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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 ...

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, ...

Some perfect relationships are doomed. For young Las Vegas attorney Paul Skelding, a chance meeting with lovely Amber Anderson leads to romance and the prospect of an idyllic life of shared love. It truly seems like a match made in Heaven. But even Heaven can be tricked by evil masquerading as pious devotion to God. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 125 novels, all of which are available as E-Books, Audiobooks and in Paperback form.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pervin Mann, age 67, is a retired lawyer who lives in a luxury waterfront condominium with his twin brother, Mervin who is a retired school principal. Both men are divorced and fanatically frugal. They compete over everything but especially about which one can spend less money in any given year. The prospect of romance unexpectedly enters each of their lives and provides them with one last chance at love. Will the thrifty old gentlemen finally learn that women abhor cheapskates? Or is it simply too late for them to change? Donald W. Desaulniers is a Canadian lawyer who retired in 2009. He ...

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") ...

Guys should learn to keep their mouths shut. Young attorney Paul Charbonneau failed to learn that lesson and is in for a nasty surprise. Word got back to his ex-girlfriend that Paul had joked to his drinking buddies that he was glad to be rid of Brenda because she was destined to be obese like her 250 pound mother. Revenge takes no prisoners. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 100 novels since his retirement in 2009, His books are available as E-Books or in Paperback form exclusively on Amazon and at delectably low prices.

This is an uplifting Christmas story about two rival small town lawyers who loathe each other. Raymond Collins is a totally honest guy but a financial failure as an attorney. Parker Jones is the complete opposite, a rich, greedy and shady lawyer. Both run their legal practices in the tiny town of Lakeport, Ontario and they shower each other with caustic insults whenever they meet. When Jones concocts a brilliant scheme to ruin Collins, a series of complex events unfold which ultimately give rise to unexpected payback in the form of The Christmas Lawyer. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. ...

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 ...

Possessing an MBA and PHD in economics didn't help Donald Ward who was fired in October from his New York government job for refusing to get the Covid-19 jabs. Don heads off in search of a kinder and more sensible state in which to live and work. Perhaps the prospect of a jobless Christmas can be softened with the help of gorgeous raven-haired Georgina Cole who just lost her own job when her Florida employer decided to downsize. This is their story of travel and romance. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 100 novels since his ...

Craig Johnson's dream job as a part-time attorney for a Detroit law firm turns into a complete nightmare when his bosses set him up to take the fall in a money laundering scheme. Craig tries to defend himself but things get downright dangerous when his employers get the orders to SHUT THAT LAWYER UP. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer with a quirky sense of humor who has penned more than 110 novels. Please check out his Author Page on Amazon for details about each of these books.

Jimmy Smith has been immersed in violence since he was 17 when his beloved missionary mother was murdered in Cameroon by a roving gang from the Congo. For the next few years Jimmy hunted down the renegades and exterminated hundreds of them while earning the feared title "White Death." Jimmy later came to a tiny village in Mexico where he was forced to kill four cartel recruiters who came looking for young girls to abduct into the sex trade in the USA. Jimmy sneaks into America where circumstances put him in the path of a Peruvian gang operating in Louisiana. This is Jimmy's harrowing story ...