"Beast Business (Hidden Legacy #8) by Ilona Andrews
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1641973722

Book number eight of a six book and two novella (eight books total)
paranormal romance fantasy series. I read and reread the well printed
and well bound novella POD (print on demand) trade paperback published
by the Nancy Yost Literary Agency in 2026 that I bought new from Amazon
in 2026. There are also six short stories appended to the book. This
was a totally unexpected new book in the series and I hope for more.

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. They are now starting a couple of new series of books. In
fact, I am wondering if The Innkeeper, The Inheritance, The Edge, and
the Hidden Legacy series are all in the same universe ???

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.

Diana Harrison is a Prime Animal Mage who can control and converse with
almost any animal. She was raised by her parents in a black panther
crŠche, she is not what we think of as a human. Her middle brother was
raised with wolves and her youngest brother imprinted on a timid raccoon before their parents managed to imprint him with a bear. Diana is head
of her House since deposing their parents and forcing them to retire.

Augustine Montgomery is a Prime Illusionist and the head of his House
since his father, brother, and aunt were brutally murdered by another
family. Augustine has hidden powers that no one knows of that he has
killed to keep secret.

Diana finds and grabs Augustine one fine day in Houston and persuades
him to join her in a search for a precious and incredibly rare cub who
has been stolen from House Harrison using magic and murder. The cub is
still nursing from the mother and cannot live on its own yet.

Arabella Baylor is Catalina and Nevada Baylor's younger sister and a
Prime Beast that is mostly unknown to the general populace. She can
transform to a 65 foot tall beast and she now has control of that transformation along with total reasoning ability. 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.

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

My rating: 6 out of 5 stars (I read it three times, I never do this)
Amazon rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (2,678 reviews)

Lynn


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