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Official account of the author Ilona Andrews. Visit us on https://ilona-andrews.com. #1 NYT, #2 USAT, #1 WSJ, Amazon top 10. For all rights, please contact Nancy Yost Literary Agency
I can’t decorate cakes, but every once in a while I still try. This one is a box chocolate cake that I doctored up because Gordon prefers his desserts with a strong chocolate flavor. He pronounced this one “pretty good” 🎂

Recipe up on the blog now ilona-andrews.com/blog/the-fac...

Happy baking!
The Facebook Cake - ILONA ANDREWS
Two things are true: I cannot decorate cakes and I cannot post pics without paying the recipe tax. This is not a humble brag. The cake below represents all the skills I have. Piping and I are not frie...
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December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
HOLIDAY GIFT ALERT! 🎁

Sanctuary is FREE in the #IlonaAndrews store until New Year ilona-andrews.com/blog/sanctua...

Add Sanctuary to your cart, check out for free, and BookFunnel will deliver your download. (Gmail loves hiding gifts- check your spam if you don't receive your email).
SANCTUARY: A Winter Gift - ILONA ANDREWS
This has been a tough year. To celebrate all of us making it through it together, SANCTUARY is free in our store until New Year. Join our favorite Evil Priest as he tries to navigate the holiday seaso...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This Kingdom Will Not Kill you, but the adorableness of this stelka might make you squee!

Library Journal calls this book "a love letter to fantasy." And they gave it a Starred Review. Don't forget to preorder!

The incredible creature art courtesy of Leesha Hannigan @leeshahannigan
December 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Giveaway winner announced!
The Arcane Society Special Edition Box of Hidden Legacy has found its new home.
If it’s not you this time, more shiny giveaways are coming soon! ✨
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The Winner of The Hidden Legacy Arcane Society Box - ILONA ANDREWS
If it’s Friday, it’s winner time! It is my Elf R privilege to announce the winner of the Arcane Society Hidden Legacy Special Edition box, containing Nevada's trilogy in beautiful hardbound, spray-edg...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We’re battling the Holiday Cold of Doom, sleep-deprived, wrapped in blankets, and trying to write Maggie while our fireplace is being ripped out of the wall…and we anxiously stared at the wrong chimney for 10 minutes.

Miss Sookie warming herself by said fireplace.

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The Chimney and the Plague - ILONA ANDREWS
Today I bring you a laugh at my expense. Normally our life is boring. Writing Maggie is very consuming, and having a set routine really helps. I'm not going to bore you with our daily schedule. Most o...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
✍️the instant the world tilts and storytelling becomes more than a daydream...✍️

This week we're sharing the origin stories of incredible authors:
Grace Draven, @devonmonk.com, @jessiemihalik.com and @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social

Part 2 is coming next week!

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The Moment Everything Changed: Part 1 - ILONA ANDREWS
Every writer has a moment when the world shifted. For me, it happened when I was 14 years old. Once the Iron Curtain fell, Russia was flooded with bootleg translations. I had plenty of exposure to har...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We interrupt your regular book devouring schedule to bring you excellent news…

@audible is running a sitewide sale and THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME audiobook is currently 51% off!

Head into the next #IlonaAndrews adventure, a love letter to fandom in general and the BDH in particular 💖
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
✨ Licensed #IlonaAndrews Merch! ✨

House Andrews have partnered with the B.A. Bookish Boutique to bring you officially licensed merch. ilona-andrews.com/blog/merchan...

This is a licensed vendor, not Ilona Andrews themselves, so please direct all questions straight to them.

Happy shopping, BDH!
Merchandise: B. A. Bookish Boutique - ILONA ANDREWS
Dear BDH, We know you love merchandise. It's fun. You know we hate doing merchandise. It takes a long time and a lot of effort, and it's stressful. We don't have the time or the bandwidth to deal with...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
🦃 BOOK GIVEAWAY 🦃

The Arcane Society Hidden Legacy Special Edition Box is up for grabs on the #IlonaAndrews blog! Gorgeous hardcovers, sprayed edges, stunning art 📚

📦 open to US only
🖋️ Enter only on the IA blog ilona-andrews.com/blog/an-arca...

Good luck all!
An Arcane Hidden Legacy Giveaway - ILONA ANDREWS
House Andrews have received their author copies of the Arcane Society Hidden Legacy Special Edition Box, which contains Nevada's trilogy: Burn for Me, White Hot and Wildfire. They are stunning hardcov...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Book Devouring Horde has done it again!

Meet Marty the ferret, new companion of Cornelius and Matilda:
👉 ilona-andrews.com/blog/electri...

Bless your heroic sharing fingers, Horde. You may now rest. The ferret meme has been seen 🐾
Electricity Ferrets Snippet - ILONA ANDREWS
Warning: this post contains a Hidden Legacy world bribe snippet. Once upon a time, there was a viral ferret video… A certain Horde I know and love saw this and then decided their fellow BDH and House ...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
As promised, the list of indie bookstores that participate in the TOR swag kid preorder promotion for This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me- Maggie the Undying 1 ilona-andrews.com/blog/this-ki...
This Kingdom Kits – The Bookstore List! - ILONA ANDREWS
As promised, here is the running list of US independent bookstores participating in the Tor preorder promotion for This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying 1). These stores have confirmed tha...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Answers to BDH cooking questions, from weeknight meals to cheap comfort food and strange ingredients.

