Sort of a standalone, but part of the faith-based/inspirational Baxter Family universe of novels.
This one details the life of Ashley Baxter when she lived abroad in Paris and how that time had repercussions, both immediate and decades later, in her life and the lives of those around her. ( )

Read 5 chapters. Couldn’t finish, boring, couldn’t keep up with characters. Churchy

Once again, Karen Kingsbury has written a book that is tied up in a bow. Or reads like a Hallmark movie. (And I don't mean that in a nice way.) When topics of redemption, grace, and moving in from the past feel like trivial plot points and cursory Christian lip service....you have a problem. Also "angels" constantly saving the day? Sure..yeah...okay.

The plot of Ashley Baxter returning to Paris held lots of potential. For those of us who have read every Baxter book, we know the significance of that place. And truly, in a time where there isn't much traveling, Karen did a great job taking us there. But Karen should have avoided trying to make a villain, a suspense element. Oh that BOMBED and was a plot point with a resolution that made me shake my head. (Seriously we the reader had been expecting an attempt on her life and then....the villain was just caught.?! )

I continue to read the Baxter.books. but I really feel like it's time for them to be over. Franchises can only last so long. And when you rely on Joel Osteen like platitudes and constant references to Liberty University..... The reader feels disengaged. Or at least this one does. ( )

I haven't read a Karen Kingsbury Baxter family book in a long time, so I had forgotten a lot about what has happened to the family. I think I was drawn to this book by the title and cover picture. I hope other people enjoy it as a solid Christian novel and maybe a little bit of Paris travelogue. ( )

Ashley returns to Paris, but this time she has to sadly remember her first visit to the romantic city and share what happened.