I've only read one book by Eddings, the redemption of althalus or however it is spelt and I lost all respect for him as a writer I thought it was the most pourly written piece of dribble ever and you could see the ending 5 pages in! Sorry I know some people love him but IMO he's awful

I loved Melanie Rawns dragon prince series, not as much dragon and magic as Id have liked a lot more war and medieval sort of politics but wasn't too heavy and was really well written

Also Katherine Kerr, best written celtic books I've ever read, a bit hard to understand if you start at the end of the series like I did, but really well written and has good twists in it!