"A thought hit me like a slash of paint on canvas. What if Daniel, in his own sideways manner, had been asking for help the other night? Asking for my help?""I knew what I had to do."
Grace Divine is the member of a loving, tight-knit family. Her father is a pastor and the family devotes themselves to charitable deeds and supports their parishoners. That even meant taking in the boy next door four and a half years ago when Daniel came to live with the Divines after being beaten by his father. Daniel who became their brother before disappearing that night. The night Grace's brother Jude came home covered in his own blood.
Now two and a half years after disappearing, Daniel Kalbi has returned and shows up in Grace's AP Art class. When Grace announces at dinner that she saw Daniel, everyone gets quiet and Grace is told never to mention his name again. Nothing was off limits for discussion at the Divine dinner table, except Daniel. And Grace is troubled by the fact that Jude makes her promise not to talk to Daniel again. But according to her upbringing, were you not suppose to talk to help those in need? And didn't everyone deserve forgiveness? Grace feels the need to Help Daniel, but it means breaking her promise to Jude.
First, Grace helps Daniel get readmitted to AP Art in the hopes of going to design school. Then she leaves with him after a funeral and ends up inviting him to Thanksgiving dinner. The Divine family is none too happy to see Daniel, but invite him to stay. When a tragic disappearance occurs during dinner, Grace slowly learns Daniel's secret and the dangerous implications that go along with it. Will the "prodigal son" be welcomed back home? And can Grace survive what can only be a dangerous love, one that may require her to risk her soul?
Grace's story of what one person would do for love will keep the reader on the edge of their set until the very end. The Lost Saint comes out December 28, 2010.
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