Originally published at Joely Sue Burkhart. Please leave any comments there.

A great review from Sherri, who writes:

I lived a lifetime between these pages! Laughing. Crying. Loving. Dying. I laughed at Rhaekhar’s wicked sense of humor (at the inn) when Shannari’s father meets her Blood (personal guard) - he seriously channelled Gregar! I cried as ( Read more... )

Originally published at Joely Sue Burkhart. Please leave any comments there.

Deena found this lovely specimen:  Pose1 and pose2.  What do you think - is this Gregar?  Personally, I think he’s maybe Dharman.  He’s not quite dark enough, in coloring or in manner; no threat of violence mixed with his wicked mirth.

Originally published at Joely Sue Burkhart. Please leave any comments there.

Soleil of Beyond the Invisible has posted an incredible review of The Road to Shanhasson.  She says:

For a short snippet of what I said about Rose:

“The characters and their world will haunt me for the rest of my life.”

Yep. Still haunted.

and

This book literally tore my ( Read more... )

Originally published at Joely Sue Burkhart. Please leave any comments there.

Out of the cast of a hundred of so characters in the Shanhasson trilogy, I get the most comments about Gregar, the Shadowed Blood.  I even wrote a prequel short story from his point of view (available here as a free read), and I often joked about The Road to Shanhasson  ( Read more... )

Originally published at Joely Sue Burkhart. Please leave any comments there.

I’m looking for reviewers for The Road to Shanhasson.  It’s proving slightly more difficult than usual because this is book two of a trilogy, and Road will ONLY make sense if you’ve read Rose too.  I can’t send it blindly to the normal romance review sites if I can’t ( Read more... )

Originally published at Joely Sue Burkhart. Please leave any comments there.

Drollerie Press bookstore:  The Road to Shanhasson

Also new:  Faerie Blood by Angela Korra’ti and 24 Bones by Michael F. Stewart.  Deena has once again outdone herself with lovely unique and interesting covers!

Originally published at Joely Sue Burkhart. Please leave any comments there.

Happy happy birthday to me!


( Read more... )

Originally published at Joely Sue Burkhart. Please leave any comments there.

…including a sneak peek of The Road to Shanhasson, book 2 of the Shanhasson Trilogy, in honor of E-Book Week.

If you love Gregar, you’ll definitely want to check out his prequel, The Shadowed Blood, and the first two chapters of what I’ve called “Gregar’s Book,”  The Road ( Read more... )

Originally published at Joely Sue Burkhart. Please leave any comments there.

Lots of songs inspire me for this series:

• Faith of the Heart, or Where My Heart Will Take Me (theme from Enterprise)
• Everything I Do, I Do It For You, Bryan Adams (especially in Rose)
• Kiss From A Rose by Seal
• Against All Odds by Phil Collins (especially in Rose)
• Make This Go On ( Read more... )