Coming APRIL 2026
Best to leave the ghosts alone.
Boston, 1793—Federal spies Molly and Josiah Robb have returned to Molly’s childhood home—not to brood on her father’s suicide, but with a mission: woo Boston’s elite and find the traitors infiltrating American intelligence operations. Dinners, parties, church committees, business dealings—the Robbs must throw wide their doors if they are to hear society’s tittle-tattle. Only one door remains locked. No one goes in Papa’s study.
Spinster Anne Lawrence will do anything to placate her wealthy uncle if it means her brother Peter will inherit his fortune. So when Uncle Lawrence asks her to befriend the detestable Molly Robb and hunt down a document hidden in Molly’s house, Anne agrees. Little does she know that she’s being watched in turn.
When Molly tells Josiah that they’re expecting a baby, Josiah is caught between joy and panic—Molly’s late mother lost several children at birth. When Molly’s pregnancy doesn’t go as planned, he wonders if they are reliving her parents’ story.
In this poignant conclusion to the Molly Chase series, Keeper of Keys explores the joys and sorrows of marriage, the weight of sin, the power of mercy, and the true meaning of homecoming.
PRAISE FOR KEEPER OF KEYS
“In Keeper of Keys, Rhonda Ortiz once again proves herself a storyteller of rare moral and emotional intelligence. With a historian’s eye and a novelist’s heart, she weaves together espionage, marriage, and questions of conscience into a narrative that honors both the drama of history and the heroism of everyday faithfulness. Ortiz understands that the greatest conflicts are often interior—and that fidelity, sacrifice, and love can change the course of history as surely as politics or war.” —LuElla D’Amico, author of Wondrous Reading: Encountering the Catholic Faith in Children’s Literature
In this much-anticipated conclusion to the Molly Chase series, Rhonda Ortiz spins a poignant tale of ambition and loss, wounding and reconciliation. At once an intimate study of marriage and a clear-eyed portrait of late eighteenth-century Boston, Keeper of Keys ranges over the trials of friendship, the ache of conversion, and the enduring bond between the living and the dead. –Joan Elizabeth Bauer, author of The Bicycle Messenger