title: Families Where Grace Is in Place: Building a Home Free of Manipulation, Legalism, and Shame
author: Jeff VanVonderen
description: Jeff VanVonderen is an internationally known speaker on addictions and church and family wellness. He is the author of several books, including <i>The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse</i> and is one of the featured interventionists on the A&amp;E documentary series <i>Intervention</i>. Jeff makes his home in Hayward, Wisconsin.
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  **BAD INTENT**
  
  
  
  
  
  **Heath Overton is missing and his wives want him back…**
  
  
  
  
  
  **When the Overton clan — one husband, three almost-sister-wives, and their
  eleven children — arrive in Mallard Bay, summer on the Shore heats up.** The
  Overtons and their television show are ready for prime time until the family
  patriarch disappears. Lightning Strike Films wants their leading man in front
  of the cameras in two weeks, and Heath Overton’s wives want him home
  yesterday. Everyone’s upset, even before the murders start.
  
  
  
  
  
  **It’s been nearly two years since attorney Grace Reagan landed in the
  touristy little town on Maryland’s Eastern Shore,** and so far, every one of
  her plans to leave has backfired. This time it’s Grace herself who’s holding
  up progress. She may, or may not, be getting married. Or going to France for
  her dream vacation. Or starting over somewhere on the far side of The Bridge.
  She has big decisions to make, but first, the Overtons need her help. A