A kidnapping, a critical look at First Amendment rights, and a love story, An Intent to Commit follows the lives of characters who first appeared in Lambek's earlier novel, Uncivil Liberties.Sarah Jacobson is analytical, headstrong, and courageous. She is an organizer with Green Mountain Black Lives Matter and works with Vermont high school students to advance racial justice. When the school raises the BLM flag on school property, Sarah and her organization face hatred, hostility, and threats. When Sarah is kidnapped, sensitive, tender-hearted Ricky Stillwell must stand-up against the hatred, racism, sexism, antisemitism, and fear in order to find her.This timely, engaging, and thought-provoking novel is at once a mystery, a dialog on legal theory, and an exploration of young romance.