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A M
OMENT OF
W
EAKNESS

Book Two
When childhood friends Jade and Tanner reunite as adults, they share their hearts, souls, and dreams of forever—until a fateful decision tears them apart. Now, nearly a decade later, Jades unfaithful husband wants to destroy her in a custody battle that is about to send shock waves across the United States. Only one man can help Jade in her darkest hour. And only one old woman knows the truth that can set them all free.

H
ALFWAY TO
F
OREVER

Book Three
Matt and Hannah…Jade and Tanner—after already surviving much, these couples now face the greatest struggles of their lives: Parental losses and life-threatening illness threaten to derail their faith and sideline their futures. Can Hannah survive the loss of an adopted daughter? Will Tanner come through decades of loneliness only to face losing Jade one final time?

A
BOUT THE
A
UTHOR…

Karen Kingsbury is an award-winning author and former reporter for the
Los Angeles Times
and
Los Angeles Daily News.
She is also a recognized author with the Women of Faith Fiction Club. Kingsbury lives with her husband and six children in Washington.

KAREN KINGSBURY
AND PRISM COFOUNDER TONI VOGT
THE PRISM WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM

The PRISM
®
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by bestselling author Karen Kingsbury and PRISM cofounder Toni Vogt, the book shows readers how to not just “tame the monster” of food addiction, but destroy it through simple eating strategies and biblical principles. It includes testimonials, descriptions of the authors’ personal struggles with food addiction, details of the program, and a fabulous recipe section that will help readers become the fit people God created them to be.

From Bestselling Author
KAREN BALL

Her daughter Faith is the answer to Ann’s lifelong prayer to be a mother. But her dream is shattered when the teenager rejects Ann’s love and the love of God. After years pass, and God heals their relationship, Ann falls seriously ill. Faith watches her mother weaken, struggling with role reversals and leaning on God as never before. Through all the intricacies of their relationship, all the joys and trials, they are reminded that God is with them. He brings them peace in the darkness, joy in the midst of sorrow, and hope in the face of death.

“Karen Ball has penned a modern classic and given us two unforgettable characters to root for. This is an author to watch!”

—ROBIN LEE HATCHER, bestselling author of
Firstborn
and
Promised to Me

Gabe and Renee Roman are on the edge—relationally and spiritually. But after years of struggling in their marriage, their greatest test comes in the most unexpected of forms: a blizzard in the Oregon wilderness. Their truck hurtles down the side of a mountain, and suddenly they are forced to fight for survival by relying on each other. But both must surrender their last defenses if they are to come home at last—to God and to each other. Only then will they learn the most important truths of all: God is sufficient, and only through obedience to His call can we find true joy. Can the Romans overcome their greatest obstacle—themselves—in time?

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This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

WHEN JOY CAME TO STAY
published by Multnomah Books
A division of Random House, Inc.

Published in association with the literary agency of Alive Communications, Inc.
7680 Goddard St., Suite 200, Colorado Springs, CO 80920

© 2000 by Karen Kingsbury

All Scripture quotations are taken from
The Holy Bible
, New International Version © 1973, 1984 by International Bible
Society, used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House
The Holy Bible
, New King James Version © 1984 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Excerpts from the hymn G
REAT IS
T
HEY
F
AITHFULNESS
by Thomas O. Chisholm
© 1923, Ren. 1951 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188.
All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or
by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or otherwise—without prior written permission.

For information:
Multnomah Books
12265 Oracle Boulevard, Suite 200
Colorado Springs, CO 80921

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kingsbury, Karen.
  When Joy came to stay/by Karen Kingsbury.
      p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-56862-5
1. Women—Fiction. 2. Identity (Psychology)—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3561.I483 W48 2000
813′.54—dc21   00-009451

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