Read-along & #Giveaway: Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews @ilonaandrews.bsky.social @reneeraudman @nyliterary @tantoraudio.bsky.social @AudibleStudios #Read-along #GIVEAWAY #LoveAudiobooks @ilonaandrews

Posted May 16, 2025 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review, Giveaway, Read-along / 25 Comments

Read-along & #Giveaway: Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews @ilonaandrews.bsky.social @reneeraudman @nyliterary @tantoraudio.bsky.social @AudibleStudios #Read-along #GIVEAWAY #LoveAudiobooks @ilonaandrewsClean Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Series: Innkeeper Chronicles #1
Published by NYLA on December 2, 2013
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 250
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
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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. It’s smart, vicious, and lethal, and putting herself between this creature and her neighbors might just cost her everything.

I was thrilled to be asked by Anne of Books of My Heart to participate in the read-along for the Innkeeper Chronicles and share my thoughts. May kicks off the first book and after reading it, I can wait to continue on with a book a month for the next few months.

Dina runs a local inn in a small community.  No one really knows who she is or what she does, and she works hard to keep everything on the down-low which keeping her patrons safe. The book starts out with local dogs turning up dead and Dina trying to find out what is going on.  She ends up enlisting Sean to assist because she knows there is more to Sean than meets the eye.  Sean is new to the neighborhood and is a werewolf, trying to stake out his territory.  Sean finally agrees to help Dina and the action ensues.  
 
Before we know it, the reader is introduced to an otherworldly creature called the dahaka and his stalkers, and a hot vampire, Arland, who has come to Earth hunting it. Along the way we also meet Dina’s permanent guest, Caldenia, who has murdered lots of people and who would be killed immediately if she left Dina’s property, an extremely suspicious local cop, and a few other neighbors. 
 
Up front, this book started out on the wrong foot with me by the whole killing dogs plotline. However, I love the authors and trusted their process and I ended up loving both the journey and the resolution, and am glad I gave the book a chance. Dina is a fun character, and it was interesting to see a new world being developed from the beginning.  The inn Dina’s runs is magical and shapes and shifts to keep her and her guests safe as well as foster its own growth and capabilities.  I also love Dina’s Shih Tzu Beast and just know there is more than meets the eye to this little one.
 
Finally, I can’t go without mentioning Sean and Arland and the brewing love triangle which may be forming.  Sean pulls at my heart because I love me strong moody shifter, but Arland is a mysterious hot vampire.  I feel Dina couldn’t go wrong picking either as a suitor but given the ending, have no clue which way the authors are headed.  
 
I will always recommend Ilona Andrews to anyone who enjoys urban fantasy.  The Kate Daniels series remains one of my top favorites and I am sure the Innkeeper Chronicles won’t be far behind!  This could have been a 5/5 read for me if not for the dead dogs in the beginning.
 
MY RATING: 4 PAWS

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COYER Challenge is adopting our Read-along.  You can read about COYER and join that challenge HERE.   On the Sunday after the review posts, they will host a Google meeting (like we do for COYER book club) at 12 PT, 2 CT, 3 ET and 9pm Europe, for a one hour chat.  The chat is May 18.  COYER is moving from Facebook to Discord.  The Google meeting chat is HERE.

 

Here’s your to-do list:

  1. Find your copies of these books, borrow them from a friend, get them at the library or buy them. The first 4 Graphic Audio versions are currently in Audible Plus.
  2. Sign up to join the Read-along
  3. Join the chat on Sunday!
  4. Read the free short on how Gerald Demille and Helen Meet (Dina’s parents)
  5. Read book 2  Sweep in Peace by June 20
  6. Look to the COYER event or the blog Facebook page for pacing schedules. These are also on Discord.
  7. Make note of a favorite quote or two as you read the book. I REALLY hope you all will contribute your quotes to the rafflecopters and participate in the chats, as we have great prizes.
  8. If you haven’t read the books before, make a list of questions you have for the discussion. If you have read them, please don’t spoil new readers.
  9. Enter the giveaways!

 

Games:

Who said (enter the answer in the Rafflecopter, don’t put in the comments)

Who said                              “Yes, I’ll take it to the evening news, because I always wanted to be seen as a complete madman. I would enjoy being locked up for the rest of my life. And my parents, who are still on the planet and are still alien, would be so proud. ”

There are other options in the rafflecopter for you to enter discussion questions and quotes to share.

 

Who said  “A pretty woman who doesn’t talk. My God, we can charge double.”  in Steel’s Edge is Voshak – slaver captain.

The villain was Slavers and the Hand

Observations and questions you shared from Steel’s Edge:

(Thank you  so much for sharing!)  If you can answer any of these questions, you can do so in a comment.

