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''Diamond Fire'' - A Novella that takes place between ''Wildfire'' and ''Sapphire Flames''
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''Diamond Fire'' - A Novella that takes place between ''Wildfire'' and ''Sapphire Flames''. It's considered 3.5, as it introduces at least one character who shows up in Catalina's trilogy, and was also issued as a physical paperback.
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* Title Currently unknown - A short story from Arabella's POV, detailing the birth of Nevada's baby. Given away as a (in Andrews' words) a bribe for ordering a dead tree copy of ''Emerald Blaze''. Will be available on the website in October 2020.
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* BabiesEverAfter: In ''Sapphire Flames'' it's revealed that Nevada is pregnant.
* BattleCouple: Nevada Baylor and Connor Rogan.
* BattleCouple: Nevada Baylor and Connor Rogan.
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pregnant. She gives birth at the end of ''Emerald Blaze''.
* BattleCouple: Nevada Baylor and Connor Rogan. Later Catalina Baylor and Alessandro Sagredo.
* BattleCouple: Nevada Baylor and Connor Rogan. Later Catalina Baylor and Alessandro Sagredo.
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* LamarckWasRight: the principle of most marriages among the Houses; everything is about producing more powerful magicians. A family line that doesn't produce mages of equal or increased strength is known as a 'failing vector', and it renders later descendants unmarriageable.
** Part of the plot for ''Wildfire'' is because Rynda Charles has an unusual genetic profile that renders her as a wild card; Rogan's father organizes their engagement as teenagers because he believes that Rynda's wild card and empath talent will enable her and Rogan to breed a telepath-telekinetic. Instead, when she marries Brian Sherwood, her daughter is also an empath and everyone believes her son is a worringly late bloomer or even a null [[spoiler: turns out his magic kicked in years ago, it's just in a form that no one noticed.]] This leads directly to [[spoiler: Brian organizing his own kidnapping in order to kill his wife and possibly his children, so he could remarry, have 'proper' children and keep his status as a highly successful Prime.]]
** For Rogan, this is a major stumbling block for his and Nevada's marriage; their talents are so different it could lead to a failing vector in their children, or very different abilities that might cause trouble for House Baylor down the road. Nevada doesn't give a damn - and neither does Rogan, once he's convinced Nevada's okay with it. [[spoiler:Their first child is such a powerful telekinetic that Nevada starts using their ability in the late stages of her pregnancy.]]
** Proven in the most whackjob way with James Tremaine Baylor. He is technically [[spoiler: the child of three parents - two genetic and a surrogate mother - all with wildly diverse talents. He himself is powerless, because the gifts cancel each other out, but his three children each inherit a different talent from their paternal grandparents.]] In addition, the two oldest also get the targeting magic of their mother's family as a minor gift.
** The Baylors themselves. Leon Snr and Frida had two children: Penelope inherited her father's targeting magic (unknown what gifts Gisele has). The two girls had five children between them: while Leon Jnr is the only one to have targeting as his main magic, Nevada and Catalina both have targeting as a minor, secondary talent. Bern and Arabella are unknown, as Bern is permanently MissionControl and Arabella has... other talents.. for combat.
** Part of the plot for ''Wildfire'' is because Rynda Charles has an unusual genetic profile that renders her as a wild card; Rogan's father organizes their engagement as teenagers because he believes that Rynda's wild card and empath talent will enable her and Rogan to breed a telepath-telekinetic. Instead, when she marries Brian Sherwood, her daughter is also an empath and everyone believes her son is a worringly late bloomer or even a null [[spoiler: turns out his magic kicked in years ago, it's just in a form that no one noticed.]] This leads directly to [[spoiler: Brian organizing his own kidnapping in order to kill his wife and possibly his children, so he could remarry, have 'proper' children and keep his status as a highly successful Prime.]]
** For Rogan, this is a major stumbling block for his and Nevada's marriage; their talents are so different it could lead to a failing vector in their children, or very different abilities that might cause trouble for House Baylor down the road. Nevada doesn't give a damn - and neither does Rogan, once he's convinced Nevada's okay with it. [[spoiler:Their first child is such a powerful telekinetic that Nevada starts using their ability in the late stages of her pregnancy.]]
** Proven in the most whackjob way with James Tremaine Baylor. He is technically [[spoiler: the child of three parents - two genetic and a surrogate mother - all with wildly diverse talents. He himself is powerless, because the gifts cancel each other out, but his three children each inherit a different talent from their paternal grandparents.]] In addition, the two oldest also get the targeting magic of their mother's family as a minor gift.
** The Baylors themselves. Leon Snr and Frida had two children: Penelope inherited her father's targeting magic (unknown what gifts Gisele has). The two girls had five children between them: while Leon Jnr is the only one to have targeting as his main magic, Nevada and Catalina both have targeting as a minor, secondary talent. Bern and Arabella are unknown, as Bern is permanently MissionControl and Arabella has... other talents.. for combat.
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* MundaneUtility: Alessandro's magical ability allows him to copy any object he's seen - including the one of a kind armaments made by Linus Duncan. [[spoiler: The first time he and Catalina make love, he uses it to produce a condom out of literal thin air.]]
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* SiblingTeam: The Baylor sisters and cousins (as in all five of them). Alessandro and the older of his two sisters in a more literal sense: [[spoiler: at the age of fourteen she became his go-between/agent for his assassin and bodyguard work. After his BreakTheHaughty catastrophe she's flatly refusing to help him put himself in danger any longer.]]
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Nevada Baylor is the head of and major field operative for a family Private Investigation Agency, that has a rare magic that allows her to tell when someone is lying, an ability she keeps secret from anyone who isn't her family. When her parent company forces her to take on a high-risk case in which she must track down and return to his family a highly dangerous, highly impulsive Prime who has every cop in Houston burning to shoot him and can burn someone to death with the snap of his fingers, she must rely on unlikely allies, (the fatal, irresistible, good looking kind) to keep her and her family safe. This eventually becomes the first step in not only her romance with the infamous Connor 'Mad' Rogan, but in defeating a conspiracy to overturn the government of Texas and possibly ignite a second American Civil War.
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Nevada Baylor is the head of and major field operative for a family Private Investigation Agency, that has Agency. She possesses a rare magic that allows her to tell when someone is lying, an ability she keeps secret from anyone who isn't her family. When her parent company forces her to take on a high-risk case in which she must track down and return to his family a highly dangerous, highly impulsive Prime who has every cop in Houston burning to shoot him and can burn someone to death with the snap of his fingers, she must rely on unlikely allies, (the fatal, irresistible, good looking kind) to keep her and her family safe. This eventually becomes the first step in not only her romance with the infamous Connor 'Mad' Rogan, but in defeating a conspiracy to overturn the government of Texas and possibly ignite a second American Civil War.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Rogan, pre-series. He's a lot better now, but PTSD and a truly horrific experience while in the armed forces has left him with frequent nightmares and his permanent ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill attitude to... well, almost everything.
