Jekyll's Got a Cover!

October 31, 2012 | Urban Fantasy | 7 comments

My good friend and critique partner, Olivia Rivers (look for her paranormal YA novel Frost Fire, coming soon, and add it to your TBR list on goodreads now) has truly outdone herself this time.

Backstory: Long, long ago, at our writer’s group meeting, I pitched the concept for Hyde, an Urban Fantasy to the group. I have no idea what I said, but it probably didn’t make a lot of sense since the story was only partially written at that point. Not to mention that I tend to ramble…like I’m doing now. Anyway…

The following week, Olivia shyly handed me a piece of thick photo paper. Having no idea what it was, I flipped it over and was struck dumb. Dumb-du-du-dumb.

The most gloriously perfect cover stared back at me. Somehow Olivia had been able to turn my confusing explanation of the story into the most exquisitely symbolic cover. No other design was ever considered. Ultimately, the final cover had to be reformed using other stock images and fonts, but the design was as close to her original as humanly possible.

And now, I get to show you the cover she created for Jekyll. Ooooh, I love it. IMO, it’s even better than Hyde’s, which I would’ve never thought possible. So here it is:

Jekyll

Perfect, right?

I have to shout out a HUGE thank you to Olivia for all of her hard work and her incredible vision. And then I need to shout, “Now, get to work on the cover for book three!” before she realizes she has other things that need doing.

Isn’t it gorgeous? Please let her know how much you enjoy her work by leaving a comment in the box below.