the beginning of the Baxter Family books), and I found it easy to pick up any details I may have missed in those two books. However, aspects of the novel would probably be quite confusing for someone who has not read the any of the previous novels, as the...more Longing is the third book in the Bailey Flanigan series (following Leaving and Learning, with the final book, Loving, due to be published in March 2012). I haven’t read the first two (although I have read all the previous books right back from the beginning of the Baxter Family books), and I found it easy to pick up any details I may have missed in those two books. However, aspects of the novel would probably be quite confusing for someone who has not read the any of the previous novels, as the whole series (21 books and counting, over more than ten years) feels like a long-running soap opera. For example, one chapter of Longing was pure Baxter catch-up, with little relevance to the rest of the story, and another scene at the Flanigan house felt like a public service announcement drug warning, as it bore little relation to the rest of the plot.

Bailey is now 22, and is working in Broadway, going out with movie star Brandon while still having some feelings for Cody because the relationship never had closure. Longing is a fun young adult novel, full of contemporary pop culture references to things like Twitter, Owl City and Adele, things I know because I have kids, and which reinforce the youth focus.

I think my problem with this series is that somewhere along the way, it has moved from being a true-to-life problems of normal (albeit fictional) characters to being some kind of fantasy more suited to the teen and young adult audience. The original Redemption and Firstborn novels appealed to a much wider age group, and dealt with issues many of us face, whereas Bailey has led what seems to be a totally charmed life in which her biggest decisions have been to act on Broadway or Hollywood, to date the heartthrob movie superstar or the disabled war hero who just coached a high school football team to the state final. Yeah, right. It’s like a Christian version of having to chose between a vampire and a werewolf (I chose the wrong side there, and may have done it again with Team Cody).

It’s not that the books are not good – they are, in a long-running family saga kind of way. It is that I think they have moved away from their original audience. I commend Karen Kingsbury for the way her novels have spoken to people, young and old, and for wanting her newer books to touch young people in the same way as her previous books have spoken to women of all ages all over the world. People have read my Kingsbury books and returned them, saying “that’s me!” because they related so well to what she is saying. But those same people stopped borrowing them during the Sunrise series. I suspect Kingsbury would have been better off creating a new set of unrelated characters for the more youth-oriented Above the Line and Bailey Flanigan novels. And, on a lighter note, I wish that Jenny Flanigan wasn’t quite so perfect. It’s a tough act for us real-life mothers to have to live up to!

If you have read and enjoyed the Above the Line series or the first two Bailey Flanigan stories, then you will probably enjoy Longing. If you haven’t, then this is probably not the best book to start with. I would suggest young adults start with Take One, and older adults start with Redemption.

Thanks to Zondervan and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review.

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Nov 08, 2011 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars

Even though Cody and Bailey are dating other people, their story is not yet finished. When life events cause their paths to cross, the two must figure out their lingering feelings for each other. Will they return to their first love or discover that your first love isn't always your forever love?

After being disappointed with the first two books in the Bailey Flanigan series, I enjoyed Longing. Bailey finally makes a decision about which man is the one for her. (I won't spoil it for you, but I wi...more

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Nov 01, 2011 Meagan Myhren-bennett rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Chritians, Adults,Teens, Junior High Readers, Young Adults

Recommended to Meagan by: Previous books in series

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LONGING

Bailey Flanigan Series Book #3

By Karen Kingsbury

Thanksgiving has come and Bailey and her new boyfriend Brandon Paul are spending it with the Flanigan family in Bloomington, Indiana. It’s been a while since Bailey has seen or talked to Cody, but when she hears that he is coaching the Lyle Buckaroos in Friday’s State Championship her emotions are mixed. Does she want to see him or avoid him as he’s been avoiding her for the last year.

At the State Championship, Cody’s eyes are drawn to the...more

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Oct 14, 2011 Manuela rated it 3 of 5 stars

I have been a team Cody fan from the very start when Karen Kingsbury introduced the Flanigan Family in the Baster series; so I wasn’t very pleased when I was seeing Bailey and Brandon’s relationship getting so serious as I still held hope that Bailey and Cody may still find their way back to each other.

