Financial Fiction

After ageing hippy Bill Hogan is taken hostage during a bank heist in Brooklyn, his captors demand a million-dollar ransom for his safe return. The problem is no-one knows who the hell Bill Hogan is. Does he even exist? All is not what it seems in this fast-paced, short story.

Finance professor Kate Adams is reeling. After her husband’s unexplained death, she runs away to the remote Alaskan wilderness to catch her breath, get back on her feet, and complete her research sabbatical in peace. But even at the ends of the earth, Kate can’t shake one nagging question: What was her husband working on before he died? As Kate continues her research into unusual financial phenomena across the globe, a picture slowly starts to emerge, and suddenly, her husband’s death doesn’t look so accidental. Together, Kate and Brad, a former flame and CIA officer, dig deeper ...

Jack West is a hotel staff member in Washington DC. One rainy morning, he walks into a room and finds a corpse. Homicide detectives discover that the corpse belongs to Ivan Montgomery, a secret service agent. As the detectives link up with agent Tillman, they begin to find evidence that leads them to believe the current financial collapse is being brought about by foreign spies. The president will need to act fast to identify the spies, find the killer, and prevent a complete economic collapse. But with corruption running rampant in high positions of power, including his own staff, who can ...

She makes her dream come true. Not realizing it’s the villain’s worst nightmare. Kate's idyllic Caribbean paradise shatters in an instant when she witnesses her boyfriend's brutal murder. Spirited away into protective custody, she sheds her past, embracing a new identity in the high-stakes art world of Washington, DC. As the curator of a renowned art collection, Kate appears to have it all—but beneath her polished exterior, memories of that horrific night linger, fueling her thirst for justice. Determined to track down her boyfriend's killers, Kate teams up with the razor-sharp crime ...

While trying to complete a top-secret corporate acquisition project at National Airlines, Lonny Jones’ life is turned upside down as sensitive negotiating information is leaked to the competition and his boss begins to exhibit questionable behavior. Lonny’s life is further complicated by his former best friend, Jack Heygood, who parlays the promise of testimony in the retrial of a Tropical Investment, Inc. kingpin — previously convicted of orchestrating a Ponzi scheme — into release from prison. Once on the loose, Jack’s suspicious business dealings wind through Dallas, the ...

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....

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 ...

First to a Million explores the many advantages of FI, while explaining the secrets of investing, living frugally, and maintaining an entrepreneurial mindset. Treating your finances differently than the average teenager will put you miles ahead of your peers, and with time (and compounding) on your side, you can win the game before it even starts!

Molka Must Choose Between Keeping Her Word To The Ones She’s Sworn To Serve Or Keeping Her Promise To The Little Sister She Loves! Her choice sends shockwaves across an entire continent! What Readers Are Saying… "LOVED IT! I SUGGEST YOU START READING THIS SERIES RIGHT NOW!” "Perfect blend of exciting action and twist-filled plot with a strong, complex character you want to follow for many books!” "A GREAT NEW SERIES TO DIVE INTO AND ENJOY!” “Molka is like a female Jack Reacher, Scot Harvath, Jack Noble, etc., only tougher and sexier!” Molka, an elite special forces warrior, ...

When a career-ending injury brings together a fallen athlete and a hunted spy, their love will either save the global economy—or destroy them both. Stanford football star Kairo Stem's NFL dreams die on a rain-soaked field, his knee shattered along with his future. But the mysterious woman who stays by his hospital bedside is hiding dangerous secrets of her own. Savannah Rhoades isn't just a compassionate stranger—she's a CIA operative on the run after exposing the government's darkest surveillance program. He discovers the 2008 financial crisis was orchestrated. She's uncovered a ...

After barely avoiding becoming a casualty of his boss’s financial fraud at National Airlines and the break-up of his second marriage, Lonny Jones passes on a promotion to Vice President and relocates to Austin, where he’d attended college twenty years ago, to recharge and figure out his future. By chance, he rents a house owned by a politically active couple and is unwittingly drawn into a down-and-dirty mayoral primary election campaign where the powerful, charming and corrupt mayor uses his office to dispense favors to developers. The challenger is an upstart political novice with an ...

