#58 Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews

Even though this isn’t the first story set in in this universe, you can pick it up and start right in and know that you will not be lost.  Ramona and Matias are both heads of their houses, descendants of genetically modified soldiers, and enemies. But when each other’s spouses have run off together with technology they both have been working on the reverse engineer the secret to the weapons they both are able to wield thanks to their tinkered DNA they join forces to hunt them down.  The group that they runaway couple are selling the tech to belong to a group that Matias has crossed paths with before and they are deadly. If they get the tech then there is no telling how far they will go to take over other planets.  Ramona and Matias work well together and develop a respect for one another.

 

The story is tightly plotted and the sparks do fly between them. The setting is great, and I really hope this does well enough to see them play more with this this setting. 

 

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