Read the full post on the #IlonaAndrews blog: ilona-andrews.com/blog/turkey-...

Wishing everyone a cozy week, full of good food, comfort meals, and warm kitchens. 🍂🦃
Turkey, Cooking, and BDH questions - ILONA ANDREWS
There will not be a traditional Thanksgiving post this year, because I'm not hosting a Thanksgiving. Instead, Kid 1 will be stepping in and hosting at her house, because her boyfriend's family will be...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
@TorBooks is supporting independent bookstores with exclusive preorder incentives! Participating indies can receive 15 keychains and 15 stunning art prints by @sincerely.candice.slater

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This Kingdom Supports Indie Stores With Extras - ILONA ANDREWS
Happy Thursday! Tor is dedicated to supporting the independent book stores. They are vital for the book community, and we all benefit is they flourish and stay in business. To that end, Tor is offerin...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
📣 Expert wanted 📣

We’re looking for an entomologist to help us brainstorm some oversized imaginary bug monsters for the new book.

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Entomologist/Biologist - ILONA ANDREWS
Dear BDH, I'm looking for an insect expert for some brainstorming regarding research for the book involving imaginary oversized insect monsters. If you are reading this and happen to be an entomologis...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fridays mean snippet!

Head over to the #IlonaAndrews blog for the further adventures of Augustine Montgomery and his House friends. There’s a kitty in it 🐱

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Friday Snippet - ILONA ANDREWS
It's Friday. How did that happen? We haven't had a snippet for a bit, so here is Augustine being impersonating an impressive business owner. Augustine’s office lay on the seventeenth floor. He’d chose...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today on the #ilonaandrews blog: a peek behind the curtain of traditional publishing. Editorial Process, Glossary, and who does what.
Direct link: ilona-andrews.com/blog/trad-pu...

Not glamorous, occasionally painful, but useful if you’ve ever wondered how the sausage gets made.
Trad Publishing: Editing and Production Glossary - ILONA ANDREWS
I heavily debated posting this. I might still take it down, because I've long ago decided that the internet doesn't need my "wisdom." Also, I am bitter and jaded. However, we keep getting repeated que...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It’s #coverart Monday, and we’re diving into genres, styles, and why blue and magic beasts won the battle for the castle!

Only on the #IlonaAndrews blog: ilona-andrews.com/blog/cover-s...

Beautiful tower art by Candice Slater and This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me cover by Andrew Davis 📚
Cover Sensibilities - ILONA ANDREWS
It is Monday, and I'm armed with Russian Country tea and a list of BDH questions. The process of creating the Maggie cover through traditional publishing. How did everyone decide on the theme, covers,...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Wildfire is up for preorder on the @graphicaudio_official website

Link: www.graphicaudiointernational.net/hidden-legac...

Nevada’s third adventure in the Hidden Legacy series will come to life in full-cast dramatized adaptation on January 2026!
Hidden Legacy 3: Wildfire
Hidden Legacy 3: Wildfire
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November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Yesterday we exchanged magic waves for cream waves. Today it’s flapjacks and cultural diplomacy. Never a dull day for the Book Devouring Horde ilona-andrews.com/blog/bake-on...
Bake on, Bake off - ILONA ANDREWS
I'm happy to report that Ilona made it home yesterday in one piece and will be back to give us a full update and more good news after some well-deserved rest. We’re staying in the realm of food today,...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Multiverse spam filters are still in beta. For the past few weeks, we’ve been getting unsolicited messages from the Edge, the the Weird, the dragon realms and that one parallel dimension powered entirely by bad decisions
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Primes Hate This One Trick - ILONA ANDREWS
Apparently, writing one little post warning the BDH about spam was enough to fling open the gates of chaos. In the past couple of weeks, the blog has become a magnet for unsolicited messages from ever...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🎧 The Inheritance audiobook surprised us by going live early on Audible!
Links, full details and samples here ilona-andrews.com/blog/the-aud...
It’ll be exclusive on Audible for 90 days, then will be distributed widely to libraries and other retailers.
The Audiobook of The Inheritance Is Live On Audible - ILONA ANDREWS
Audible: We will notify you once your title has passed Quality Assurance checks, and we begin distribution. This will usually be within 10 business days, provided there are no issues with the producti...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
♈✨ The Ilona Andrews Zodiac is here! ✨♋

Regular horoscopes are cancelled! We’re doing this the House Andrews way, because traditional signs don’t cover shapeshifters, galactic inns, or kaijus with fashion hobbies.
Move over Mercury, it’s the Book Devouring Horde’s turn to be in retrograde!
Born Under a Horde Sign - ILONA ANDREWS
Since NASA (sort-of) confirmed the discovery of Earth's new moon, regular zodiacs have been temporarily suspended for Spooky Season. Because traditional signs don’t account for shapeshifters, galactic...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thank you to the amazing @helena.illustrated for bringing Nevada and Rogan’s world to life in such gorgeous detail on the covers of the Special Edition Box of Hidden Legacy.

Some boxes are still available for purchase on the Arcane Society website.
Warning: May Cause Shelf Lust - ILONA ANDREWS
How it's started: How it's going: And this: And also thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis: I mean... DING DONG! Ask not for whom the Mad Rogan smoulders: I cannot stop staring at the detail one incredibly talented @hel...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM