Did you know author Alisha Rai is starting a new series next summer with Avon? Well, now you do!
On July 2, 2019, Rai begins her Modern Love series with The Right Swipe ( A | BN | K | G | AB ), a contemporary romance with a focus on technology and dating.
Here’s the description:
Rhiannon Hunter may have revolutionized romance in the digital world, but in real life she only swipes right on her career—and the occasional hookup. The cynical dating app creator controls her love life with a few key rules:
– Nude pics are by invitation only
– If someone stands you up, block them with extreme prejudice
– Protect your heart
Only there aren’t any rules to govern her attraction to her newest match, former pro-football player Samson Lima. The sexy and seemingly sweet hunk woos her one magical night… and disappears.
Rhi thought she’d buried her hurt over Samson ghosting her, until he suddenly surfaces months later, still big, still beautiful—and in league with a business rival. He says he won’t fumble their second chance, but she’s wary. A temporary physical partnership is one thing, but a merger of hearts? Surely that’s too high a risk…
Are you read to see the cover? Are you sure?
One last chance to shield your eyes from this adorableness.
Okay, have it your way!
What do you think? Are you immediately going to preorder? Do you like the illustrated cover?
The cover is super cute and you bet I’m pre-ordering that book as fast as I can!
But, not gonna lie, the cover makes me feel like this book will lack some of the emotional depth and heavier topics like mental health that Rai has done so well in previous books. I have no doubt the book will be fantastic, but the illustrated cover just gives off the vibe that it will be a bit more shallow than the Forbidden Hearts series, which isn’t a bad thing in general just kind of a bummer for me bc those books have become my absolute favorites.
Idk, I think illustrated covers make me think “frothy” and I’ve found Rai’s writing to be so [opposite of frothy but a word that fits better than substantial or meaty which are all I can think of right now].
I’m excited for the book. It’s preordered. I’m going to reread the Forbidden Hearts trilogy at least twice before this comes out bc YAY!!!!!
That cover says “chick lit” to me, which I realize is a trend now in romance, but It doesn’t make me want to read the book. I probably will read it, because I have liked most of what I have read by Alisha Rai, but the cover to me is kind of blah.
Gah, this is SO CUTE. I love the chick lit-ish style and the color scheme so much.
Sorry, not my jam at all. I’m kind of meh on illustrated covers, and while some do work for me, they have to grab me with something uniquely or boldly done, and this has neither.
If this didn’t say Alisha Rai on it, I would flip right past it. I will, hell yes, of course, buy or Overdrive it, but the cover isn’t pushing me to the buy or reserve button.
The cover says chick lit to me too, and I’m FOR IT. 🙂 I like the current trend,but I say this with full disclosure that I read mainly outside of romance genres.
The cover and the title seem like a modern artifact. It’s like the editor asked for something the kids could relate to. That said I’m sure it’ll do brilliantly.
I have a Rai book that was hand sold to me and I admit I haven’t read it yet. And I’m intrigued because of that and because her name seems to get more play than any other rom author.
Y’all really decide not to read a book because the cover’s an illustration instead of a photoshopped photo? That’s wild.
I mean, of course, I judge covers, but I don’t forgo what could possibly by a great read because the cover is done in a medium I’ve decided makes a book not good enough. For REASONS.
Anyway, I’m buying this ’cause Alisha Rai is an auto-buy, always.
The fact that I’m not a fan of this cover will not stop me from buying this book because Ms Rai can do no wrong! But, I much prefer her covers with real, beautiful brown people on them to these ‘drawings’.
I will read the book because its Alicia Rai but I beyond hate this re-tread of chick-lit art using cartoons on covers. I can’t imagine anyone marketing to men like this. I mentioned in another group that this trend towards infantilizing women’s art (in this case, words) needs to go. Per a friend’s comment though, no more excuses for publishers not being able to find diverse cover models. They can be drawn.
I have faith that Alisha will bring the sexy and the emotion as usual… a cover won’t deter me (and UMMMM it’s an illustrated cover that features two brown love interests?!?! I’m all over it!). JULY CANNOT COME QUICKLY ENOUGH!
I’m not a fan of the illustrated covers. I’m still going to read it. Not every cover is going to wow everyone.
The cover says rom-com chick-lit with a HEA. If it delivers that, then I am here for it because brown folks being packaged in a rom-com chick-lit book is still rare. Also the colors, composition and type setting actually would make me pause and at least catch my attention enough to make me want to read the blurb. It is the mind-numbing naked male torso covers that my eyes tend to glaze over and move right past.
I’m guessing the cover is doing what it’s intended to do, which I suspect is scooping up new-to-Rai readers, like me.
I’ve heard great things about Rai as an author and loved her appearances on the podcast (she seemed so smart and funny and exactly like the sort of person you would want to be BFFs with). BUT, the impression I get (and it’s only an IMPRESSION, whose only value is for marketing and brand purposes) is that her books are a little darker, more sexual, and more intense than my usual go-tos. For that reason, I haven’t yet picked up any of her books, though I keep telling myself I should.
A cover like this invites someone who might have been on the fence about the author by suggesting a sort of friendly, modern story, even if it really is exactly the same as the rest of her work (which I still don’t have firsthand experience of).
That’s what I find so interesting about this cover reveal — it doesn’t sound like it’s really alienated Rai’s current fans (even if some don’t like the cover at all), but it makes someone like me, who’s aware of Rai and her positive reputation, so much more likely to take the plunge and start reading her work.
I think this cover will sell the book to readers outside the romance crowd. Chick lit readers who picked up THE KISS QUOTIENT or THE ROSIE PROJECT.
I liked Rai’s Forbidden Hearts covers better, though. They did “romance cover” so well! Right up there with Alyssa Cole’s Reluctant Royal covers.
Totally over the Abbs covers, I’m loving these artistic and cute covers that trick the chic-lit readers into finding something a lot more steamy in the pages. These covers are bringing a lot of new fans to romance, and I’m all for that.
Okay, so I’m the only one who thinks the cover makes him look more “smug arsehole” than “sweet hunk”?
I can live with that, but the difference between the way the two “looking at their potential matches” is illustrated doesn’t give me a warm, fuzzy HEA feeling so much as a “he’s not planning to call her after they conjugate.”
Drawn/cartoon covers make me think 2005. Are they popular again? 10 years ago I liked them, but now when I see them I think they look dated. But based on the book description, it does sound lighter than her normal and it does seem likely to pull in a new group of readers. So like everyone else, yes, I will still be buying this.