Loving (34 page)
Authors: Karen Kingsbury
Tags: #Romance, #Christian, #Fiction, #Religious, #General
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It’s as simple as this: God’s heart comes off these pages — every line, every word. You can feel the love and redemption of Christ through every character’s life in each book. The message is a message of hope, hope in the One who has saved us and reigns victorious!
Brenae D.
Karen’s books are like a personal Bible study — there are so many situations that can be applied directly to the truths found in God’s Word to help strengthen and encourage me …
Laura G.
I have read many of Karen’s books, and I cry with every one. I feel like I actually know the people in the story, and my heart goes out to all of them when something happens!
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Karen truly has a God-given talent … I have laughed, cried, and rejoiced with your characters as if they were real people! Please keep writing, Karen … I can’t put your books down! God bless you!
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My daughter and I “fight” to read Karen’s books first. She has even said, “Mom, I’ll do dishes.
You
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Recently I made an effort to find
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Karen’s books speak to the heart. They are timely, entertaining, but more important, they speak God’s love into hungry souls.
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! I have bought every one of them. I love getting my friends “hooked” on Karen Kingsbury!
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Karen Kingsbury really brings fiction to life, and I’m “longing” to read the next segment. Real men really do read KK!
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Bailey Flanigan Series
Leaving
Learning
Longing
Loving
9/11 Series
One Tuesday Morning
Beyond Tuesday Morning
Remember Tuesday Morning (formerly Every Now and Then)
Lost Love Series
Even Now
Ever After
Above the Line Series
Above the Line: Take One
Above the Line: Take Two
Above the Line: Take Three
Above the Line: Take Four
Stand-Alone Titles
Oceans Apart
Between Sundays
This Side of Heaven
When Joy Came to Stay
On Every Side
Divine
Like Dandelion Dust
Where Yesterday Lives
Shades of Blue
Unlocked
Redemption Series
Redemption
Remember
Return
Rejoice
Reunion
Firstborn Series
Fame
Forgiven
Found
Family
Forever
Sunrise Series
Sunrise
Summer
Someday
Sunset
Red Glove Series
Gideon’s Gift
Maggie’s Miracle
Sarah’s Song
Hannah’s Hope
Forever Faithful Series
Waiting for Morning
Moment of Weakness
Halfway to Forever
Women of Faith Fiction Series
A Time to Dance
A Time to Embrace
Cody Gunner Series
A Thousand Tomorrows
Just Beyond the Clouds
This Side of Heaven
Children’s Titles
Let Me Hold You Longer
Let’s Go on a Mommy Date
We Believe in Christmas
Let’s Have a Daddy Day
The Princess and the Three Knights
The Brave Young Knight
Go Ahead and Dream
Far Flutterby
Miracle Collections
A Treasury of Christmas Miracles
A Treasury of Miracles for Women
A Treasury of Miracles for Teens
A Treasury of Miracles for Friends
A Treasury of Adoption Miracles
Miracles — a Devotional
Gift Books
Stay Close Little Girl
Be Safe Little Boy
Forever Young: Ten Gifts of Faith for the Graduate
www.KarenKingsbury.com
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Loving
Copyright © 2012 by Karen Kingsbury
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kingsbury, Karen.
Loving / Karen Kingsbury.
p. cm. — (Bailey Flanigan series; bk. 4)
I. Title.
PS3561.I4873L68 2012
813’.54 — dc23
2011051998
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