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Fantasy · 2014 · PG-13

Burn for Me

by Ilona Andrews

Nevada Baylor can detect lies. She's been given a case involving an arsonist Prime who can level city blocks.

In this spellbinding first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews’s urban fantasy Hidden Legacy series, private detective Nevada Baylor navigates her way through an alternate world where dynasties, built on inherited wealth and magic, guide the course of humanity. ?Nevada Baylor runs a small-time detective agency in Houston, Texas, busting scammers, exposing cheaters, and dealing with petty criminals. She’s very good at her job—helped by a magical ability to sense when someone tells the truth or lies. But when she’s forced into accepting a case to find a radical pyrotechni

For14+GenreFantasyLength368 pagesRead time~10.2 hours

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Violence

A lot

Significant violence — pyrokinetic fire and magical combat

Language

Some

Contemporary language; some mild strong words

Sexual Content

Barely any

Mild romantic content in this volume

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

Some

Significant violence — pyrokinetic magic used destructively; Mad Rogan's controlling behavior — he is a compelling antagonist before the romance; The Hidden Legacy world — magical Primes and their social power

What this book is about

Nevada Baylor runs her family's detective agency with a talent she keeps secret: she knows when people are lying. When a powerful magical family blackmails her into tracking down a pyrokinetic Prime—a magician of the highest class who can generate fire at will—she crosses paths with Connor 'Mad' Rogan, a Prime with telekinetic power and no interest in being told no. Burn for Me is the first of the Hidden Legacy trilogy.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Significant violence — pyrokinetic magic used to destroy

Mad Rogan's controlling behavior — the romance begins adversarially

The Hidden Legacy world — Primes have enormous social power

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