"Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles)" by Ilona Andrews

https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Sweep-Innkeeper-Chronicles-Andrews/dp/1494388588/

Book number one of a six book paranormal science fiction fantasy romance series. I reread the well printed and well bound POD (print on demand) illustrated (kinda) trade paperback published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform in 2013 that I just bought new on Amazon as I gave
away my previous copy to a friend. I own books two through six in the
series and plan to read them again soon. Note that ?Ilona Andrews? is
the pseudonym for a husband and wife writing team.

Dina Demille is an innkeeper in Red Deer, Texas. Only her Victorian
inn, the Gertrude Hunt, is not like a typical bed and breakfast, it is
an intelligent magical haven for aliens coming to Earth or using Earth
as a way station in their galactic travels. Dina does have a permanent
guest, a retired Galactic aristocrat who is hiding from several bounty hunters, she paid for a permanent room and board. There are many inns
on Earth, each inn is a sanctuary with powerful weapons to defend
themselves and their residents. Dina's inn was abandoned but she has
restored it and has it back up to a two star rating out of five stars.

Dina does have a busybody neighbor who happens to be an alpha werewolf,
Sean Evans. He has marked the entire neighborhood for any visitors,
including the inn's trees, enraging Dina's Shih-Tzu-Chi, Beast. Sean
was born on Earth from alien immigrant parents and refugees, also
werewolfs and retired USA military like him. He was never told about
their past by his parents but Dina is educating him.

A good quote from the book: ""People say that physics has laws," I told
him, walking to the bedroom door. "I prefer to view them as a set of
flexible guidelines.""

The authors have a busy website at:
http://www.ilona-andrews.com

My rating: 6 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (9,596 reviews)

Lynn


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