After reading a majority of Karen Kingsbury’s novels and series, I was very inspired so my standard that I had set from all her books are pretty high and she has always been able to exceed that in...more

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Sep 09, 2012 Casey Tuminello rated it 2 of 5 stars

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I have been a Kingsbury fan for a while now. I began reading the Baxter series almost 4 years ago. The Baxter series is actually made up of several series including the Redemption series (5 books), the Firstborn series (5 books), and the Sunrise series (4 books) and then moves into the Above the Line series (4 books) and the Bailey Flanigan series (4 books). Longing is the 3rd book in the Bailey Flanigan series. I have also read many of her books that are not a part of this series.

The reason th...more
I have been a Kingsbury fan for a while now. I began reading the Baxter series almost 4 years ago. The Baxter series is actually made up of several series including the Redemption series (5 books), the Firstborn series (5 books), and the Sunrise series (4 books) and then moves into the Above the Line series (4 books) and the Bailey Flanigan series (4 books). Longing is the 3rd book in the Bailey Flanigan series. I have also read many of her books that are not a part of this series.

The reason that I fell in love with the books that center around the Baxter family is because I related to them. They are most definitely fiction books; however, they dealt with true-to-life issues. And in the midst of these difficult issues, Kingbury always found a way to make God real to her characters in one way or another. These books have encouraged me in my faith on countless occasions.

I wish I could say that Longing made an impact on my life the way that her other books have. However, this book fell short. I have loved reading about Bailey Flanigan and her family and friends through the years, and as silly as this is, I even remember when Taelyn was young praying that she and I would have a relationship like the mother-daughter relationship that Jenny and Bailey Flanigan share. However, in the past few books, especially this one, Bailey Flanigan and the entire Flanigan family have been portrayed as too perfect. While they have minor issues that they have to deal with on occasion, it is never anything that actually touches their family. Sure their friends deal with some tough issues: drugs, illness, etc, but the Flanigan family seems outside the reach of major problems. Daddy Flanigan was a NFL star, turned super-star high school football coach, turned super-star NFL coach. Jenny Flanigan has a house full of perfect kids who are heavily involved in their youth group, never get in trouble in school, never deal with bad grades, never talk back to their parents or make poor decisions, and she always knows exactly what to say in every situation. Bailey Flanigan gets everything she ever wanted, including a major role in a movie and a job dancing on Broadway. And when that position fails, a chance to audition for the next Blockbuster movie is waiting for her. She never struggles with sin or even the desire to sin and has 2 incredible guys competing for her attention. And a NFL quarterback interested in her if either of those 2 don't pan out. The perfect family was waiting to take her in when she moved to New York City. Sure, Cody has always made it difficult for the two to be in a happy, committed relationship. I think that is why readers stayed interested in this story-line. He was the only one that made it real. He was the one with a past. He was the one that the rest of us could actually relate to.

However, now Kingsbury has ditched Cody and Bailey is with ultra-successful, Hollywood heartthrob, Brandon Paul. Now, Brandon used to be in the midst of the Hollywood party scene, so he knows what it is like to be promiscuous, to drink, to do drugs. However, Bailey led Brandon to Jesus and now he doesn't struggle with any of those old desires at all. They just vanished. Poof. He keeps his distance from Bailey when they are alone and knows just when to leave. He has no problem wanting to be more intimate with Bailey, even though he is no stranger to that lifestyle. He no longer has any desire to drink or party or be anywhere in the vicinity of those things. He doesn't get mad or jealous when Bailey has run-ins with her first love. He reacts perfectly to every situation. How in the world are readers supposed to relate to that? It is like Kingsbury was trying to make the human form of Edward Cullen.

