[rocket_lizz]

I have been looking for several months for a trilogy of fantasy books that I read several years ago. If someone could help me figure out what the titles or author is, I would very much apprecaite it.
Here is what I know about the books:

-the author is a woman
-the main character of the story is a girl who posesses magical powers and it follows her through her life as she takes her throne
-the powers used by people in the story are named after jewels e.g. a person who has amethyst power isnt very strong, but someone who has onyx power is
-there are 2 main men that are in the story, one of them falls in love and is the protector of the main girl
-there are many characters that are very dark such as a man known as The Sadist

[Erfael]

Sounds like the Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop. The first book is Daughter of the Blood.

[U-Borat]

Yep. Probably Anne Bishop.

Though I never have trouble finding books I've read before. Everytime I read a good book, I write it down in a list. So If i ever feel the need to reread a series, or an author releases a new book, I can find the series, even if I read it years ago. ;)

[sic's mom]

Yes, definately "The Black Jewels Trilogy" by Anne Bishop. Loved those books and the one after them to round them out, "Dreams Made Flesh." Right now in fact I am reading "Sebastian" by Bishop. I am liking it enough to read the sequel when it comes out, but not as much as the jewels books.

[estranghero]

Well, you're in luck. You can now order Bishop's trilogy in one of those collected omnibus.

http://www.annebishop.com/s.b.jewels.omni.html

I swear, despite the fact that me gf already has the complete series, I'm constantly lured by these omnibuses because... you know, they're a complete.