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When the ongoing Portland riots cost gifted attorney Glen Sanderson his job and his apartment, Glen drives back to his home state of New York to start a new life. Love bursts forth with a brilliant computer whiz named Gillian Smith who creates a program to better assess mortgage applications. That creation is stolen by a wealthy but unscrupulous mortgage lender. The thief has no idea of the unparalleled ingenuity of his intended victims. Larceny has no chance against pure genius. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 100 novels. Please...

TV reporter Kate Bradley arrives in Manhattan ready to take on a challenging new position as a national news correspondent. When a massive power outage plunges New York City into darkness, the disaster she expected to cover takes an unexpected turn. Someone is leaving thousands of mysterious gifts throughout the city, and the only clue to the giver's identity is the occasional note from "A Stranger."

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 ...

Marine veteran Jerry McNeal was born with a psychic ability that allows him to know when something will happen before it happens. Jerry can also see and speak with spirits, making for some "lively" conversations. The series starts when, one fateful night, while on patrol as a Pennsylvania State Trooper, Jerry finds himself aided by the ghost of a K-9 police officer. Without the dog's help, a woman would have died. With each book that follows, their unique partnership grows as they navigate their next adventure.

Police Chief Tess O’Rourke’s small town is still reeling from a devastating fire when the FBI asks for help: Could she shelter a witness in a high-profile human trafficking case? Initially reluctant to put the townspeople of Rogue’s Hollow at risk, Tess is swayed after she sees Pastor Oliver Macpherson’s genuine conviction to rescue those in need, a trait in him she’s coming to love more each day.

In the realms of The Memory Thief, memories are currency that can be traded for goods, services, skills, and experiences. A group of people—the Gifted—can steal and redistribute memories. Etta is secretly one of them, but she hasn’t used her Gifted abilities since she left the rebel Shadows following her mother’s accident two years ago. But when her mother is again in danger, Etta has no choice but to return to the underground group in order to complete her greatest heist and save her mother’s life.

Joy thinks she's falling in love with FBI Agent Richard Fields—but is the man who makes her mind soar and her heart swoon really who he says he is? Those who challenge the Lords of the Universe—a secret society of new-age fanatics—have a habit of winding up dead from unnaturally 'natural causes.' While witnesses in the case against the LOTU drop like wilted rose petals, FBI expert Richard Fields has been investigating one suspect in particular, Dr. Joy Clayton. The newly exonerated widow of one of the cult's fanatical leaders, Joy is beautiful, brilliant, and an angel on earth—and ...

Tess O'Rourke dreams of becoming the first female chief of police in Long Beach, California. As commander of the East Division, she is well on her way...until the night she responds to an officer-needs-assistance call and fatally shoots an unarmed teenager. Despite being cleared of wrongdoing by a grand jury, Tess is so hounded by the public that she takes a job in Oregon to escape the bad press.

Casey Hartman checks handsome Will Kerns into Belmont Inn, her family home passed down through generations. He claims to be on vacation, but when Casey witnesses a murder, Will flashes his DEA badge and takes her on the run. His real mission is to seize a drug operation in the historical town of Belmont. Casey can’t believe this is happening in her little town, much less that she witnessed a murder. Will is determined to take down the drug ring and the man leading the operation, but can he do that while running with Casey? She wasn’t part of his mission. Will soon realizes this ...

The dangerous beauty of Lavender Tides is harboring secrets that reach around the world. Ellie Blackmore is making a name for herself as a house flipper. But when her sister, Mackenzie, disappears, Ellie can’t focus on anything but uncovering what happened. Her only clue is the bloodstain on the deck of Mackenzie’s boat. Ellie knows her sister isn’t on the best of terms with her ex-husband, Jason, but he wouldn’t kill her - would he? Coast Guard intelligence officer Grayson Bradshaw believes Mackenzie faked her own death after stealing a seized cocaine shipment.

