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Clean Sweep

by Ilona Andrews

🥛clean·spoiler·Innkeeper Chronicles #1

Why Read This?

Ilona Andrews at their sharpest — a kickass heroine with a magic broom, a sentient inn, two gorgeous supernatural love interests competing for her attention, and worldbuilding that blends urban fantasy with sci-fi in the most addictive way. The banter alone is worth the read.

Synopsis

On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and is a perfect neighbor, whose biggest problem should be what to serve her guests for breakfast. But Dina is...different: Her broom is a deadly weapon; her Inn is magic and thinks for itself. Meant to be a lodging for otherworldly visitors, the only permanent guest is a retired Galactic aristocrat who can’t leave the grounds because she’s responsible for the deaths of millions and someone might shoot her on sight. Under the circumstances, "normal" is a bit of a stretch for Dina. And now, something with wicked claws and deepwater teeth has begun to hunt at night....Feeling responsible for her neighbors, Dina decides to get involved. Before long, she has to juggle dealing with the annoyingly attractive, ex-military, new neighbor, Sean Evans—an alpha-strain werewolf—and the equally arresting cosmic vampire soldier, Arland, while trying to keep her inn and its guests safe. But the enemy she’s facing is unlike anything she’s ever encountered before. It’s smart, vicious, and lethal, and putting herself between this creature and her neighbors might just cost her everything. “Andrews is an auto-buy no matter what the genre!” —Romantic Times “If there is one author that defines Urban Fantasy, it is Ilona Andrews.” —Annie Tegelan, Fresh Fiction "One of the brightest voices in urban fantasy and one of my favorite authors. Ilona Andrews delivers only the best." —New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost

At a Glance

4.15 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🥛clean
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

love triangleslow burnalpha males competing

Mood

funadventurouswittycozyaction-packed

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.15 ★

Page Count

225 pages

Published

2013

Primary Genre

Urban Fantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Single Narrator

Narrator

Renee Raudman

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: the capable innkeeper — resourceful, sharp-tongued, powerful but hiding it sign in to unlock

graphic creature violencemild gorebody horror (alien creatures)

World & Setting

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Reading Context

satisfying action resolution with romantic possibilities left wide open sign in to unlock

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