Where's Lorena Alger? This is what everyone in Ash Lake, Florida is asking about the town's most famous resident…a young girl about to be canonized as a saint, a young girl who hasn't moved from her grave in over 150 years. Now she is gone, and her grave is occupied by the fresher corpse of the cemetery caretaker.

Great grandniece Veronica "Ronnie" Lord is determined to aid the town sheriff in Lorena's safe return. She finds it isn't an easy task, however, when obstacles like a nosy reporter and stubborn relatives get in the way. Meanwhile, as an object of ransom tucked away in a singlewide trailer belonging to two petty thieves, Lorena is in for the adventure of her...well, death.

If you are a fan of cozy mystery stories, you are certain to enjoy Saints Preserve Us. Very few people can make the claim that their books were inspired by Mother Teresa, St. Maria Goretti, and Ted Nugent, but Kathryn Lively can. Curious? Now you have to read it!

Saints Preserve Us is the first installment in the Ash Lake mystery series, set in fictional Ash Lake, Florida, a small town inside Duval County's borders, just north of Jacksonville and west of Fernandina Beach. Five books are planned; keep an eye out for the next great book in this series, Pray For Us Sinners, in 2004-05!