** Penelope Baylor suffered from PTSD after being held as a POW during her army career. She never really got the chance to deal with it because of James' terminal illness; she's mostly okay, but any threat to her family will immediately trigger the most extreme reaction in Penelope, meaning her family frequently has to talk her out of shooting people (Augustin Montgomery really doesn't understand how lucky he is to still be alive!)
** Penelope Baylor suffered from PTSD after being held as a POW during her army career. She never really got the chance to deal with it because of James' terminal illness; she's mostly okay, but any threat to her family will immediately trigger the most extreme reaction in Penelope, meaning her family frequently has to talk her out of shooting people (Augustin Montgomery really doesn't understand how lucky he is to still be alive!)
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* ChekovsGunman: there's several people who show up in a minor occurrence in one book who become a major player in another. Cornelius Harrison is a witness in ''Burn for Me'', the client in ''White Hot'' and a family friend and employee in the other books.
** Runa Etterson is a minor character in ''Diamond Fire'', becomes the client in ''Sapphire Flames'', and by the time of ''Emerald Blaze'' has not only become Catalina's best friend (to her pleased bafflement) but also Bern's love interest.
* Xavier Ramirez is a petty spoiled brat in ''Diamond Fire''; he shows up [[spoiler: at the end of ''Emerald Blaze'' after using a DangerousForbiddenTechnique to achieve a NextLevelPowerUp.]] Speculation in the fandom pegs him as a major adversary in Catalina's third book.
** Runa Etterson is a minor character in ''Diamond Fire'', becomes the client in ''Sapphire Flames'', and by the time of ''Emerald Blaze'' has not only become Catalina's best friend (to her pleased bafflement) but also Bern's love interest.
* Xavier Ramirez is a petty spoiled brat in ''Diamond Fire''; he shows up [[spoiler: at the end of ''Emerald Blaze'' after using a DangerousForbiddenTechnique to achieve a NextLevelPowerUp.]] Speculation in the fandom pegs him as a major adversary in Catalina's third book.
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Hidden Legacy is a ParanormalRomance Series written by husband and wife team Creator/IlonaAndrews. Books #1-3 in the series focuses around Nevada Baylor and books #4-6 (#6 not yet released), plus novella 3.5, focus on Catalina Baylor, Nevada's younger sister. While there's no ''official'' word, it's generally believed books #7-9 will focus on Arabella, the third Baylor sister.
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Hidden Legacy is a ParanormalRomance Series written by husband and wife team Creator/IlonaAndrews. Books #1-3 in the series focuses around Nevada Baylor Baylor. Novella 3.5 and books #4-6 (#6 not yet released), plus novella 3.5, released) focus on Catalina Baylor, Nevada's younger sister. While there's no ''official'' word, it's generally believed books #7-9 will focus on Arabella, the third Baylor sister.
* BrainyBrunette: Catalina. Also Alessandro; one of the reasons Grandma Frida ships them is "Your mind works so far that most people take two minutes to catch up with your train of thought, but he can figure it out in two seconds."
* BreakTheHaughty: what happened to Alessandro between ''Sapphire Flames'' and ''Emerald Blaze''. He eventually tells Catalina the whole story - it's not pretty.
* BreakTheHaughty: what happened to Alessandro between ''Sapphire Flames'' and ''Emerald Blaze''. He eventually tells Catalina the whole story - it's not pretty.
** In ''Emerald Blaze'', it's revealed that Catalina goes to visit Victoria in prison every two weeks for afternoon tea and education in House politics. Depending on what she learns during these sessions, Catalina has to pull over on the way home for reactions ranging from deep breathing to work through mild panic attacks to outright vomiting.
* ImpoverishedAristocrat: turns out [[spoiler: the entire Sagredo family are this, and have been for ''centuries''. They keep producing charming, handsome powerful sons and more or less put them up on the auction block, marrying them to whoever has the largest dowry, which they use to put off the creditors for another generation. Simply getting a job isn't allowed because 'Sagredo's don't serve or obey other men'. Alessandro rebelled against this before he ever met Catalina; instead he uses his MagicNull ability to become an assassin and bodyguard. Over the ten years of his career he has made ''sixty million dollars US'', and ninety-nine per cent of this has gone to support his mother and two younger sisters - he says flatly that this amount won't even come close to clearing his family's debts.
* KnifeNut: Catalina is the sword version. In ''Emerald Blaze'', her new bedroom has an entire wall covered with various types of swords, from floor to ceiling. Her LoveInterest [[spoiler: who is a ''professional assassin'' gently suggests that it might be a bit much.)
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* LastNameBasis: Nevada refers to Connor Rogan as Rogan for much of the first two books and even sometimes in the third book when talking about him with other people.
* LivingAphrodisiac: Catalina has a class of magic classified as ''Siren''; basically, whenever she doesn't keep her power tightly leashed, everyone within sight of her person or the sound of her voice instantly loves her. It isn't sexual, meaning anyone is vulnerable to it. But it's a double-edged sword in several ways; first, everyone enthralled by her will do anything she asks, but this rapidly grows to the point where her thralls will fight to possess her, to the point where they will literally tear her to pieces to have a lock of her hair. This did in fact happen to one of her ancestors. There's only a few people in her world naturally immune to her magic (including her eventual Love Interest); primarily her family, because 'we already love her as much as we possibly can'. Catalina was stolen several times as a child (including by the nurse who delivered her) to the kidnapper's ruin, even though it wasn't actually their fault. As a teen and young adult, Catalina is deeply shy and insecure, both because she never knows if someone likes her for herself or her power, and because she knows that her power can ruin people's lives through no fault or flaw of their own if she doesn't intend any harm.
* LivingAphrodisiac: Catalina has a class of magic classified as ''Siren''; basically, whenever she doesn't keep her power tightly leashed, everyone within sight of her person or the sound of her voice instantly loves her. It isn't sexual, meaning anyone is vulnerable to it. But it's a double-edged sword in several ways; first, everyone enthralled by her will do anything she asks, but this rapidly grows to the point where her thralls will fight to possess her, to the point where they will literally tear her to pieces to have a lock of her hair. This did in fact happen to one of her ancestors. There's only a few people in her world naturally immune to her magic (including her eventual Love Interest); primarily her family, because 'we already love her as much as we possibly can'. Catalina was stolen several times as a child (including by the nurse who delivered her) to the kidnapper's ruin, even though it wasn't actually their fault. As a teen and young adult, Catalina is deeply shy and insecure, both because she never knows if someone likes her for herself or her power, and because she knows that her power can ruin people's lives through no fault or flaw of their own if she doesn't intend any harm.
