Blackwell Ops Series

One ad in the magazine for adventurers was different than the others. There was no flash or bluster, no promises of adventure or big money. Only four line of text followed by a toll-free phone number: Do you have special abilities? Want to put them to use? Give us a call. Blackwell Ops Something about the ad was too intriguing to pass up. At least for the former Marine who was about to become Jack Tilden. Blackwell Ops is a special, very secretive organization. Its operatives conduct specialized surgical strikes on persons and organizations around the world. Jack Tilden is one of those operatives. This is part of his story, as told to the author. Only the more sensitive parts of Mr. Tilden's story are fictionalized. Everything else is true.

Dynamite comes in small packages. Marie Arceneaux is on of them. Don't be on her list. Marie is a Cajun, born and bred near Lafayette, Louisiana. She lives in Cassis, France, on the French Riviera now. Her sister Addy moved in with her a couple of years ago. Marie is ostensibly a sales rep for an international company with a global reach. So her sister never questions why Marie occasionally has to fly out at a moment's notice for a meeting or presentation. But Marie actually puts her small-arms and martial arts knowledge to use as an operative for Blackwell Ops. Blackwell Ops is another international company with a global reach. But their reach delivers much different results. This is part of Marie's story, as told to the author. As always, only the more sensitive parts of Ms. Arceneaux's story are fictionalized. Everything else is true.

Sometimes being who you are makes it easier to do what you have to do. Charles Claymore "Charlie" Task is a self-described professional psychopath. Having freelanced all his life, now he's joined the team at Blackwell Ops. Blackwell Ops is an organization owned and managed by Thomas Jefferson Blackwell. Through the operatives in his company — and for a fee — TJ works discreetly on behalf of governments, entities, and individuals to bring about desired results. Usually those results require surgical strikes on person and organizations around the world. Now Charlie Task is one of those operatives. This is part of his story, as told to the author. As always, only the more sensitive parts of Mr. Task's story are fictionalized. Everything else is true.

Melanie Sloan is young, but accomplished. She is also a force to be reckoned with. Or one that will reckon with you. As a former member of the Israeli Defense Forces, she attained a black belt in Krav Maga, a form of martial arts that is more martial than art, less for competition and more for dealing death swiftly and surely. She's also a former runway model, all the attributes of which she still has at her disposal. From her home on the French Riviera, she flies around the world on behalf of her employer, Blackwell Ops, and her need for her next adrenaline rush.   This is part of Melanie's story, as told to the author. As always, only the more sensitive parts of Ms. Sloan's story are fictionalized. Everything else is true.

Sometimes what might have been gets in the way of what is. Philip Dunstan is in the midst of a career as a hit man, and it suits his nature to a T. Until it suddenly doesn't. Odd how a split-second look on a woman's face can change a life forever. Can his boss, TJ Blackwell really be as omnipotent and all-knowing as he seems? Is he a demon, a god, or only human? In the first Blackwell Ops book, Jack Tilden showed us how difficult it is to get into Blackwell Ops. But how hard is it to get out? This is part one of Philip Dunstan's story, as told to the author. As always, only the more sensitive parts of this story are fictionalized. Everything else is true.

Sometimes being who you are is no excuse. Charles Claymore "Charlie" Task is a self-described professional psychopath. Because of what Charlie believes of himself, he has a special skillset that TJ Blackwell of Blackwell Ops finds of use. ▪ From taking a peculiar kind of mercy on a man in Boston ▪ to dispensing unspeakable torture on behalf of an imam ▪ to helping a friend square a contract for his woman-friend, and more, Charlie always carries out his assignments to the letter. But there's a great deal more to Charlie than meets the emotional dicsonnect, as he himself is soon to learn. This is yet another part of his story, as told to the author. As always, only the more sensitive parts of Mr. Task's story are fictionalized. Everything else is true.

Jenna Crowley is beautiful, mild-mannered, and descended from a hero. She has inherited her looks and even temperament from her three-times great-grandmother, Coralín, and her sense of justice from her three-times great-grandfather, Wes Crowley, a Texas Ranger in the 1880s.   And she is an operative for a worldwide network of assassins: Blackwell Ops.   Like the other books in the Blackwell Ops series, this one begins with a bang.   But can she play any role necessary to fulfill the missions she receives from TJ Blackwell?   But why does she feel compelled to move? And where will she end up?   Can she pull the trigger on a man she deems undeserving even though he is the target of a contract?   Will she go above and beyond to dispense justice or will her personal feelings get in the way of her profession?   If you enjoy high-tension, page-turning stories, plunge into this thrill ride.   You'll experience the sheer joy (horror?) of watching Jenna work without being a target yourself. And you won't regret it.

Is love all-encompassing? Or does business sometimes get in the way? Cameron Stance is one hell of an operative for TJ Blackwell. He has been for almost two decades. But when he takes a vacation at his beach home in Ecuador, he gets a great deal more than a vacation, and it's not all good. It seems that not everybody is what they seem. Even after strenuous research and planning.

