Today, I have the pleasure of unveiling a
brand new, beautiful cover for The Wind
Weeps by Anneli Purchase.
Don’t you just love it? Anneli’s here to
tell us a little bit about the story behind it:
“Don’t judge a book by its cover.” I used
to believe that, but recently I noticed a certain book cover that snagged my
attention, and without giving a thought to what the book was about, I wanted to
read it.
That gave me pause. How will readers know
what a page turner I’m offering them if I don’t grab their attention with my
book cover?
A light came on in my head as I remembered
Anita B. Carroll, a cover designer
of http://race-point.com who
has been a guest on my blog: Anneli’sPlace
Anita and I began a dialogue about a new
cover for my novel, The Wind Weeps. This
book has so many tangible elements that I could have focused on any number of them
for a cover image: boats, the BC coast, commercial fishing, handsome men,
beautiful women, and the isolation of the coast. But Anita read the book and
suggested that since the story has so much emotion in it, why not go with a
cover that reflects it.
Remember the terror Julia Roberts felt in
the movie Sleeping with the Enemy?
That’s the kind of terror Andrea feels about her husband, Robert. But in her case
it isn’t so easy to escape him. He has taken her to live in a remote cabin on
the coast, all communication cut off.
We have love, anticipation, happiness,
hope, desperation, indecision, ambivalence, frustration, fear and joy, just to
name a few of the emotions found in The Wind Weeps.
Andrea once loved orchids, but Robert has
turned them into a symbol of his control over her. The orchid on the cover
seems to be weeping. The sky is blood red, the sea is dark and rough. And yet
Andrea is determined to survive and get back to the man she wishes she had
married, the one who has never stopped loving her.
For more than just a romance, why not
click on the link to download The Wind
Weeps. You won’t sleep until you finish it.
Or if you are in the UK:
AUTHOR
BIO
Anneli Purchase is an author and freelance
copy-editor. She writes for the Loveahappyending Lifestyle Magazine, which she
also helps to edit. Anneli lives on her little acre of paradise on Vancouver
Island with her husband and two spaniels. She has published three novels and is
working on her fourth.
For information: I read and adored this
book. You can find my Amazon review here.
I have to say, Anneli, I also adore that cover. I would certainly pick it up
and have a browse. Thanks for sharing!
Keep safe all!
Lots of love,
I enjoyed reading about the reasoning behind the cover design Sheryl.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing.
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