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* LastNameBasis: Nevada refers to Connor Rogan as Rogan for much of the first two books and even sometimes in the third book when talking about him with other people.
people. So does her family for the most part.
* LivingAphrodisiac: Catalina has a class of magic classified as''Siren''; "Siren"; basically, whenever she doesn't keep her power tightly leashed, everyone within sight of her person or the sound of her voice instantly loves her. It isn't sexual, meaning anyone is vulnerable to it. But it's a double-edged sword in several ways; first, everyone enthralled by her will do anything she asks, but this rapidly grows to the point where her thralls will fight to possess her, to the point where they will literally tear her to pieces to have a lock of her hair. This did in fact happen to one of her ancestors. There's only a few people in her world naturally immune to her magic (including her eventual Love Interest); primarily her family, because 'we already love her as much as we possibly can'. Catalina was stolen several times as a child (including by the nurse who delivered her) to the kidnapper's ruin, even though it wasn't actually their fault. As a teen and young adult, Catalina is deeply shy and insecure, both because she never knows if someone likes her for herself or her power, and because she knows that her power can ruin people's lives through no fault or flaw of their own if she doesn't intend any harm.
* LivingAphrodisiac: Catalina has a class of magic classified as
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* ShoutOut : in universe. A legal motion justifying all injuries, deaths, and property damage as a fight between two Houses, rather than being processed and charged as crimes, is known as a [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet 'Verona Exception']].
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** Catalina gets one of these in ''Emerald Blaze''; she keeps trying to let him down gently because she does like him, and she doesn't want to insult another House. She never considers him because a) she isn't attracted to him at all and b) according to her bargain with Victoria, Catalina can only marry a man willing to leave his House for hers.
* ShoutOut :in universe.in-universe. A legal motion justifying all injuries, deaths, and property damage as a fight between two Houses, rather than being processed and charged as crimes, is known as a [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet 'Verona Exception']].
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Hidden Legacy is a ParanormalRomance Series written by husband and wife team Creator/IlonaAndrews. Books #1-3 in the series focuses around Nevada Baylor and books #4-6 (#6 not yet released) focus on Catalina Baylor, Nevada's younger sister. While there's no ''official'' word, it's generally believed books #7-9 will focus on Arabella, the third Baylor sister.
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Hidden Legacy is a ParanormalRomance Series written by husband and wife team Creator/IlonaAndrews. Books #1-3 in the series focuses around Nevada Baylor and books #4-6 (#6 not yet released) released), plus novella 3.5, focus on Catalina Baylor, Nevada's younger sister. While there's no ''official'' word, it's generally believed books #7-9 will focus on Arabella, the third Baylor sister.
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* {{Workaholic}}: Nevada, most definitely, coming from being forced into the role of main family breadwinner while in college. In the three years between Nevada's trilogy and Catalina's, it gets to the point where she puts herself in hospital. Catalina and Arabella pull a palace coup of sorts and take away her ability to contribute financially to Baylor Investigations. In response, Nevada quits as CEO of the business ''and'' as head of the Baylor family, feeling she 'can't lead people who won't trust her'. The irony, of course, is that they ''can't'' trust her not to overwork.
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* {{Workaholic}}: Nevada, most definitely, coming from being forced into the role of main family breadwinner while in college. In the three years between Nevada's trilogy and Catalina's, it gets to the point where she puts herself in hospital. Catalina and Arabella pull a palace coup of sorts and take away her ability to contribute financially to Baylor Investigations. In response, Nevada quits as CEO of the business ''and'' as head of the Baylor family, House Baylor, feeling she 'can't lead people who won't trust her'. The irony, of course, is that they ''can't'' trust her not to overwork.overwork.
** In ''Emerald Blaze'', this is revealed [[spoiler: to be at least partly a BatmanGambit by Nevada; her workaholic tendencies are real, but she partly exaggerated her collapse to have a reason for leaving House Baylor in such a way as to sever the connection to House Rogan. Nevada was making a HeroicSacrifice, because her exhaustion was due to a secret investigation of a conspiracy to frame Rogan as a human trafficker. Nevada is not pleased when Catalina reveals that the frame job was the result of two years worth of manipulation by their grandmother Victoria. It was all a test for Nevada, to see if she had what it took to be a ''real'' head of House (according to Victoria's standards). Nevada chose the man she loved rather than the welfare of the House, and failed the test. Catalina knows this... because Victoria told her every detail of the plan and how to set a similar one up herself as part of her ongoing 'education' of Catalina.]]
** In ''Emerald Blaze'', this is revealed [[spoiler: to be at least partly a BatmanGambit by Nevada; her workaholic tendencies are real, but she partly exaggerated her collapse to have a reason for leaving House Baylor in such a way as to sever the connection to House Rogan. Nevada was making a HeroicSacrifice, because her exhaustion was due to a secret investigation of a conspiracy to frame Rogan as a human trafficker. Nevada is not pleased when Catalina reveals that the frame job was the result of two years worth of manipulation by their grandmother Victoria. It was all a test for Nevada, to see if she had what it took to be a ''real'' head of House (according to Victoria's standards). Nevada chose the man she loved rather than the welfare of the House, and failed the test. Catalina knows this... because Victoria told her every detail of the plan and how to set a similar one up herself as part of her ongoing 'education' of Catalina.]]
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* CrazyJealousGirl: Averted--while Nevada ''is'' jealous of Rynda on occasion, she and Rogan talk it out whenever it gets particularly bad, and she truly trusts Rogan to do the right thing, even when [[spoiler: she sees Rynda SurpriseKiss him (which he immediately shuts down).]]
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* CrazyJealousGirl: ClingyJealousGirl: Averted--while Nevada ''is'' jealous of Rynda on occasion, she and Rogan talk it out whenever it gets particularly bad, and she truly trusts Rogan to do the right thing, even when [[spoiler: she sees Rynda SurpriseKiss him (which he immediately shuts down).]]
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* BlessedWithSuck: Many powers are more trouble than good to their people. Catalina has it especially bad (see LivingAphrodisiac below). Empathy is this to some extent as well; Rynda is extremely affected by the emotions of people around her, and she spent years in a terrible marriage fully aware that her husband didn't love her and considered their children genetic failures.
* BlessedWithSuck: Many powers are more trouble than good to their people. Catalina has it especially bad (see LivingAphrodisiac below). Empathy is this to some extent as well; Rynda is extremely affected by the emotions of people around her, and she spent years in a terrible marriage fully aware that her husband didn't love her and considered their children genetic failures.
