Burn for Me – Ilona Andrews

I accidently started the Hidden Legacy series late, when the middle sister (Catalina) took over the action. Now, I managed to track down the older books as Kindle deals, so I’m back to the oldest sister, Nevada.

In the world of these books, a serum was discovered in the 19th century that gave some people magic, and that magic would then breed true. So in the present day, the most powerful houses are very carefully breeding their powers to maintain their grip on their riches and positions.

Nevada Baylor and her family are nothing special. Their PI business ended up mortgaged to one of the magical houses when her father became sick. That’s mostly been fine, until the day that Adam Pierce, younger son of House Pierce, decides to go rogue. He’s a firestarter, and kills a security guard during a robbery. His house wants him back alive, so Nevada’s called in because she’s expendable.

However, Adam had an accomplice, and he turns out to be a cousin to Connor Rogan, head of House Rogan, more commonly referred to as Mad Rogan. He’s one of the most powerful Primes alive, and he and Nevada lock horns almost immediately. Now, I have lots of knowledge of what comes later, so there were a few things that I already knew would go in certain ways, but Connor and Nevada are not one of those – it’s completely, blatantly obvious where that’s going, from the very beginning. And I do like how much Nevada struggles against it, because she knows it’s a terrible idea. I look forward to Connor proving to her that it’s not.