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If you detest the legal profession, then you might enjoy this sad story. Once a successful Toronto attorney, a failed investment venture abruptly drove Carl Smith into bankruptcy and divorce three years ago when he was only 59. His plunge down the ladder of success continues and eventually lands Carl in a minimum wage job swabbing toilets in a fast food restaurant under the supervision of a sadistic young tyrant. That form of cruel humiliation can't end well for a proud former lawyer. Be prepared for a good cry. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who often ...

Ty Ward is a 300 pound retired head of security whose massive size attracts trouble like a sleaze magnet. In DEADLY WITNESS, Ty's pleasant and solitary stay in an isolated cabin on Croton Creek in a remote part of North Texas is violently interrupted by a ruthless pack of criminals who kidnap runaway girls, get them hooked on drugs, rape them repeatedly to get them used to having sex with strangers, and then sell the girls to prostitution rings. Ty reserves his harshest punishment for those who deeply offend his moral code. This is the 4th novel in the 10-volume TY WARD ADVENTURE SERIES ...

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, ...

Retired New York attorney Mick Holland rents a house in Las Vegas next door to a devout Muslim family. Acrimony soon results as their cultural differences clash. Later, while volunteering at a legal clinic, Mick discovers that Muslims are being forced out of their rentals in alarming numbers using "no cause evictions". When he proposes a practical solution to the Muslim community, he is vilified as a bigot and called Satan's spawn. Is it possible for American society and traditional Muslim culture to coexist peacefully? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer ...

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 ...

This is a pleasant and inspirational story. Aida is an avid reader about to enter Sixth Grade. Her family moves to Nebraska where they buy a stately century-old home and some furniture including an antique desk from Ethel Tanner Ward, the elderly former owner who now resides in a nursing home. Aida begins to read to the old woman each day and learns that the old desk never revealed the surprise that was supposed to emerge on Miss Ward's 21st birthday back in 1943. Will Aida and her clever brother, Dawson finally solve the mystery of the old desk in the summer of 2015? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: ...

Ronald Smith is a wealthy retired Canadian lawyer but a hopeless cheapskate. After he is severely mugged, what emerges out of the resulting coma is a lavish spender with no memories of his previous insanely frugal life. Eventually the two opposite personalities begin meeting in shared dreams in a Las Vegas hotel room and instantly detest each other. Throw in a romance with a lovely lady from Chicago and the hilarious battle is on to win the girl's heart and defeat the hated rival. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who writes mainly about the legal ...

Recently retired and unjustly arrested and humiliated for indecent exposure, elderly attorney Paul Lang concludes that his life has been worthless ever since his wife died thirty years earlier. Sitting in his dumpy house trailer drinking beer, Paul decides to end his life. Just as he is about to pull the trigger, an angel named Desmond appears to persuade Paul not to kill himself. This is the story of that intervention. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 125 novels. Please check out his Author Page on Amazon for details of each book.

This is a sweet romantic story about trust overcoming vicious lies. While working on a fashion cruise, gorgeous young model Sheranda Swanson is swamped with temptation when wealthy fashion heir Robert du Villiers sets his sights on her. Little does Sheranda know that if she spurns Robert's advances, he will use every ounce of his cunning to turn Sheranda's sweet romance back home with Eric into a rancid nightmare. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian attorney who has penned 125 novels since his retirement in 2009.These books are available exclusively at Amazon in E-...

Over the course of his lengthy legal career, the combined antics of the government tax offices and the Ontario Law Society had forced attorney Ron Rodent into an impoverished and unhappy early retirement. When the tax office reverses a previous ruling and snatches away Ron's last bit of savings, the enraged attorney vows to make the bureaucrats pay for tormenting him. Nobody extracts diabolical revenge better than a bitter old lawyer. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a Canadian real estate lawyer who took up fiction writing as a retirement hobby in 2009. Always a proponent of ...

Tyler Stevens is a 22 year old who works in a call center in Medina, New York. When he is abruptly fired for refusing to lie to the customers, Tyler decides to fight back. That choice throws Tyler into a series of intriguing events which propel him into travel adventures and bizarre accusations. Tyler begins to wonder if gratitude has gone AWOL in America. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who usually writes about older attorneys toiling in that legal profession that everyone loves to loathe. Breaking out of his normal writing mold, "YOUNG BUT NOT STUPID" ...

This is the 1st novel in the TY WARD ADVENTURE SERIES, now comprising seven books in all. Ty Ward wakes up on his 50th birthday disgusted with the violent life he has led for the past 30 years in South America. He returns to the USA intending to slowly drink himself to death as a fitting punishment for all the mayhem he had foisted on the world because of his horrid career choice. Fate has other plans. On his first day in New York City, Ty's immense size once again acts as a sleaze magnet for thugs looking for trouble. A minor dispute over a damage deposit mushrooms into a major war with ...

Scumbag attorney Slymon "Slimy" Robichaud begins this story suddenly out of work and forced to vacate his apartment. A chance meeting at a bar with another lawyer hands Slimy the opportunity to look after that colleague's legal practice and reside free in his townhouse. Slimy should know better than to trust a fellow attorney. As if that situation doesn't turn out bad enough, Slimy gets called to testify as a witness against some members of the terrorist car heist gang which had tried to murder Slimy twice before. Despite all odds being against his survival, the wily old lawyer concocts a ...

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 ...

Gus Gross, age 23, huge and mean-looking because of childhood facial scars, returns to Canada after five grueling years fighting in Afghanistan only to discover that his alcoholic mother has squandered his life savings during his absence. Hurt and confused, Gus decides to hitchhike through the USA and Canada to postpone having to decide what to do with his life. Gus encounters just as much deadly violence in North America as he did in Afghanistan, and his attempts at new careers turn into violent failures. Can a young man forced to kill strangers in combat cope with the guilt and nightmares...

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 ...

Dirk Landriviuk is a 34 year old loner who dislikes being around people. He is startled one afternoon at the isolated farmhouse he rents when the Syracuse cops show up looking for dead bodies. The media wrongly names Dirk as the prime suspect so he leaves New York State to start a new life. With such an unusual name, the notoriety stalks Dirk via the Internet and he becomes a pariah no matter where he lands. But then he meets Astrid. She too is a victim in a different type of mess.ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has written more than sixty novels. ...

Devastated after his young wife's death, Johnny Lafreniere leaves rural Maine to escape the heartache and constant memories of his beloved Gracie. When his car breaks down on his journey to nowhere, Johnny figures that Harrison, Arkansas is as good a place as any to start a new life. His new city turns out to contain a bevy of beauties. Could a new love emerge? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian writer who has penned more than 100 novels. Please check out his Author Page on Amazon (and the Author Pages for his two pen names "Durward Garbage" and "Lance Majestik") ...

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 ...

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 ...