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Jeremy Dunston, a wealthy and sophisticated 66 year old widowed Canadian attorney, loses his fortune and his reputation in the blink of an eye when he is swindled by his young law partner. Jeremy moves to Las Vegas to avoid the humiliation back home and finds a menial job slinging burgers. Does romance forsake a man who has lost it all? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired real estate lawyer from Belleville, Ontario, Canada who operated a one-man law firm in that beautiful city from 1973 until 2009. Still residing in Belleville with his lovely English wife, Jane and their ...

Adam Crook is a brand new attorney who, despite his unfortunate name, is totally honest. He believes that the hourly billing system harms clients by encouraging lawyers to fight about everything in order to maximize the time spent on each file. Adam opens his own law office and attracts some initial business by urging his clients to be reasonable with their spouses in order to reduce the time spent by the attorneys. Adam also offers to cap his legal fee on any contested marital separation matter. This concept of a fixed maximum fee enrages Adam's competitors who set out to ruin this naive ...

You've got to feel a bit sorry for veteran attorney Delbert Drunge. Poor Delbert was disbarred by the Iowa Attorney Discipline Board for pooping his pants while trying to close a real estate deal. Delbert was too humiliated to fight the adverse ruling. Then he meets Jake Taalsma who just suffered a similar fate by the same panel of young litigation lawyers. Jake's sin was passing out at his desk and spending a week in hospital. The two old boys join forces and fight the callous legal bureaucracy which determined that a health crisis was grounds for dismissal from the legal profession. ...

Young lawyer Tommy Turdlette made a tactical error when he began dating the daughter of the senior partner in the New York law firm where Tommy was employed. When that romance tanked, Tommy was unceremoniously fired and forced to vacate the apartment provided free by the law firm. Tommy decides to treat this new status as jobless and homeless as a welcome opportunity to improve his life. Tommy moves to Beatrice, Nebraska to start afresh because he is also qualified to practice law in that state. This is Tommy's heartwarming story as the new lawyer in a small town. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W...

Best friends Tom Kennedy and Jim Corbett are wealthy retired lawyers who bicker like teenage brothers. When their apartments are robbed, the crusty old pals are disgusted that the cops seem more interested in eating donuts than solving the crime. Tom and Jim decide to catch the thief themselves. After all, who could possibly outwit two brilliant old lawyers? This is a sequel to THE WRONG LAWYER although both are stand-alone stories. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who lives in the beautiful small city of Belleville, Ontario with his lovely British wife, ...

In this second novel in the UNDERCOVER HILLBILLY SERIES, the reclusive Billy Hill buys a failing motel in Monticello, Mississippi. As he attempts to turn the business around and run the motel all by himself, trouble arrives. Billy will require all of his financial acumen to improve the motel's bottom line, and he'll also need every ounce of his rusty illegal cage-fighting skills to stay alive. By the way, Billy must also convince the cops that he didn't murder anyone. Mortal danger and false clues can lurk even in quiet small towns. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired ...

This novel is a romantic mystery set in the suburbs of New York City. Suddenly out of a job when the Binghamton, New York law firm where he works declares bankruptcy and closes up shop, Jerome Jarvis dumps his gorgeous girlfriend and heads to New York City to find a new job and a new love. Jerome feels very fortunate when he lands a temporary position to conduct a civil trial even though he has never been to court before. Jerome wouldn't feel so lucky if he could foresee the tidal wave of danger that was about to engulf him. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian ...

When he manages to sell his martial arts studio in New York, Gregory Grantham is handed the chance to start a new life. He selects the small city of Poplar Bluff, Missouri as his temporary new home in order to care for his Aunt Vera who needs help after undergoing an operation. Rather than being a sleepy part of the state, southeastern Missouri torments Greg with a series of knife attacks by bank robbers, political activists and insane stalkers. Greg will need every ounce of his fighting skills to survive each violent ordeal. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian ...

Larry Ward retired as a real estate lawyer when he won a lottery three years ago, and now he's having a ball in retirement. When five local real estate attorneys die within a short period of time, Larry poses the theory that a serial killer may be responsible. He is mocked as a senile old pest until someone attacks Larry with a nightstick. Folks could understand someone wanting to rid the world of divorce lawyers, but what possible motive could drive anyone to exterminate mild-mannered harmless real estate attorneys? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who ...

In this third and final book in the series, Stranger leaves Alabama and heads north searching for a small town to call home and some semblance of a normal life, if such a thing is even possible for a half-human guy transported to present day America from some future time period. More violent adventures await Stranger as he travels north looking for a home. Perhaps he will even find love and acceptance despite his unique situation. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who took up fiction writing in 2009 when he retired. Always a proponent of quantity over ...