* CrazyJealousGirl: Averted--while Nevada ''is'' jealous of Rynda on occasion, she and Rogan talk it out whenever it gets particularly bad, and she truly trusts Rogan to do the right thing, even when [[spoiler: she sees Rynda SurpriseKiss him (which he immediately shuts down).]]
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: James Baylor, Nevada's deceased father who was abused by his mother as a child
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: James Baylor, Nevada's deceased father who was abused by his mother as a childchild.
* TheDreaded: People are so terrified of Victoria Tremaine that merely the sight of a spell she invented--not even used by her--is enough to terrify an entire family of Prime summoners. The fact this is only ''partially'' because of her little kidnapping-and-mind-rape spree some years back says a lot about Victoria.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: A minor plot point in ''Sapphire Flames'' is that House Baylor's security is not nearly as good as it should be. Penelope hired an old army friend of hers who was perfect on paper, but he's not actually very good at the job. The book starts with Augustine breezing past the guards as "Catalina", even though he's in a strange car that's too expensive and fancy for the thrifty Baylors and the logbook (which they're supposed to check every time someone wants to come in) shows Catalina's already home.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: the Baylor family magic. It's Penelope's main ability, and Leon has it to the point where he can predict where a bullet [[FiveSecondForeshadowing will land as it's fired]]. Nevada and Catalina both mention having it as a reason (besides a great deal of training and practise) for their shooting skills. In ''Diamond Fire'' Catalina is able to win a sword fight even though she's never picked up a rapier before; in ''Sapphire flames'' she mentions that 'the family magic' is part of what makes her an outstanding swordswoman.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: the The Baylor family magic. It's Penelope's main ability, and Leon has it to the point where he can predict where a bullet [[FiveSecondForeshadowing will land as it's fired]]. Nevada and Catalina both mention having it as a reason (besides a great deal of training and practise) for their shooting skills. In ''Diamond Fire'' Catalina is able to win a sword fight even though she's never picked up a rapier before; in ''Sapphire flames'' she mentions that 'the family magic' is part of what makes her an outstanding swordswoman. How it works varies for each person (Leon's is extremely strong, while Nevada's only kicks in after she's attacked).
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* PrinceCharmingWannabe: Garen Shaffer, tries to convince Nevada that Rogan is dangerous and that he will corrupt her if she marries him. While he, on the other hand, shares a similar ideology, field of study, and their genes are more compatible for producing powerful babies. He believes that he and Nevada should marry instead.
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* PrinceCharmingWannabe: Garen Shaffer, tries to convince Nevada that Rogan is dangerous and that he will corrupt her if she marries him. While he, on the other hand, shares a similar ideology, field of study, and their genes are more compatible for producing powerful babies. He believes that he and Nevada should marry instead. However, he's insecure and stuck-up, and the fact Nevada is significantly more powerful than him scares him off.
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* KnightTemplar: Caesar and his followers. Wants Primes to rule, like monarchies in the past, so they can pursue things without having to deal with things like "Law and Order"
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* LackOfEmpathy: Animal mages have a difficult time relating to other people, occasionally even their own children; they come into their powers so young they ''only'' learn to be friends with animals. This is why Cornelius's relationship with his sister is so distant, although by the end of the second book they're working to make it better.
* LackOfEmpathy: Animal mages have a difficult time relating to other people, occasionally even their own children; they come into their powers so young they ''only'' learn to be friends with animals. This is why Cornelius's relationship with his sister is so distant, although by the end of the second book they're working to make it better.
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* WillNotTellALie: Many people will not lie in front of Nevada, in particular her family and Rogan, as it is pointless and will just end up pissing her off.
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* WillNotTellALie: Many people will not lie in front of Nevada, in particular her family and Rogan, as it is pointless and will just end up pissing her off. Nevada also prefers not to lie, but will if she has to.
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* AlternateHistory: Due to the discovery of the Osiris Serum, many major world events turned out differently. Although things like America and the EU still exist, World War I lasted ''eight'' years because everyone had magic super-soldiers, while the Russian Empire never fell.
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* LivingAphrodesiac: Catalina has a class of magic classified as ''Siren''; basically, whenever she doesn't keep her power tightly leashed, everyone within sight of her person or the sound of her voice instantly loves her. It isn't sexual, meaning anyone is vulnerable to it. But it's a double-edged sword in several ways; first, everyone enthralled by her will do anything she asks, but this rapidly grows to the point where her thralls will fight to possess her, to the point where they will literally tear her to pieces to have a lock of her hair. This did in fact happen to one of her ancestors. There's only a few people in her world naturally immune to her magic (including her eventual Love Interest); primarily her family, because 'we already love her as much as we possibly can'. Catalina was stolen several times as a child (including by the nurse who delivered her) to the kidnapper's ruin, even though it wasn't actually their fault. As a teen and young adult, Catalina is deeply shy and insecure, both because she never knows if someone likes her for herself or her power, and because she knows that her power can ruin people's lives through no fault or flaw of their own if she doesn't intend any harm.
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* LivingAphrodesiac: LivingAphrodisiac: Catalina has a class of magic classified as ''Siren''; basically, whenever she doesn't keep her power tightly leashed, everyone within sight of her person or the sound of her voice instantly loves her. It isn't sexual, meaning anyone is vulnerable to it. But it's a double-edged sword in several ways; first, everyone enthralled by her will do anything she asks, but this rapidly grows to the point where her thralls will fight to possess her, to the point where they will literally tear her to pieces to have a lock of her hair. This did in fact happen to one of her ancestors. There's only a few people in her world naturally immune to her magic (including her eventual Love Interest); primarily her family, because 'we already love her as much as we possibly can'. Catalina was stolen several times as a child (including by the nurse who delivered her) to the kidnapper's ruin, even though it wasn't actually their fault. As a teen and young adult, Catalina is deeply shy and insecure, both because she never knows if someone likes her for herself or her power, and because she knows that her power can ruin people's lives through no fault or flaw of their own if she doesn't intend any harm.
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* TheFriendWhoNobodyLikes: Augustin Montgomery, to the Baylor clan. He's a very old friend of Rogan's, [[note]] He's best man at Nevada and Connor's wedding [[/note]] but at least two books come about because of his exercising his rights as Baylor Investigation's mortgage holder, to their physical and financial peril. When he shows up at the family warehouse in book 4, Catalina is told to hurry up and come down before Penelope shoots him (it's implied that Penelope has wanted to shoot Augustin for quite some time).
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* TheFriendWhoNobodyLikes: TheFriendNobodyLikes: Augustin Montgomery, to the Baylor clan. He's a very old friend of Rogan's, [[note]] He's best man at Nevada and Connor's wedding [[/note]] but at least two books come about because of his exercising his rights as Baylor Investigation's mortgage holder, to their physical and financial peril. When he shows up at the family warehouse in book 4, Catalina is told to hurry up and come down before Penelope shoots him (it's implied that Penelope has wanted to shoot Augustin for quite some time).