I understand that this is fiction, but in the past Kingsbury's characters have all been "real-life" fiction. They deal with prescription drug addiction, and affairs, and infertility. Even the matriarch of the entire Baxter family made a few major mistakes in her life and covered them up for years. That was what I loved about these books. They were real. They made you feel that even though you were a real person with real struggles that it was okay. Trust God and He will be sufficient to get you through whatever you face. Now that Kingsbury has moved from the lives of the real Baxters to the lives of the "postively perfect in every way" Flanigans (whom she has admitted is modeled after her own family) you no longer feel good about yourself when reading these books. They have lost the realism. They no longer feel like they pertain to your life at all. We don't learn anything from them. Now it just feels like you are reading a fiction novel. And that leaves me, personally, feeling disappointed.

I'm sure I'll read the last book in this series because I have read all of the others and I feel like I need to know how this saga ends. However, my expectations are low. I feel fairly certain that in the last book Bailey will struggle with how to deal with the paparazzi as she determines if this is the life she wants to lead. I believe we have read that before in the Firstborn series. I'm sure Bailey will get a great movie role, or maybe she will win another role on Broadway. Brandon will be pictured on the front of a tabloid in a questionable way. They will decide they don't want the Hollywood lifestyle and move to Bloomington, Indiana and live happily ever after. And they won't make an impression in my life whatsoever.
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Feb 11, 2013 Shauna Durbin rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I love all of Karen Kingsbury's books. She really writes from the heart and makes all of her characters with depth. I really hate to write anything bad about her or her books but I wasn't really thrilled with this book.

On one hand, in my opinion, this whole love story/drama could have been cut down into 2 books. But then on the other hand I understand love is hard. Bailey and Cody had to battle some deep things. So, therefore I can see it taking 4 books to get through. I will read the 4th in th...more

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Nov 25, 2011 Barbara rated it 5 of 5 stars

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This book is my favorite, so far, in the Bailey Flanigan series. For quite a long time I wondered if Karen Kingsbury had written herself into a place where she would be disappointing about half of her readers, depending on whether Brandon or Cody ended up with Bailey's hand in marriage. I should have known an author of her talent would have the perfect plan already worked out; there is one book left, but the events in this one, although some are very sad, are also very satisfying and fulfilling....more

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Mar 26, 2012 Rachel Sides rated it 5 of 5 stars

I'm not sure how to describe my feelings for this book. First of all I should say that I love Karen Kingsbury. I mean I really love Karen Kingsbury. I have been to eight of her events in 4 different states and own over 60 of her books, most of which are autographed. I earned the title of KK #1 Fan in an essay contest sponsored by Zondervan. So, while I gave Longing 5 stars and I do love Karen's books, I have one complaint about the book. I wanted the story to progress faster. I'm used to romance...more

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Apr 22, 2013 Jodi rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Jan 30, 2012 Lyndi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I love that when Karen Kingsburys editors say this is a Christian book, you get a Christian book. Most of her characters have incredible faith, which I love. What I didnt love is that almost every single character in this book has a crying moment. Whether it be Dayne, with his and Katies supposed struggle in getting pregnant, which hello, if you already have 1 child and it has only been 3 years to get pregnant again, that isnt a struggle! Baileys dancer friend that becomes a Christian is the onl...more

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Oct 07, 2011 Janet rated it 4 of 5 stars

Longing is the third book in the Bailey series. Bailey has loved Cody since she was in high school and she is now in New York dancing in Hair Spray.We have watched her finish high school, go to college, film the movie Unlocked and move to New York. We have watched this relationship hit high points and very low points. In the last book (maybe it was the one before) Bailey started a relationship with Brandon Paul, a very popular movie star from Hollywood that she filmed Unlocked with.

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Jan 18, 2012 Elle rated it 5 of 5 stars

Karen Kingsbury has captured our hearts again. The Flannigan’s have invited us into their lives once again as Bailey continues to perform on Broadway and begins making decisions about her future and figuring out where God is leading her, and who He is leading her too. Continuing to run a small Bible Study with members of the cast Bailey continues to face challenges in sharing her faith with the cast.

