In A Charge to Keep, the proceeds of which were kept for business ventures, Bush writes about his decision to grant a stay of execution for Karla Faye Tucker, and some of his politics.
The proceeds of the book were donated to charity. The book has been described as containing only few revelations, among them Bush's account of his decision not to grant a stay of execution for Karla Faye Tucker, which he described as affecting him emotionally, contrary to media criticism at the time. 
