Contingencies

Set in today's world where military missions change direction faster than the financial markets on Wall Street, Special Forces soldier Sergeant Adrian Reilly has selflessly served his country and its agenda du jour until the black and white of life lived under a chain of command becomes blurred by the infinite shades of grey found in covert ops. Wrongfully discharged, Reilly is secretly recalled by the CIA Deputy Director for Operations to bring him definitive proof that its Deputy Director for Counterintelligence, Charlie O'Donnell, is the traitor Reilly had claimed him to be. To clear his name and avenge the deaths of his fallen comrades, Reilly's strength and resolve are tested as he searches for the linchpin to an intricate web of lies but his ability to battle any contingency cannot fully prepare him for the depth of O'Donnell's conspiracies, who the man holds in death's grip, or the love that may ultimately be sacrificed in order to stop a madman's vengeful quest to destroy them all.

With blood the color of red, white and blue running through his veins, Adrian Reilly has dedicated his life to the Army and the brotherhood forged in the heat of Special Forces. But when his third Black Ops mission goes wrong, no one believes his accusation that he and his team were set up by none other than the man running counterintelligence operations at CIA, Charlie O'Donnell. Wrongfully discharged for his failure to lead, Reilly is secretly recalled after his Army brother is murdered and tasked with outing the puppet master and his minions. To clear his name and avenge the deaths of operations officers and soldiers alike, Reilly must bring hard evidence that will put O'Donnell away for life. But O'Donnell's hand is far reaching and four years pass with Reilly no closer to the truth until a rogue sniper in O'Donnell's nest of vipers, Trent Mariner, upends the game board and Reilly finds himself blindsided not only by the assassin's plans but by O'Donnell's assistant, Daniella St. Sauveur, who is more than she appears to be. The discovery of O'Donnell's ultimate plot comes at the greatest of prices and Reilly is left with the hardest choice of his life: stay with the woman he loves and be haunted by the guilt of forsaking his brothers, or leave her behind to finish his mission and stop Mariner before the world is thrown into political and religious chaos.

Nadine Dandorf is a member of the Romance Writers of America, including its New Jersey and Kiss of Death Chapters. She lives in New Jersey.