In This Moment: A Novel

IN THIS MOMENT Is more than a Baxter family novel. The storyline takes you into today's headlines and Karen Kingsbury gives us a story that is a definite masterpiece. We get to catch up with the beloved Baxter family, but the main focus is on the youngest Baxter, Luke. Lawyer and religious freedom fighter. Luke is passionate in his job defending others religious rights and freedoms. But, at what cost? Long hours and late nights has put a strain on his marriage and family life. Can he learn to balance both? Will the love and support from his wife and family help him? For the biggest fight of his life defending religious freedom is about to unfold..... Wendell Quinn, principal of Hamilton High School needs to find a way to change his failing school. Tired of the violence, drug abuse and teen pregnancies, he decides to start a voluntary after school Bible study group called Raise The Bar. He knows the risks, but with much prayer and his love for his students he goes ahead with his plan. Will the students and faculty embrace the group? Will it make a difference? Change happens and his school is back on track until a student's father finds out his daughter is attending the group. A lawsuit. Will Wendell shut the group down? In his research, Wendell had made note of the only man he would want to defend him if this happened. Luke Baxter. Luke is hesitant at first. Can he find precedent to help win the case? Will Principal Quinn lose everything? Will the jury reach the right verdict? IN THIS MOMENT takes you inside the courtroom for the battle of justice in religious liberty. As I read IN THIS MOMENT, I found myself realizing in today's world, religious freedoms are seriously at risk. Lawsuits? Not being able to pray, read your Bible or speak God's name? Not exactly how our founding fathers envisioned our world today. The words that Wendell Quinn was given by his youth football coach will be forever with me, " What good can I do in this moment? " How far would you go to preserve your freedoms? Karen Kingsbury always leaves you with a message and the story always stays with you days after you are finished reading. Faith, family, and freedom, worth fighting for. Karen Kingsbury, I loved IN THIS MOMENT! Thank you for bringing a very relevant story to us. Highly recommend reading.

Absolutely awesome!

Enjoy the family this author created. Love through trials with a family that sticks together and helps each other and focusing on God through it all

Karen Kingsbury gives such an amazing spirit filled story. This story had a lovely current event feel to it that tugged at my heart strings every page. I loved the story she weaved from new characters, to The Baxter family I love reading about. I really felt like Karen Kingsbury truly is one of the best authors of this time. I love her stories and how she always spreads the gospel. This time we aren’t just seeing the Baxter family, we meet new characters. A principal and his son. Principal Quinn is trying to help his school while his son wants to help in any way he can. The story goes through everyone’s trials and tribulations, but it also shows God’s grace. Relationships are formed and families are tested. Truly a wonderful read.

I pursued and finished the book. Liked it but it definitely took more to pay attention plus it took me weeks to read it. Not a day like the other ones.

I read my first Karen Kingsbury book Love Story: A Novel (The Baxter Family Book 1) this past summer and fell in love with the Baxter family! I started working my way through the Baxter series and read a number of standalone novels as well. When I saw there was another book in the Baxter series coming out, I pre-ordered it because I couldn't wait to get my hands on it! Wendell Quinn is the principal for Hamilton High School, a school in Indiana that is on the verge of being shut down. Wendell is frustrated because his school has high crime rates, a lot of gangs, and poor attendance records and grades. He's tried everything he can think of to help his students succeed but nothing has worked. Wendell is a religious man with four children whom he loves dearly. He lost his wife years ago yet he never lost his faith in God. Wendell decides to start a voluntary after school Bible study club. He knows his move is risky but he researches it thoroughly as a last effort to save his school and his students. What happens after that first Bible study club meeting will forever change his life and everyone affected by it. I kept eyeballing the calendar and counting down the days until this book arrived on my Kindle. I get excited every time I start reading a Karen Kingsbury novel because I know the story is going to be a good one! In This Moment didn't disappoint one bit. In fact, I couldn't help but compare parts of it, in particular the courtroom and legal parts, to Jodi Picoult's novels (who happens to be another of my favorite authors). While the two authors have different writing styles, I liked how Karen Kingsbury incorporates a controversial subject (bringing religion and God into a public school) in this novel, much like what Jodi Picoult does. I loved this novel and was immediately hooked when I started reading it! I want to mention that this novel isn't entirely about the Baxters but they all make appearances. Luke Baxter is the one who we read about the most and the way the Baxters all come together to help one another never ceases to amaze me. Though the interactions with the rest of the Baxters is fairly minimal, I still feel this story is well-done and very powerful. I loved every minute of it and am looking forward to the next one in the series!

What an inspirational and well written novel! There mwere many twists and turns, but the main message was what happens when we have total faith in God. One of the best books I have read.

Awesome book. Karen Kingsbury is an amazing writer.

Brilliant. A real testimony to the reality of an amazing God, and how He works in the lives of ordinary people who trust Him.

You don't need to know all the past characters from Karen Kingsbury's previous books to get absorbed into this story. But it certainly has inspired me to know more about their stories. Looking forward to learning more about some of the characters in her previous novels.

Karen kingsbury never disappoints! Love her books!

Karen is a fantastic writer. My wife loved this book.