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About the Book: ✦ Title: Once Upon a Dime ✦ Author: Perry Elizabeth Kirkpatrick ✦ Genre: Clean spy comedy novella ✦ Series: Book #6 in The Accidental Cases of Emily Abbot ✦ Recommend for: ages 13+ My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐.5 📖 Synopsis It's all coming to a head... or tails. Emily Abbott is accidentally in danger. Targeted by the 10,000, a mysterious group of rogue spies, she’s been relocated to a safe-house, placed under the protection of an ICS agent, and given a new, temporary job in a political campaign’s call-center. But when Brent calls her in a panic to say a bomb threat has been made against the campaign, she can’t help but become involved. As the threats ramp up, stolen RFID tech disguised as a pair of dimes shows up in Phoenix. Is it a coincidence? Emily doesn’t think so. What are the 10,000 planning? Only time will tell, and once the dimes are used, time is something Emily and Brent don’t have. 💭 My thoughts This is probably one of my favorites since book 1. Very exciting...

  About the Book: ✦ Title: A-Spying We Will Go ✦ Author: Perry Elisabeth Kirkpatrick ✦ Genre: Clean spy-comedy novella ✦ Series: Book #5 in The Accidental Cases of Emily Abbot (see reviews for prior three books here! ) ✦ Recommend for: ages 13+ My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐ 📖 Synopsis Camping doesn't lead to kidnapping... usually. When Emily goes on a group camping trip in Northern Arizona, she suspects her biggest danger will be mosquito bites and bear-sightings. The trip becomes far from relaxing, however, when she hears from a family friend that they can't get in touch with her dad. Unable to call, due to spotty cell phone reception, she manages to send a text asking for Brent's help in checking on her dad. But the spy has been incommunicado for several days, and it turns out he's up North too--trying to locate a missing ICS agent with information about the Ten Thousand. Not everything is as it seems. More than bears roam the woods, and information could cost a life. 💭 ...

About the Book: ✦ Title: Tutor, Nanny, Spit-Up, Spy ✦ Author: Perry Elizabeth Kirkpatrick ✦ Genre: Clean spy-comedy novella ✦ Series: Book #4 in The Accidental Cases of Emily Abbot (see reviews for prior three books here! ) ✦ Recommend for: ages 13+ My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐ 📖 Synopsis He’s a tutor and she’s a nanny… but not really. Emily Abbott, coffee barista and accidental spy, is asked to fill in for an injured ICS agent. Intelligence suggests a guerrilla group is plotting to assassinate the president of a small South American country while he and his family are visiting the U.S., and that the assassin may actually be one of his protection detail. Undercover as nanny to the four young Gonzalez children, Emily will be perfectly positioned to keep an eye on things and report back to ICS, the spy organization Brent Peterson works for. Emily and Brent–who is undercover as the children’s tutor–must navigate long-division, spit-up, arguments over toys, and suspicious guards to discover a p...

  About the Book: ✦ Title: Bad Things, Small Packages ✦ Author: Perry Elizabeth Kirkpatrick ✦ Genre: Clean spy-comedy novella ✦ Series: Book #3 in The Accidental Cases of Emily Abbot (see reviews for prior two books here! ) ✦ Recommend for: ages 13+ My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐.5 📖 Synopsis Head colds are bad... but the contents of the memory card are worse. Emily has planned a quiet, restful evening at home, hoping to ward off the sniffles that might make her miss work. But the microSD card Brent stashed on her car is making more trouble than either of them expected. Getting it out of Phoenix and to the decryption genius before it self-destructs is going to take both of them. But someone is after them and the card, and Emily discovers an eerie connection to her first accidental mission. To make matters worse, ICS is in danger and someone's looking for Emily. It's going to be a long night. 💭 My thoughts I read this in one sitting and enjoyed it a lot, but I will say this one was al...

  About the Book: ✦ Title: Plan to Fail ✦ Author: Perry Elizabeth Kirkpatrick ✦ Genre: Contemporary Spy-Comedy Novella ✦ Series: Book #2 of The Accidental Cases of Emily Abbot (see review for book #1 here !) ✦ Recommend for: ages 13/14 & up My Personal Rating 4 ⭐️ 📖 Synopsis They're on a date... but not really. When Brent asks Emily to be his date, she knows it doesn't mean anything. He has a mission requiring him to go undercover at a charity gala. After getting a makeover at his spy agency headquarters, she's ready to assume the role of an opinionated book reviewer from New York. The Gremlin is planning to steal and sell top-secret blueprints from the aerospace company for which he works. When Emily literally bumps into him at the gala, she is able to plant an ICS tracking chip on his glasses. But the Gremlin is smarter than they thought, and ICS finds themselves in the dark about his buyer. With time running out, and the sale imminent, Emily must rely on instinct a...

  About the Book: ✦ Title: Red Rover, Red Rover ✦ Author: Perry Elizabeth Kirkpatrick ✦ Genre: Contemporary Spy-Comedy Novella ✦ Series: Book #1 of The Accidental Cases of Emily Abbot ✦ Recommend for: ages 13/14 & up My Personal Rating 4 ⭐️ 📖 Synopsis He makes terrible coffee, but he sure is good in a car chase! Emily Abbott is working hard as a coffee barista in downtown Phoenix, keeping one eye on her tiny college fund and the other on the mysterious new guy with his profound lack of coffee-making skills. Just when she thinks they might be getting the hang of working together, she's abruptly thrust into his world of espionage and danger. Brent Peterson, aka Agent Nighthawk, needs her help protecting a defecting enemy spy and keeping the information he carries out of the wrong hands. But she's just a barista—what can she do? Much more than she thinks. 💭 My Thoughts  This was such a fun read! It was quick (read it in like an hour), exciting, and just overall super enjoy...