Final result Ebook cover

I think it turned out great!

Rough Draft of my Ebook cover

I love it.

Remember, it's a rough.  I think we'll remove the Susan Mallery quote and move my name down a bit.  I hate to remove the quote, but I can put it in the product descriptions and there's a bit too much wordage on the cover as it is now.  Plus, the guy has an amazing, muscular arm.  Readers always want to see a goodlookin' arm.  And the Shutterstock TM will be gone, of course, once we pay for the rights to the couple image.

So...going to try epubbing...

See, I have this book, this mainstream book, a romance with mystery elements that never really fit in any traditional publishing venue.  I love this book.  So I'm going to publish it in ebook myself.

Just hired a great cover designer--and also a wonderful author in her own right, Kimberly Van Meter, to do the cover for me.

Soooo excited!

The book is called NEVER KISS ME AGAIN.

Here's what it's about:

Never Say Never Again….

  The first familiar face Annie Dolan sees after four years away from home just happens to be the one person she’d hoped never to set eyes on again: her dangerously charming ex, Devlin Tenhawk.

   And it gets worse.
   Much worse.
    In no time there's a distinctly suspicious death in the family and Annie finds herself trapped in her hometown, unwilling heir to her grandmother's millions, stuck taking care of her thoroughly dysfunctional family, stalked by a mystery man who haunts her room at night—and way, way too tempted to  jump back in bed with her ex.

      

Can't wait to see what Kimberly comes up with....

Just so you can see how good she is, here's a cover she designed for one of her own books:

Yeah.  Really good!

Something About a Man in a Cowboy Hat...

Notice the hat on the hero?  Big sigh.  Notice the red hat and the words, A Cowboy for Every Mood???

There is definitely something about a cowboy.

And the  good folks at Harlequin know it.  The theme for July across all Harlequin lines will be...you guessed it: A Cowboy for Every Mood.

Had a lovely chat with my editor the other day.  We discussed recipes.  I'll be contributing a recipe for Rib Crib Secret Sauce to help promote all things Cowboy and all things Montana Maverick this summer.

Those of you who follow the Montana Mavericks will remember the chain of restaurants owned by DJ Traub and called The Rib Crib.  There's a Rib Crib in Thunder Canyon, Montana.  In fact, it's inside the famous and often beleaguered Thunder Canyon Resort.  DJ attributes his success to his special Secret Sauce.

And in the new series this summer, Here Come the Texans, DJ's getting some competition in Thunder Canyon from a new rib place, Lip Smackin' Ribs.  Some unfair competition.  No spoilers here, but I can say that there will be skulduggery involved.

In the meantime, I'm experimenting with creating my own secret sauce.  Wish me luck.  Recipe coming soon...