Georgette Tilden, wife of Blackwell Ops operative Jack Tilden and an operative in her own right, returns to tell her own unique story. A deadly combination of charm, looks, and skills, Georgette will disarm, disable and drop you —   you won't have a chance to blink. TJ Blackwell, the owner of Blackwell Ops, has always encouraged his operatives to work solo. In fact, most of them don't even know who the other operatives are. Way back in Book 1, TJ decided to take a chance. He encouraged and even orchestrated Georgette's marriage to Jack, but at least partly for an ulterior motive. Now TJ can send the two of them on assignments better suited to a team than a lone wolf. In Book 5, Georgie recounts some of her own solo assignments as well as a few assignments with her new husband. But she doesn't stop there. When TJ sends down an assignment that results in Georgie teaming up with not one, but two other operatives, both female, the result is more intense than she could have imagined. And it leads to bigger and better things. Also in this book, we revisit the skills and wiles of two other operatives: Marie Arceneaux and Melanie Sloan (from Books 3 and 4). Need I say fireworks ensue?      As always, this is only part of Georgette's story, as told to the author. And as always, only the more sensitive parts of Georgie's story are fictionalized. Everything else is true.

Sometimes you have to take a chance. And sometimes, one chance is not enough.   Philip Dunstan has seriously considered leaving the life of a professional assassin. Well, if his boss, TJ Blackwell, will allow it.   Then things change. Sometimes people are much more than you thought they were. And sometimes you don't realize what your life was missing until it shows up on your doorstep.   Or catches you in the act.   Will Philip Dunstan still want out? Or will he maybe risk everything to bring someone else in?   This is part two of Philip Dunstan's story, as told to the author. As always, only the more sensitive parts of this story are fictionalized. Everything else is true.

Solana "Soleada" Garcia de Mendoza is a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry. Despite her diminutive size, her disarming nickname—which translates as "Sunny"—and her unusually calm demeanor, she is also among the best operatives in TJ Blackwell's network of assassins. Assassins are not born, they are made. But they are also very human. Soleada has learned her job well, and she has adapted to many situations both physically and emotionally. But as we all do, she also encounters situations from which she might never fully recover. Situations from which she can only learn to adapt further. Or die. Come along and witness her endeavors first hand.

The man with whom he has the most in common and would most like to befriend is also an accomplished investigator and retired law enforcement officer.   And Nick is an an operative for a worldwide network of assassins: Blackwell Ops.   Fortunately, Nick is unattached from a sense of permanence. Due to both his personality and his occupation, he can relocate at a whim and never miss a beat.   But why does he feel compelled to relocate? And where will he end up?   This accounting of Nick's life begins with a bang.   If you enjoy high-tension, page-turning stories, plunge into this thrill ride.   You'll experience the sheer joy (horror?) of watching Nick work without being a target yourself. You won't regret it.

Jeremy Stiles, the readily recognizable Hollywood star and host of the popular television game show The Way Things Go also has an avocation.   But his avocation is considerably more than a hobby. And it also pays a great deal more in both money and peace of mind than his more traditional Hollywood gig.   He's perfectly happy with what he sees as a balanced life. Taping the show a few months each year, then pursing his career as an operative for TJ Blackwell the rest of the time.   But are some Blackwell Ops assignments over the line of Jeremy's personal sense of morality? Are some far under the line, maybe to the point they're long overdue?   And will the love of a very special woman change any of that for Jeremy? With his avocation, is that even a possibility?   Come along to the glitter of Hollywood and plunge with Jeremy Stiles into the more varied thrill ride that is his other life.

Solana "Soleada" Garcia de Mendoza is a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry. She is dimunutive in stature, has a disarming nickname, and an unusually calm demeanor. Most of the time. She is also among the best operatives in TJ Blackwell's network of assassins. And in the story that precedes this one, she thought she was settled. But things don't always work out the way you think they will. Nothing is permanent, and as it turns out, sometimes some things—and some people—are not what they seem. In Trying Times, Soleada continues to learn her trade, and she continues to sort through her feelings at the same time. Unfortunately, part of her trade is learning—and learning to handle—the despair and the results of having to figure out everything on her own.

Solana "Soleada" Garcia in a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry. She lives in Mazatlán where she works out of her small apartment—as a professional assassin for TJ Blackwell and Blackwell Ops. Despite her diminutive size, her disarming nickname—which translates as "Sunny"—and her unusually calm demeanor, she is also among TJ's best. And now he has hand-picked her to go after fellow operative Charles Claymore "Charlie" Task, who has had enough and gone off the reservation. But Charlie has disappeared into a time long before either he or Soleada Garcia were born. Soleada is also only the second operative with whom TJ has shared the location of the time portal through which Charlie escaped the 21st century. Will she find Charlie Task all the way back in the 1940s or 1950s? And if she does, what will happen? This exciting ride, at first a crime-thriller and action-adventure novel, also delves into science fiction with time travel, and into magic realism with — well, everything that occurs around the edges of normal life in that place where reality folds into imagination.

