TY - BOOK AU - Kingsbury,Karen TI - The Baxters: a prequel SN - 9781982104252 U1 - 813/.6 23/eng/20220420 PY - 2022/// CY - New York PB - Atria Books KW - Weddings KW - Fiction KW - Storms KW - Families KW - Brothers and sisters KW - Christian life KW - Bloomington (Ind.) KW - Fictional Work KW - Christian fiction KW - lcgft KW - Romance fiction KW - Religious fiction KW - Domestic fiction KW - Novels N1 - "Soon to be a TV series"--Dust jacket; "A Baxter Family Stand-Alone title."; Includes discussion questions (pages 317-319) N2 - On Kari Baxter's wedding day, a building storm brings conflict and doubt to the family until a moment of danger reveals important truths, which could bring them back together or tear them apart; A terrible storm builds in the morning sky over Bloomington, Indiana, as Elizabeth Baxter prepares to celebrate her daughter Kari's wedding to Tim Jacobs. Elizabeth can't shake a growing sense that something bad is about to happen. In the midst of the family, Kari Baxter is starting to panic. Is marrying Tim a mistake? 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? -- adapted from jacket ER -