Bad Intent is Book 3 of the Eastern Shore Mystery series. Editorial review: Five Stars for BAD INTENT: In the third Grace Reagan outing, our lawyer heroine is about to cut ties with Mallard Bay, her legal practice, her family, and other characters of this small Chesapeake Bay town. She's on her way to France, or so she thinks. Unfortunately, the path to the lavender fields is full of potholes and boulders. A quarrelsome trio of sister wives wants Grace to find their missing husband. He may be in trouble, or he may be running as far and fast as he can. Grace's personal life isn't in any better shape than her clients'. Her cousin has a new business that is burning through Grace's money faster than she can earn it. Meanwhile, Grace's fiancé - the one she doesn't love - is planning their wedding.And that was just Tuesday.Suspenseful, funny and tragic and filled with more mysteries than Grace wants or needs, Bad Intent is Cheril Thomas's best offering yet. Helen Chappell - Author of Chesapeake Book of the Dead and Oysterback Tales Five Stars for BAD INTENT In the third Grace Reagan outing, our lawyer heroine is about to cut ties with Mallard Bay, her legal practice, her family, and other characters of this small Chesapeake Bay town. She's on her way to France, or so she thinks. Unfortunately, the path to the lavender fields is full of potholes and boulders. A quarrelsome trio of sister wives want Grace to find their missing husband. He may be in trouble, or he may be running as far and fast as he can. Grace's personal life isn't in any better shape than her clients'. Her cousin has a new business that is burning through Grace's money faster than she can earn it. Meanwhile, Grace's fiancé -- the one she doesn't love -- is planning their wedding. And that was just Tuesday. Suspenseful, funny and tragic and filled with more mysteries than Grace wants or needs, Bad Intent is Cheril Thomas's best offering yet. .... Helen Chappell, author of Chesapeake Book of the Dead , the Hollis Ball and Sam Westcott mystery series and No Good Deed. A few of the ★★★ ★ ★ reviews for the Eastern Shore Mysteries: "...Cheril Thomas is a masterful storyteller, and had me guessing the whole time." "...The characters are fun and clever... an engaging page turner..." "I loved this book, couldn't put it down, such great characters..." "...I read it straight through to the end without putting it down." "...A witty thriller and great summer read..." Cheril Thomas is the author of the Eastern Shore Mysteries series. When she's not writing at home in Easton, Maryland, she's traveling with her long-suffering husband, an otherwise brilliant soul who for some reason doesn't mind being married to a woman who researches methods of murder. Together, they live to serve Gracie the Wonder Dog, a too-smart-for-her-own-good shaggy black Goldendoodle. Find out more about Cheril, the Eastern Shore Mysteries, and the beautiful Eastern Shore at CherilThomas.com.