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[Somebloke]

Robin Hodd I think

Then there's Jacqueline Carey; like Hobb but with kinky sex.

 

[Faceless Woman]

No, not Robin Hobb, that was Fool's.. something else. The Liveship Traders, the Farseer Trilogy, and the Tawny Man, that was it. That trilogy was called the Tawny man.
I can see how you could make that mistake, but the Fools Gold refers to iron pyrite, not Beloved. The last book was called the Rose of the World. I don't remember any other names, but I remember the story.

 

[Werthead]

Jude Fisher. I think I read a sample of the first book and wasn't grabbed by it. It had very similar covers to the Liveship Traders books and a similar nautical theme, so the confusion is understandable.