Kate Daniels (2007–)

Kate Daniels is an urban fantasy series. The first ten books were published under the Ace Books imprint of Penguin Random House from 2007 to 2018.^[17] The series was continued in a new setting - Wilmington, North Carolina, beginning with a novella titled Magic Tides that was self-published on January 17, 2023.^[18][19]

The first ten books of the series are set in a post-magic apocalypse version of Atlanta, where the world switches between periods of magical and technological dominance, and follows Kate Daniels, a sarcastic mercenary who makes a living dealing with a vast array of magical and mythological creatures. The series follows Kate as she navigates the various factions of shifters, necromancers, magic users and magic-based organizations that hold power in the city.^[20]

The various entries in the series include conflicts with monsters, gods and beings from Slavic, Celtic, Islamic, Jewish, indigenous, Hindu, Greek, Nordic, Babylonian and Assyrian mythologies. Featuring beings such as upir, formorians, djinn, golems, wendigo, rakshasa, greek gods, draugr, and lamassu alongside a modern take on werewolves and vampires.

Iron Covenant (2018-)

The Iron Covenant is an ongoing spinoff novel series set in the Kate Daniels World, published independently through NYLA, which follows Hugh D'Ambray, a character who previously featured as a villain in the main Kate Daniels series. The series takes place between the events of Magic Binds and Magic Triumphs and follows former warlord Hugh and his army, The Iron Dogs, as they attempt to move on from their dark past by creating an alliance with a colony of druids ruled by Elara Harper, a powerful and dangerous witch with unknown and terrible powers.^[24][25]

Ilona Andrews originally stated the series would likely eventually be a trilogy. The release of the second book in the series has been delayed with no current date of expected publication.^[26][25]

Aurelia Ryder (2018-)

A second spinoff of the Kate Daniels World, featuring Kate's adoptive daughter Julie Lennart-Olsen, now going by the name Aurelia Ryder. Taking place 6 years after the events of the main Kate Daniels series, the Aurelia Ryder series follows Aurelia's return to post-apocalyptic Atlanta as she attempts to solve a series of murders and comes face to face with a changed version of a man she once loved.^[27]

The first novel in the series, Blood Heir (2021) began as a serial work on the Ilona Andrews blog in 2020 originally titled "Ryder" and was later edited for self-publication.^[13][28] Despite being self published, Blood Heir climbed to the #5 combined print and ebook fiction ranking on the New York Times Fiction Bestsellers List and #2 on the USA Today Bestseller's List shortly after publication.^[29][30][31]

The Edge (2009–2012)

The Edge is a completed urban fantasy series under the Ace Books imprint of Penguin Random House. The series is built on the premise that there is a magic parallel world called "the Weird" that exists adjacent to the continental United States, as well as a lawless buffer region between the two realms known as "the Edge" where the mundane and magic collide. The series follows multiple couples on adventures of espionage and survival through the Edge and beyond as they come up against a variety of dangerous factions and forces.^[35][36]

Four characters from Edge cross-over to the Innkeeper series - George, Gaston, Jack and Lark/Sophie Camarine - but no mention or explanation of the link between the two "universes" is made in that series.

The Kinsmen Universe (2009–2021)

The Kinsmen Universe is an unconnected series of self-published novellas set in a sci-fi spacefaring future where human genetic modification has resulted in a select few families possessing deadly and dangerous abilities. These families, known as "Kinsmen", run vast corporate empires and compete amongst one another for business and power. Each novella follows a different action-packed romantic pairing within this world of cutthroat sci-fi politics.^[37]

The Innkeeper Chronicles (2013-)

The ongoing Innkeeper Chronicles series is composed of a variety of novellas and self-published novels that all started as free weekly online serials on Ilona Andrews' blog. Each entry in the series is published for free before being edited and published as a novel or novella.^[38]

The Innkeeper Chronicles is a sci-fi and fantasy series which follows Dina Demille, a young woman who presides over an old Victorian mansion and bed and breakfast called Gertrude Hunt in the quiet town of Red Deer, Texas. Gertrude Hunt is secretly an intergalactic waypoint known as an "inn" that offers refuge and lodging for a vast variety of extraterrestrial visitors during their visits to Earth. The colourful cast of characters includes a former wanted intergalactic tyrant named Caldenia, her monstrous and adorable Shih Tzu, a race of warlike space vampires known as the Holy Cosmic Anocracy, and a persistent and attractive war veteran named Sean Evans who turns out to be a genetically modified werewolf. Throughout the series Dina must balance the standing of her business, the safety of her guests and continue to conceal the truth of the greater galaxy from other humans, all while dealing with the needs, agendas and threats posed by her many guests and enemies.^[38][39]

The Innkeeper Chronicles has been received well by fans and readers of Ilona Andrews' blog. Due to the weekly format, the comments sections of each blog entry receive large amounts of comments and fan engagement.

In 2022, the first novel of the series Clean Sweep was adapted into a 50 episode webtoon on the online comics platform Tapas in collaboration with Tapas Media, Kisai Entertainment, webtoon artist Shinju Ageha, and writer ChrossxXxRodes.^[40][41] After achieving modest success on Tapas, the first season of webtoon will receive a graphic novel print release on March 5, 2024, through Andrews McMeel Publishing and Simon & Schuster.^[42]

The Hidden Legacy (2014–2022)

Hidden Legacy is an urban fantasy romance series published under the Avon imprint of HarperCollins publishing between 2014 and 2022. The series is set in a fictional version of the United States where magical abilities were introduced into the population in the 1800s through the discovery of the Osiris Serum, a concoction that gave users inheritable magic abilities.^[44] Centuries later, the Osiris Serum has been banned but the world is ruled by magical dynasties called Houses, who marry for magic, maintain private armies, and own global corporations. Magical Houses are ruthless and cunning and constantly engage in competition and warfare with one another similar to the warring families of Rennaissance Italy.^[45][46]

The series follows the daughters of the Baylor family; Nevada, Catalina, and Arabella, who run Baylor Investigative Agency in Houston, Texas, a small family private detective firm inherited from their deceased father. However, after the eldest daughter Nevada is assigned one fateful job, the entire family is swept into the cutthroat world of Primes, politics and the magical elite, and end up getting entangled with very dangerous (and very attractive) men in the process.^[45][46][47]

Anthologies and collections

Short stories and assorted publications

• Alphas: Origins (2016), NYLA, ISBN 978-0-451-48790-2 (novella)
• A Small Blue Key
• George and Jack in School
• Questing Beast^[51] (2010) Archived January 8, 2019, at the Wayback Machine (free short story)
• A Mere Formality (2011)