8 Karen Kingsbury Romance Novels to Teach the True Meaning of Love

Somewhere in heaven, a decision has been made. An Angels Walking team has been assigned to a desperate mission on Earth to help a man in serious need of help. 

Tyler Ames was once a big-time baseball player with throngs of fans watching from the sidelines, but in a quest to make it to the big leagues, he lost everything and hit rock bottom. Across the country, Tyler’s only love, Sami Dawson, has moved on. 

A series of small miracles leads Tyler to a maintenance job at a retirement home and a friendship with Virginia Hutcheson, an elderly woman with Alzheimer’s, who strangely might have the answers he so desperately seeks. The angels have bigger plans for Tyler than he ever could have imagined for himself.

When Kari Baxter Jacobs finds out that her husband not is only involved in an adulterous relationship, but also wants a divorce, she decides instead to commit herself further to her marriage. She believes that love, both for her family and for God, will help them through this turmoil, and that their faith will redeem even the most hopeless of situations. 

Redemption is the first in a series of five novels that explores how the Baxter family endure through their darkest times.

Elizabeth Baxter is arguably the breakout character of Kingsbury's work. Over the years, Kingsbury's readers have inundated her with letters seeking the wisdom and solace that Elizabeth offers her fictional family. 

Now, Kingsbury has chosen to share them for the rest of the world. She once penned a letter to her children, in which she included her very own "Ten Secrets to a Happy Marriage." Now, here it is for everyone else!

Despite needing a heart transplant and against the advice of her doctor, Mary Catherine moves to Uganda to work at a brand-new orphanage. She knows her life is coming to an end soon, and she wants to spend whatever time she has left doing something for those less fortunate. 

The only problem is Major League Baseball player Marcus Dillinger, the man she never meant to fall in love with. He wants to marry Mary Catherine and spend their lives together, but he doesn't know just how serious her heart condition is. Once it is revealed, he goes on a desperate life-or-death mission to rescue her and get her to a U.S. hospital before time runs out.

Zack Dylan left his family's horse farm in Kentucky to compete on the popular reality television show Fifteen Minutes. Overnight, he became a star, the most beloved country singer in America. 

But he remembers his promise to those he loves: He won't let fame change him, and he won't compromise on his beliefs. As industry figures ask him to stay quiet on his faith, Zack faces a crisis. 

His girlfriend Reese Weatherly, a therapeutic horse instructor, is no longer sure about her relationship with Zack or the wedding they had dreamed about. And Chandra Olson, one of the judges on Fifteen Minutes, is desperate to help Zack find his way lest he lose his sense of purpose as she once did.

Wendell Quinn is a high-school principal who has introduced a Bible study group to his students. One student's parent is suing him for breaching the separation of church and state. 

Enter Luke Baxter, a lawyer specializing in religious freedom cases, who has vowed to stand up for what he believes in. But this case is tough and has attracted a lot of attention that he's unprepared for. His wife, Reagan, worries about his increased hours and time away from the family. She knows his job is crucial, but at what cost?

Ashley Baxter Blake discovered a letter tucked into a chain-link fence. It wasn't meant for her. The recipient is someone named Jenna. The sender is Brady Bradshaw. 

When Brady was a child, the Oklahoma City bombing killed his mother. A decade ago, he met Jenna Phillips, whose parents were also killed in the attack. For a handful of beautiful hours, Brady and Jenna shared a deep connection. But Brady never saw her again after that, and Ashley wonders if she can help this stranger find this woman. Her family think she's nuts, and her husband is skeptical of their intentions, but love is a powerful force that can heal all wounds.

In 1941, as the Second World War rages overseas, Irvel Ellis is too focused on her secret to take much notice of such things. She's in love with Hank but is dating his brother Sam, and she has no idea how to untangle the mess. 

Then, the unthinkable happens and Pearl Harbor is attacked. With their lives turned upside down overnight, Sam is drafted, and Hank wants to enlist. But Sam insists Hank stay home, where he and Irvel shall wait for his return. While Sam fights in Europe, the chemistry between forbidden lovers grows. Tragedy engulfs them and more and more men are being drafted for battle. Will Irvel lose everything, and will either brother make it out of the war alive?