He sat on the floor in front of the bed for the rest of the day. If she dies, MII gets to recoup their loses, and the business is forfeit.Īnd this was the point where I shrieked my vicarious RAGE and scared the crap out of my cat. If she fails, she breaks the contract, and the business is forfeit. If she refuses, she breaks the contract, and the business is forfeit. MII, being unable to refuse such a request without risking unpleasantness, weighed the risks, deemed an honest attempt too expensive, and decided to make use of the clause in the mortgage agreement that allows them to contract out Nevada’s services. The family PI business the Big Deal magical family is offering up as a sacrificial lamb when our story begins.īaylor Investigative Agency looks great on paper, you see, and Montgomery International Investigations (MII) has been asked by another Big Deal magical family to bring in their prodigal son, a Prime (the highest level of magic user) pyro(FIRE)kinetic, who just recently burnt up a bank, which resulted in the death of a cop amongst other things. The family PI business whose mortgage was sold to one of the Big Deal magical families in order to pay the medical bills.

Fast forward to the present, and the highly magical families guard their bloodlines the same way the real world Western European blue bloods do.Įnter Nevada Baylor, who at 25 has had the responsibility of keeping the family PI business afloat since her father died of cancer six years ago.

Eventually the serum was destroyed, but the damage had already been done, and the newly awakened magical gifts were passed on genetically. After I binge-read all the available Kate books, I moved onto The Edge which I also loved, and knowing that the Ilona love was not a fluke, the internet stalking began, in which I discovered the Curran POV Collection and Kinsmen sci-fi short stories, etc.Īnd the Andrews, have never, not once, let me down.īURN FOR ME, the first installment of the HIDDEN LEGACY series, takes place in a world where a few hundred years ago a serum was discovered that could awaken a myriad of different types of magic in humans. Has been since I first read Magic Bites five or six years ago. For those of you who have been living under a rock don’t already know, Ilona Andrews is my F-A-V-O-R-I-T-E.

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