Cover Reveal: Swan Lake

Good day to you, Champions! Great news: I’m hopeful that Swan Lake (Timeless Fairy Tales book 7) should be available for preorder by the end of the week! In the meantime, I thought I would hold the cover reveal!

I think Wild Swans is my favorite cover Myrrhlynn has made for me, and I had no idea how she was going to top it for Swan Lake as the themes are somewhat similar, but she blew me away with this one! The girl pictured is, as you probably guessed, Odette. She’s a really fun heroine–perhaps a little gruff but she’s an absolute sap when you get to know her. The hero, Alexsei, who is not pictured is just about the exact opposite. He’s openly sweet, but he’s got a hidden spine of iron he busts out whenever he thinks someone important to him is in danger. (If you can’t tell, I had fun putting these two through their paces. They’re very demonstrative, unlike many of my other characters.)

Focusing back on covers! Myrrhlynn also made a new cover for the Robyn Hood books, and Rumpelstiltskin!

I used the smaller versions so this post wasn’t huge, but you can click on them if you want to see the big versions. I’m really happy with the new covers, and with Swan Lake’s, so a big thank you to Myrrhlynn for putting them together. What do you think, Champions? Which of the covers is your favorite?

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter, Champions!

Yes, it’s a little early, but I imagine you’ll all be busy on the actual date, so I wanted to get my well-wishes out to all of you today. I hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend! My family has a tradition of making and decorating cupcakes for Easter, which really means we pile roughly the cupcake’s thickness of frosting on top of it, so I’m gearing up for an extreme sugar high. I hope you also get a chance to enjoy some special Easter treats!

Usually I try to have an Easter gift for you guys…but sadly I totally failed on that this year. Myrrhlynn, however, pulled through for me! If you haven’t noticed, this week Enchanted (book 2 of King Arthurs) got a new cover. Ta-da!

New Covers, gotta love ’em!

Thanks, Myrrhlynn, for the beautiful new cover! It really is an awesome image–in particular I love the angle the cover/photo was taken from. (Truthfully I thought the previous cover was great, but it was really bothering her, and she has an artist soul, so Enchanted was getting a new cover regardless. 😉 )

As a side note, Sacrifice has had an amazing first month–it achieved the highest book rank I’ve ever snagged (#171) and all of your amazing and well-thought reviews have brought me a lot of joy and some great observations to take forward to new books. Thank you so much for being my Champions, and for going down this wild ride with me. I can’t wait for our next adventure! Until next time, have a Happy Easter!

Cover Art Reveal: Sacrifice

Cue the music, Champions, I have the cover art for Snow Queen book 2: Sacrifice!

Sacrifice is nearly ready to go! Editor #1 is doing a final read through to make sure everything is in tip top condition. (She’s been an absolute doll about the final read through. Thanks to some unexpected timeline hiccups with editing, she got it very late, but she’s squeezing it into her schedule anyway. Thank you Jeri!) If all goes well I should be able to get Sacrifice launched before 2/29, but I’ll let you all know the moment I have it going up.  Okay, details aside, let’s talk covers!

Sacrifice marks the first time a male character graces the cover of a Timeless Fairy Tale! If you haven’t guessed yet, the hooded character is none other than Colonel Farrin Graydim of the Chosen Army. Myrrhlynn (my cover artist) spent a long time choosing the picture to use for Farrin–she specifically wanted a male holding a sword–but she’s known since I released Heart of Ice that she wanted to put Farrin on book 2’s cover. Sacrifice, just like Heart of Ice, has a cover made of multiple layers. (The model, the snow, and the background.) Thankfully, cutting Farrin out was much easier than cutting out Rakel for Heart of Ice. Rakel’s dress cuffs were fur lined, so she had to cut out the fur and then re-fluff it. She’s been working on this over several weeks, so it’s been a lot of fun to see the cover taking shape piece by piece. Thanks for all your hard work, Myrrhlynn!

That’s all for today, Champions. Thank you for your patience, and thank you for reading!