Solana "Soleada" Garcia de Mendoza is a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry. Despite her diminutive size, her disarming nickname—which translates as "Sunny"—and her unusually calm demeanor, she is also among the best operatives in TJ Blackwell's network of assassins. In the beginning of this origin story, Soleada is a 19 year old college student. So how did she come to join Blackwell Ops? And what did she have to endure? Assassins are not born, they are made. And they have to learn on the job. What was her first assignment like? And her second? And her third? And what lessons did she learn along the way? Come along and find out. As Soleada would say through a smile, she would tell you herself, but then she would have to kill you.

Charles Claymore "Charlie" Task used to work for TJ Blackwell and Blackwell Ops. But after a sticky time-travel assignment to Mexico in the 1940s and 1950s, he skipped the country—and the 21st century. Now he's Charlie Tarea. Solana "Soleada" Garcia is a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry. She also was a Blackwell Ops agent, and TJ sent her to Terminate With Prejudice one Charlie Task. That was all well and good—until they met. What would a "meet-cute" between two assassins look like? Soleada has also decided she will not go back to the 21st century. Instead, she and the newly minted Charlie Tarea will form Tarea-Garcia. They plan to use their various special skills to take vengeance on deserving types. But who gets to define who is deserving and who is not? Plus, can you simply walk off the job when you work for TJ Blackwell? It's complicated. TJ has allowed other operatives to quit before, though not often. They know too much. Not to mention he might be miffed these two have skipped out on him. Will he dispatch others like them—or even decidedly not like them—to terminate them as well? Come along and find out. Tarea-Garcia dare you.

Solana "Soleada" Garcia de Mendoza is a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry. She is dimunutive in stature, has a disarming nickname, and an unusually calm demeanor. Most of the time. She is also among the best operatives in TJ Blackwell's network of assassins. And in the story that precedes this one, she experienced some trying times. Things seldom work out the way you think they will. Nothing is permanent except the past. And sometimes the past lurks in your future., In Into the Future, Soleada continues to ply her trade, and is faced with some new experiences and new considerations. She has developed confidence in herself, and she is certain about some of the bigger concepts she has considered. But the future has a way of dashing and rebuilding those concepts. 

John Mercer is an easy-going street guy from Brooklyn. But hey, sometimes accidents happen. And sometimes a guy knows a guy who knows a guy and what was only a tragic accident combines with fate. And sometimes that lead us to new experiences we couldn't have imagined before the accident happenened.   That's what happened to John Mercer on a street corner in Brooklyn one day. And now he's the newest operative for Blackwell Ops. As an operative, Mercer embarks on a twisted tale of intrigue, psychological suspense and old classmates learns a new and treacherous skill, and finds romance. Or does he? Come along and find out. But watch out for the twist at the end.  

Charles Claymore "Charlie" Task is a self-described professional psychopath. He is also an accomplished operative for the worldwide network of specialized assassins: Blackwell Ops. This is Charlie's third account in the series, and one with a twist. Is time travel even possible? Charlie doesn't think so. And he would love nothing better than to prove his boss, TJ Blackwell, wrong. But is TJ wrong? Or is he horribly (or maybe pleasantly) right? Come along and find out. This action-adventure crime-thriller has a dash of science fantasy and a splash of magic realism. If you enjoy high-tension, page-turning stories, plunge into this thrill ride. At a minimum, you'll experience the icy, sheer joy (or horror) of watching Charlie work without becoming a target yourself. And you won't regret it.

Buck Jackson hales from the small town of Sayre, Oklahoma. And he's a really good guy. You know, aside from his job as a top operative for Blackwell Ops. You know, aside from his job as a top operative for Blackwell Ops. But hey, everybody's gotta make a living, am I right? And Buck leads a balanced life between traveling to do his job—but never by air—actually doing his job, and getting back to his little house near Sayre and his witty, quick, and overly curious schoolteacher girlfriend, Maryann. Both of these main characters are smitten, and only one thing keeps them from tying the knot. You'll be amazed at what that one thing is. As you read this short, fast-paced, action-packed novel, you'll run the gamut of emotion from laughter to tears and heart-stopping tension, both as Buck does his job and as he tries to manage his relationship with Maryann. Come along for the laughter and tears, hang around for the tension, and see if you can guess the ending. And the upshot of that ending.

Buck Jackson originally haled from the small town of Sayre, Oklahoma. But ever since his fiancé was murdered, he's lived in Bakersfield, California. He doesn't mind. Buck is a top operative for Blackwell Ops and he has to travel for his job anyway. How much would he love to get the nod to travel back to Sayre to set things right for his murdered love? But will he get the assignment? Take a road trip with Buck. This short, fast-paced, action-packed novel is filled with accounts of assignments Buck has accepted and hits he's made. Again you'll run the gamut of emotion from laughter to tears and heart-stopping tension, both as Buck does his job and as he tries to manage his personal life. Or what little of a personal life he has. Come along for the laughter and tears, hang around for the tension, and see if you can guess the ending.

Another assignment, settled in your nest. But some occasions are for more than killing. Some occasions reveal human nature. Sometimes even your own.

Blackwell Ops operative Henry Gordon has one day left on R&R in Belfast. Then his VaporStream device goes off. Who will the target be this time? Death is certain, but for whom?