Books like Novels by Karen Kingsbury

In the third book of the Bailey Flanigan Series, a long‑silenced romance reawakens as Bailey Flanigan reconnects with her Hollywood co‑star Brandon Paul and contemplates a fading love with Cody Coleman amid New York nightlife and a small‑town football crisis.

In this heartfelt continuation of Karen Kingsbury’s Baxter family saga, Bailey Flanigan pursues her stage dream in New York while Cody Coleman coaches a high‑school football team in the Midwest. Their physical and emotional distance forces them to confront love, ambition, and the need for support.

A couple reunites after twenty‑one years, but a sudden car crash threatens their family, faith, and future as the Reynolds work to rebuild their bond and live with the painful loss.

Fame follows Hollywood star Dayne Matthews as he confronts love and family ties that collide with his beloved career.

When the Baxter family gathers for a reunion, secrets threatened by a recent tornado and a wish from a dying mother force a desperate search for a missing firstborn son and the unraveling of long‑hidden truths.

Four compelling short stories of Christian life and love, from different American settings and time periods.

In a small Pennsylvania town, a century‑old statue of Christ sparks a battle over church and state, challenging a powerful attorney, a principled newscaster, and their tangled pasts in a story of faith, love, and justice.

A collection of three Amish stories that celebrate love, family, and faith within a close‑knit community where the kitchen is the heart of the home.

The Bailey Flanigan series begins with Bailey leaving Bloomington for the adventure of a lifetime. She has won an audition for the ensemble of a Broadway musical in New York City. She s determined to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but is she really ready to leave family and friends for the loneliness of the city? And what of Cody? His disappearance has her worried about their future and praying that their love can survive. In order to be closer to his mother in jail, Cody takes a coaching job in a small community outside Indianapolis. New friends, distance, and circumstances expose cracks in his relationship with Bailey Flanigan. Love, loneliness, big opportunities, and even bigger decisions highlight the first book in the new Bailey Flanigan series that features members of the popular Baxter family and finally completes the Bailey Flanigan/Cody Coleman story."

#1 bestselling author Karen Kingsbury tells the heartwrenching story of Cody Gunner, a widower fighting for stability, and the woman who wants to help him trust again--even when trust is the most terrifying thing of all.Still aching over his wife's death, Cody Gunner can't bear the thought of also letting go of his Down's 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.

Brooke Baxter balances a successful career, a loving home, and two children while rekindling her faith. When a devastating loss strikes, she must confront the resilience of her faith and marriage.