I really enjoyed this as a romance and it worked with what I was looking for from the description. I was invested in what was happening to the characters and glad it was so well written. Charles Martin wrote this well and left me wanting to read more.

If you thought the Murphy Shepherd/David Bishop story reached its conclusion with The Record Keeper, you're not alone. According to a video posted to Charles Martin's social media, he thought so too. But as he worked toward making the three existing books into movies that are expected to be made in the next few years, he said he realized that there was more to the story and he began the 4th installment.

The Keeper is every bit as good as the previous three books, and maybe even better. I could not put it down and finished it in a few days when the average book has been taking me over a week because of some intense real-life situations that are taking up a lot of my time right now. N0t only did I enjoy the unfolding of several important plot points, but I enjoyed seeing several characters grow and evolve through the events in the story.

Of course, the subject is human trafficking and sexual abuse of girls and women, so you have to be able to handle that. This series as a whole manages to convey the immense evil and tragedy of human trafficking without being graphic about it. That in itself takes a great deal of talent.

I can only hope that Martin doesn't stop with four and continues on with the saga of Murphy Shepherd and his tribe. I for one would eagerly read a fifth installment or as many as he wants to write.

This is an amazing story from one of today’s most incredible Christian authors. Human trafficking has become an increasingly criminal pandemic today. Charles Martin dives in with The Keeper showing that no one and no family is immune from being touched by this horrendous tragedy. The Keeper is incredible work from Charles Martin.

I received an advanced reader’s copy from Thomas Nelson and Netgalley. Opinions are my own.

This book started out good but lost the plot midway through and by the end it made no sense . I often find his later books to be to Christian preachy in nature . His earlier books are much better. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me review book

These books are so deep and so insightful! Murphy and the community at Freetown are left to deal with the world without Bones in the midst of trafficking of the vice presidents daughters. Murphy and his team fight to find the one sheep while flashing back to their own memories of Bones and trying to heal. This book has a wealth of insight.

Thanks to netgalley and Thomas Nelson for the arc. The opinions are my own.

The beginning of this book really grabbed me. Then it got into the story line and I Have no idea what this book is about. I could not continue to read something I don't have an understanding of what is going on. Maybe I had to read the first books to know. Sorry it was not for me.

What a story - you will be mesmerized by the chronicle of events! A computer text is sent out about three girls, a mom, the Secret Service and bodies and photographs to be taken.

The Vice Presidents' family is kidnapped, the Secret service guarding them is savagely killed along with their guard dogs.

You will be intrigued by who is sent to find them, for he has been trained for many years by a man who was trafficked himself you will weep at the inside look into human trafficking.

The series continues in an amazing blend of action, introspection, romance, and the eternal battle between Good and Evil. Murph has lost his mentor and possible his direction. As the team continues to rescue the innocent, including the daughters of the sitting VPOTUS.,they seem to be without a leader. How can Murph continue? This is a moving story, in which the plots are moved by the depth of the characters who hurt, cry, laugh, and celebrate like real people.