White Hot is the second book in the Hidden Legacy series. It takes place a couple of months after the events of Burn For Me. Nevada Baylor hasn’t heard from Conner “Mad” Rogan since she turned down his proposition and she assumes he has moved on. Nevada agrees to take a case for Cornelius Harrison who believes that his wife’s murder is being covered up by the House she was working for when she was killed. As Nevada begins investigating, she runs into Rogan who is looking into the case for his own purposes. Nevada and Rogan suspect that Cornelius’s wife’s death is part of the larger conspiracy within the Houses that we saw begin in Burn For Me. Unfortunately, no one knows who the conspiracy ringleader is. Meanwhile, Nevada is dealing with her emerging magic. She is a Truthseeker and not only does she have the ability to know when people are lying, but she can compel people to tell the truth, and when the other magic users and houses find out she has this rare and unique ability, the fallout will be great.
This is another splendid book by the writing team known as Ilona Andrews and I could not put this book down. I stayed up as late as I could reading until I fell asleep, and then picked the book up again in the morning.
I love this setting of this series. The magic is fascinating. It seems like there is no end to the different magical talents that people can have. Some magic is more compatible with others and marriages are arranged in order to produce the most powerful children. It is definitely a ruthless society and Nevada is learning as much as she can to survive in it.
We learn more about the conspiracy involving the Houses and the romance between Nevada and Rogan heats up. I’m not sure that I would call Rogan an antihero – he is gruff, impatient, possibly psychotic, and definitely an alpha male, but I feel like when you dig deeper he has a lot of layers and that’s why I like him.
Like in Burn For Me, there are some great side characters in this book. Cornelius is an animal mage and can mentally connect with animals and train them to do tricks. I am still loving Nevada’s grandmother. We learn a little bit more about Nevada’s sisters and their magic and I can’t wait to see what happens with them.
If you can get past the cheesy cover, you might find that this book is better than the first one.
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