#CoverReveal Countdown: #CoverBoner No. 4

Today we continue my countdown to my cover reveal with cover design #4. Yesterday we had a beautiful example from Runes of Truth, the first of G. Bailey’s A Demon’s Fall series. Just a brief reminder about my countdown and how I picked these five particular covers…

I have scrolled through pages of books on the Kindle App store until I found 5 covers I wanted to share with the world because—well, gosh darn it—they’re just beautiful. Just because a cover isn’t listed, doesn’t mean it wasn’t a beautiful design, I just can’t showcase them ALL. In order to be showcased, they had to meet one of the following criteria:

1. They instantly catch my attention, enough to make me STOP scrolling.
2. They invoke a curiosity about the book itself.
3. Extra points if it was a style I don’t see a thousand times already. (jk, I’m not actually keeping score lol but it did push them to the top of the list)

A few quick disclaimers: I stayed in the dark/urban fantasy genre as that is closest to my own work and my own reading preferences. I did not seek out certain authors or books I have already read, so I am not rating the books themselves, only my first impressions of the cover art.

 

#CoverBoner Number 4

Lost Child by D.S. Butler

Oh man, this one was a gut punch. But in a horribly good way. One of my top fears is losing one of my children, and Butler’s designer managed to freeze me to the spot as I scrolled to this one. There’s nothing pretty about this, but it hits all the right emotions. Foregoing a model of a child in favor of a single, discarded shoe was exactly the right move and I both love and hate them for it. The question of what happened to that little girl is going to haunt me until I read it. They say a picture is worth a thousand words and Butler’s designer didn’t mince a single one. It’s reminiscent of that six-word story: “For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.”

Uggggh. Total. Gut punch.

If you are interested in finding out what happened to the pint-sized owner of that shoe, you can get Lost Child on Kindle for $2.99!