There's a slight complication in that she had the UK covers to choose from - while I have the same books as her but often the UK and USA covers are rather different - but I'll post images of the covers anyway so you can see them - whichever version I use.
I mentioned in yesterday's post that like Andrea, I liked the cover for Man of Shadows (see above). This was very like the image I had in my mind of my hero and heroine and although it's a long-ago title, I still like it.One of my favourite covers - and a favourite book with literally thousands
of readers judging by sales - is Constantine's Revenge. I have a thing about strong male arms - and hands - and this get the intensity of the story too.
There's a book called The Sicilian's Red-Hot Revenge where, like Constantine's Revenge, the cover is the same on both the USA and UK editions. This cover is affectionately known as 'The Back' among fans - I 'm sure you can see why! There is also, as one reader said - 'all that sexy non-touching' .Often when there is a sheikh in the title, and when it works for the art department , then it seems works I get great cover art - like At The Sheikh's Command
In fact a 'Sheikh' title often works really well - like Destined for The Desert King where I was delighted to see that my 'desert king' had the beard that is so much a part of his appearance at first. There's a reason why he has that beard!
One of the few times when I've liked the UK cover better than the USA one has been A Question of Honour - it's rare that I like a photo image better than a painted cover.But this one works for me:
These are some of my favourite covers, where the artwork comes close to the mood of the story and the hero and heroine I had in my imagination while writing the book.
It doesn't always work out that way though - sometimes I find I'm left wondering 'why?' when I see a cover.
As an example - how about the one known in my family as 'The Headless Manicure'!
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