Books published by publisher Dad and Me Publishing

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 changed. 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 teen's guardian. But when mysterious girl 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 college campus where she stayed with her former guardian, a professor who died. She intends to collect personal items for her new home, but discovers a break in. Jessie has the skill set to neutralize the threat, but she’s technically a civilian now, 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 a 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 StarsOne teen. One detective. A ton of trouble. – Science fiction for teens and adults.

One flip knife. Two handguns. A lock pick. Covert training and reconnaissance. To protect herself and those around her, Jessie still needs the most important weapon—a computer.In Golden City, New York, Jessie Tacket secretly prepares to face the rogue general who trained her to be a teen spy and female assassin. The general wants her back and will kill anyone to recapture her. Though her body regenerates, none of the people in her life will.As Jessie’s secrets grow, her relationship with her new guardian, a female detective, strains.Detective Vick Tacket also has a secret: she's hunting the general despite Jessie's warnings to stay away from him. Vick plots a course to track down and arrest the girl's former tormentor. However, a homicide and a burglary threaten to not only derail Vick's efforts, but also expose Jessie's special abilities.At a time when they need a united defense, secrets drive a wedge between Vick and Jessie. They must find a way to bridge their divide before they're ripped apart.Secrets is the fourth book in a fast-paced, 7-book adventure, The Tacket Secret.“Heart and action…” – 5 StarsOne teen. One detective. A ton of trouble. – A science fiction series for teens and adults.

High school is a terrible place for a teen who’s been trained to kill.In Golden City, New York, Jessie Tacket visits high schools to pacify her new guardian, a female detective determined to normalize her. But there’s nothing normal about Jessie, who was trained to be a teen spy and female assassin, then developed regenerative abilities. Though fitting in at school will be impossible, Jessie has bigger concerns. Her presence could put the entire student body in danger. A school would be a horrific location for a battle, and Jessie might not have a choice.Detective Vick Tacket’s precinct partner returns after a two-week trip. He’s shocked to learn about the adoption, which flies in the face of everything he knows about Vick. So he pokes into the details, looking for an explanation, but his efforts threaten to expose Jessie’s background. Vick must find a way to stop him before the teen’s true identity and location leak.The line between friends and enemies blurs as Jessie and Vick struggle to determine whom they can trust. If Jessie’s past makes a return, a wrong choice could lead to deadly consequences.The Edge is the fifth book in a fast-paced, 7-book adventure, That Tacket Secret. “Highly recommend!” - 5 StarsOne teen. One detective. A ton of trouble. – A science fiction series that’s for adults too.

Grueling combat drills. Criminal covert ops. Dead bodies.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, why 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 Jessie from her baggage.Goals collide as Jessie strives to conceal her past, while Vick pushes for a new normal. The conflict 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 7-book action suspense series, The Tacket Secret. If you like strong female characters and action packed adventure, you'll love Emma Carrie's page-turner series. Buy Beginnings and join the action today."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 enhanced teen. One intense detective. A ton of trouble. - A science fiction series for teens and adults.

Combat training. Covert missions. Civilian adoption…which might just kill her.In New York’s largest metropolitan area, Golden City, enhanced teen Jessie Tacket meets her greatest challenge yet—protecting new family and friends from the rogue general hunting her. The general trained her to be a spy assassin before she escaped. He wants his prized weapon back, and he’ll kill anyone to recapture her.Jessie stays off the radar until her new guardian, a female detective, pushes her to live an ordinary teen life and trust that adults will arrest the general. But Jessie’s evil mentor has avoided international authorities for years, and she might be the only one who can stop him.Detective Vick Tacket struggles with her new role as guardian of a teen with a murky past and unusual abilities. Though unsure of how to parent Jessie, she’s determined to protect her from the evil man who ruined the girl’s childhood.As Jessie and Vick learn to be a family, they face international thugs, local criminals, and a meddlesome federal agent. And the general is somewhere, lurking in the shadows, hunting, waiting for his opportunity.Family might be costly.This boxed set (Books 2-7) completes The Tacket Secret series started by Out of the Shadows, which is available for free.Book 1: Out of the ShadowsBook 2: TangledBook 3: BeginningsBook 4: SecretsBook 5: The EdgeBook 6: Set UpBook 7: The GeneralThe Tacket Secret is a fast-paced, suspense-filled 7-book series. If you like clean YA books with strong female characters and a touch of science fiction fantasy, you’ll enjoy this series.One enhanced teen. One intense detective. Multiplying trouble. – A science fiction, action adventure series for teens and adults.**Watch for the next series coming in 2018.**

