This story pits one little family against three Prime mega-corps, but what is fascinating is that the underdog is neither as under nor as dog as the reader thinks. The major powered families are Primes, and they are both families and mega-corporations with the emphasis on the corporation part. As I said, loosely SF.īy the point of the early 21st century of Burn for Me, the original serum recipients’ families have had several generations of matchmaking to produce new and better powers, and those families are the powers-that-are in this universe. And they seem to have succeeded, but there was a side-effect that they didn’t count on – the powers the serum granted turned out to be hereditary. This being loosely SF, the original recipients of the serum were military the powers-that-were were making the usual attempt to create supersoldiers. So this isn’t a magic-working type urban fantasy, this is a science-based one, for loose definitions of science. In this world, sometime in the early Victorian era some enterprising scientist (and there were a lot of them back then) started playing with a serum to give people what we would call superpowers. I actually had to put this review away for a night to regain some perspective otherwise it would have all devolved into fangirl squeeing, and nobody needs to see that.īurn for Me is urban fantasy, in the way that the early Kate Daniels books are urban fantasy we see that the main characters seriously have the hots for each other, but there are damn good reasons why one or the other is certain that acting on those hots is a no-win scenario for them, and they’re probably right as the story begins. I finished it but I still want to be in this world, to the point where I’m having a terrible time picking up my next book.Īs the introduction to this newly created magical version of the 21st century, Burn for Me is definitely a winner. This one gave me a terribly marvelous book hangover. And, as Rogan has learned, love can be as perilous as death, especially in the magic world. But she’s getting under his skin, making him care about someone other than himself for a change. Rogan’s after the same target, so he needs Nevada. Torn between wanting to run or surrender to their overwhelming attraction, Nevada must join forces with Rogan to stay alive. Then she’s kidnapped by Connor “Mad” Rogan-a darkly tempting billionaire with equally devastating powers. Her quarry is a Prime, the highest rank of magic user, who can set anyone and anything on fire. Nevada Baylor is faced with the most challenging case of her detective career-a suicide mission to bring in a suspect in a volatile case. Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Publisher’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Book Depository Format read: ebook provided by the publisher via Edelweissįormats available: paperback, ebook, audiobook

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