Tangled (The Tacket Secret) (Volume 2)

By Emma Carrie

Description:

Break a promise. Save a life.

Jessie Tacket second-guesses her new adoption by Detective Victoria Tacket. Jessie believes the rogue general hunting her plans to recapture his prized teen assassin and force her to work for him again. He’ll kill anyone who gets in his way, including the detective.

When Jessie crosses paths with Russian thugs who may have ties to the general, she fears her location in Golden City, New York has leaked. Though she promised Vick she wouldn’t run away, lives could be in danger if she stays.

Keep a promise. Lose a life.

Detective Vick Tacket is determined to shield her new dependent from Russian criminals and anyone else who threatens the teen. However, protecting Jessie’s murky past and genetic-enhancement secrets may be impossible as tensions rise during the confrontation with the Russians.

Vick and Jessie clash over how to keep Jessie’s secrets hidden and avoid the general’s radar. With the fledgling adoption off to a rocky start, Jessie and Vick must work together or be ripped apart.