Dreams of Paradise

Dreams of Paradise

R. B. Conroy

R. B. Conroy

Broke and down on her luck, attractive, and well-spoken Susan Harris takes a job cleaning a real estate office in a nearby retirement community called The Villages. Intoxicated by the beautiful surroundings in The Villages, the downtrodden Susan falls in love with the exciting enclave. Soon she is having a recurring dream about living there with a rich, doting husband. Her cleaning companion at the real estate office is Joe Stone, a widowed doctor who after years of a high intensity medical career, enjoys the low-pressure job. After a few weeks on the job, Susan suddenly realizes that the wealthy doctor could be the man of her dreams. Using her good looks and charm, she goes to work on the unsuspecting doctor and soon they are a couple. Unfortunately for Susan, her drug-addicted son Willie, sees his mother's wealthy suitor in a far different light. This page-turner takes the reader on a riveting journey into the exciting life of The Villages and the seedy, corrupt world of son...
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Deadly Game

Deadly Game

R. B. Conroy

R. B. Conroy

Alex Crane is on top of the world. President of one of the largest banks in the country, an early retirement to beautiful Lake Wawasee is not far away. But when a routine audit reveals that tens of millions of dollars have been skimmed from his bank's IRA accounts, his apparently secure world is turned upside down. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a nightmarish scheme involving subprime mortgages, bailout money, FBI thugs, mobsters, and eventually murder. The resulting story takes the reader on a fast-paced journey into the upper echelons of our Federal Government and our financial empire. When Alex's life is threatened, an unexpected source gives him the ammunition he needs to fight back against the awesome forces massed against him. In the climactic conclusion, Alex makes a daring move against the most powerful man in the world and goes for the win in the "Deadly Game" of power politics.
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Evil in Paradise

Evil in Paradise

R. B. Conroy

R. B. Conroy

Cathy Roberts has it all—an exciting life in a fabulous retirement community, a beautiful home, an expensive automobile, a doting husband, and five wonderful grandchildren. But it isn't enough for the attractive, well-spoken Cathy. Filled with an insatiable desire for self-gratification, she wants more. Then, as fate would have it, she meets a handsome and single ex-truck driver, Eric Lowe, and the sparks begin to fly. Captivated by the exciting and much younger Lowe, she wants to spend the rest of her life with him, free from the constraints of her marriage. During a chance meeting with a troubled Harley rider at a local bar, Cathy finds her ticket to freedom. The resulting story takes the reader on a gripping journey filled with broken promises, forbidden liaisons, violent confrontations, and finally, murder.
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Devil Rising

Devil Rising

R. B. Conroy

R. B. Conroy

Worn down by years of hard living and violence, aging gunman Jon Stoudenmire is on his way to find solace at his vineyard in California. His last stop along the way is a raucous mining town far out in the Sonoran Desert. Short of ready cash, an old friend asks him to stay on as acting Sheriff and he agrees. Jon soon discovers that a local man, wealthy Englishman Alex Faraday, is on a mission to take over the prosperous outpost. Smitten by beautiful saloon owner Elizabeth Thompson, a target of Faraday's wrath... Jon is pulled deeper into the fight. When a county commissioner is brutally murdered, Jon suspects Faraday and the sparks begin to fly. The desert town is shaken to its core when the hard-hitting Sheriff, aided by his legendary anger, attempts to blast the community free from the grips of the vicious Brit and his hired guns.
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Return of the Gun

Return of the Gun

R. B. Conroy

R. B. Conroy

In this savage tale of love, greed, and redemption in America's early frontier famed lawman, Jon Stoudenmire, is on a quest to find peace at his vineyard paradise. Near his journey's end and anxious to settle down with his true love Elizabeth Thompson, Jon meets up with his long-lost cousin Cliff Stone. Stone asks Jon to stay and join his fight against greedy gold mining magnate George Stanton. Reluctant at first, after a shootout with one of Stanton's hired guns, Jon joins the fight. Stanton's senseless beating of lovely hotel owner Maggie Callahan only intensifies Jon's resolve. Faced with an angry Jon Stoudenmire, a desperate Stanton brings in a small army of hired guns to try and take him out. The resulting war shatters the myth of invincibility that had grown around Stanton and exposes the inner demons that drive the charming, yet conflicted gunman Jon Stoudenmire.
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