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* AscendedExtra: In ''Burn for me'', Nevada interviews John Harrison as part of the Alexander Pierce case. In ''White Hot'' he becomes her client, and in ''Wildfire'' he starts working for her as a part-time operative.
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* AscendedExtra: In ''Burn for me'', Nevada interviews John Cornelius Harrison as part of the Alexander Pierce case. In ''White Hot'' he becomes her client, and in ''Wildfire'' he starts working for her as a part-time operative.
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* AscendedExtra: In ''Burn for me'', Nevada interviews John Harrison as part of the Alexander Pierce case. In ''White Hot'' he becomes her client, and in ''Wildfire'' he starts working for her as a part-time operative.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: the entire Baylor family, really. Also their client-turned-employee/family friend Cornelius Harrison. [[spoiler: He's a devoted father and husband, and a very nice man. When he finds out the person who murdered his beloved wife, he uses his Beastspeaker magic to have her ''eaten alive by a swarm of rats''.]]
** People ''should'' think this way about House Harrison. [[spoiler: They might if their House founder had stuck with their [[Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin former name of Hamelin]] which might warn people that when pushed too far they can have people eaten alive by rats.]]
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* ShoutOut : in universe. A legal motion justifying all injuries, deaths, and property damage as a fight between two Houses, rather than processed as crimes, is known as a [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet 'Verona Exemption']].
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* ShoutOut : in universe. A legal motion justifying all injuries, deaths, and property damage as a fight between two Houses, rather than being processed and charged as crimes, is known as a [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet 'Verona Exemption']].Exception']].
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** Alexander Pierce, pyrokinetic Prime and social media darling. In elementary school, a shopkeeper took him to task for regularly stealing candy, and Alexander gave him third degree burns for daring to stop Alexander from doing what he wanted. As an adult, Alexander [[spoiler: is happy to turn himself into a living nuclear weapon]] just because he believes he should be able to do whatever he feels like without being restricted by petty things like laws, morals, or consideration for any other person on the planet.
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* EvilAunt: Gisela Afram, Leon and Bern's biological Mother (though so far she's simply TheGhost). Kelly Waller is an EvilCousin to Rogan.
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* MixedRaceMarriage: it's mostly a couple of throwaway lines, but Frida's husband and Penelope's father was black. Catalina mentions in ''Sapphire flames'' that it's the reason she and Penelope have black hair, and Nevada has a permanent tan skin tone even though she's also a natural blonde.
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* MixedRaceMarriage: MixedAncestry: it's mostly a couple of throwaway lines, but Frida's husband and Penelope's father was black. Catalina mentions in ''Sapphire flames'' that it's the reason she and Penelope have black hair, and Nevada has a permanent tan skin tone even though she's also a natural blonde.
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* NomDeMom: inverted with Penelope and (presumably) Giselle; Frida never took her husband's name, she's referred to once in-series as 'Mrs Afram'. Played straight with her grandchildren, who all have the name Baylor - although in Nevada, Catalina and Arabella's case their father took his wife's name (for good reason) rather than the other way around. In Bernard and Leon's case, it seems like Giselle just didn't care to marry.
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* NomDeMom: inverted with Penelope and (presumably) Giselle; Gisela; Frida never took her husband's name, she's referred to once in-series as 'Mrs Afram'. Played straight with her grandchildren, who all have the name Baylor - although in Nevada, Catalina and Arabella's case their father took his wife's name (for good reason) rather than the other way around. In Bernard and Leon's case, it seems like Giselle Gisela just didn't care to marry.
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* NomDeMom: inverted with Penelope and (presumably) Giselle; Frida never took her husband's name, she's referred to once in-series as 'Mrs Afram'. Played straight with her grandchildren, who all have the name Baylor - although in Nevada, Catalina and Arabella's case their father took his wife's name (for good reason) rather than the other way around. In Bernard and Leon's case, it seems like Giselle just didn't care to marry.
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Nevada Baylor is the head of and major field operative for a family Private Investigation Agency, that has a rare magic that allows her to tell when someone is lying, an ability she keeps secret from anyone who isn't her family. When her parent company forces her to take on a high-risk case in which she must track down and return a highly dangerous impulsive Prime who can burn someone to death with the snap of their fingers to their family, she must rely on unlikely allies, (the fatal, irresistible, good looking kind) to keep her and her family safe. This eventually becomes the first step in not only her romance with the infamous Connor 'Mad' Rogan, but in defeating a conspiracy to overturn the government of Texas and possibly ignite a second American Civil War.
Several years later, Catalina Baylor, now head of not only House Baylor but the family investigation agency, finds herself dealing with a new arms race involving deliberately bioengineered strains of the Osiris serum, which involves repeated involvement/clashing/romancing with her former teenage crush, Alessandro Sagredo, who turns out to be far more mysterious and downright lethal than his reputation as a party boy and social media influencer would suggest.
Several years later, Catalina Baylor, now head of not only House Baylor but the family investigation agency, finds herself dealing with a new arms race involving deliberately bioengineered strains of the Osiris serum, which involves repeated involvement/clashing/romancing with her former teenage crush, Alessandro Sagredo, who turns out to be far more mysterious and downright lethal than his reputation as a party boy and social media influencer would suggest.
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Nevada Baylor is the head of and major field operative for a family Private Investigation Agency, that has a rare magic that allows her to tell when someone is lying, an ability she keeps secret from anyone who isn't her family. When her parent company forces her to take on a high-risk case in which she must track down and return to his family a highly dangerous dangerous, highly impulsive Prime who has every cop in Houston burning to shoot him and can burn someone to death with the snap of their fingers to their family, his fingers, she must rely on unlikely allies, (the fatal, irresistible, good looking kind) to keep her and her family safe. This eventually becomes the first step in not only her romance with the infamous Connor 'Mad' Rogan, but in defeating a conspiracy to overturn the government of Texas and possibly ignite a second American Civil War.
Several years later, Catalina Baylor, now head of not only House Baylor but the family investigation agency, finds herself dealing with a new arms race involving deliberatelybioengineered bio-engineered strains of the Osiris serum, which involves repeated involvement/clashing/romancing with her former teenage crush, Alessandro Sagredo, who turns out to be far more mysterious and downright lethal than his reputation as a party boy and social media influencer would suggest.
