Karen Kingsbury - Take Two

Karen Kingsbury

Above the Line Series

Take Two

BOOK TWO

ZONDERVAN

Take Two

Copyright 2009 by Karen Kingsbury

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Karens book Oceans Apart changed my life. She has an amazing gift of bringing a reader into her stories. I can only pray she never stops writing.

Susan L.

Everyone should have the opportunity to read or listen to a book by Karen Kingsbury. It should be in the Bill of Rights.

Rachel S.

I want to thank Karen Kingsbury for what she is doing with the power of her storytelling touching hearts like mine and letting God use her to change the world for Him.

Brittney N.

Karen Kingsburys books are filled with the unshakable, remarkable, miraculous fact that Gods grace is greater than our suffering. There are no words for Ms. Kingsburys writing.

Wendie K.

Because I loaned these books to my mother, she BECAME a Christian! Thank you for a richer life here and in heaven!

Jennifer E.

When I read my first Karen Kingsbury book, I couldnt stop. I read thirteen more in one summer!

Jamie B.

I have never read anything so uplifting and entertaining. Im shocked as I read each new release because its always better than the last one.

Bonnie S.

I am unable to put your books down, and I plan to read many more of them. What a wonderful spiritual message I find in each one!

Rhonda T.

I love the way Karen Kingsbury writes, and the topics she chooses to write about! Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us, your readers!

Barbara S.

My husband is equally hooked on your books. It is a family affair for us now! Cant wait for the next one.

Angie

I cant even begin to tell you what your books mean to me. Thank you for your wonderful books and the way they touch my life again and again.

Martje L.

Every time our school buys your next new book, everybody goes crazy trying to read it first!

Roxanne

Recently I made an effort to find GOOD Christian writers, and Ive hit the jackpot with Karen Kingsbury!

Linda

When Karen Kingsbury calls her books Life-Changing Fiction, shes merely telling the unvarnished truth. Im still sorting through the changes in my life that have come from reading just a few of her books!

Robert M.

I must admit that I wish I was a much slower reader or you were a much faster writer. Either way, I cant seem to get enough of Karen Kingsburys books!

Jillian B.

I was offered $50 one time in the airport for the fourth book in the Redemption Series. The ladys husband just couldnt understand why I wasnt interested in selling it. Through sharing Karens books with my friends, many have decided that contemporary Christian fiction is the next best thing to the Bible. Thank you so much, Karen. It is truly a God-thing that you write the way you do.

Sue Ellen H.

Karen Kingsburys books have made me see things in ways that I had never thought about before. I have to force myself to put them down and come up for air!

Tabitha H.

9/11 Series

One Tuesday Morning

Beyond Tuesday Morning

Every Now and Then

Lost Love Series

Even Now

Ever After

Every Now and Then

Above the Line Series

Above the Line: Take One

Above the Line: Take Two

Above the Line: Take Three (spring 2010)

Above the Line: Final Cut (summer 2010)

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 (fall 2009)

Redemption Series

Redemption

Remember

Return

Rejoice

Reunion

Firstborn Series

Fame

Forgiven

Found

Family

Forever

Sunrise Series

Sunrise

Summer

Someday

Sunset

Red Glove Series

Gideons Gift

Maggies Miracle

Sarahs Song

Hannahs 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

Childrens Titles

Let Me Hold You Longer

Lets Go on a Mommy Date

We Believe in Christmas

Lets Go Have a Daddy Day (spring 2009)

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

Gift Books

Stay Close Little Girl

Be Safe Little Boy

Forever Young: Ten Gifts of Faith for the Graduate

www.KarenKingsbury.com

To Donald, my Prince Charming

How I rejoice to see you coaching again, sharing your gift of teaching and your uncanny basketball ability with another generation of kids and best yet, now our boys are part of the mix. Isnt this what we always dreamed of? I love sitting back this time and letting you and God figure it out. Ill always be here cheering for you and the team from the bleachers. But Gods taught me a thing or two about being a coachs wife. Hes so good that way. Its fitting that you would find varsity coaching again now after twenty years of marriage. Hard to believe that as you read this, our twentieth anniversary has come and gone. I look at you and I still see the blond, blue-eyed guy who would ride his bike to my house and read the Bible with me before a movie date. You stuck with me back then and you stand by me now when I need you more than ever. I love you, my husband, my best friend, my Prince Charming. Stay with me, by my side, and lets watch our children take wing, savoring every memory and each day gone by. Always and always The ride is breathtakingly beautiful, my love. I pray it lasts far into our twilight years. Until then, Ill enjoy not always knowing where I end and you begin. I love you always and forever.