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Shalador's Lady

Shalador's Lady

The Black Jewels, Book 8

by Anne Bishop

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appears in Fantasy Romance, Romance, and Fantasy.

For years the Shalador people suffered the cruelties of the Queens who punished those who defied them. And even though the refugees have found sanctuary in Dena Nehele, they have never been able to call it home. Now that Dena Nehele has been cleansed of tainted Blood, the Rose Jeweled Queen, Lady Cassidy, knows that restoring the land will require...

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appears in Fantasy Romance, Romance, and Fantasy.

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