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. Click here to get your copy!

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.

Interview with Lynnette

Share something your readers wouldn’t know about you.

When I was little, my dad raised chickens. There was a rooster who took a disliking to me. I was about five? Six? Seven, maybe. The chickens were let out of the coop at night to forage for bugs, and if that rooster ever saw me, he would run at me and flog me. This involved lots of wing-flapping, pecking, and clawing with large talons. One day Dad figured I’d had enough. He took me to the coop and said that I could choose which chicken we ate for dinner that night. Of course that rooster was headed for the chopping block! The whole family gathered around to watch his demise. Now, here’s the thing. The man who worked for us found it funny to cut the chicken’s head off and then let it run loose. There really is a reason for the saying “like a chicken with it’s head cut off!” And oh, man! I’m telling you, God has a sense of humor, because when that chicken was released, he ran STRAIGHT at me. I took off running across the yard, and whichever way I ran, right or left, that chicken stayed right on my tail. At one point, I looked back and clearly remember my brother bent double and holding his stomach in laughter. Even my mother was helpless to come to my aid! Finally, that mean old rooster flopped into a heap and there never was a meal so tasty as the one I enjoyed that night!

So there you have it. I have been chased—and I do mean chased—by a headless rooster.

If you had to describe yourself in three words, what would they be?

What book is currently on your bedside table?

The Pig War by Michael Vouri. It is research for a story I’m thinking about writing 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. 😊

What has been your favorite part of the publishing journey?

I love so much about being a writer. Setting my own schedule which allowed me to attend so many of my kid’s sporting events. The joy of story. The thrill of seeing all that hard work come to fruition and holding it in my hands. But I think my favorite part is the friends that I’ve made along the way.

Can you share with us something about the book that isn’t in the blurb?

This is the final book in the Wyldhaven series. It was really hard for me to write because I had so many series threads that I wanted to tie up and I also was dreading saying goodbye to the characters. But I made it through and I can always go back and visit them whenever I have a longing for a slice of apple pie while sitting on the banks of Wyldhaven Creek. 😊

Where can readers find out more about you and your books?

You can find me on Facebook. And my website here redirects to my Shopify store. https://www.lynnettebonner.com

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

To celebrate her tour, Lynette is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card!

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