Books with author emma carroll

The clock is ticking. The showdown is close.In Golden City, New York, Jessie Tacket must find and face the rogue general who trained her to be a teen spy and female assassin. He wants her back, and he’s laid a trap to recapture her. She’ll have to use her deadly skills to defeat the one who gave them to her, or she'll lose another person she loves. Detective Vick Tacket is bruised and concussed, yet she won't give up hope. She’s put too many people in danger, and she has to fix it. She’ll do whatever it takes to keep the others alive, even if it means she'll never see her daughter again. Jessie has the skills and healing abilities to survive on her own. She’ll be fine.At least, that’s what Vick has to tell herself. Her mind might eventually accept the grim realities, but that won’t keep her heart from breaking.Jessie and Vick must conquer their fears and the general--whatever the cost.The General is the last book in a fast-paced, 7-book adventure, The Tacket Secret.“A young, relatable hero you’ll love.” – 5 StarsOne teen. One detective. A ton of trouble. – A science fiction series for teens and adults.**Watch for the next series, starting in 2018.**

From the critically acclaimed author of In Darkling Wood comes a spine-tingling novel inspired by Frankenstein with more than a hint of mystery and suspense.One stormy June evening, five friends meet at Villa Diodati, the summer home of Lord Byron. After dinner is served, they challenge each other to tell ghost stories that will freeze the blood. But one of the guests--Mary Shelley--is stuck for a story to share.Then there's an unexpected knock at the front door. Collapsed on the doorstep is a girl with strange scars on her face. She has traveled a long way with her own tale to tell, and now they all must listen.Hers is no ordinary ghost story, though. What starts as a simple tale of village life soon turns to tragedy and the darkest, most dangerous of secrets. Sometimes the truth is far more terrifying than fiction . . . and the consequences are even more devastating.Praise for Emma Carroll's In Darkling Wood:"A haunting and poignant exploration of family, loss, and redemption." --Booklist, Starred "A tale brimming with emotion and atmosphere. . . . [In Darkling Wood] is absorbing and well written. Hand this to readers who enjoy fantasy, fairy tales, and magical realism."--School Library Journal, Starred"Magic and mystery adds appeal to this already compelling family drama...and Carroll manages to wrap all of the threads into a wholly satisfying ending."--Bulletin

Abducted as a child. Forced into combat training. Groomed to be a teen spy. Expected to become a female assassin.Emily won't be a test specimen too.Three years ago, after prolonged mental and physical abuse, Emily Brelin's genetic structure altered. New abilities emerged, but she hid them from her captor, a rogue general. Fearing she'd be experimented on, Emily escaped and fled across the globe to New York's largest metropolitan area, Golden City. There, she met a sympathetic professor who offered her a new home, a new identity, and a new start.The professor protected Emily's secrets, until cancer intervened. On her deathbed, she made Emily promise to meet her best friend, a female detective who could keep the teen safe.Now, despite reservations, Emily is racing to complete her vow. But the general wants his prized teen weapon back. He's hunting Emily--and her cover is unraveling.Detective Vick Tacket is shocked when she learns her best friend has died. She's more stunned to learn the professor had a hidden dependent and named Vick--a single woman with no maternal interest--as the girl's guardian. But when mysterious teen disappears, Vick scours the streets of Golden City searching for the missing teen.What she discovers could get them both killed.Out of the Shadows jump starts a fast-paced 7-book adventure, The Tacket Secret."Spellbinding! Keeps the reader turning the pages." - 5 StarsOne teen. One detective. A ton of trouble. - Science fiction for teens and adults.

Teen spy. Female assassin. Regenerative abilities. Jessie has many skills, but waiting for others to act isn't one of them.In Golden City, New York, Jessie Tacket returns to the campus where she stayed with her former guardian, a professor who died. She intends to collect personal items for her new home and discovers a break in.Jessie has the skill set to neutralize the threat, but she's technically a civilian, and her new guardian, a female detective, wants her to remain on the sidelines rather than reveal her abilities.After stumbling into a crime scene with Jessie, Detective Vick Tacket's only goal is to keep her new dependent safe. But the teen violates every rule she creates, making protection impossible.Vick and Jessie clash over how to keep the teen's secrets hidden. With the fledgling adoption off to a rocky start, Jessie and Vick must work together, or someone might die.Tangled is the second book in this fast-paced 7-book adventure."Jessie Tacket may have a new guardian and a new name, but her old life is still out there. Haunting her, chasing her, maybe even catching up to her..." - 5 stars One teen. One detective. A ton of trouble. - A science fiction series for teens and adults.

Grueling combat drills. Criminal covert ops. Dead bodies. Jessie's unwanted past haunts her.In Golden City, New York, Jessie Tacket struggles to bury terrible childhood memories of training to be a teen spy and female assassin. Her body regenerates, who won't her mind?In an attempt to jumpstart the healing process, Jessie's new guardian, a female detective, pressures her to share details of her history. But Jessie doesn't want to remember.Detective Vick Tacket longs for Jessie to live an ordinary life. The teen is a prisoner to her mysterious past and irrational fears. So Vick will do whatever it takes to free her from the baggage. Goals collide as Jessie strives to conceal her past, while Vick pushes for a new normal. The result starts a domino chain of events.If Jessie's former life crashes into her present one, no one who knows the teen will be safe.Beginnings is the third book in a fast-paced, 7-book adventure, The Tacket Secret. "We would all like to start over if given a chance, but Jessie and Tacket have so many secrets. Will this relationship work?" - 5 StarsOne teen. One detective. A ton of trouble. -- A science fiction series for teens and adults.

Jessie never wanted to be a teen spy or a female assassin. But now she's the only person who can stop the rogue general who trained her. To do that, she'll have to kill him...if she can.In Golden City, New York, Jessie Tacket struggles with her conscience. With no easy choices, she continues preparing to face the general. But civilian life and her new guardian—a female detective determined to keep Jessie busy and out of trouble—fill her time with other tasks.Detective Victoria Tacket focuses on a homicide case while she waits for leads on the general. She's convinced Jessie won't lead a normal life until she knows he's been locked up. Though they'll still have to hide the teen's healing abilities, it'll be easy compared to capturing Jessie's former tormentor.Vick plans to arrest the general, and Jessie might kill him, but they agree on one principle: he can’t roam free.Set Up is the sixth book in a fast-paced, 7-book adventure, The Tacket Secret.“What an outrageously good series!” – 5 StarsOne teen. One detective. A ton of trouble. -- A science fiction series for teens and adults.