Several years later, Catalina Baylor, now head of not only House Baylor but the family investigation agency, finds herself dealing with a new arms race involving deliberately
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* [[spoiler: James Tremaine Baylor]] literally. It's why the Baylor girls have such a wide array of magical talents. Nevada inherited the Truth Seeker talent of James' mother Victoria; Catalina inherited the Siren power of James' biological father. Arabella inherited [[spoiler: The Beast of Cologne from James' ''surrogate'' mother]]. The mish-mash of biological and thus magical influences meant that James himself had no magic.
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* HasTwoMommies: [[spoiler: James Tremaine Baylor]] literally. It's why the Baylor girls have such a wide array of magical talents. Nevada inherited the Truth Seeker talent of James' mother Victoria; Catalina inherited the Siren power of James' biological father. Arabella inherited [[spoiler: The Beast of Cologne from James' ''surrogate'' mother]]. The mish-mash of biological and thus magical influences meant that James himself had no magic.
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* EvilAunt: Gisela Afram, Leon and Bern's biological Mother
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: the Baylor family magic. It's Penelope's main ability, and Leon has it to the point where he can predict where a bullet [[FiveSecondForeshadowing will land as it's fired]]. Nevada and Catalina both mention having it as a reason (besides a great deal of training and practise) for their shooting skills. In ''Diamond Fire'' Catalina is able to win a sword fight even though she's never picked up a rapier before; in ''Sapphire flames'' she mentions that 'the family magic' is part of what makes her an outstanding swordswoman.
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* ShoutOut : in universe. A legal motion justifying all injuries, deaths, and property damage as a fight between two Houses, rather than processed as crimes, is known as a [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet 'Verona Exemption']].
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* TheFriendWhoNobodyLikes: Augustin Montgomery, to the Baylor clan. He's a very old friend of Rogan's, [[note]] He's best man at Nevada and Connor's wedding [[/note]] but at least two books come about because of his exercising his rights as Baylor Investigation's mortgage holder, to their physical and financial peril. When he shows up at the family warehouse in book 4, Catalina is told to hurry up and come down before Penelope shoots him (it's implied that Penelope has wanted to shoot Augustin for quite some time).
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* BabiesEverAfter: In ''Sapphire Flames'' it's revealed that Nevada is pregnant.
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: Nevada and Catalina both do this with their romantic interests, Nevada more than CatalinaCatalina.
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* [[spoiler: James Tremaine Baylor]] literally. It's why the Baylor girls have such a wide array of magical talents. Nevada inherited the Truth Seeker talent of James' mother Victoria; Catalina inherited the Siren power of James' biological father. Arabella inherited [[spoiler: The Beast of Cologne from James' ''surrogate'' mother]]. The mish-mash of biological and thus magical influences meant that James himself had no magic.
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* LivingAphrodesiac: Catalina has a class of magic classified as ''Siren''; basically, whenever she doesn't keep her power tightly leashed, everyone within sight of her person or the sound of her voice instantly loves her. It isn't sexual, meaning anyone is vulnerable to it. But it's a double-edged sword in several ways; first, everyone enthralled by her will do anything she asks, but this rapidly grows to the point where her thralls will fight to possess her, to the point where they will literally tear her to pieces to have a lock of her hair. This did in fact happen to one of her ancestors. There's only a few people in her world naturally immune to her magic (including her eventual Love Interest); primarily her family, because 'we already love her as much as we possibly can'. Catalina was stolen several times as a child (including by the nurse who delivered her) to the kidnapper's ruin, even though it wasn't actually their fault. As a teen and young adult, Catalina is deeply shy and insecure, both because she never knows if someone likes her for herself or her power, and because she knows that her power can ruin people's lives through no fault or flaw of their own if she doesn't intend any harm.
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* MixedRaceMarriage: it's mostly a couple of throwaway lines, but Frida's husband and Penelope's father was black. Catalina mentions in ''Sapphire flames'' that it's the reason she and Penelope have black hair, and Nevada has a permanent tan skin tone even though she's also a natural blonde.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nevada's lover and eventual husband, Connor 'Mad' Rogan, also known as ''The Huracan'' and several other ominous-sounding nicknames. [[TheDreaded Victoria Tremaine]] doesn't have any nicknames. She doesn't need to. People react to simple mentions of her with 'OhCrap'.
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** the other one, too; people have been known to run for the door [[BringMeMyBrownPants (or the bathroom)]] whenever Victoria Tremaine is so much as mentioned.
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* {{Workaholic}}: Nevada, most definitely, coming from being forced into the role of main family breadwinner while in college. In the three years between Nevada's trilogy and Catalina's, it gets to the point where she puts herself in hospital. Catalina and Arabella pull a palace coup of sorts and take away her ability to contribute financially to Baylor Investigations. In response, Nevada quits as CEO of the business ''and'' as head of the Baylor family, feeling she 'can't lead people who won't trust her'. The irony, of course, is that they ''can't'' trust her not to overwork.
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** However, the Baylor's have a long line of military service; both Grandma Frida and their mother served. Their mother still has a rampaging case of PTSD... which doesn't stop her from blowing people away who threaten her family.
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** However, the Baylor's have a long line of military service; both Grandma Frida and their mother served. Their mother still has a rampaging case of PTSD... which doesn't stop her from blowing people away who threaten her family.
** Catalina takes a major upgrade before her own trilogy.
** Catalina takes a major upgrade before her own trilogy.
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Hidden Legacy is a ParanormalRomance Series written by husband and wife team Creator/IlonaAndrews. Books #1-3 in the series focuses around Nevada Baylor and books #4-6 (not yet released) focus on Catalina Baylor, Nevada's younger sister.
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Hidden Legacy is a ParanormalRomance Series written by husband and wife team Creator/IlonaAndrews. Books #1-3 in the series focuses around Nevada Baylor and books #4-6 (not (#6 not yet released) focus on Catalina Baylor, Nevada's younger sister. While there's no ''official'' word, it's generally believed books #7-9 will focus on Arabella, the third Baylor sister.
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Nevada Baylor is the head of and major field operative for a PI family Private Investigation Agency, that has a rare magic that allows her to tell when someone is lying, an ability she keeps secret from anyone who isn't her family. When her parent company forces her to take on a high-risk case in which she must trackdown track down and return a highly dangerous impulsive Prime who can burn someone to death with the snap of their fingers to their family. She family, she must rely on unlikely allies, (the fatal, irresistible, good looking kind) to keep her and her family safe.
safe. This eventually becomes the first step in not only her romance with the infamous Connor 'Mad' Rogan, but in defeating a conspiracy to overturn the government of Texas and possibly ignite a second American Civil War.
Several years later, Catalina Baylor, now head of not only House Baylor but the family investigation agency, finds herself dealing with a new arms race involving deliberately bioengineered strains of the Osiris serum, which involves repeated involvement/clashing/romancing with her former teenage crush, Alessandro Sagredo, who turns out to be far more mysterious and downright lethal than his reputation as a party boy and social media influencer would suggest.
