REALMS OF THE BLOOD
Recommended reading order:
Daughter of the Blood (Book
1)
Heir to the Shadows (Book 2)
Queen of the Darkness (Book 3)
The Invisible Ring*
Dreams Made Flesh
Tangled Webs
The Shadow Queen**
Shalador's Lady** (sequel to The Shadow Queen)
Twilight's Dawn
The Queen's Bargain
The Queen's Weapons
The Queen's Price (forthcoming in March 2023)
*The
Invisible Ring is a standalone novel which could be read before
or after the trilogy.
**The characters in The Shadow Queen and Shalador's
Lady are connected to the main characters in The Invisible
Ring.
Tidbit:
The outline of Portugal was the template for Dena Nehele.
Awards and honorable mentions:
Daughter of the Blood. 1998 Sapphire Award
Finalist.
The Black Jewels Trilogy. 2000 winner of the William L. Crawford Memorial
Fantasy Award, presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in
the Arts.
The Shadow Queen. 2009 P.E.A.R.L. award (Paranormal Excellence Award
for Romantic Literature). Received an Honorable Mention in the Fantasy category.
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