01662nam a22001937a 4500 20250507010735.0 241021b sa ||||| |||| 00| 1 eng d 9781982104252 hbk RDA OCLC E EF KING Kingsbury, Karen 2331 The Baxters A prequel by Karen Kingsbury New York Atria Books 2022 333 pages 22 cm The Baxters A terrible storm builds in the early morning sky over Bloomington, Indiana, as Elizabeth Baxter prepares to celebrate her daughter Kari’s wedding to Tim Jacobs. It’s supposed to be the happiest of days, but Elizabeth can’t shake a growing sense of dread. Is the storm a sign? Something bad is about to happen. Elizabeth knows it. Indeed, there are dark currents of conflict and doubt coursing through the Baxter family. In the midst of them, Kari Baxter is starting to panic. Is marrying Tim a mistake? And what about her family? Her brother Luke is angry and resentful of their sister Ashley, who has recently returned from Paris, a single mom with a son she too often leaves with their parents. At the same time, Ashley and their sister Brooke have lost the faith that is the family’s glue. Against all this, Kari sees Ashley rejecting her longtime love, Landon Blake, who clearly cares for her, no matter what happened in Paris. When the storm reaches a terrifying crescendo, a shocking moment of danger brings important truths to light. At the end of the long day, can the Baxters remain a family, tested but stronger? ddc BOOK 174 Sanet Schoeman CRON CRON 769213 769212 0 0 ddc 0 0 F STANRL NTHOL FIC 2024-10-21 319.95 0 EF KING 33228031152308 2024-10-21 2024-10-21 BOOK