Dominick Cherrett is a man with a secret: Midwife Tabitha Eckles is the keeper of many. Tabitha and Dominick are lead on a twisted path through kidnappings, death threats and public disgrace. Laurie Alice Eakes’ A Lady in the Mist (Revell) has been percolating for ten years, ever since she first studied midwives in graduate school. “Without social rank or money, they held positions of honor and respect in their community,” Laurie says. “They often appeared in court at a time when women were kept far from proceedings, even ones affecting them.”