Several years later, Catalina Baylor, now head of not only House Baylor but the family investigation agency, finds herself dealing with a new arms race involving deliberately bioengineered strains of the Osiris serum, which involves repeated involvement/clashing/romancing with her former teenage crush, Alessandro Sagredo, who turns out to be far more mysterious and downright lethal than his reputation as a party boy and social media influencer would suggest.
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# Untitled Catalina Book 2''Emerald Blaze'' (August 2020)
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Hidden Legacy is a Paranormal Romance Series written by husband and wife team Ilona Andrews. Books #1-3 in the series focuses around Nevada Baylor and books #4-6 (not yet released) focus on Catalina Baylor, Nevada's younger sister.
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Hidden Legacy is a Paranormal Romance ParanormalRomance Series written by husband and wife team Ilona Andrews.Creator/IlonaAndrews. Books #1-3 in the series focuses around Nevada Baylor and books #4-6 (not yet released) focus on Catalina Baylor, Nevada's younger sister.
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* CannotTellALie: Nevada Baylor and other Truthseekers and force people to tell the truth, against their will. This is often times very traumatizing for people, see MindRape.
* ElementalPowers: Some mages have the ability to control the elements, most only one. It is not impossible for someone to have the ability to control two, but it is rare and even rarer for them to be above an Average Rank mage.
* EmotionBomb: Empaths can make everything they feel others feel, called emanation. In the third book Rynda Charles does this twice.
* EmotionBomb: Empaths can make everything they feel others feel, called emanation. In the third book Rynda Charles does this twice.
* FunctionalMagic: Specifically 'Inherent Gift', people are either born with magic or none at all and those with magic can only serve a unique narrow function.
* AGlassInTheHand: Connor Rogan does this quite a lot in the series
** While on a date with Nevada he cracks a window with his magic when Nevada brings up going on a date with Garen Shaffer, a PrinceCharmingWannabe, for the purpose of getting information and later on the window breaks completely when Alexander Sturm brings up his nephew.
** While he listens in on Nevada's date with Garen Shaffer he crushed up decommissioned cars intended for scrap.
* KnightTemplar: Caesar and his followers. Wants Primes to rule, like monarchies in the past, so they can pursue things without having to deal with things like "Law and Order"
* AGlassInTheHand: Connor Rogan does this quite a lot in the series
** While on a date with Nevada he cracks a window with his magic when Nevada brings up going on a date with Garen Shaffer, a PrinceCharmingWannabe, for the purpose of getting information and later on the window breaks completely when Alexander Sturm brings up his nephew.
** While he listens in on Nevada's date with Garen Shaffer he crushed up decommissioned cars intended for scrap.
* KnightTemplar: Caesar and his followers. Wants Primes to rule, like monarchies in the past, so they can pursue things without having to deal with things like "Law and Order"
* MagicRealism: While many people regard Primes with awe, people with low level abilities are seen as mundane, something you might show off at a party if it's a cool ability.
* MindRape: Truthseekers can invade a person's mind to get information, most people are extremely traumatized by the event oftentimes openly weeping after it's done.
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* NeverMessWithGranny: Grandma Frida, Army vet and has an arsenal of armored vehicles at her disposal including a tank, which she uses.
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* NeverMessWithGranny: Grandma Frida, Army vet and has an arsenal of armored vehicles at her disposal including a tank, which she uses.uses.
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: Brian Sherwood. While his aim is not to kill his children, he could not care less as long as he can get out of marriage with his wife]]
* PrinceCharmingWannabe: Garen Shaffer, tries to convince Nevada that Rogan is dangerous and that he will corrupt her if she marries him. While he, on the other hand, shares a similar ideology, field of study, and their genes are more compatible for producing powerful babies. He believes that he and Nevada should marry instead.
* TheSociopath:
** Philip McRaven, also known as Azazel. Likes killing people by choking and "to see light go out of their eyes as they wet themselves in terror".
** Vincent Harcourt, had no qualms of murdering children on multiple occasions.
** [[spoiler: Brian Sherwood,]] wants to murder his wife so he can remarry, and if his children happen to get caught in the crossfire? So be it.
* TrainingTheGiftOfMagic: While mages are born with their abilities, not training or exercising them greatly lowers the potential of one's ability. Circlework is often required for more advanced and powerful spells, children of high level mages start studying it as soon as they can hold chalk.
* WillNotTellALie: Many people will not lie in front of Nevada, in particular her family and Rogan, as it is pointless and will just end up pissing her off.
* WitchSpecies: Magic abilities are passed down by genes and the abilities and power level of the children is usually similar to the abilities and power level of their parents.
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: Brian Sherwood. While his aim is not to kill his children, he could not care less as long as he can get out of marriage with his wife]]
* PrinceCharmingWannabe: Garen Shaffer, tries to convince Nevada that Rogan is dangerous and that he will corrupt her if she marries him. While he, on the other hand, shares a similar ideology, field of study, and their genes are more compatible for producing powerful babies. He believes that he and Nevada should marry instead.
* TheSociopath:
** Philip McRaven, also known as Azazel. Likes killing people by choking and "to see light go out of their eyes as they wet themselves in terror".
** Vincent Harcourt, had no qualms of murdering children on multiple occasions.
** [[spoiler: Brian Sherwood,]] wants to murder his wife so he can remarry, and if his children happen to get caught in the crossfire? So be it.
* TrainingTheGiftOfMagic: While mages are born with their abilities, not training or exercising them greatly lowers the potential of one's ability. Circlework is often required for more advanced and powerful spells, children of high level mages start studying it as soon as they can hold chalk.
* WillNotTellALie: Many people will not lie in front of Nevada, in particular her family and Rogan, as it is pointless and will just end up pissing her off.
* WitchSpecies: Magic abilities are passed down by genes and the abilities and power level of the children is usually similar to the abilities and power level of their parents.
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Hidden Legacy is a Paranormal Romance Series written by husband and wife team Ilona Andrews. Books #1-3 in the series focuses around Nevada Baylor and books #4-6 (not yet released) focus on Catalina Baylor, Nevada's younger sister.
In 1863 the Osiris serum was discovered, a serum that granted people extraordinary magical abilities. The serum changed the course of human history. People that have previously married for status, money, and power now married for magic; strong magic would grant them this and more. Magic users were separated into five ranks: Minor, Average, Notable, Significant, and Prime. A century and a half later families with strong hereditary magic have formed Houses. Houses often feud with each other, and sometimes turn deadly.
