N.L. Blandford
ALLi Author Member
Location: Canada
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Crime fighter by day. Fiction writer by night. Natasha Backs works as a fraud investigator at a financial institution. She analyzes data to detect, prevent and investigate fraud. She collaborates with Law Enforcement and Legal Counsel to present clear and concise evidence in support of criminal and civil cases. In the literary world, Natasha is known as N.L Blandford. She is the author of The Perilous Road to Her (2021). A gripping tale of fear, longing, and determination, as one woman tries to survive the world of human trafficking in hopes of finding her sister. N.L. Blandford followed this up with the anticipated sequels, The Perilous Road to Freedom (2021), and The Perilous Road to Him (2022). N.L. Blandford is passionate about creating awareness around social issues through fictional stories. Her worlds and characters captivate readers while informing them of real life scenarios.
N.L. Blandford's books
Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Come home. He’s dead. Four words throw Victoria back into a life that was never hers. **** Dragged from her home after the murder of her entire family, six-year-old Emily Spencer is thrown into a world she must learn to navigate or die. With a new name, a new family, and a new beginning, Emily Spencer becomes Victoria Townsend. Beloved daughter of the Director of the criminal organization known as The Family. As the memories of her old life fade, Victoria learns to survive her torturous home life by becoming a skilled mercenary. Leading the Townsend protection racket, she strikes out on her own and heads to England, leaving behind a wicked stepmother, an emotionally distant father, and a not so brotherly sibling. Victoria’s hope to escape the clutches of The Family are dashed when she receives word that an important man in her life is dead. Returning to the...
Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Dead bodies were not on Douglas and Roberta’s Christmas lists…but they got them anyway. Twelve days from retirement, Detective Constable Douglas MacDonald’s Christmas wish is for a peaceful, crimeless holiday season. His partner, Roberta Cameron, wishes Douglas would leave the 1980s behind. Neither will get what they want. When people in the quaint town of Hillford start dying at an extraordinary rate, in unusual ways, Douglas and Roberta’s holiday season is anything but peaceful. Each death gnaws at the officers. It’s all very familiar. But how? Roberta is desperate to catch the killer before news of her involvement in the case reaches the one person she’s tried to hide from for fourteen years. But when a mysterious letter appears on her doorstep Roberta fears for her life. Douglas’ bottomless cup of whiskey; his witty banter with Roberta; and flirtations with Ada, the crime scene technician supervisor, are what keep him...
Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
A riveting tale of a woman’s last stand against her past. —---------------------------------------------- In The Perilous Road to Him, the conclusion of The Road Series, N.L. Blandford takes us on Olivia Beaumont’s final harrowing battle to regain herself and her son. Olivia changed her last name, moved to the small English town of Woodhaven and hoped her tortuous past only lived in her memories. However, it also resides within the walls of her house. Her son Calvin’s ice-cold stare, secrecy and fits of rage are a reflection of someone Olivia longs to forget: Calvin’s father, William Hammond. A father Calvin hadn’t known existed until a stranger, M., reveals it to him on his sixteenth birthday. Two years later, Calvin wakes up, covered in blood, beside the body of his best friend. His partial memories tell him he is the killer. Even Olivia is unsure of his innocence. Stuck in prison; Calvin...
Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
In The Perilous Road to Freedom, the anticipated sequel to The Perilous Road to Her, N.L. Blandford takes us on Olivia Beaumont’s harrowing journey to find herself and her freedom. A survivor of William Hammond’s human trafficking ring, Olivia Beaumont longs to forget the past five months. Pregnant, and scared of the ties her past will have to her future, Olivia will need more than denial to battle the monsters of her nightmares, and fate. Right outside Olivia’s apartment door stands a past she thought was dead and gone. A past believed to have been killed with her own two hands. A past that forces her back into a world of power, greed and manipulation. Will Olivia’s stubbornness and determination be enough for her to be able to fight the monsters around her, and those in her head, to retake her freedom?
Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
A gripping tale of fear, longing and determination as one woman tries to survive the world of those who also kidnapped her sister. In The Perilous Road to Her, N.L Blandford takes us on a woman’s harrowing journey to find her missing sister. Olivia Beaumont, a Detective in the Toronto Police Service, finds herself dreading calls from her older sister Claire. Olivia’s attempts to help Claire fight her drug addiction have only been met with refusals. Ready to walk away, and let Claire hit ‘rock bottom’, Olivia is drawn back when she learns Claire is missing. Determined to find Claire, Olivia goes on the hunt for those who have taken her. However, the perpetrators have other plans. Suddenly, Olivia feels the prick of a needle in her neck and her world goes black. When she wakes up she has been transported into the underworld of human trafficking. Greed and sex...