There’s more to the quaint northern Indiana town of Shipshewana than handcrafted quilts, Amish-made furniture, immaculate farms, and close-knit families. When a dead girl is found floating in a local pond, murder is also afoot. And Reuben Fisher is in jail as the suspect! Reuben refuses to divulge any information, even to clear himself of a crime Deborah is certain he didn’t commit. So, with her English friend, Callie—fellow sleuth and owner of Daisy’s Quilt Shop—Deborah sets out to uncover the truth.

Paige Rogers is a former CIA agent who lost all she treasured seven years ago when her entire team was killed in a covert mission. She blames their leader - Daniel Keary - whom Paige believes betrayed them. Disillusioned and afraid for her life, she disappeared and started a new life as a small-town librarian. But when Keary announces his candidacy for governor of her state, he comes after Paige to ensure that she won't ruin his bid for office.

In this first book of a three-book series, author Vannetta Chapman brings a fresh twist to the popular Amish fiction genre. She blends the familiar components consumers love in Amish books - faith, community, simplicity, family - with an innovative who-done-it plot that keeps readers guessing right up to the last stitch in the quilt. When two women - one Amish, one English - each with different motives, join forces to organize a successful on-line quilt auction, neither expects nor wants a friendship.

Just months after the closure of the Chicago World’s Fair, librarian Lydia Bancroft finds herself fascinated by a mysterious dark-haired and dark-eyed patron. He has never given her his name; he actually never speaks to a single person. All she knows about him is that he loves books as much as she does. Only when he rescues her in the lobby of the Hartman Hotel does she discover that his name is Sebastian Marks. She also discovers that he lives at the top of the prestigious hotel and that most everyone in Chicago is intrigued by him.

Often everything starts with a simple plan. Yakiesha Simmons had lost her fiancé to corporate spies desperate enough to kill. She could not rest while the next man stepped into her murdered fiancé’s vacancy uniformed and unprepared for the danger that awaited him. It was a simple act of kindness before the arrival of the Christmas holiday. Just let him know his life could be in danger. There are doors that open before our lives. Some remain open and we can pass through them and exit them at the whim of our will. There are other doors that we step through and once having done so, they ...

No woman should be forced to say, “I do.” My village is forcing me to marry Thomas. “Just follow the rules” they say. “You will love him eventually” they say. Screw what they say! I shouldn’t be told who to marry. I should be able to choose who I love. But, who am I kidding? This village would never allow a woman to make her own decisions. Especially me, I am forbidden to go against their wishes. I have to restore my family’s honor by marrying the handsome perfect green eyed candidate. So perfect he is hard to resist. But, can I live a life without love? A life obeying rules...

Home for the Delahass family is Nolbeloir House...the home that Jeremy Delahass built for his family in the heart of America...now, years later, his family still calls it home...the Delahass Legacy still lives on...and the search for justice continues. Box Set Volume 1 includes Family and Family Unbroken, the first two books in the Delahass Legacy series. Family – The Delahass Legacy Barb Delahass has spent much of her life trying to understand the decisions and choices her ancestor made, but she has always admired the life that Jeremy Delahass chose to live, even though some of his ...

A killer is lurking in the shadows...FBI agent Nina Brandt loves her job. Sure, she's made some enemies, but she knows she's making the world a better place. It's lonely at times, but she has good friends to get her through. It's a good life. Little does she guess that her past is about to come back and haunt her...in more ways than one. When Navy SEAL Quinn Stone learns that his geeky younger brother, Ty, hacked into the TSA's No Fly List, he would rather take a bullet than go to his former fiancée, Nina Brandt, for help.

His name is Bily Rowe. Yesterday, he was just another tragically talented loser that the city had chewed up and spat back down on the streets - a failed musician, failed lover, failed friend. But that was before a young woman was brutally murdered before his eyes. That was before the hideous creatures crawled out of the shadows to call him by name. That was before Billy Rowe discovered the power.

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 ...