Nevada Baylor a PI that has a rare magic that allows her to tell when someone is lying, an ability she keeps secret from anyone who isn't her family. When her parent company forces her to take on a high-risk case in which she must trackdown and return a dangerous impulsive Prime who can burn someone to death with the snap of their fingers to their family. She must rely on unlikely allies, (the fatal, irresistible, good looking kind) to keep her and her family safe.
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!!Books in the Series:
# ''Burn for Me''
# ''White Hot''
# ''Wildfire''
# ''Sapphire Flames''
# Untitled Catalina Book 2
# Untitled Catalina Book 3
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!!Other Associated Works
*Rogan ''Burn for Me'' POV Part 1
*Rogan ''Burn for Me'' POV Part 2
*Rogan POV from ''Wildfire'' Part 1
*''Diamond Fire'' - A Novella that takes place between ''Wildfire'' and ''Sapphire Flames''
*''A Misunderstanding'' - A deleted scene from ''Sapphire Flames'' turned into a short story, in Arabella's POV
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!!Tropes:
* ActionGirl: Mainly Nevada Baylor who has magic that allows her to shoot with ImprobableAimingSkills and has Magic Shockers implanted in her arms that can kill anyone under Significant Level.
* BattleCouple: Nevada Baylor and Connor Rogan
* DarkActionGirl: Victoria Tremaine, a Truthseeker Prime, she doesn't hesitate to kill and finds the idea of "morals" something she doesn't need to adhere too.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: James Baylor, Nevada's deceased father who was abused by his mother as a child
* DeadpanSnarker:
**Leon Baylor
**Bug
* DefiantCaptive: Connor Rogan captures Nevada Baylor in the first book and tries to pry information out of her with a spell, which she successfully resists.
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu:
**Nevada has lunch with Connor Rogan the day after he kidnaps her and he tries to hire her.
**Nevada has lunch with Victoria Tremaine, were Nevada tries to get Victoria to leave her family alone.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In the third book, [[spoiler: Arabella Baylor takes down a SealedEvilInACan in a matter of seconds by transforming into the [[VoluntaryTransformation Beast of Cologne]], a large beast with unimaginable strength.]]
* DramaticIrony:
**In the first book Nevada continuously talks trash about Primes, when she is a Prime herself
**Anytime a character talks down to Nevada before finding out that she is a Prime, the usually find out when she kicks their ass or [[MindRape Mind Rapes]] them.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Nevada and Catalina both do this with their romantic interests, Nevada more than Catalina
* EvilAunt: Gisela Afram, Leon and Bern's biological Mother
* LastNameBasis: Nevada refers to Connor Rogan as Rogan for much of the first two books and even sometimes in the third book when talking about him with other people.
* MamaBear:
**Penelope Baylor, Nevada's Mother. Often threatens to shoot people who put her children in danger or emotional distress.
**Olivia Charles, Mother of Rynda Charles
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Nevada Baylor, because her abilities are unknown to most people in the first two books and the first half of the third, most people dismisses her as Rogan's side piece.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Grandma Frida, Army vet and has an arsenal of armored vehicles at her disposal including a tank, which she uses.
[[caption-width-right:311:Cover for ''Burn for Me'']]
Hidden Legacy is a Paranormal Romance Series written by husband and wife team Ilona Andrews. Books #1-3 in the series focuses around Nevada Baylor and books #4-6 (not yet released) focus on Catalina Baylor, Nevada's younger sister.
In 1863 the Osiris serum was discovered, a serum that granted people extraordinary magical abilities. The serum changed the course of human history. People that have previously married for status, money, and power now married for magic; strong magic would grant them this and more. Magic users were separated into five ranks: Minor, Average, Notable, Significant, and Prime. A century and a half later families with strong hereditary magic have formed Houses. Houses often feud with each other, and sometimes turn deadly.
Nevada Baylor a PI that has a rare magic that allows her to tell when someone is lying, an ability she keeps secret from anyone who isn't her family. When her parent company forces her to take on a high-risk case in which she must trackdown and return a dangerous impulsive Prime who can burn someone to death with the snap of their fingers to their family. She must rely on unlikely allies, (the fatal, irresistible, good looking kind) to keep her and her family safe.
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!!Books in the Series:
# ''Burn for Me''
# ''White Hot''
# ''Wildfire''
# ''Sapphire Flames''
# Untitled Catalina Book 2
# Untitled Catalina Book 3
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!!Other Associated Works
*Rogan ''Burn for Me'' POV Part 1
*Rogan ''Burn for Me'' POV Part 2
*Rogan POV from ''Wildfire'' Part 1
*''Diamond Fire'' - A Novella that takes place between ''Wildfire'' and ''Sapphire Flames''
*''A Misunderstanding'' - A deleted scene from ''Sapphire Flames'' turned into a short story, in Arabella's POV
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!!Tropes:
* ActionGirl: Mainly Nevada Baylor who has magic that allows her to shoot with ImprobableAimingSkills and has Magic Shockers implanted in her arms that can kill anyone under Significant Level.
* BattleCouple: Nevada Baylor and Connor Rogan
* DarkActionGirl: Victoria Tremaine, a Truthseeker Prime, she doesn't hesitate to kill and finds the idea of "morals" something she doesn't need to adhere too.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: James Baylor, Nevada's deceased father who was abused by his mother as a child
* DeadpanSnarker:
**Leon Baylor
**Bug
* DefiantCaptive: Connor Rogan captures Nevada Baylor in the first book and tries to pry information out of her with a spell, which she successfully resists.
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu:
**Nevada has lunch with Connor Rogan the day after he kidnaps her and he tries to hire her.
**Nevada has lunch with Victoria Tremaine, were Nevada tries to get Victoria to leave her family alone.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In the third book, [[spoiler: Arabella Baylor takes down a SealedEvilInACan in a matter of seconds by transforming into the [[VoluntaryTransformation Beast of Cologne]], a large beast with unimaginable strength.]]
* DramaticIrony:
**In the first book Nevada continuously talks trash about Primes, when she is a Prime herself
**Anytime a character talks down to Nevada before finding out that she is a Prime, the usually find out when she kicks their ass or [[MindRape Mind Rapes]] them.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Nevada and Catalina both do this with their romantic interests, Nevada more than Catalina
* EvilAunt: Gisela Afram, Leon and Bern's biological Mother
* LastNameBasis: Nevada refers to Connor Rogan as Rogan for much of the first two books and even sometimes in the third book when talking about him with other people.
* MamaBear:
**Penelope Baylor, Nevada's Mother. Often threatens to shoot people who put her children in danger or emotional distress.
**Olivia Charles, Mother of Rynda Charles
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Nevada Baylor, because her abilities are unknown to most people in the first two books and the first half of the third, most people dismisses her as Rogan's side piece.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Grandma Frida, Army vet and has an arsenal of armored vehicles at her disposal including a tank, which she uses.
