Beside Still Waters

The Kade Family Saga, Vol. 4

By: Laurel Mouritsen

Narrated by: Nancy Peterson

On the surface, all appears serene as the third generation of Kades in pioneer Utah grow up to take their parents’ place in the vast, rugged regions of the West. But fate - or is it divine providence? - suddenly steps in.

Jessica Scott of Illinois finds herself waylaid among the Latter-day Saints in 1870s Utah while on a railroad trip to California. Alone and seeking assistance from her relatives, whose religious beliefs she scorns, 19-year-old Jessica meets her cousin of the same age, Ethan Kade, who is home for a few days from the cattle ranch where he is employed. Jessica’s presence threatens to ruin the carefully laid plans Ethan has already set in motion. He makes a momentous decision that will profoundly affect his own future, as well as that of his cousin. For her part, Jessica has no inkling of the transformation about to unfold in her own life.

Join Ethan and Jessica as they struggle to overcome their differences and face the dangers awaiting them at the Running W Ranch in volume four of The Kade Family Saga, Beside Still Waters. This stirring historical novel of unexpected adventure, romance, and spiritual discovery, set in authentic detail against the backdrop of the untamed West, will leave the listener wishing for more long after the book is finished.

©2006 Laurel Mouritsen (P)2019 Spoken Realms

LDS historical fiction

Loved it all. Wholesome story for the entire family. I enjoyed the range war as it shows the many difficulties met in the West.

Exceptional

This is a great continuation of the adventure and the characters are well loved by now, even the newest generation.

Kade Family Saga

So very disappointed in the book. I thought there would be more with the parents that started the whole Kade Family. It felt like they were just swept under the rug to be forgotten, which is a problem with today’s society. I was very very disappointed.

Also it said that Jessica’s mother was coming but there wasn’t any information regarding her arrival and how she felt about Jessica’s baptism.

Very Disappointing

Extremely boring. No adventures of any kind. And so much boring content. Nothing comparable to first 2 books. Sadly that's usually par for course with book series. Reads more like a young adult romance! When you have beloved characters like Lydia and Christian, you don't just remove them.

Utah, with its pioneer spirit.

The Kade Family Saga can scratch a certain kind of itch, but if you're looking for sex or surprises, this ain't the place. Book 4 is both wholesome LDS agitprop and a postmodern Western, likely to satisfy conservative grandmothers and feminist twelve year olds but to leave everyone else a little bored. Can earnest and plainspoken ranch hand Ethan convince his feisty and skeptical cousin Jessica to join the church? Will they and their friends survive the perils of the Old West, such as rattlesnakes and ornery cattle-rustlers? This generally inoffensive fourth installment in the series answers those questions and not much more.