"Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, 1)" by Ilona Andrews
https://www.amazon.com/Burn-Hidden-Legacy-Ilona-Andrews/dp/0062289233/

Book number one of a seven book paranormal romance fantasy series. I
reread the well printed and well bound MMPB published by Avon in 2014
that I bought new from Amazon in 2024 when I first read it. I already
own the other six books in the series.

Totally cool start to a new series for me. This makes the fourth series
that I have read from Ilona Andrews, a husband and wife writing team.

The Hidden Legacy Universe is a complex place. The Osiris serum that
induced magical powers in humans was released to the general public in
1863 and the world was never the same. The serum was banned after a
while but the world was irreparably changed. Families starting breeding children for strength in magical powers with breathtaking results.
Magic users are segregated into five ranks: Minor, Average, Notable, Significant, and Prime. There are not many Primes and they are all
dangerous, very dangerous.

The most feared mage is the pyrotechnic (fire). Adam Pierce is a Prime
and a fire mage. And he is certifiably crazy but his mother loves him
anyway. Even when he kills a security guard while robbing a bank.

Nevada Baylor runs a very small detective agency in Houston, Texas ( ! )
that works on scammers and divorce cases. She is a 25 year old hidden truthseeker, she can unerringly tell lies from truths and can sometimes
force people to emit truths. Her mother and father started the
detective agency but there is a huge mortgage to a Prime Family that
funded the effort to try to save her father from cancer. Now the Prime
Family wants them to find Adam Pierce and deliver him to his family, undamaged.

Connor "Mad" Rogan is a Prime telekinetic and a noted combat veteran,
famous for destroying a village in the Mexican war by himself using his powers. Mad Rogan is the most feared Prime in the world. And Mad Rogan
wants Adam Pierce too, undamaged is not a priority.

The authors have a very active website at:
https://ilona-andrews.com/

My rating: 6 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (17,153 reviews)

Lynn

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