The Bride Quest, Claire Delacroix

I recently finished a tripic of covers for Clare Delacroix aka the amazing Deborah Cooke

I've also helped Deborah with her Claire Delacroix website so go have a looking at the shiny banners

Be Bad!

~E

Interview with Steve Emmet

Steve Emmet asked me to do a interview of 

The Importance of Book Covers

Mina Carter has also been interviewed so you get two of us ;-)

It gives a good insight to those who are planning on self publishing 

or those that have no idea what goes into cover art and the process.

Be Bad Folks!

Etopia Press Feb Releases

Two new releases for Etopia Press

Divolino by Steve Emmett

 

This was meant to be a routine girl in cloak cover. Meh! 

I much prefer this. I drew on a lot of personal experiences making this as I just LOVE Italy. 

When I grow up I'm moving there!

Blurb:

The chance to build a dream home on a private island in Italy’s most beautiful lake offers architect Tom Lupton the fresh start he’s been yearning for. But when he arrives with his family on Diavolino, he finds the terrified locals dead set against his arrival. The island, whose very existence has been shrouded in secrecy for half a millennium, has a dark history that no one cares to remember, and as their opposition to Tom grows, so grows a brooding evil that will lead them to the very doors of hell…

Steve Emmett Website

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Sunlight by C.L. Bledsoe

Many many sunflower pics were gone through until I found "that" one that was just perfect. 

Blurb:

What’s the most boring place in the world? The farm. After his mother’s death, Sol is sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle, but with no cell service and only an old dinosaur of a computer, Sol’s not sure how he’s going to survive. But his boredom is interrupted by strange sounds at night, the discovery of a mysterious cave, and stuff that starts to sound an awful lot like a bedtime story his mother used to tell him when he was small… that just might be true...

C.L. Bledsloe Blog

Etopia Press Jan Release - Debra Kayn

Latest book release from Etopia Press  is 

Where There's Smoke

by the ever witty

Debra Kayn

It can be bought direct off Etopia and Debra has an exerpt on here site. 

Here's the blurb:

One hot fireman, one bossy Irish Setter…one woman whose dreams are about to come true…

When Amber Bailey inherits her estranged aunt’s old house, she’s sure it’ll be the perfect spot to open her pet daycare business and settle into a life her family will finally approve of. What she doesn’t count on is the cold shoulder she gets from her neighbors whenever she mentions her aunt’s name, or having to get a safety inspection on the old house before she can get a business license. Whoever heard of building inspections for a glorified dog house?

Gregg McKee runs his life the same way he runs the fire department…full speed ahead and damn the torpedoes. He didn’t even mind the angry calls from the neighbors about the crazy animal lady stuck in the tree—pulling her out gave him the perfect excuse to turn on the charm. But when she doesn’t follow through on fixing a code violation he issued, he realizes he might lose her forever. What’s he supposed to do with a woman too stubborn and independent for her own good?

This was much fun to do! Hot firemen? Heck yeah! 

It was fun to incorporate the smoke into the cover since its in the title. 

Fire for me is easier, but so didn't work in this case . 

Anyhow all book addicts go read and download!