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D & J Designs is a joint family venture. Donna Robie and Judy Devlin are siblings from Concord, NH, and real NH natives with roots going back to 1644. They are both published authors. Judy opened that door with her novels The Kiss of Judas, A Switch in Time and Mind Blindness. She is also co-editor of The Voices of Scleroderma 3 book series.

Donna soon followed with her novels The Cuban Connection, One Quiet Night and Lone Lake with more projects in the works.

 

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Judy's BOOK SYNOPSIS

MIND BLINDNESS- is a political thriller of terrorism, the biggest threat to America in the new millennium. Are the foreign terrorists more dangerous than our home-grown terrorists? Have Americans lost their free will to think and choose? Or do most just follow the leader? Something covertly evil is happening in our democracy. An observant citizen, Rose, alerts her congressman brother, Rick, to an undercurrent of collusion and terrorism, as they search for Rose's daughter, Sophia, who is being held against her will by a Montana militia man with political ties in Washington, D.C.

A SWITCH IN TIME- A Switch In Time is a delightful adventure story filled with historical, spiritual, and futuristic themes, intertwined with the lives of three engaging characters- modern Kaitlynn, old fashion Hattie and a dyslexic guardian angel, Angela. On May 11th, Kaitlynn was sent to Plymouth, MA, in 1891 and Hattie to Plymouth, NH, in 1981- to the wrong parents and era. In Heaven, ALL is happening at the same time, but here on Earth, time is pretty specific. Angela explains how babies are 'pre-programmed' before birth, but Kaitlynn and Hattie have to live their pre-program life in the wrong place and time. This creates many obstacles for both girls and their parents and the people they meet along the way. Follow Kaitlynn, as she travels west, meets Amelia Earhart, joins with the suffragettes’ women’s ‘ movement and yearns to fly to the moon, a woman well ahead of her time. While old fashion Hattie, struggles to fit in the modern, technological society and beyond. Angela assigns herself as both girls’ guardian angel, as she tries to make up for her mistake. Share their many adventures as they travel through time spanning the years 1891 through 2061. You may discover that you too, are 'a switch in time.'

THE KISS OF JUDAS- Three traumatic years of suffering almost completely break Jessica’s will. Before long, she desperately struggles to find a way to escape the violent grip of an out-of-control lover. And when the Kiss of Judas finally turns lethal; she is faced with an all-out fight for her life.

Voices Of Scleroderma Volume 1- A collection of personal patient and caregiver scleroderma stories from around the world, with medical introductions by renown scleroderma leaders from the medical and research communities Such as: Dr. Joseph Korn, Gary Barg, Dr. Magdalena Dziadzio, Dr. Asim Iqbal and Dr. Thomas Lehman.

Voices of Scleroderma Volume 2- A continuation of Volume 1; with new patient/caregiver stories, as well as new information from more specialists in the scleroderma medical and research field from around the world.. Such as: Professor Carol Black, Dr. Mario Auriemma, Dr. Magdalena Dziadzio, Kevin Howell, Dr. Vanessa Malcarne and Dr. Maria Trojanowska

Voices of Scleroderma Volume 3- A continuation of Volume 1 & Vol 2; with new patient/caregiver stories, as well as new information from more specialists in the scleroderma medical and research field from around the world..Contributing professionals include Dr. Marco Matucci-Cerinic and Dr. Irene Miniati (on Systemic Scleroderma), Dr. Fernanda Falcini (on Juvenile Scleroderma), Dr. Tafazzul e-Haque Mahmud, Dr. Laszlo Czirjak (on Scleroderma-Like Disorders), Dr. James Seibold, Francisco Castellanos, and Carol Langenfeld.

 

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Donna's Book Synopsis

THE CUBAN CONNECTION-A riveting tale paralleling strained relationships, where land is land and blood is blood, which asks, “Just how much must one country shed?

Book Description

THE MAN: Has Juan Martianos taken the phrase, “What can you do for your country?” to the extreme? How does a patriotic, Cuban sugar cane plantation owner end up in America as a high-ranking comrade in the A.C.P., and just how far will he go for the love of his country?

THE COUNTRY: Beginning with marauding pirates, fierce Spanish conquistadors, greedy American capitalists, corrupt tyrants and Communists—at what price does the “Jewel of the Antilles,” a beautiful, vibrant, but hostile country, whose motto is “Homeland or Death,” get robbed time, after time, of its freedom?

THE OPERATION: Masterminded by a man who is himself an orphan, how does an American-based orphanage, housing Cuban refugee boys, perform acts of treason against the powerful U.S.?

THE CHILDREN: In a country whose advertised slogan is “Nada de muy importante de nino,” – why must children pay for their fathers’ sins? Meet Sara Martin, the beautiful daughter who is about to become entangled in the tumultuous, parallel relationship between Cuba and the United States.


 

One Quiet Night-A chilling tale unraveling a latent time bomb filled with obsessive love, betrayal, and the ultimate and devastating familial murders.

Book Description

THE CRIMES: Double homicides strike two small rural towns thousands of miles apart within weeks of each other. Frigid temperatures, bone chilling winds, a parallel journey, a raging all-consuming house fire, and one lone strand of evidence uncovered amongst the ashes begin a fifteen-year, unsolved investigation into the deaths of two innkeepers from rural New Hampshire and the tie between the deaths of two transients in a rural Florida cornfield.

THE WAYWARD DAUGHTER: Brooke Kenney, a free-spirited, rebellious woman-child desperate to escape the confinement of a small town, embarks on the eighteen-month adventure of her lifetime. She meets up with her destiny in Alaska and becomes the eye of a storm bringing death to her family’s doorstep.

THE DRIFTER: Eddie Lee Mason, tired of cat burglaries and recently released from incarceration at the Walla Walla penitentiary, sets his sights on a fresh start in Alaska. Catching his first break in years, he waltzes into the young, innocent woman-child’s world and gives her the ride and adventure of her lifetime—drifting from state to state, with various petty crimes ending in an obsessive love that roils out of control and leaves in its wake four homicides, all in the name of love.

THE PRODIGAL SON: Luke Kenney, the brooding, unlikable son, and the only member of the tragic Kenney family left alive. A time bomb unleashed during one quiet night in a small, scenic New Hampshire town, the prodigal son returns to pick up the ashes of his family’s untimely demise, tarnishing and bringing terror to the idyllic town he hoped to have left behind him.

 

Lone Lake-Summer arrives as scheduled, as do the vacationers; yet some never leave. Riveting tale of a thirty-two-year-old secret surrounding Lone Lake regarding a serial killer on the loose in western New Hampshire.

Book Description

Charlie Ryder, half Native American Indian, had been the lone sentinel protecting his peaceful and remote Lone Lake and a serene and simple lifestyle until the arrival of the Madison family. And then, he befriended Benjamin Madison, a strange boy about his age, and thirty-two years ago, while battling over one flirtatious girl at a teen bonfire party beside the lake in 1968, a series of events began that would cement their deadly secret.

One, two…finally eight missing girls over the years, beginning in the late sixties—swallowed up at Lone Lake without a trace, without a single bone fragment, without a clue as to who was removing these young girls from rural New Hampshire. Every one of them, during their final hours, had last been seen at the lake.

And then came one curious writer who chose Lone Lake as the place to relax and finish her latest novel. The story she started out with soon became the story that is about to unfold. Never in her life would Janet Travis have thought she was about to be written into her own storyline or imagine what would ultimately be the cost.

 

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