"The Last Exchange is somehow equal parts page-turner, heart-breaker, and hope-dealer. Another brilliantly written novel by Charles Martin." --Annie F. Downs Gripping suspense meets heartfelt emotion in this standalone novel from New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin. Everyone in her life has only taken from her. So she's not quite sure how to handle it when her new body guard will go to any lengths to protect her and shield her--even from herself. Is this what love actually looks like? For fans of Before We Were Strangers by Renée Carlino and One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid. When MacThomas Pockets finished his last tour as part of the Scottish Special Forces, he was hired to consult for a film director to finesse some scenes that weren't working. In a twist he never saw coming, he ended up moving to L.A. to work as the bodyguard for movie star Maybe Joe Sue. It didn't take long for Pockets to realize there were two Joe Sues: The Joe Sue the public saw with her perfect life and her Hollywood husband. And the private Joe Sue: the one with the traumatic youth that no amount of pills could cover up, who desperately wanted a child of her own. Even after their paths diverged, he continued to track Joe Sue's life. Only a few would notice when the bottom fell out. But he did. And that's when he stepped in. In The Last Exchange, you'll find a compelling love story alongside a thought-provoking and soul-searching dilemma as one man seeks to answer the question: How far would you go--really--to save someone you love? What if you'd get nothing in return? In the masterful hands of New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin, finding the answer will take readers on an intense and heart-wrenching journey to the very end.

チャールズ・マーティンの筆致は、鋭利なサスペンスと魂を震わせる叙情性を鮮やかに融合させます。本作の真髄は、華やかなハリウッドの虚飾に潜む孤独と、一人の女性の尊厳を懸けた究極の献身にあります。主人公が体現する見返りを求めない愛は、単なるロマンスを超え、傷ついた魂を救済するための過酷な聖戦のようでもあり、読者の倫理観を激しく揺さぶります。 愛のためにどこまで行けるかという問いは、言葉を尽くしても足りないほどの重みを持ち、虚構の中で生きるヒロインの痛切な叫びと共鳴します。テキストだからこそ到達できる心理描写の深淵は、絶望の底に光を灯す希望の物語として、読後の胸に消えない刻印を残すでしょう。自己犠牲の果てに見える真実の愛の姿を、ぜひその目で目撃してください。