New Release Books by Debbie Burke

Nobody tells Lou Belmonte he can''t hug his wife of 50 years. When pandemic regulations prevent him from visiting his beloved Cameo in a memory care lockdown, he busts her out, assaulting two employees who try to stop him. The couple flees to a remote fire lookout in Montana''s Bob Marshall Wilderness. Their daughter begs for help from investigator Tawny Lindholm and her criminal defense attorney husband, Tillman Rosenbaum. They''re in a race to find the aging fugitives before the cops do because Vietnam veteran Lou won''t go down without a fight.

Sharp-witted paralegal Ellie Greenberg has a dynamite career at a law firm in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Happily divorced, in the middle years of her life and keeping sexy ''n'' sassy, she decompresses from the demands of her career by joining the jazz scene at a local college. The instant she sees the very-married new soloist, trumpet player Vincent Keyes, she''s speared directly in the heart by Cupid''s arrow. Unfortunately, Ellie has also walked straight into the romantic cross-hairs of ace lawyer Stan Feldman. Ellie tries to gain her footing in the emotional tornado, where the ride is thrilling but ultimately unsustainable. She agonizes over choosing between the two men...or changing her life completely.

In Tasty Jazz Jams for Our Times, Debbie Burke shines a warm and loving spotlight on jazz artists around the globe. Heavily tipped towards the indie musician (on guitar, vocals, keys, harp, percussion, etc. and from diverse corners like Sweden, Italy, Brazil, Israel, Hong Kong and Russia), the book also includes household-name jazz personalities like Houston Person, Christian McBride, Andy Snitzer, Jane Ira Bloom, Bobby Sanabria and many more. With an intro by the esteemed smooth jazz artist and fellow author Maurice Johnson plus cool pull-quotes from other fascinating jazzers, this book is an exciting musical trip around the world.

A stolen song, a stolen kiss and a stunning family legacyJazz bassist Beauregard ("Bo") Sonski-Abbott finds himself reeling after learning an aging Broadway producer may have stolen a song written by his distant relative: a great-great uncle who was enslaved on one of the biggest plantations in Georgia. Bo''s journey to unravel the truth takes him from the music scene of New York to Washington, DC, only to be sidetracked by a much younger woman who threatens to tear apart his marriage and his career.

The road to true love for investigator Tawny Lindholm and her boss, attorney Tillman Rosenbaum, has never run smooth. As they prepare to tie the knot, complications throw fresh curves at them: the blending of families, echoes from their past, and an unexpected death. But those problems pale in the face of the lovers'' own secret doubts. Will there be a wedding?

Warning!! The contents of this book may open your heart. By reading the true stories in this book you will be exposed to; heartbreak, triumph, loves found and lost, challenges overcome and challenges that transformed us. Forty-two women share insights into their personal journeys through a slice of their lives. Warning!! The contents of this book may; make you laugh and smile, cry, instill amazement and engender feelings of awe and empathy. Stand In Our Shoes for just a moment and experience the power of women. The power of memoir. The power of a life lead.

Dashing terrorist Khalil Sharivar plans to bring down the electrical grid starting at the Hungry Horse Dam in Montana. He doesn''t need explosives or weapons, only a smartphone, his charm, and the perfect scapegoat-Tawny Lindholm, a beautiful small-town widow intimidated by technology. Her rigged phone is his tool of seduction and manipulation, tangling her ever more tightly into his plot. Soon the feds are chasing her and her family is in jeopardy. If Tawny can''t turn the instrument back on the devil himself, she dies. In the era of runaway surveillance, if it could happen to Tawny, could it happen to you? Follow Tawny to find out! Winner of the Kindle Scout contest and the 2016 Zebulon Award, Instrument of the Devil is a fast-moving psychological thriller about a cyber-attack on the power grid that''s only a keystroke away. Five-star reviews call it "a thrilling high-stakes tale" and "tense and chilling." Read it before the lights go out!

Investigator Tawny Lindholm loves her boss, renowned criminal attorney Tillman Rosenbaum, but his troubled teenage children scare her. Her resolve to keep her distance goes out the window when his honor student daughter overdoses. Now Tawny can''t turn away from the girl whose life she saved. Meanwhile, treacherous enemies are determined to destroy Tillman by targeting his family. Will Tawny pay the ultimate price to protect him and the children she cherishes?

The Poconos In B Flat shines a warm and loving light on the incredible jazz culture of the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Through personal interviews, the book brings to life the unique insights, observations and motivations of a group of very talented musicians including acclaimed National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Phil Woods and David Liebman; Bob Dorough of Schoolhouse Rock! fame; and many others. This jazz microcosm is sure to have wide appeal outside its woodland borders, as the movers, shakers and future stars have already impacted the global community.

An inspiring collective of scripture where music and praise for the LORD are intertwined. These contemplations reflect the joy and beauty of music''s place in the Old and New Testaments.

At six-seven, charismatic attorney Tillman Rosenbaum owns any courtroom he enters. He''s brilliant, successful, and doesn''t trust anyone, except his lovely new investigator, Tawny Lindholm. She has an intuitive gift with people and her outspoken honesty and unflinching integrity have opened Tillman''s soft underbelly. When he suspects his wealthy, estranged father, Moe, is a victim of elder fraud, he knows only one person who can break through to the stubborn, secretive man. Tawny is broke from her late husband''s medical bills and desperate to keep her job, even though her boss is the rudest, most arrogant man she''s ever met. With his James Earl Jones'' voice, he''s also sexy as hell and Tillman''s loyalty to his father touches Tawny. But as she digs deep into Moe''s layers of deceit, she wonders if he is the victim of a million-dollar scam or the villain behind it. Neither Tawny nor Tillman realize the danger he''s sent her into...until it''s too late.