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"One Fell Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles)" by Ilona Andrews

https://www.amazon.com/One-Fell-Sweep-Innkeeper-Chronicles/dp/1540857212/

Book number three of a six book paranormal fantasy romance science
fiction series. I reread the well printed and well bound POD (print on demand) illustrated (kinda) trade paperback published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform in 2016 that I bought new on Amazon in
2023. Note that rCLIlona AndrewsrCY is the pseudonym for a husband and wife writing team. And yes, this is science fiction, there are spaceships, teleportation devices, and beam weapons.

Dina Demille is an innkeeper in Red Deer, Texas. Only her Victorian inn
is not like a typical bed and breakfast, it is an intelligent magical
haven named Gertrude Hunt for aliens coming to Earth or using Earth as a
way station. Dina does have a permanent guest, a retired Galactic
aristocrat named Caldenia who is hiding from several bounty hunters, she
paid for a permanent room and board. Dina's inn was abandoned but she
has restored it and has it back up to a two and a half star rating out
of five stars.

There are many inns like the Gertrude Hunt on Earth, that is because
Earth has been designated as Neutral Ground for the various Galactic
races, many of whom don't get along. That's why Caldenia is safe within
the confines of Gertrude Hunt, the inn has many powerful weapons to
protect itself and guests. Several of the bounty hunters are still
chasing Caldenia for the massive bounty and have taken on the Gertrude
Hunt Inn to their dismay.

Dina has received a message from her sister who had followed her exiled vampire husband to an closed planet being used as a penal colony with
their young daughter. The message was a cry for help. But, any space
ship shuttle landing on the planet without permission will be shot down.
And the Holy Anocracy (represented by House Krahr, the space vampires)
does not give landing permission to any one outside their clan.

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

My rating: 6 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (13,066 reviews)

Lynn

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