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Welcome to our weekly picks at Simply Romance Reviews. Each week
we are going to be highlighting exceptional book covers, spotlighting
authors, picking what we believe are fabulous websites, and showcasing a
few of our well written reviews. Once a month we will even be
highlighting one of the many publishing companies that bring us quality
romance books.
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Week of July 2nd! |
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SHIRA'S
PICKS:
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Author Spotlight:
Best Selling Erotic Romance Author Kate Douglas author of The
Wolf Tales Series. Her website is
www.katedouglas.com. Wolf Tales VI is currently available. |
Featured Website:
My website spotlight this week is:
www.giveawayoftheday.com. Giveaway of the Day offers free licensed
software daily. There are many ways to be informed of what the GAOTD is
either by subscribing to their email list or their RSS Feed.
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Publisher of the Month:
Wild Child Publishing (www.wildchildpublishing.com).
Wild Child Publishing offers many different genres such as Biker
Fiction, Fantasy, Hip-Hop, Mainstream, Young Adult, Women's Fiction,
and Inspirational.
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STEPHANIE'S BOOK COVER
SPOTLIGHTS:
Welcome! When Julie asked me to talk about
book covers and pick some each week I liked to spotlight I was unsure
how I’d do it. Where do you start? I’m not a trained illustrator. I only
know what captures my attention when browsing the bookstore or online
sight. I’ll explain what made me pick up each book and look at the back
cover blurb. Sometimes I buy them, sometimes I don’t but everyone of
them attracted my attention in a sea of books.
Let’s get started.
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Gone With the Witch book by Annette Blair,
Cover byArn0
In a bookstore filled with
photographic covers, this one is an old fashioned illustration. While
the cover girl is dressed very goth, there is a sweetness to her face
that draws the reader in. The pose is provocative but not overly so, and
the black cat at her feet clues you into the fact that this story has
magic, even without reading the title I can guess she is a witch. |
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Halfway to the Grave book
by Jeaniene Frost, cover by Unknown
Another cover that
breaks the mold. The foggy cemetery background and the lighting have an
undead feel, which immediately draws the eye of readers that enjoy
vampire stories. The heroine on the cover, similar to the heroine on
Gone With The Witch cover in a provocative pose, but this heroine is
dangerous – the dagger in her hand shows me that. It also shows me that
this is a heroine that doesn’t need her hero to rescue her, but
likes to have him along for backup. |
Into Thin Air book by Cindy Miles, Cover by
Unknown
It’s really a very plain cover,
no faces and for a change the hero of the book has a shirt on, Just a
hint of his chest is visible. The fade out of his feet makes you think
he might be a ghost and the smile you see on the heroine’s face is
happy. The faded castle in the background is a wonderful touch and lets
you know that this will be set in England or Europe without beating you
over the head. While the cover has a lot of white space, it is done in
such a way that it is appealing and has an innocence about it. |
Soul of a Highlander book by Melissa Mayhue,
Cover by Jamie DeJesus
This cover doesn’t rely on any
of the traditional focal points of a romance cover, which makes it leap
off the shelf. There’s no half dressed hero or heroine smirking at the
reader. It does have a whimsical cover that draws the shopper’s eye from
the tiny waterfall up the craggy rocks to the castle. It makes the
reader pause for that .5 second that may have their hand reaching for
the book to see what’s going on inside. |
These are just my opinions on the covers,
information on who designed the covers was found on the copyright page.
I can only assume that the cover artists for Into Thin Air and
Halfway to the Grave are staff illustrators for the respective
publishing houses. If you see a great cover,
send me the link – I
may agree with you and post my thoughts. |
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REVIEWS OF THE WEEK:
Picked by SRR owner, Julie
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WITCHY WOES BOOK 4: MACY
by Michelle Hasker
Reviewed by Mickey |
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