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Sweep in Peace
Urban fantasy
Sweep in Peace
Book 2 of the Innkeeper Chronicles series
318 pages · First published 2015
Dina DeMille's magical bed-and-breakfast, Gertrude Hunt, desperately needs guests, so when an intergalactic Arbitrator offers to pay her to host peace negotiations between three warring civilizations, she reluctantly accepts. Unfortunately, the vampire warriors of the Holy Cosmic Anocracy, the fearsome Hope-Crushing Horde, and the calculating Merchants of Baha-char have spent years fighting over the planet Nexus, and none is willing to surrender its claims. With the delegations' mutual hatred threatening to erupt into bloodshed, Dina must transform her living inn into a diplomatic sanctuary, recruit an eccentric alien chef named Orro, and prevent her volatile guests from destroying one another. As hidden agendas and dangerous confrontations threaten the negotiations, Dina discovers that protecting her guests may require greater sacrifices than she anticipated. Meanwhile, her concern for the absent werewolf Sean Evans complicates her efforts to maintain professional composure. Combining interstellar political intrigue, imaginative worldbuilding, sharp humor, and emotional depth, this second Innkeeper Chronicles adventure is ideal for readers who enjoy magical hospitality, clashing civilizations, clever heroines, and high-stakes diplomacy.
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Fantasy and science-fiction violence, including armed confrontations, magical combat, bloodshed, serious injuries, murders, and violent deaths. Graphic descriptions of past wartime brutality, including beheading and the use of a severed head as a weapon. Prolonged interplanetary warfare, territorial conquest, colonial conflict, mass casualties, and deep-seated hostility between civilizations. Assassination threats, attempts to sabotage peace negotiations, intimidation, and threats to guests and the innkeeper. Grief, bereavement, traumatic memories of war, and family losses. Prejudice, class-based discrimination, and political manipulation. Some profanity and sexual humor. Mild romantic longing and affection, without a verified explicit sexual encounter.
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Dina's living inn is clever enough to reshape itself for any guest, but even Gertrude Hunt has its limits when three bitterly opposed civilizations arrive for peace negotiations.
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