"White Hot (Hidden Legacy, 2)" by Ilona Andrews
https://www.amazon.com/White-Hidden-Legacy-Ilona-Andrews/dp/006228925X/

Book number two of a six book and one novella paranormal romance fantasy series. I reread the well printed and well bound MMPB published by Avon
in 2017 that I bought new from Amazon in 2024. I have the other four
books and the novella in the series and will reread those soon.

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 Innkeeper, Kate Daniels, and The Edge are the other series of books.
They are now starting a couple of new series of books.

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. The Prime families operate mostly outside the
law since they are so powerful and incredibly dangerous.

Nevada Baylor runs a very small detective agency in Houston, Texas ( ! )
that usually works on scammers and divorce cases. She is a 25 year old
hidden Prime 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.
The effort failed and left them with a huge mortgage when Nevada was 17.

Connor "Mad" Rogan is a Prime Telekinetic and a noted combat veteran,
famous and feared for leveling a village in the Mexican-Belize war by
himself using his powers. He is a billionaire with a private army and
wants Nevada Baylor very badly. So badly that he bought all of the
property around the Baylor household in a one mile radius so he can
protect Nevada and her family.

Several of Connor's employees and protected persons were murdered in a
meeting to discuss a large transaction. Nevada is brought into the investigation by the husband of one of one of the protected persons.
Where, she finds that Connor is involved and incredibly angry.

And we find out that the Pied Piper of Hamelin was not a man to be
trifled with. His magic preceded the Osiris serum and was fully
represented in his many descendants.

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

My rating: 6 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (16,525 reviews)

Lynn


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