September AOM: Ilona Andrews

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Ilona Andrews is the pen name of Ilona Gordon and Andrew Gordon, an American husband-and-wife duo who write urban fantasy and romantic fiction together.

lona is a native-born Russian and Gordon is a former communications sergeant in the U.S. Army. Contrary to popular belief, Gordon was never an intelligence officer with a license to kill, and Ilona was never the mysterious Russian spy who seduced him. They met in college, in English Composition 101, where Ilona got a better grade. (Gordon is still sore about that.)

Gordon and Ilona currently reside in Texas with their two children, and many dogs and cats. They have co-authored two series, the bestselling urban fantasy of Kate Daniels and romantic urban fantasy of The Edge.

To learn more about their books check out their website http://www.ilona-andrews.com/

Follow them on twitter @ilona_andrews and @GordonSm3

Kate Daniels
The Kate Daniels novels are set in a slightly futuristic Atlanta, where magic and tech periods follow one another. During tech, guns and cars work. During magic, planes fall from the sky and generally, anything technological fails but forgotten magic spells work again. In this world, magical creatures again roam the lands. Heroine Kate Daniels is a mercenary who fights various types of monsters. Kate is special: she is a human with some magical abilities but foremost she's a great warrior.


The Edge
The Edge world is in between the 'normal' earth and a magical world that looks remarkably the same. It's a small piece of land where some things are magical and some are not. Most people on either side cannot go across a border, so the edgers are generally left alone. But the few people that can cross borders cause trouble.


Innkeeper Chronicles
Earth, as we know it, is a busy way-station for extraterrestrials. However, the people of Earth don't know about other worlds or aliens yet, so by intergalactic treaty, aliens visiting Earth must stay at designated Inns and cannot reveal themselves to the native inhabitants. The Inns, and the Innkeepers who run them, are magically powerful and dedicated to two things: protecting their guests, and maintaining the ignorance of Earth's people to the existence of alien cultures. Dina Demille comes from a family of innkeepers and recently woke her own inn, Gertrude Hunt, from a slumber. As Gertrude Hunt is largely unknown, getting visitors and keeping a thriving inn is tough. Fortunately, Dina is also tough, but goes to extremes to make her visitors happy, whilst keeping the Inn a secret for the local population. The Innkeeper Chronicles all first appeared as a series of blog posts on the Ilona Andrews website. After full publication of each series, the posts were edited and published as a book.


Hidden Legacy
This series is about a woman Nevada Baylor who is a detective but she has to deal with this powerful guy...ok I am not doing this justice check out her letter... http://hiddenlegacy.ilona-andrews.com...

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

My favourite-ist authors. Love their work. Though I'm not as keen on the Edge series, but the others rock!!

[Darcy]

I liked the Edge series, liked the world, wish that they could have written more in the world.

I'm very surprised by the Innkeeper series. They are fun and I love that they write it for free, but I don't read it then. I usually wait until the audio is out and then grab it from audible.

They also have the best blog. Love how it's a mix of writing and just normal everyday life.