Mercy Strange (Legal Magick 2)

Alisa Woods

May 2019 · Legal Magick Book 2 · Alisa Woods

About this ebook

Some Talents are too dangerous to keep.

MERCY STRANGE—Genetic Research Lead, Strange Medical Technologies

There’s a madman who calls himself a scientist… and I have to stop him. Never mind that his med-magick drugs might be the key to my own research. Never mind that his red-and-yellow pill tempts me with the promise of turning off a Talent I’d give anything to erase. The madman developed his med-magick with an illegal drug trial, performing experiments on people like my father—and using my own family’s company to do it! The madman will pay for that, even if I have to hunt him down myself. I’ll train the FBI’s insanely sexy field agent to go undercover after the killer, but when this is done, I’ll be taking that pill… and finally destroying the part of me that’s too dangerous to keep.

SWIFT PAYNE—FBI, Science and Magick Lab

This is just another job. I keep telling myself that, but Mercy’s emotional soundscape sings to me like no other. There’s so much she’s hiding, just under the surface. She doesn’t know what I am—few people do—and it needs to stay that way. Because I’m not just following leads to find our serial-killer-by-drugs—I’m investigating her. And if she’s dirty in this, I’ll have to march her out in handcuffs. Or get yanked from the case. Or get sent back to the military work I barely escaped. Mercy’s dangerously tempting, but I can’t go back there again. Yet I can’t seem to tear myself away from the music of her oh-so-brilliant mind...

Someone’s developed a drug that can erase magickal Talents… and they need to be stopped before they kill anyone else. Swift’s Talent is secret, and Mercy’s secret is her Talent. But they have to work together to find the mad scientist with the killer drugs… before he unleashes them on the streets of Chicago.

Mercy Strange is the second book in the paranormal romantic suspense series Legal Magick. The series follows the three Strange sisters, each powerful witches in an influential magickal family embroiled in a mysterious plot to change everything about the magickal world. Legal Magick takes place in an alternate Chicago where High Magick returned in 1859 and is now integral in every aspect of the legal—and illegal—world. Each book is a standalone romance.

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Ratings and reviews

I even preordered this book because the first one was so fantastic. I despised the h almost from page one. Petty, immature, judgemental, selfish, spiteful and rude. Not the kind of character I can find myself rooting for to have an HEA. She'd make a great villain though. I get that a character has to start low to show growth through the story, but not so low that the reader wishes for their death in the second chapter. Won't be reading the next book - I'll just reread the 1st.

Mercy Strange, book 2 in the Legal Magick series, lives up to the first one! I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed Ever's and Zane's book, but this one managed to keep up great. Heads up, it's not a standalone, so please read Ever Strange first or you'll be mightily confused (and why on earth WOULND'T you read Ever's book? Seriously. It's awesome). Mercy is the middle sister of the Strange family (I adore how that comes out) and Mrs. Woods does a good job of giving her a middle sibling feel: she faces similar issues that her older sister deals with, but rather than beating them into submission she just tries to fix. I like that the sisters had different ways of dealing with their deadly special Talents. Mercy hides hers from even her family and holds a good bit of self-loathing close to the vest as well, though she doesn't 'hide' that as she wears clothing to advertise exactly how off-limits she sees herself. Fun clothes, I might add. Swift Payne (and the joke was made, thank goodness) is Mercy's perfect match, I have to say. A secret agent even in the FBI, he, like Zane from the first book, possesses an illegal Talent: he hears, and can control, emotions. I really liked getting to understand this Talent, and really feel for him. Swift is Zane's opposite in personality, which was fun to experience. Though his past was very unfortunate and not at all pleasant, he keeps an overall positive attitude and maintains his zeal for life despite his circumstances. The two make a very interesting set and their adventure in continuing the search for the culprit behind the murders and Talent theft is both enlightening and heart breaking. We learn a few things, but the biggest questions still remain and the end of the book is a drop off for Verity's upcoming book. I think the best part of the book was watching Mercy ultimately find her backbone and realize both her worth to her family and herself. Followed closely by Swift's discovery that he doesn't want to loose his Talent, despite it's negative history. An excellent book, and you should totally give it a go! I'm waiting impatiently for Verity!

Swift Mercy Book two was just as wonderful as book one. Once you start reading it is hard to put down. Mercy is Uber smart but insecure when it comes to her Talent. Family is extremely important to her and she will do whatever is necessary to protect them from harm. Swift has a Talent that once people know about it all they want to do is use him. He has never had anyone to honestly care for him and he thinks it will never happen. These two will come together for a case but will they figure it out before the magic world is terrorize? I have voluntarily read and reviewed but because I am a big fan of the author whose books are marvelous.

About the author

Alisa Woods lives in the Midwest with her husband and family, but her heart will always belong to the beaches and mountains where she grew up. She writes sexy paranormal romances about complicated men and the strong women who love them. Her books explore the struggles we all have, where we resist—and succumb to—our most tempting vices as well as our greatest desires. No matter the challenge, Alisa firmly believes that hearts can mend and love will triumph over all.