Cover Reveal! A Windswept Promise

I'm so thrilled this week to reveal the cover of my new novel, A Windswept Promise. This is the second book in my Brides of Assurance series, set to release on November 4, 2014. It's available now for preorder on Amazon.

From the cover:

Pampered town belle Sophie Charlton has always secretly enjoyed the attention of cowboy Dusty Sterling, a hired worker on her family’s farm, even though she’d never tell him so. But can she go against the will of her family, who insist that she make a good match in Assurance’s most eligible bachelor?

Cover Debut for The Preacher's Wife!

I'm pleased to present the cover for the first book in my Brides of Assurance series, The Preacher's Wife!

To see this image, representing years of hard work, patience, a few tears, and several cramped fingers, the feeling was indescribable.

The design team at Charisma House did a great job portraying Marissa Pierce, the novel's heroine, and the tiny but growing railroad town of Assurance, Kansas. The model's appearance matches what I had in mind for the main character. I describe Marissa as age twenty, bearing a Native American heritage, with black hair, a straight, almost angular nose, and full lips. Her personality is one of quiet thoughtfulness and determination. Since she is a former saloon girl who has suffered abuse from her employer and ridicule from the townspeople, she projects an air of haunting sadness, but a glimmer of hope as well. I think the model expresses those traits beautifully.

The red background and the model's white lace dress also provide a nice touch.

I'm really thankful that the publisher allowed me to give a description of the characters and setting. I realize that not all first-time authors get to have a say in what their cover looks like. Working with Charisma House has been a positive experience and learning opportunity for me from the start. I'm looking forward to working closely with them as we get closer to the book launch date of October 1, 2013.

Covers!

One of the most exciting parts of the writing process is seeing your cover for the first time. This past week has been a crazy time on the cover front!

First of all, I received a letter from Realms that they were gearing up to create the cover for Dark Hour--the third and final installment of The Coming Evil Trilogy.

As one publisher works on that, I get word from my other publisher--Hasslein Books--that artist Pat Carbajal has produced this dynamic cover for my upcoming unofficial guide to the Back to the Future franchise. The book's not even finished yet, and I already have a cover! How great is that?!



And if all of that wasn't enough, even while I'm drooling over Pat's art, I get Thomas Mason's stunning rendering of the cover for Rift Jump--my next release, coming this summer from Splashdown Darkwater!



I feel incredibly blessed to have such talented artists working on my books. Now if I can just make the books half as cool as all these covers!