Author: Robert Whitlow
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Fiction
Publication Date: April 7, 2026
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
I wanted to love this one more than I did. The setup pulled me in—a man in witness protection, a sketchy drug case, the constant threat of his old life catching up to him. It should've been nail-biting. Instead, I found myself checking how many pages were left.
Jon Tremaine's new life in Brunswick gets complicated when he tries to help an employee accused of drug smuggling, and attorney Kelli Quinn takes the case while rebuilding her own life after divorce. The bones of a good thriller are here, but the story never quite finds its rhythm. Things move slowly, and the suspense I kept waiting for never really materialized.
What bogged things down most were the subplots involving Kelli's kids, which felt like they existed mainly to showcase Aunt Carly's faith and prayer life. As a believer myself, I appreciate Christian themes in fiction, but this one laid it on thick—so thick that the legal thriller got lost underneath. Prayer scenes and spiritual conversations kept interrupting when I just wanted the story to build some momentum.
It's not a bad book, just not the tense ride I was hoping for. If you're looking for inspirational fiction with some legal drama mixed in, you might enjoy it more than I did.
A big thank you to Thomas Nelson Fiction and NetGalley. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
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