About the Book
Book: Beside Still Waters
Author: Lynnette Bonner
Genre:Historical Christian Western Romance
Release Date: August 15, 2023
Zoe Kastain wants to be happy, but just the sight of Washington Nolan standing beside Kin at his wedding has her choking the life from her gloves. The man who once dazzled her with promises of love and commitment now will hardly look at her. Even through the haze of red clouding her vision, she realizes it is probably better this way. Because after he’d returned, injured, she’d gone and laid her heart at his feet. He’d slammed his door in her face, and she never wanted to feel that incomprehensible rejection again. But as Kin and Cora exchange rings and kisses, Zoe realizes her best efforts to quash her love for Wash Nolan have been hopeless. Not only that but what if his rejection was a test to see if she would stand by him?! And she walked away! She needed to fix this! Make him realize she still loved him. But how? Her gaze settles on Kin and Cora leaving the church to the cheers of their guests. What was the biggest gesture of love, but marriage? No! She couldn’t, could she? It was preposterous madness!
Wash stumbles out of the church, chastising himself for letting Kin talk him into being here today. He ought to have known that seeing Zoe again would bring nothing but heartache. They could have built a life together if not for his injury that rendered him unable to provide for a family. Despite all that, it felt good to have escaped the cabin. He needed to make an effort to get out more. He’d been pretty detached from, well, everything since his return. He just needed to make his escapes to places where Zoe Kastain would not be, because seeing her was temptation itself. The soft light of invitation in her eyes could downright make a man forget his limitations. And this was not the time for that, especially not with all the strange things happening at the farm.
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About the Author
USA Today Bestselling author Lynnette Bonner was born in Malawi, Africa, and spent the first years of her life reveling in warm equatorial sunshine and the late evening duets of cicadas and hyenas. The year she turned eight she was off to Rift Valley Academy, a boarding school in Kenya where she spent many joy-filled years and graduated in 1990.
That fall, she traded to a new duet–one of traffic and rain–when she moved to Kirkland, Washington to attend Northwest University. It was there that she met her husband and a few years later they moved to the small town of Pierce, Idaho.
During the time they lived in Idaho while studying the history of their little town, Lynnette was inspired to begin the Shepherd’s Heart Series with Rocky Mountain Oasis.
Marty and Lynnette have four children and currently live in Washington where Marty pastors a church.
More from Lynette
Dear Readers,
History is one of my favorite things. I love opening a book and getting immersed in the sights, sounds, smells, and culture of by-gone eras. Because I love to read these stories, these are also the kinds of stories I write. And here we are at the fourteenth and final historical foray in the Wyldhaven series! This one is the wrap-up, the happy sigh at the end of an intricate set of adventures. If you haven’t yet jumped into the Wyldhaven series, I invite you to start with book one, because while each book can stand alone, you’ll enjoy the characters so much more if you’ve followed them from the beginning. Book one is Not a Sparrow Falls.
However, on tour here today is book fourteen, Beside Still Waters. Two of my favorite characters from the series are about to face their biggest set of challenges yet, and along the way they just might learn a little about leaning on God’s truth, even when bad things happen, and of course find that loving one another makes those bad things so much easier to bear.
I hope you’ll enjoy this story and that it will in some way draw you closer to the One who leads us beside still waters.
Injured by friendly fire. Trapped in the torrent of his own fears.
Washington Nolan wanted to join the cavalry from the time he was a boy. He planned to enlist for a few years, and then return home to marry Zoe Kastain, the girl he’s been sweet on from almost his earliest memory. What he didn’t plan on was a friendly fire incident that would cost him the use of his leg. Now he’s home. But without the means to provide for a family, he can’t in all good conscience marry Zoe. Even harder than losing his leg is letting her go.
Rejected by the man she loves. She’ll brave the deepest waters to convince him that God will see them through.
Zoe Kastain can’t believe that Wash has broken things off. She’s just mad enough to walk away, but then she realizes that Wash needs her love now more than ever. She can’t simply abandon him! But he’s not going to like it when she brings the parson—and her valise—to his porch. She’s prepared for his resistance. But what she’s not prepared for is his acquiescence—nor the storm she’s about to walk through because of it.
