Fame (Baxter Family Drama―Firstborn Series)

I began reading the redemption series and couldn't stop. Naturally I had to continue with the Firstborn series. Karen doesn't disappoint :) After a weekend I'm already on Forgiven. There's so much to find out!

Love this book. I know the setting and characters are fiction, but Karen brings them to life. I love the way she incorporates the Christian values into each of her books. I know lots of people have found Christ by reading her books.

I am falling in love with Karen Kingsbury. Her characters and the story lines...there is always a twist or turn of events that catches you. So, it is a page turner for sure. And I love that it is a Christian novel. Even if you are NOT Christian you would still find this book, this author entertaining! I have read 3 of her books in 5 weeks if that means anything!!

FAME is the first book in the Firstborn series, which follows the Redemption series by Karen Kingsbury.

Dayne Matthews, Hollywood heartthrob, whom we briefly met in REUNION, is captivated by Katy Hart. Katy is a director of children's theater that Dayne stumbled across while he was in Bloomington, Indiana. Though their meeting was brief and one-sided, for whatever reason Dayne can't seem to get Katy out of his mind. When he returns to Hollywood and is cast in a new romantic comedy, the only woman he can picture to play his leading lady is Katy. After digging into her background, and finding out she was once an actress before a director of children's theater, Dayne convinces the casting director to give her a call. Dayne's infatuation with Katy is of overwhelming proportions. His mind wanders constantly about how it would be if they became more than co-stars. His fear-the Hollywood lifestyle will scare her off, and the down home, wholesome, Katy will never be able to see past his tabloid, playboy image.

Katy Hart cannot believe what is happening to her. One day she is casting the roles for her children's theater, and the next, she is being contacted by a Hollywood casting director wanting her to test for an upcoming movie starring none other than Dayne Matthews, Hollywood's own Don Juan. Though she is convinced it is some kind of joke or a mistake, Katy agrees to fly to Hollywood to do a reading. The electricity she feels with Dayne Matthews is immediate. And soon, Katy feels the struggle of wanting to reach for her dream, and the fear of being drawn into a lifestyle diametrically opposed to her conservative values.

I could not wait to read FAME. I've had it since its original release in 2005 but never found the time to read it. When the series, starting with the Redemption series from Karen Kingsbury continued to expand, I fell further behind. So, it was with much anticipation I began to read. Sometimes that kind of anticipation leaves you wanting. I would not say I was disappointed, but I did find myself breezing over some of the longer sections written from the authorial view, and would speed through the sections that did not center on Katy and Dayne. Ms. Kingsbury took her time in developing the story between Katy and Dayne, but all too soon, it came to an abrupt end. I was a little disappointed with the ending, feeling as if too many frayed ends were left exposed. I can only hope that FORGIVEN, the second book in the series, ties up some of those ends without it becoming more drawn out. I am all for suspense, and leaving the reader dangling, but not so much when the filler used to extend the storyline is not as intriguing.

This book is the first book in the Firstborn Series by Karen Kingsbury. I love how the author shows the life of a man who doesn't know the Lord. Dayne is an actor full of life living in Hollywood and enjoying all it has to offer (so he thinks). But when he meets Katy Hart he is swept off his feet by her gracious heart and ability to act and he is drawn to her like no other. But she won't settle for just anybody.

By a chance meeting he meets Luke Baxter and he knows there's more than meets the eye. Join Dayne on this journey of discovering that there's more to life than movies, boos, and women. And that knowing "a Baxter" is just the beginning.

I absolutely fell in love with the writings of Karen Kingsbury after reading the Redemption Series. That series ended with the knowledge that there was a 6th Baxter child out there and we were introduced to Dayne Matthews. This series picks right up from the last. We still see the Baxter family making appearances as they learn about their long lost brother. This book is the first of 5 in the series that gives us more insight to the world of Dayne-Hollywood and it's not so glamorous side. You will be moved and you will not put it down!

I loved the redemption series, as well as many other books by Karen kingsbury, but this one was just ok for me. I felt like the storyline with the stalker was a little far fetched. I did enjoy the characters and will continue the series to see where these characters go.

I accidentally read this one before the other five books before it. It's almost like this a new series, with its focus shifted to Dayne and Katy, and I could follow it, but I was glad to find there was more background to the Baxter family. It got me hooked though, and I now own them all and read them over and over. Definitely my favorite series of all time.

this book continues the story of the Baxter family and their adopted son Dayne. there are alot of unanswered questions at the end of this book and we are left waiting for the next book. It helped to have read the Baxter series but is not necessary to understand most of what is happening in this book. I recommend this book and all of Kingsburys books, they are all good reading