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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: "Emerald Blaze: A Hidden Legacy Novel (6)" by Ilona Andrews
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"Emerald Blaze: A Hidden Legacy Novel (6)" by Ilona Andrews
    https://www.amazon.com/Emerald-Blaze-Hidden-Legacy-Novel/dp/0062878360/

Book number six 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 2020 that I just bought new from 
Amazon.  I have the last book in the series and will read this soon.

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, revealed himself to be the Warden for the State 
of Texas and ha made Catalina his only Deputy Warden.  Her newest client 
is finding out who killed the mage cleaning up the one square mile swamp 
mess in Jersey City in Houston, Texas.  But lots of dangerous creatures 
are living in the swamp, mostly man made creatures.

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, a retired assassin, 
and an exiled Italian count.  He is staying with the Baylor family now 
since his family exiled him for turning down the three rich heiresses 
that they set him up with.

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

My rating:  5 out of 5 stars (I am starting to think 6 stars)
Amazon rating:  4.8 out of 5 stars (10,317 reviews)

Lynn