Jessie never wanted to be a teen spy or 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 Vick 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.

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.**

1862 was the year that the US Civil War underwent a major ramping up. People on both sides of the fight were confused, angry, and hesitant. Most believed the 'war' would have already been over. Very few people realized to what extent the citizenry was being manipulated to participate in the country's most dividing event in its history. In Longshot in Missouri, we meet Rob Finn - an Irish immigrant farmer living in Wisconsin - and follow him through his introduction to the grueling realities of war within a nation. Rob's unusual talents with a rifle have earned him the nickname of Longshot, together with assignments that take him to various places around the western theatre of the war. It is a physically taxing, emotional journey, on which he is sometimes surprised by the truths he learns while doing his job as a soldier and a spy. We also meet Allan Pinkerton, thus gaining a little insight into what the beginnings of military intelligence for the United States government was like in its infancy. Historical characters interact with our fictional hero; actual events are intertwined with the daily lives and conversations of people in those rapidly changing times. Join with Rob as he works to serve and save the things he believes to be of utmost importance, and struggles to sort out those beliefs - the true from the false - in a baffling environment.

Do you want to learn how to play Magic: the Gathering? Have you tried to play, but just don't quite understand the rules of the game? Do you need a little push in the right direction? Do you feel you just don't understand how the stack works? Are you terrified of wasting tons of time and still not getting it? If you keep playing without a base knowledge, you'll never start winning. Is this positive for you? Magic: the Gathering: Rules and Getting Started for Beginners teaches you every step, including the different formats. This is a book of action and doesn't just tell you to just learn the rules through failure. This book will get you moving in the right direction. Packed full of real-life examples for players like you, this book has proven techniques of that have worked for thousands of people. These methods are backed up countless games played, all which will arm you with a mindset primed for following the rules in mind. Easy-to-implement small changes that are primed for immediate action What happens if you ignore your lack of knowledge? Learn the different formats for the game Why should you care about the role of mana in the game? What bad habits you have that can quickly be broken The consequences of ignoring your current strategy How will you learn to be free from bad decks once and for all? Identify the type of game that will work best for you What you can do today to kiss your losing goodbye Do you understand what your sideboard is for? How to learn which cards you need to dominate

In a world forever changed by The Unveiling, where supernaturals revealed their existence to humanity...Katherine "Kat" King is on the run.Two years ago, she woke up in a cell, held captive by a mysterious organization known as Advent 9. Subjected to harsh experiments involving magic and mayhem, Kat struggled to hold on to her sanity.But now, she's escaped Advent 9's grasp—and she intends to keep her freedom. Using the only two things that Advent 9 couldn't take away: her unrelenting stubbornness and the kind of attitude that can make a grown man cry._____Liam Crown had it all once upon a time.A star detective with a penchant for "magic tricks," Liam's life fell to pieces when an accident cost him his family—and his sobriety. Now he scrapes by with a PI license and spends most of his free time with a bottle in his hand.But when a chance encounter with a strange woman makes him the target of a violent underground organization, Liam gets dragged out of his stagnant life and back into the danger zone he thought he'd left forever.As the stakes begin to mount, Liam realizes that his old self is slowly coming back to life in the face of battle. Now all he has to do is survive the war.Lock and Key is the first book in the action-packed King and Crown urban fantasy series.[PLEASE NOTE: This is a revised second edition of the original Lock & Key (King & Crown #1), published in 2018.]