Cover Awe: Shades of Red

It’s our first Cover Awe of the New Year!

Aphrodite and the Duke by J.J. McAvoy. A Black woman in a gorgeous red dress sitting in an ivory and gold ballroom. Her curly hair is piled atop her head and she's wearing a pearl necklace and gemstone headband.

Cover design by Derek Walls

Cover photograph by Jeff Cottenden

Kiki: Oh HELLO

Amanda: Everything about this is beautiful!

Sneezy: Agree!!!

Sarah: That is truly stunning.

Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese. An illustrated cover. Red with tree branches with a woman and man embracing. The man is wearing a navy sweater. He has dirty blonde hair and glasses. The woman is in a yellow dress. She has brown hair that is blonde at the tips and she has a full sleeve tattoo.

Cover design by Rita Frangie

Cover illustration by Kelly Wagner

Amanda: Love the tattoo and overall bright colors

Sneezy: It’s SOOO pretty!!!!!

I love how the artist put such strong colours together and still made it feel just right

Elyse: Their clothes have a very vague Beauty and the Beast vibe

Carrie: Yes, I thought it was just me! I think the pose helps with that too.

Remember by Mary Balogh. A woman in a red riding coat on a pair of stone steps. She's looking away toward a man on a white horse.

Cover design by Katie Anderson

Cover photograph by Lee Avison/Trevillion Images

Amanda: Really like this one.

Claudia: It really is beautiful.

Sneezy: I love that palette

The mistiness and the warmth just makes me smile

Sarah: I think the composition underscores the title beautifully.

So This is Every After by F.T. Lukens. An illustrated fantasy cover. Two brunette young men in purple and cream fantasy clothes sit together. One is wearing a crowning and has a sword. The other is leaning against him and he has a wizard's staff.

Cover design by Rebecca Syracuse

Cover art by Sam Schechter

Carrie: I’m reading So This is Ever After and the front cover is PERFECT OMG

Lara: Gorgeous!

Amanda: I love the art style and color palette.

Sneezy: I’m a sucker for romance+fantasy, and this cover promises all my catnip so beautifully!

 

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  1. Anne says:

    Remember Love is 99p on Amazon UK. Of course, you don’t get the gorgeous cover (the British imprint is different anyway).

  2. JoanneBB says:

    Well now I want to read all 4 of these, just based on the covers!

  3. Kim says:

    Clicked the link to Katie Anderson’s page (Remember Love) and saw that she is also responsible for another beautiful cover I saw posted on SBTB recently (I think? Or maybe Libby?): “Sorry Bros.” (Stunning San Francisco vibes.)

    Are there affiliate links for SBTB for these? 🙂

  4. Amanda says:

    @Kim: If you clink any of our buy links on the lefthand side of the site and then search for the books you want, that should work!

  5. Tam says:

    THAT FIRST COVER! And she’s got long sleeves and full skirts under the empire waistline! I love everything about this.

  6. Lisa F says:

    I definitely need to read the McAvoy!

  7. FashionablyEvil says:

    Also clicked on the link to Katie Anderson’s site—wow, TONS of covers I’ve seen and recognized and liked. (And now I have clicked on all the other designers’ and artists’ sites. Such a fun rabbit hole!)

  8. Holly Bush says:

    The McAvoy cover is stunning!

  9. Vasha says:

    Everyone oughta click on Sam Schechter’s link and scroll down to the eighth picture,the one set in a diner.

  10. Vasha says:

    And Jeff Cottenden is clearly a dab hand with filters and color processing — all his photos just glow with rich colors

  11. denise says:

    beautiful covers all around.

  12. Louise says:

    In Remember Love I adore the fact that she’s wearing outdoor clothes outdoors. Are you listening, other cover artists? You don’t need bare skin–and anachronistically flowing hair–to be appealing.

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