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The [['''Weather Wardens]]''' is a series of [[Speculative Fiction]] novels written by Rachel Caine and published by Roc.
 
They follow Joanne Baldwin, who is a sometime member of the Wardens. The Wardens are a global organization, headquartered in New York's United Nations building, whose job it is to protect mankind from natural disasters by stopping them or diminishing them. Joanne has never gotten along with one of the most well known and beloved Wardens, Bad Bob Biringanine -- andBiringanine—and when he dies under mysterious circumstances, Joanne is blamed for his murder. She flees with a Demon Mark growing in her, seeking the help of Lewis Levander Orwell, the man who turned his back on the Wardens and disapproves of their use of the Djinn as enslaved power amplifiers. Along the way she picks up a hitchhiker named David, who turns out to be more than he appears.
 
Joanne finds out more than she ever planned, gets in over her head and out again, falls in love, and repeatedly has to save the worldworld—and -- and herself -- beforeherself—before it's too late.
 
== Books in the series as of January 2015: ==
* ''Ill Wind''
* ''No Love Lost''
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* [[Dirty Cop]]: {{spoiler|Thomas Orental 'Orry' Quinn}}
* [[Donut Mess with a Cop]]: Rodriguez, book 4.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: A nameless Warden -- exceptWarden—except it only ''looks'' that way to the Muggles. Also cited by Eamon, but uncertain whether he was sincere or whether he was just trying to use it as a lever on Joanne.
* [[Driving Stick]]: Joanne, whenever she gets the chance.
* [[Drugs Are Bad]]:
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* [[Gaia's Vengeance]]: Mother Earth is a literal thing here, and she does not like how humans have been treating her.
* [[Head-Tiltingly Kinky]]: Joanne's sister Sarah. [[Noodle Incident|Something involving velcro and]] a [[Spider-Man]] costume. Eamon also hints at some of Sarah's other proclivities.
* [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]: The reason the Mother is pissed off, even in her sleep.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Joanne's sister Sarah.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: {{spoiler|Joanne and David, and Marion and her djinn}}.
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* [[Power Tattoo]]: The tattoos are for the Wardens and their people to recognize each other, and are invisible to everybody except wardens and Djinn. They open magically encoded doors and suchlike.
* [[Pretentious Latin Motto]]: It works out to "defenders of mankind" but Jo jokes it should be changed to "We're screwed" around book 5.
* [[Product Placement]]: Lots of it -- rangingit—ranging from fashion such as Kate Spears, Manolo Blahnik and Jimmy Choo to the brands of cars to Starbucks and McDonalds.
* [[Quizzical Tilt]]: {{spoiler|The Oracle regards Jo this way after she saved it.}}
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Indicative that the Djinn are not in control of themselves, rather {{spoiler|the Mother is using them as antibodies}}.
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