With debt-burdened governments and businesses worldwide about to go bust, a cabal of Wall Street big shots plot to destroy the globe’s stock exchanges. In 24 hours, a powerful computer worm will smash the exchanges and spark an international panic, pushing a debt-laden world into the abyss. But one person, who works for their bank as a computer expert, spots the worm embedded deep in its network. Cassy Levin invents a program to destroy the cyber-intruder. Angered by Cassy’s discovery, her bosses order her kidnapping.

A new Russia, exciting new markets, a new danger! 1999 and Rupert Brett is at the top of his game. He is head of Capital Markets worldwide and is given the challenge: open the Moscow office! Rupert finds Moscow is an exciting place to be, but behind every deal there is bribery and he will need all his experience to navigate the corridors of power. On the inside Rupert finds corruption, powerful Oligarchs and a new Russian Leader Vladimir Putin. The UK Government is opening political boundaries with immigration relaxed. The two worlds begin to collide: desperate secrets need to be kept by ...

The mysterious, violent death of a prominent New England patriarch exposes a nest of dark family secrets in bestselling author Richard North Patterson’s twentieth compelling novel. Adam Blaine arrives on the island of Martha’s Vineyard to attend the funeral of his estranged father, Ben Blaine, a famous and charismatic writer who has served as patriarch of his clan for many years.

A single number saved her life. Grace knew it was only the beginning. Suddenly, danger surrounded her. She was terrified...the pain was relentless. Nothing in her life prepared her for this. She desperately needed somewhere safe...someplace she could hide. Someone she could trust. It was dark...and getting darker. Ronan Hendricks didn’t recognize her voice. Not family...not friends. Probably not an enemy. He didn’t hear animosity in her voice. But he didn’t need the years he’d spent as a detective to recognize what he did hear... Fear. Ethan Hendricks wasn’t thrilled that his ...

Killing Is Easy. Getting Away With It Is Hard. Molka’s vengeance has been reawakened and someone will pay! What Readers Are Saying… "LOVED IT! I SUGGEST YOU START READING THIS SERIES RIGHT NOW!” "Perfect blend of exciting action and twist-filled plot with a strong, complex character you want to follow for many books!” "A GREAT NEW SERIES TO DIVE INTO AND ENJOY!” “Molka is like a female Jack Reacher, Scot Harvath, Jack Noble, etc., only tougher and sexier!” Molka, an elite special forces warrior, resigns from the military after a tragic mission leads to the murder of her little...

What do you do when you have only 15-minutes to live? Molka is sent to East Asia for a critical task and receives some surprising help! What Readers Are Saying… "A GREAT NEW SERIES TO DIVE INTO AND ENJOY!” “Molka is like a female Jack Reacher, Scot Harvath, Jack Noble, etc., only tougher and sexier!” Molka, an elite special forces warrior, resigns from the military after a tragic mission leads to the murder of her little sister and wishes to live a quiet life as a veterinarian. They wouldn’t let her though. She is coerced to serve as covert operative and sent on a series of near ...

This is the 3rd novel in the UNDERCOVER HILLBILLY SERIES. In this story, Billy Hill travels to the tiny town of Linden, Texas. After bailing a pretty attorney out of a financial jam, Billy is faced with what can only be described as a very stinky mystery. Can a home-schooled hillbilly from the backwoods of northern Vermont solve this smelly puzzle? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who took up writing novels as a retirement hobby. Always a proponent of quantity over quality, Donald has churned out more than 90 novels since he retired in 2009. Please check ...

INTRIGUING "STAND-ALONE" STORY OF A CYBERSECURITY INTRUSTION & POLITICAL DECEIT Steve's curiosity about a tragic accident, a cybersecurity intrusion and a mysterious blonde leads him into a complex web of unanswered questions. Join Steve as he investigates an international money laundering scheme. Steve's plan to move his boat from Palm Beach to Chesapeake Bay for the summer places him closer to the answers and to dangerous political intrigue.

A man is found in his car, having met a painful death. Another man is found in the woods, clearly murdered. DI Aidan Burke seeks to establish the connection between these deaths. The first man is a wealthy property developer. Little is known about the second victim. Burke's sergeant, DS Fiona Moore, sets to work gathering evidence. But the investigation turns up some unusual findings that point to serious organized criminal activity.