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Realizing that reopening his law practice after his four month disbarment would be futile, disgraced attorney Slymon "Slimy" Robichaud packs it all in and heads off in his car for parts unknown. He finds romance in Reno and a fantastic job offer which includes a luxury apartment back in his home town of Windsor, Ontario. Will this taste of the good life finally bring Slimy the happiness he thinks he deserves, or does Fate have other plans for this perpetually shady lawyer? This is the 5th novel in the six-book Slimy Lawyer Series. Each one is a stand-alone story about an attorney who ...

Some guys never learn from bitter experience. Grant Peden loved and lost just once in his whole sorry lifetime. In the process he was taken to the cleaners by Danielle, his gorgeous but unfaithful wife, after she dumped him the day before his 40th birthday. That happened back in 1993. To compound his misery, Grant wasted his entire career as a useless lawyer in a worthless job with the Canadian government. Recently retired and residing in a new town, a chance meeting with a 22 year old hitchhiker hands Grant an unexpected opportunity to love again. Can a torrid romance between a young girl ...

Mortified by the news from her accountant that her bookstore is failing, Amanda Appledoorn decides to take her own life in order to escape the humiliation that lies ahead. With a bottle containing 58 potent sleeping tablets in front of her, Amanda chooses to make one phone call to a total stranger before knocking back the deadly pills. That choice results in what can only be classified as a "CELESTIAL COINCIDENCE". ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 125 novels exclusively on Amazon. Please check out his Author Page on Amazon (and ...

Terminated from a Topeka law firm for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccinations, Jeremy Duff drives to the small city of Parsons, Kansas where he purchases the abandoned Bleake Funeral Home at a great price to use the building for both his law office and his residence. On just his second night in the upstairs apartment, Jeremy is confronted by the ghost of Amelia Bleake who was murdered by her own brother in the funeral home in 1962. This story chronicles how Jeremy and Amelia deal with their unintended relationship and the perils they face as the spirit world seeks to abduct Amelia back to...

Retired, widowed and bored at age 77, Canadian lawyer Carter Cunningham is recruited out of the blue to assist the American government in a clandestine New Mexico property sale to a criminal cartel. Carter will soon discover that old attorneys are considered to be disposable commodities these days. At least Carter's acute boredom will come to an end but he will need every ounce of his experience and intellect to survive. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has published more than 125 novels exclusively on Amazon. Please check out his Author Page on ...

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 ...

Durward works as a server in a high-end restaurant in the financial district of New York City. When a wealthy customer gets nasty and insulting, Durward can't keep his mouth shut and is immediately fired in a humiliating way. The rich patron still isn't finished teaching Durward the lesson that little nobodies shouldn't mess with the upper crust of society and concocts a revenge scheme that is truly malicious. Look out, Durward. Your life is about to enter a world of turmoil. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who resides in the picturesque small city of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Curtis Scott, retired Canadian attorney, chose assisted suicide on September 12, 2023 and the procedure went perfectly. A day later Curtis emerges on a cliff ledge in Tennessee as a 30 year old version of himself but with all his 76 years of memories, attitudes and opinions still intact. In this second instalment in the 3-part series, Curtis leaves Tennessee and moves to Corinth, Mississippi in search of some sort of normal life despite his unique impediment of being an old man in a young man's body. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has published more...

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 novel is an action-packed murder mystery. Suddenly out of a job for refusing to get the Covid-19 jabs, Doug Grant hops into his 2002 Chevy Cavalier and drives to the Florida Panhandle to help his older brother who lives in a run-down trailer park and has gotten into a bit of trouble. This side trip propels Doug into a series of frightening encounters with a criminal gang in which he'll have an opportunity to carry out some crushing trailer park revenge. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has published more than 100 novels. Please check out his ...

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 4th novel in the UNDERCOVER HILLBILLY MYSTERY SERIES, Billy Hill interrupts a burglary in progress in the apartment next door to his in Linden, Texas. That chance encounter tests Billy's rusty cage-fighting skills and leads him to Pecan Island, Louisiana where he becomes enmeshed in a complex mystery involving a gorgeous girl who is up against the awesome power of the corrupt Biden government. Never underestimate the ingenuity of an honest but stubborn backwoods boy. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a quirky Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 90 novels since his ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is the 1st novel in the 6-book VANISHING LAWYER SERIES. Retired lawyer John Carverton suddenly finds himself plunked into his own hometown but in a parallel world where he was never born. When he discovers that his wife is unmarried, John assumes that he was placed here in order to bring love and happiness to Alice's remaining years. John expects that it will be a piece of cake swooping Alice off her feet a second time with his bizarre charm. John will soon learn that timing is everything when it comes to love. If love isn't his purpose, why is he now in this parallel realm? This is ...

In this third novel in the ongoing series, young attorney Wyatt Mazy continues to struggle in his Bath, New York legal practice. As if his Asperger's quirks didn't make it tough enough to grow his business, more bad press hounds him. At least Wyatt begins to attract a bit of welcome attention from the ladies. Will being seen out on a few dates with pretty girls trigger a pinch of jealousy in Amanda Corbett, the gorgeous fellow lawyer whom Wyatt secretly adores? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 100 novels, most of which deal with ...

Does the mere mention of the word "lawyer" make you want to vomit? If so, then here's a story you might enjoy. Wentworth "Worthy" McAdams is the New York divorce lawyer every rich man needs, ruthlessly competent and armed with the instincts of a vicious pit bull. On the very day when Worthy finalizes a lucrative settlement for a difficult client, he finishes reading a novel about a fellow scoundrel attorney who retired and transformed from a greedy predator into a generous benefactor. Abruptly deciding to retire himself and move out of the city that loathes him, Worthy heads off to live in ...

This is a feel-good Christmas story about a huge guy with a kind heart. Stan Smith's NFL career as a left tackle ended abruptly after one game when he suffered a freak injury following a locker-room scuffle. Stan moves to Bluefield, Virginia where he buys under foreclosure a six-unit apartment building overrun by violent squatters. His plan is to evict the scum and find some decent tenants who deserve a break. Stan might get more than he bargained for, much more. After all, it's the Christmas season. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who lives in the ...