  • I’m looking forward to seeing Sophie, George and Jack in the Innkeeper series!
  • George and Jack continued to steal the show! I wish we had a book just on them with Sophie. Maybe someday.

Quotes you readers shared from Steel’s Edge:

“”You!” A white glow sheathed George’s eyes.” Two weeks! I spent two weeks watching Parris, and you screwed it up for me. All you had to do was stay out of the way and watch for his people coming out. What the hell did you do? ”

“Kaldar blinked. “Who are you?”

“I’m Charlotte,” she told him.

“A pleasure. Say, Charlotte, have you seen Richard? A brooding fellow about as tall as me, but much uglier and incapable of humor?”

Interviews with Ilona Andrews:

 

2014-Oct 7:  USA today interview

Clean Sweep questions on Goodreads

2023- Jan 30:   The Beat  Info on Comic book version

 

2023- Jan 27: Noveltea discussion online video 

 

Be sure to enter the giveaways!!!

 

Giveaway:

For each Innkeeper, the prize will be an Amazon  digital copy (US only) or $5 Amazon GC (Intl).

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Grand-Prize Giveaway:

There will be 2 winners chosen.

For a US winner, there will be a complete set of the Innkeeper Graphic Audio audiobooks (6) offered by Nancy Yost Literary Agency.

For an Intl winner,  it will be the four Edge series audiobooks from Tantor and Recorded Books.  The codes work in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. 

 

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Join in the 2025 Read-along of the Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews! Time to read Sweep in Peace. #giveaways #giveaway @BooksofMyHeart Share on X

Schedule:   

We are doing one book every 4-5 weeks, posting on Fridays. We will have a review for most of the books with the team here at Books of My Heart plus some of our friends.

 

Jan 17:   On the Edge            – Victoria @First of All          

Feb 21:   Bayou Moon          –  Brandee @Unconventional Bookworms

Mar 21:  Fate’s Edge              – Angela @ Angel’s Book Nook        

Apr 25:   Steel’s Edge             – Sophia

 

May 16:  Clean Sweep                     – Barb @ Booker T’s Farm

Jun 20:   Sweep in Peace                – Lillian @ Mom with a Reading Problem

Jul 18:     One Fell Swoop                – Carole @ Carole’s Random Life         

Aug 15:    Sweep of the Blade        –  Rachel @ Waves of Fiction               

Sep 19:    Sweep with Me                – Robin  

Oct 17:      Sweep of the Heart       – Elizabeth @ Elizabeth’s Romance Reviews                

Nov 21:     Sweep  (unlikely but if there is a new book next year we will add it here)      

                   

 

 

About Ilona Andrews

“Ilona Andrews” is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team. Ilona 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 several bestselling series, including the #1 NYT bestselling urban fantasy of Kate Daniels, rustic fantasy of the Edge, paranormal romance of Hidden Legacy, and Innkeeper Chronicles, which they post as a free weekly serial.

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About Barb at Booker T’s Farm

My name is Barb, and I have been blogging on and off since November 2008. I am a very eclectic reader and read from a variety of genres and age levels. If a book sounds like something I would like, I’m likely to give it a try. That being said though, I do have my favorite genres which include horror, urban fantasy and mystery/thrillers.

I am a bit dog obsessed, and you will often find pictures and references to my boys on the blog. In fact, Booker T’s Farm is named in honor of the pup who owned me when I started blogging, Booker T. In addition to dogs, I enjoy watching movies, watching football (Go Bulldogs!), my favorite TV shows and crafting. I also work full-time which sometimes makes these additional hobbies hard.

You can also find me on Bluesky

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Posted May 16, 2025 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review, Giveaway, Read-along / 25 Comments

25 responses to “Read-along & #Giveaway: Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews”

  1. Sophia Rose

    Loved seeing what you thought of this one, Barb. Yeah, tough that the dogs got attacked. Love Dina, Sean, Arlan, and the sentient inn!

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  4. Jen Twimom

    This is my fourth time reading the book. It has become my absolute favorite series of all time. I wanted to immediately start the next book again, even though I know what happens. LOVE THIS SERIES! Thanks for your review.

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  7. Robin

    I’ve been saving the Graphic Audio of these to listen to until they are all out. I’m so glad that I can do it in a reread with the group.

    When I read this the first time I remember how much I loved Gertrude Hunt and wanted to go visit it. Caldenia is one of my all time favorite side characters. She adds a nice touch to this story.

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  8. Kate

    This is such a fun series! I first discovered them early in lockdown and they gave me much-needed giggles. I’ve read them several times since then and am looking to another visit to Gertrude Hunt. 🙂

    Reply

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