This is the 2nd book in the 10-volume TY WARD ACTION/ADVENTURE SERIES. A visiting football team trashes the Abilene, Texas nightclub where Ty works as a bouncer, which results in Ty being laid off for a month while repairs are made to the club. Ty seizes this opportunity to take a vacation and see parts of the western USA. You'll be amazed at how awful a trip can be once you read about the incredible ordeals which arise in TY WARD'S HOLIDAY FROM HELL. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian real estate lawyer from Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Always a tall skinny runt ...

Tom Kennedy is a retired Canadian lawyer with only one friend, fellow retiree Jim Corbett, and they bicker and insult each other like a couple of teenage brothers. When a budding romance with two sisters goes well for Jim but badly for Tom, depressed Tom heads off alone on a trip to Las Vegas. Instead of enjoying a pleasant holiday getting slowly hammered while playing the slots, Tom winds up in the wrong place at the wrong time and is dragged into the world of intrusive government surveillance in the guise of preventing terrorism and fighting ISIS. The extent to which the US government ...

In this 9th novel in the 10-book TY WARD ADVENTURE SERIES, retired bodyguard Ty Ward leaves Texas to find a new home. In New York City Ty is arrested by the Covid-19 cops and placed in quarantine. That leads to a series of adventures which throws Ty into prison and then into the sleazy cartel world of human sex trafficking. These criminal gangs never learn. Don't rile up this potent giant. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 100 novels since his retirement in 2009. Please check out his Author Page on Amazon (and the Author Pages for ...

Donnie Davenport is a great example of a young guy who never went to college but still managed to succeed because of a solid work ethic combined with dedicated competence. When Donnie begins to date third-year law student Jennifer Geertsma, the big test will be whether the huge disparity in formal education will ultimately spring up and tank the romance once Jennifer returns to university in another town to complete her final year of law school. Ordinary guys everywhere are rooting for Donnie. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has published more than ...

At age 65 widower David Roche has finally had enough. Sick of the hurtful insults hurled at him by his own elderly mother, and tired of being hit up for endless loans by his younger brother and sister, David leaves his small home town in Maine looking to start a new life. David will soon discover that he isn't the only one who has been stuck with a vile family when he meets Sharon Crane who desperately needs to escape her own control-freak daughter. Their chance meeting results in a tale of love and unexpected danger. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian attorney ...

Retired Canadian lawyer Curtis Scott chooses assisted suicide on September 12, 2023 to put a dignified end to his loneliness and terminal cancer. Imagine his shock when he emerges a day later on a cliff ledge in Stillwater, Tennessee standing next to a young girl who is about to hurl herself over the cliff. In this first segment of the SECOND LIFE SERIES, Curtis must figure out how to cope with being a 76 year old widower with his lifetime of memories and attitudes intact but now occupying his own 30 year old body. This novel is the first book in a 3-part series. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W....

Retired Canadian attorney Curtis Scott chose assisted suicide on Sept. 12th, 2023 to end his loneliness and cancer pain. The following day Curtis was reincarnated as a 30 year old American version of himself but with his 76 years of memories and attitudes still intact. In this 3rd book in the SECOND LIFE SERIES, Curtis not only finds true love but also discovers why he has been granted a second chance at life. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has published more than 100 books on Amazon since his retirement in 2009. Please check out his Author Page on ...

Not all lawyers are complete sleaze-balls. Recently retired Canadian attorney Scott Baxter flies to Las Vegas in order to help a friend of a friend who was cheated by a wealthy customer. Scott's attempted good deed doesn't go unpunished as he faces both seduction and danger in his quest for justice. Scott's long-held theory that Lady Luck loves lawyers will be mightily tested along the way. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian attorney who has written more than 100 novels, most of which feature lawyers as the main characters. Please check out his Author Page on ...

In this 2nd book in the series, Stranger travels to Kansas where he discovers whether he is human or robotic. Later in New Mexico while deep in the Carlsbad caverns Stranger also learns who put him in the Tennessee cave where he first woke up two months earlier and why he was placed there. As Stranger takes this journey of self-awareness, he is also forced to fend off a slew of assassination attempts. Life is definitely not dull for this dude with amnesia and the ability to smell the stench of evil. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has published more ...

Despite growing up in poverty, Pierre Lachance made it to law school where he developed an intense dislike of money and those snobs who had lots of it. When his government legal job in Northern Ontario is eliminated, Pierre heads south to start a new life. After rescuing a wealthy stranded motorist and his dog in a wicked snowstorm, Pierre is asked to use his real estate expertise and go undercover to investigate some property holdings in Dallas, Texas. That plunges Pierre into an intriguing financial mystery. As luck would have it, Pierre also meets a dazzling but wealthy beauty in Dallas....