White Hot (Hidden Legacy, #2)

by Ilona Andrews

[Cocktails and Books]

White Hot is the second Hidden Legacy book by Ilona Andrews. I couldn’t read this one fast enough. I’m really hoping that this series doesn’t end at book 3. This author pretty much covers all of the bases with this book: epic world building, magic, character development, action sequences and a fast moving plot. If you haven’t met Nevada and Mad Rogan, hurry up and pick up Burn for Me. You can’t read these as standalones and you don’t want to miss a single detail. I don’t want to spoil this book so I’m going to be pretty vague but Nevada is once again pulled into Houston society where the rich and powerful also happen to be magical.

Nevada Baylor is not particularly wealthy and her magic seems to be developing but she hasn’t spent any part of her life honing it but more hiding it. Actually, Nevada is a truth-seeker, a rare form of magic and quite the prize. She tries to hide it much as her parents asked her too because everyone will want her and her normal life will vanish.

White Hot starts two months after Burn for Me and Houston was nearly destroyed. Nevada and Connor “Mad” Rogan, who is a Prime, were starting to share some feelings but she hasn’t seen him or heard from him in the entire two months. She is mopey but tries to hide behind work. In Burn for Me, she realizes her magic is more powerful than just being able to tell when someone is lying but that she can compel someone to tell the truth. The news is filled with a mass murderer/child molester case and she wants to help. She tries to disguise herself but we see the ripple effects of this decision throughout the book and move us to Book #3.

She also agrees to investigate Cornelius Harrison’s wife’s murder. Harrison is a gifted animal mage and he can’t get answers. Unfortunately, this pits Nevada against House Forsberg, a powerful magical family. Guess who shows up during her investigation…..Rogan. He is interested in the case and Nevada too. As they investigate together, the tension between this two is thick and the witty, fun-loving banter is to die for.

Not only do we get tons of Nevada and Rogan, but the whole Baylor family is back and you can’t help but love them. Nevada’s sisters are harboring some powerful magic too and as the story unfolds, Nevada and the Baylors are in a for a shock. I love how this book ends. It is a cliffhanger but not really. The author finishes the secondary storyline in White Hot but leaves new plot twists to weave and unfold in the 3rd book.