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Twilight’s Dawn: A Black Jewels Book by Anne Bishop

Bestseller Bishop fills out her popular Black Jewels dark fantasy universe (Daughter of the Blood, etc.) with this entertaining novella collection. Daemon Sadi, a black-jeweled Warlord Prince, deals with friends, family, and holiday celebrations in “Winsol Gifts,” while his brother, Lucivar Yaslana, has to thwart a traitor and his deadly trap in the richly entertaining “Shades of Honor.” A mother and her sons are threatened by a dangerous, twisted enemy in “Family,” while Daemon becomes a father and finds a new lease on life and love in “The High Lord’s Daughter.” Fans of the series will enjoy revisiting some favorite characters and mourn the loss of others; new readers may be initially confused by the myriad names and titles, but Bishop’s accessible writing style and interesting world-building will soon draw them into her web. –Publishers Weekly

Shalador’s Lady by Anne Bishop

A sequel to last year’s The Shadow Queen, this book shares many of the same themes of trauma, survival and the importance of doing what is right. Bishop handles these difficult subjects with a good deal of grace and sensitivity and, as always, with compelling characterization. Cassidy’s struggle to believe in herself is particularly resonant, and Gray’s mastery of his inner demons is triumphant. –Romantic Times, 4 1/2 Stars

Congratulations to Anne Bishop for Shalador’s Ladyat #16 on the New York Times hardcover list and to Jim Butcher with Turn Coat taking #12 on the paperback bestseller list!

The Shadow Queen (Black Jewels, Book 7)
In this stand-alone novel set in the evocative Black Jewels world, Bishop tackles surviving various horrors head-on. The three main characters are all survivors and have to come to terms with their pasts before they can live the rest of their lives. It’s a difficult subject, but one that Bishop writes about sensitively, with compassion and without blinking or pulling punches. –Romantic Times, 4 1/2 Stars

Summary: Theran Grayhaven, the darkest jeweled warlord prince in the kingdom of Dena Nehele, makes a final desperate bid to restore the kingdom to its former glory by traveling to the Shadow Realm to find a queen. Cassidy, a queen without a kingdom, knows that she isn’t beautiful and believes that she isn’t strong — and she’s not sure that she can convince the bitter, angry men of Dena Nehele to serve as they must. However, there is something about Cassidy that makes Theron’s damaged cousin, Gray, want to serve and makes him believe that he can be a man, not just a shattered shell of the boy who was tortured by the cruel and tainted queens who destroyed Dena Nehele.

The Shadow Queen (Black Jewels, Book 7)

Bishop’s capable seventh Black Jewels fantasy soap opera installment (after 2008′s Tangled Webs) surges with spellcraft and engaging romance. The former queen of Bhak is now just plain Lady Cassidy from Dharo, since her entire court resigned to go serve prettier, better-connected Lady Kermilla. Warlord Prince Theran Grayhaven seeks a partner to help him restore his family’s land after a violent uprising. With the help of the High Prince of Hell, he finds Cassidy, whose friends encourage her to accept his proposal and return to being a queen. All seems well until the pair run into compatibility problems, and Cassidy meets a mysterious gardener who calls to her heart. Bishop’s epic has a complex history and will best be appreciated by readers familiar with earlier books. –Publishers Weekly