"Sapphire Flames: A Hidden Legacy Novel (5)" by Ilona Andrews

https://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Flames-Hidden-Legacy-Novel/dp/0062878344/

Book number five of a six book and one novella (seven books total)
paranormal romance fantasy series. I read the well printed and well
bound novella MMPB published by Avon in 2019 that I bought new from
Amazon in 2024. I have the other two books in the series and will read
those soon. They are now starting a couple of new series of books.

Totally cool series for me. This makes the fourth series that I have
read from Ilona Andrews, a husband and wife writing team based here in
Texas. The Innkeeper, Kate Daniels, and The Edge are the other 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 Osiris serum has three
results: death, paranormal powers, or paranormal powers with a warped
human body. The serum was banned after a while but the world was
irreparably changed since the paranormal powers are inheritable.
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 Federal and State laws since they are so
powerful and incredibly dangerous.

Catalina Baylor is Nevada Baylor's younger sister and a Prime Siren.
Nevada is wed and gone so now Catalina is running the show. And now
Linus, the long term friend of the House Baylor and former speaker of
the Assemblies of Magic, has revealed himself to be the Warden for the
State of Texas and is making Catalina his only Deputy Warden. Because, somebody is making Osiris serum available again and the results are
mostly warped humans with paranormal powers.

Arabella Baylor is Catalina Baylor's younger sister and a Prime Beast
that is unknown to the general populace. She can transform to a 65 foot
tall beast but, she has trouble controlling when to transform. The only
other recorded person who had this power could never control their transformations or reason while in beast form so the populace is
incredibly scared of her.

Alessandro Sagredo is a Prime Weapons Teleporter, an Italian count, and
drawn to Catalina. And a assassin for hire to the highest bidder if, he
likes the job. He says that he is going to protect Catalina against the
bad mages but he has a hidden agenda.

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 (11,541 reviews)

Lynn

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