I decided to ask Steven Novak, my brilliant cover
artist to do up a new cover for my Christmas book called “Together for
Christmas”. Since I was getting the rights back from the Wild Rose Press soon,
I would need to have something ready for its re-release as an Indie book.

 

When I started to write the request, it dawned on me
that to keep within our branding, he would have to work something close to what
he had done for me in May 2013 for the book released then called “Together
Again”. Both books are a part of the Vicarage Bench series and since the first
three novellas had already set precedence in the whole branding theme, we would
have to somewhat follow these guidelines. (See those covers on the bottom left.)

 

 

As you can see, he’d stuck with the blue color and
the same font and then came up with a new look for the rose. I accepted the
cover because it looked fine and the Vicarage window in the background seemed
to fit. Truthfully though, it hadn’t quite resonated with me – nor did it with
the readers. Even though I knew it to be a wonderful, spirit-travel story full
of poignant romance with humor thrown in to make it fun, the book didn’t sell
well.

 

So… I decided to ask him to make a new cover for
this book first before we tackled the one for the Christmas book. Was I ever
glad that I did? Not only did he come up with a fantastic new look, it will
work well for all the rest of the Together – Vicarage Books. Every time I look
at it, I swoon. Told you before – the man’s a freakin genius!!!

 

 

What do you think? Better or not??

 

 

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