Together they must learn to trust the One who leads beside still waters.
Blog Stops
Alena Mentink, August 4
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, August 5
Connie’s History Classroom, August 6
Texas Book-aholic, August 7
Locks, Hooks and Books, August 8
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, August 9
For Him and My Family, August 10
The Book Club Network, August 11
Gina Holder, Author and Blogger, August 12 (Author Interview)
Karen Baney Reviews, August 12
Holly’s Book Corner, August 13
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, August 14
Life on Chickadee Lane, August 15
Jodie Wolfe – Stories Where Hope and Quirky Meet, August 16 (Author Interview)
Mary Hake, August 16
Lily’s Book Reviews, August 17
Giveaway
One first place winner will receive a paperback copy of the book!
Five winners will receive an eBook copy of the book!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/272f5/beside-still-waters-celebration-tour-giveaway
Interview
How did you get started in writing?
I started dabbling with writing when I was in junior high. I loved story. That was always my driving force. 😊 I have some journals that have a few stories in them. But I didn’t finish a complete story until I was married and moved to the small town of Pierce, Idaho with my husband. There in the library, I found a book that told the history of the town which involved murder, vengeance, and several who took the law into their own hands. It was a story that demanded to be told. It turned into my first book, Rocky Mountain Oasis.
What is the genre you write?
I mostly write in Christian historical romance. Though I have a few romantic suspense stories as well as contemporary romance and also some cozies.
What is one thing you hope readers will take away from your story?
In every story I try to share a spiritual Truth from God’s Word. I always hope those will stick with people and be an encouragement in the times when they might need it.
Who are your favorite authors?
I have many. 😊 I grew up reading Thornton W. Burgess and Beatrix Potter. Other favorites as I grew older were Laura Ingalls Wilder and Ralph Moody. Then came the likes of Baroness Orczy (The Scarlet Pimpernel) and Sir Walter Scott (Ivanhoe was a favorite.) In high school there began to be many Christian fiction titles and I fell in love with the works of Bodie Thoene, Linda Chaikin, Frank Peretti, and Janette Oak. There are many more that I could list off the top of my head, but I’ll stop there. 😊
How do you get your story ideas?
I’ve gotten story ideas in a number of different ways. Mostly from real historical situations. Once from a very vivid dream. Sometimes it’s just a continuation of a series.
What do you plan to work on next?
I’m debating between a wagon train series, or a series set on the San Juan Islands of Washington State back when the English occupied the north part of San Juan Island and the Americans the south. A war was almost started because a Hudson’s Bay Company pig ventured too far south and rooted through an American’s vegetable garden. The American shot the pig. The Englishman wasn’t happy. The American offered to pay $10 for the loss, but the Englishman (he was really an Irishman working for Hudson’s Bay Company) wanted $100. After that the American refused to pay at all because the pig was trespassing on his land and “eating my potatoes!” The cheeky reply came back that it was up to the American to “keep your potatoes out of my pig,” and then British authorities threatened to arrest the American. This had all the American settlers rallying to his defense and calling for military backup. Thankfully a level-headed general refused to start a war over a pig. 😊
I think the wagon train story will have broader appeal, but I really want to write the San Juan story. Thus my debate.
Where can readers connect with you?
I have a website at https://www.lynnettebonner.com. It directs to my Shopify store.
To celebrate her tour, Lynette is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card!
Sounds like a great book.
Hope you like it, Rita.
Thank you! <3
Washington and Zoe’s story certainly interests me, and I like Zoe’s determination to convince him that God will see them through. I want to know what happens to them.
🙂 That’s a good sign that you’re interested in it, Roxanne.
🙂 I hope you’ll enjoy the book if you find time to read it! <3
Thank you for sharing your interview, bio and the book details, I have enjoyed reading about you and your work and I am looking forward to reading Beside Still Waters
Thank you! Enjoy! 🙂
This sounds good! I enjoyed the interview, too. My vote would be for the San Juan story–I love books based around obscure historical events.
Hope you like it Emma. Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you, Emma. I think it would be a fun series!