Welcome to the Takeover + Review Blitz for Through Water and Stone by Karen Barnett hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
About The Book
Title: Through Water and Stone
Series: National Parks
Author: Karen Barnett
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Release Date: September 23, 2025
Genre: Christian Fiction, Dual Timeline
In 1948, Zion National Park ranger Henry Eriksson and his wife, Alma, are less than one year removed from their infant son’s sudden death in a flash flood, and the weight of the loss hasn’t diminished with time. When Henry discovers an abandoned baby in a hatbox on his morning rounds, he’s unsure how to react, but Alma is delighted, and she reignites with purpose at what seems to be a miracle from God.
Nearly eighty years later, Talia Eriksson leaves her job at an athleisure company in Palo Alto, California, in disgrace and returns to Zion National Park to reconnect with her grandfather and review her life goals. But when an at-home DNA test exposes family secrets, Talia and her newfound friend, law enforcement ranger Blake Mitchell, work together to search for answers.
Talia navigates the rocky path into her past with Blake by her side, what she discovers may alter everything she knew to be true about herself. With the uncertain future looming, Talia must learn that family is deeper than genetics and that trusting God can mean being still and clinging to the Rock.
Excerpt
Don’t be ridiculous. Henry sat back to gather his senses. He studied the water both upstream and down, hoping for something—anything— to explain how this child came to be in this unlikely spot. Reaching down, he brushed a finger against the infant’s cheek, its skin clammy. The baby wailed, extended an arm from the coverings, and shook its balled-up fist.
“A fighter, eh? What happened to you, then?” Henry tucked the blanket back into position. “Where’s your mama?”
Duck nickered from the trail, rousing Henry from his reverie. Sliding his hands under the box, he lifted it from its hiding spot. “A child lost. A child found. Lord, what are You doing?” Bracing the container against his chest, Henry climbed the bank with careful steps. No matter how the child came to be here, getting him someplace safe and warm had to take priority.
Someplace far from the river’s greedy grasp.
* * *
Alma swished her fingers through the fragrant soap suds. The water had long gone cold, the breakfast dishes cleaned and stacked on the drainboard. But still she remained at the sink, a single verse echoing in her heart: “My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.”
She lifted her gaze to the dusty windowpane and the canyon walls beyond—layers of sandstone, deposited and hardened over time, much like her own spirit. Cast aside by the floodwaters, she’d become another rock in the landscape.
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The excerpt is interesting and I like the cover!
Sounds like a good read.
Thank You for thereview.
Marion
I love Karen’s books! thanks for sharing about Through Water & Stone today 🙂
Sounds like a fabulous read.
Karen Barnett is an exceptional author! Thank you for sharing.