Ilona Andrews

I have been reading Ms. Andrews novels for the past couple of years, primarly reading the Kate Daniels series.

Last September, On the Edge (The Edge, Book 1) came out on Kindle. This new world is a fun twist in the worlds-that-touch-ours subgenre (after reading my blog entry with 'there-be-other-worlds-next-to-ours genre', I decided that this new name fits better).
It has the classic elements you need for the barely-struggling young woman who had to raise her brother ever since the catastrophic loss of their parents, but with the added take that there are two worlds that touch with a small "edge" between them: the Broken, a mundane world like ours where magic is not readily available and the Weird, where it's all magic all the time.