Cody is leading the Lyle football game to a winning season and the nation has begun to hear about...more

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Jan 02, 2012 Regina Spiker rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I believe I enjoyed this book, number three in the Bailey Flanigan series, more than the second release. Bailey and Brandon Paul's relationship grows stronger and moves forward, whereas Cody - thanks to his friend Cheyenne, discovers something about himself and reconnects with the Flanigan family. It seems to have a faster pace than number two and doesn't just bog down forever in the past relationship of Cody and Bailey. Bailey also finds her stint on Broadway ending, opening doors to new possib...more

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Dec 07, 2011 Aimee rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The trouble I have with these books is that they drag on forever. I skipped the book before this and felt like I really hadn't missed much at all. This is Christian fiction and it is heavy on the Christian. I knew that going into it though so I can't really complain. I'm just ready to see this Bailey/Cody/Brandon saga reach a conclusion.

I listened to this on a long car drive. I'll pick up the last book in this series to have some closure, but I don't think I'll be reading any more of Karen King...more

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Nov 26, 2011 Paula rated it 5 of 5 stars

I had this pre-ordered and couldn't wait to start reading once it arrived. So glad that in this book Bailey does finally make a choice between Cody and Brandon and seems to be happy with her choice and the direction her life is headed. I was surprised by the dilemma that Cody faces but pleased that he turned to his faith in God to get him through. I felt like this was a great look at Bailey's life as she continues to grow up and face life in New York. As with all her novels, Karen Kingsbury remi...more

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Jun 06, 2012 Siobhan Parker rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Karen Kingsbury fans

As the story of Bailey, Cody, and Brandon continues, big events happen. There's a death; someone becomes a Christian; there's a fight; and, of course, the quasi-love-triangle between the three main characters is still going strong. If you've been keeping up with the series this far, no doubt you feel at least somewhat emotionally vested in the characters, and Longing definitely delivers in that respect. I do feel, though, that the series is getting slightly tired, much like a sitcom entering its...more

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Jan 16, 2012 Becki rated it 3 of 5 stars

Bailey and Cody…the saga continues. This story took some twists I did not anticipate.
I was sad for Bailey that her run on Broadway ended…and a little disappointed that she gave up on Broadway so soon. Brandon still seems a bit too good to be true to me. But perhaps that’s just my cynical side talking. And, of course, I’m always rooting for Cody.
Although this story was really good at revealing some of Cody’s flaws and showing more of his self-actualization.
As always, I enjoyed the glimpses into...more

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Mar 16, 2013 Katie rated it 3 of 5 stars

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This series of books is a tricky one for me to review. On the one hand, they are kind of cheesy with sweeping and dramatic story lines (every crisis under the sun seems to find its way to these characters) and Kingsbury writes about these families with the same epic drama usually reserved for Old Testament patriarchs.

And yet . . .

I read all 4 in a week.

So obviously they weren't that bad :)

The best way to describe them is probably "Christian soap opera." There is nothing inappropriate in the book...more

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Mar 26, 2012 Danae rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book is definitely the best of series so far. The writing is not spectacular, but this one doesn't have the "triteness" of the other two, which I personally appreciate. I will say, however, that I'm still not a huge fan of Brandon. I want to like him, but he's just a little too perfect. Having Jesus in your life doesn't mean you change overnight, but that's what seemed to happen to him. I'd like to see him make a few mistakes - make a movie he regrets, be portrayed incorrectly by the media,...more

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Mar 05, 2012 Debbie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Ever since i read Reunion, from the Baxter series and first met Bailey Flanigan and Cody Coleman. I have grown to love them both and dreaming that they fall in love and get married.
All through the series of the Firstborn Series, Sunrise Series, until I read the Above the Line series and Bailey met Brandon Paul, and he started to fall for Bailey...and she started to fall for him as well! My heart is still hoping for Bailey and Cody, but I'm starting to think it might not happen.
Anyways "Longing"...more

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Apr 08, 2012 Angela Bycroft rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Another winner from Karen Kingsbury. Although 3rd in the series this book ceretainly didn't have me 'longing' for it to end. Quite the contary.

Continue the drama in Bailey Flannigan's life - we catch up with the story as the threads start to draw the story inward slightly. Times in New York begin to end and there are some poinent scenes as cast memebers come to realise just what Bailey has been demonstrating to them all along.

Cody and his friend Cheyanne have a pretty intense time of it as wel...more

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Jan 30, 2012 Pam rated it 4 of 5 stars

I liked this book somewhat better then the first two in this series. But the same problem persists in this book that I've had with the others and that's that Bailey and Cody still don't get together. It just seems so very odd to me that the author, Karen Kingsbury, would set it up in her previous series to show through a prayer and answer to prayer that Bailey and Cody were going to be married in the future, and now it's like that part of the story has been forgotten by the author. Anyway, there...more

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Sep 08, 2012 Lydia rated it 4 of 5 stars

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"Longing" is an excellent third installment to the Bailey Flanigan series. Again, we see the trials and joys Bailey encounters, but we also see some resolutions to issues from Bailey's past. The possiblity of an engagement is brought around, and Bailey must truly ask herself difficult life questions. Could she truly forever live in LA with Brandon?
Also, we see Cody develop into a stronger man of faith with an opinion. Does he REALLY love Bailey, or just the idea of her? And what about Cheyenne...more

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Nov 25, 2012 Heidi rated it 4 of 5 stars

Ok, KK still has me bawling my eyes out. This book really flipped things for me! I am enjoying this series more because I think real life has entered into them a little more...I don't know, maybe it's because she's modeling Bailey after her daughter who has entered the big wide world and been hit by adult life. I still don't like how the men are so perfect and listen and are polite and adore their wives, are spiritual leaders, good looking, wealthy...I'm sorry, my husband but I'm leaving you for...more

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Jun 25, 2012 Emmy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: christian-books, young-adult, feel-good-book, clean-books

This is the third book in the series and I really enjoyed it. I found myself almost skimming it at times as I just wanted to find out what was going to happen next but at the same time just wanted to say, enough already just get to some conclusion! Karen often will recap and state little things that happened in the previous books- which would be good if you picked up the series halfway through, but gets a little redundant if you read it in order.
This book left me feeling good and left and think...more

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USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury is America’s #1 inspirational novelist. There are more than 15 million copies of her award-winning books in print, including several million copies sold in the past year. Karen has written more than 40 novels, ten of which have hit #1 on national lists.

Karen has a true love for her readers, and she has nearly 1...more FROM AUTHOR'S WEBSITE:

USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury is America’s #1 inspirational novelist. There are more than 15 million copies of her award-winning books in print, including several million copies sold in the past year. Karen has written more than 40 novels, ten of which have hit #1 on national lists.

Karen has a true love for her readers, and she has nearly 100,000 friends on Facebook along with more than 7,500 followers on Twitter. The popular social networking sites have allowed Karen daily interaction with her reader friends.

Karen is best known for her Life-Changing Fiction (TM) and for creating unforgettable characters. When speaking before women's groups - some with more than 10,000 in attendance - Karen makes audiences laugh and cry with her compelling story-telling. She likes to tell attendees they have, "One chance to write the story of their lives," and her talk focuses on reminding women to live every day loving well, laughing often, and finding true life in Jesus Christ. Karen routinely speaks before more than 100,000 women each year.

Karen's latest novel, Above the Line, Take Three, released March 23rd, 2010. Take Three is the third in the Above the Line Series. Look for the final installment in this series, Above The Line, Take Four to hit stores June 22nd, 2010. Shades of Blue, Karen's latest stand alone title, hit stores in October, 2009. Karen's newest series, Above The Line Series began with Take One, which released in March, 2009. The second book in this series, Take Two released in June 2009.

Karen's recent title, This Side of Heaven landed in the #5 spot on the CBD Bestselling Fiction List. Also, Karen's novel, Sunset landed #2 on the New York Times Best Seller's List. Karen has also written many best selling series including The Redemption Series and the Firstborn Series. Her fiction has made her one of the country’s favorite storytellers. Several of Karen's novels are being considered for major motion picture movies. Her emotionally gripping titles include the 9-11 Series, Even Now, Ever After, and Between Sundays.

Karen is also a public speaker, reaching more than 100,000 women annually through various national events. Karen and her husband, Don, live in the Pacific Northwest with their six children, three of whom are adopted from Haiti.
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