Here is the book summary:
A riveting new story of heroism, heartache, and the power of
love to heal all wounds.
Murphy Shepherd is a man with many secrets. He lives alone on an
island, tending the grounds of a church with no parishioners, and he’s
dedicated his life to rescuing those in peril. But as he mourns the loss of his
mentor and friend, Murph himself may be more lost than he realizes.
When he pulls a beautiful woman named Summer out of Florida’s
Intracoastal Waterway, Murph’s mission to lay his mentor to rest at the end of
the world takes a dangerous turn. Drawn to Summer, and desperate to find her
missing daughter, Murph is pulled deeper and deeper into the dark and dangerous
world of modern-day slavery.
With help from some unexpected new friends, including a faithful
Labrador he plucks from the ocean and an ex-convict named Clay, Murph must race
against the clock to locate the girl before he is consumed by the secrets of
his past—and the ghosts who tried to bury them.
With Charles Martin’s trademark lyricism and poignant
prose, The Water Keeper is at once a tender love story and a
heartrending search for freedom.
“I’m telling you, it’s an action-packed, classic Charles Martin
romance novel unlike anything I’ve ever read. And remember . . . the day you
pick up this book is the day you become temporarily unavailable to the
world.” —Charlie Martin, son of Charles Martin
“Charles Martin fans rejoice, because he’s done it again . . . a
multilayered story woven together with grace and redemption, and packed tight
with tension and achingly real characters.” —Lauren Denton, USA
TODAY bestselling author of The Hideaway
“In The Water Keeper Charles Martin crafts a
compelling story with skill and sensitivity. Open the pages of this book and
you’ll enter the world of characters caught up in a real-life drama that grips
the heart. As with all of Charles’s books you never finish it—you continue to
live there in your own imagination. Current fans won’t be disappointed; new
readers will understand why Charles Martin is on the short list of contemporary
authors I recommend above all others.” —Robert Whitlow, bestselling author
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The first story in a new series from Charles Martin
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Full-length novel (c. 110,000 words)
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Includes Discussion Questions for Book Clubs
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Also by Charles Martin: The Mountain Between Us, Send
Down the Rain, Long Way Gone, When Crickets Cry
I found The Waterkeeper by Charles Martin to
be a book that I didn’t really like. I
was really disappointed that I couldn’t get into this one. I found it to be sappy. I didn’t even make it past the first
chapter. It seems to be written more for
a female reader than a male reader. But
it wouldn’t appeal to a woman either because it’s gory. It was trying to appeal to man’s adventure
side but it missed the mark by drawing out the sentimentality of the
characters. An example of this is taking
15 paragraphs for a man to die. The
character had a bottle of wine in the middle of nowhere with a cracker that he
had to take before he died. I found this
ridiculous.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for my
honest review.
