#Review - White Hot by Ilona Andrews

White Hot: Nevada Baylor and Connor "Mad" Rogan

(Hidden Legacy #2)

Summary:

Goodreads.com

Nevada Baylor has a unique and secret skill—she knows when people are lying—and she's used that magic (along with plain, hard work) to keep her colorful and close-knit family's detective agency afloat. But her new case pits her against the shadowy forces that almost destroyed the city of Houston once before, bringing Nevada back into contact with Connor "Mad" Rogan.

Rogan is a billionaire Prime—the highest rank of magic user—and as unreadable as ever, despite Nevada’s “talent.” But there’s no hiding the sparks between them. Now that the stakes are even higher, both professionally and personally, and their foes are unimaginably powerful, Rogan and Nevada will find that nothing burns like ice …

Review:

White Hot by Ilona Andrews is the long awaited second book in the Hidden Legacy Series. It was several years between the first and second book but fans of the series (myself included) were willing to accept that wait as long as there was a second book. So after several years was the wait worth it, you ask? Hell to the YES!!! Amazing, that is what this book was. This book picks up several months after the first book ends. Adam almost burnt the city to the ground but Nevada with the help of Mad Rogan was able to stop him but the powers that be that were behind Adam remain at large. Mad Rogan is on a mission to locate and bring this organization down. Nevada is just trying to pick up the pieces and remain out of the spotlight.

Waiting for Nevada is a new case. Cornelius Harrison wife has been murdered and he wants Nevada to find the killer. When Nevada's case and Rogan's obsession intertwine Nevada finds herself working with Mad Rogan once again. Get ready for an action packed roller coaster ride! From beginning to end this book left me wanting more. Thankfully the third book is right on the tail of this one so we dont have to wait long to see what happens next!

#Review - Wildfire by Ilona Andrews

Wildfire: Nevada Baylor and Conner Rogan

(Hidden Legacy #3)

Summary:

Goodreads.com

Just when Nevada Baylor has finally come to accept the depths of her magical powers, she also realizes she’s fallen in love. Connor “Mad” Rogan is in many ways her equal when it comes to magic, but she’s completely out of her elements when it comes to her feelings for him. To make matters more complicated, an old flame comes back into Rogan’s life…

Rogan knows there’s nothing between him and his ex-fiance, Rynda Sherwood. But as Nevada begins to learn more about her past, her power, and her potential future, he knows she will be faced with choices she never dreamed of and the promise of a life spent without him.

As Nevada and Rogan race to discover the whereabouts of Rynda’s kidnapped husband and are forced to confront Nevada’s grandmother, who may or may not have evil motives, these two people must decide if they can trust in each other or allow everything to go up in smoke.

Review:

Holy Shamoly this is one fantastic book! Holy Shamoly this is one fantastic series! I love me some Ilona Andrews, I really do. I started with the Kate Daniels series, then the Edge and third this one. And I have to say this one is probably my favorite Ilona Andrews series.

We had to wait several years between the first and second book which seemed like an eternity but we got the third fairly quickly after the second which was a nice bonus. This book has been out what a month or two and I've already read it three times.. yes, three times and I could read it again today and be just as happy reading it as I was the first time.

This book picks up a few days after the end of the second book and there is no rest for Nevada and family. She enters her kitchen to Rogan's ex-fiance crying over her missing husband and it starts all over again. Nevada also has to make a life altering decision for herself and family. This book is non-stop action, humor and drama. Make sure you have plenty of reading time, because once you start reading you will not be able to stop

*Review copy was provided through Edelweiss for an honest review. No other compensation was provided.

Review: Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews

Burn for Me: Nevada Baylor and Connor “Mad” Rogan 

(Hidden Legacy #1)

Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy) on Amazon

Summary:

From Goodreads.com

Nevada Baylor is faced with the most challenging case of her detective career—a suicide mission to bring in a suspect in a volatile case. Nevada isn’t sure she has the chops. Her quarry is a Prime, the highest rank of magic user, who can set anyone and anything on fire.

Then she’s kidnapped by Connor “Mad” Rogan—a darkly tempting billionaire with equally devastating powers. Torn between wanting to run or surrender to their overwhelming attraction, Nevada must join forces with Rogan to stay alive.

Rogan’s after the same target, so he needs Nevada. But she’s getting under his skin, making him care about someone other than himself for a change. And, as Rogan has learned, love can be as perilous as death, especially in the magic world.

Review:

I can’t believe I never reviewed this book! It seems impossible because I’ve read the book at least 5 times since it was published.. I LOVED this book! Like loved, loved, loved this book. I think I read it 2 times back to back because I wasn’t ready to let it go and needed another fix, like an addiction!  Going into the book I wasn’t sure if I would like it based on the description Ilona Andrews provided for the series when they  first came up with the concept and said they were working on it, but I kept my faith in Ilona Andrews and trusted they would not let me know and boy did they ever deliver.

Fans of the kate Daniels series, if you are looking for A KD spinoff this is NOT it, the only similarities with this series and KD’s is there is magic in the world and the characters are still bad ass! This is a whole new world with a whole new set of challenges.  Ilona is a master at world building, this world really comes alive from the pages, it’s so clear and in-depth. It’s a complex world with magic infused in everything but I had no problems picking it up.  Right from the beginning you are pulled into the story with plenty of action.  Nevada has a small time detective agency and is pulled in for a big time case that she can’t afford to lose. If she loses two probably outcomes: 1. She loses her business 2. She dies and her family still loses the business.  These are NOT options and Nevada has worked too hard for too long to lose everything.  The case becomes more complicated when the enigmatic Mad Rogan gets involved.  There is an immediate attraction but that is dosed when Mad Rogan kidnaps Nevada and chains her to his basement floor, but unfortunately for Nevada if she wants to crack this case she had to work with Mad.  Without him she will fail in her case and the entire city may go up in smoke. There is too much to lose.

The dynamic between Nevada and Mad Rogan is highly combustible, one minute they are fighting and the next working together as a cohesive team. There is so much sexual tension between these two it’s about as hot as one of Adams fires!  And since Adam can level an entire city with one of his fires I’d say that’s pretty damn hot.  I cannot wait for White Hot and am trying to wait patiently but so far it hasn’t been going so well. Lol. If you haven’t picked up this series, I would highly recommend doing so. I think this book is even on sale with Amazon at $1.99 or something like that.