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   Tony Nance to Lynn McGuire   
   Re: Highlights and Lowlights - August-Se   
   17 Oct 25 10:30:59   
   
   From: tnusenet17@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/8/25 10:54 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
   > On 9/30/2025 3:11 PM, Tony Nance wrote:   
   >> Highlights and Lowlights - August-September 2025   
   > ...> August 2025   
   >> ( ++ 1/2 ) Burn For Me - Andrews [Hidden Legacy #1]   
   >> This is standard good quality stuff from the Andrews writing team, but   
   >> it’s the first time I can say that one of their settings is not what   
   >> I’m looking to read, so I probably won’t continue with the series.   
   >>   
   >> Nevada Baylor’s father has passed away, and she has taken over the   
   >> family P.I./Detective Agency with help from some family members,   
   >> including three younger siblings & cousins. Nevada has some magical   
   >> skill, but it’s not clear to her what the extent of those skills are,   
   >> nor how strong they are. The agency is barely staying afloat, and   
   >> because of that Her agency’s some legal obligations to a much larger   
   >> firm, but they have been leaving her alone. Until now. She gets   
   >> strong- armed into taking a no-win job involving a way-too-powerful   
   >> mage (called a “Prime” in this setting). A different Prime gets   
   >> involved due to one of his cousins’ involvement, and these two work   
   >> sort-of-together to solve everything while having their own issues   
   >> with each other.   
   > ...   
   >   
   > Whoa, I am rereading "Burn For Me" now.  I binge read the entire series   
   > a year ago.  First off, the series is set in Houston so it feels very   
   > familiar to me.  Second, I love paranormal that is not horror (dark   
   > fantasy).   
   >   
   > Here is my review from July 24, 2024:    
      
   Thanks for that, along with your reviews of the next few. Given how much   
   I enjoy the Andrews team, and that this first entry just seemed to be   
   going a direction I wasn't interested in, I should probably try the   
   second one.   
      
   Tony   
      
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