The hottest iceberg cover ever

Check this one out!



The story was inspired by Titanic, so I was thrilled to see the ship and the giant iceberg. Not to mention the heroine in furs and with that smoldering look. Yay.

Thank you, everyone! I'm in the middle of edits for this book right now, and just looking at the cover keeps me going.

Phaeal said:

I don't see it.

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I did a cover reveal here, so maybe you can see it on this blog instead? I hope so. Don't want you to miss out.

Parametric said:

I love that they gave her eyes a kind of bronze/golden colour to match the colours at the bottom of the cover.

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That's how her eyes look in the story, so I was delighted.

eqb said:

That is a *gorgeous* cover. *fans self vigorously*

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Come on in, the water's lovely! Thanks!

TAMaxwell said:

1) Awesome cover, as ever!
2) You changed your username!

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1) Thank you!
2) I thought I should be more "official" and use my real name. But I'm still Queen of Swords in some places.

What a lovely compliment! I'll let my cover artist know.

nealraisman said:

great cover that conveys a definite lushness for the book and I am sure the words are even better than the cover.

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Thank you muchly!

Tepelus said:

All of your covers look great.

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Thanks. I can't wait to see what Loose Id comes up with for the African-themed one.

gingerwoman said:

Oh my God! Who does your covers anyway. They're superb. Was that your concept for the cover?

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Kanaxa - she does a lot of SF covers and I've been making grabby hands in her direction each time I have to fill out a new cover art form.

This is actually version #3 of the cover. I always wanted the ship + iceberg background for the Titanic vibe, but the first version had the ship sailing into an arched tunnel that was actually a hollow in the iceberg. That didn't really work for me because it didn't have the impact of the tiny ship next to the huge mountain of ice.

So my editor and the cover artist and I discussed it, and with the next version, we got the backdrop right. I picked a model for the heroine and we played with the color scheme for her, but eventually we settled on her being mostly shades of blue/cool colors except for her eyes. This cover was definitely a group effort and I'm thrilled about it - it's everything I wanted for the book.