Cover Love - February Edition

Yay - one of my favourite posts of the month.... cover love. I love looking at book covers, being inspired by the images, wanting to rip open a book, just to find out what it all means.

Here are some of the covers I have spotted this month, that I really love...

The Forgotten Ones by Laura Howard - due for release May 15th, 2013. There is something very wistful and romantic about this cover. I want to know what the girl in this image is thinking.

The Game by Shane Scollins - due for release March 2013. I love the haunting eyes and the maze beneath. It's a very intriguing cover. (Another one by Eden Crane - man that girl rocks!!)

Inhale, Exhale by Sarah M. Ross - due for release April 2013. Yet another wistful cover that makes me want to read the book.

Drowning in You by Rebecca Berto - due for release April 12th, 2013. I'm such a sucker for kissy covers. I love the expression on the girl's face. It draws me in, makes me want to read.

And, of course, I can't end this post without sharing my latest cover. Unknown is due for release June 2013. Thank you so much to my beautiful designer, Brenda Howson, for putting this together for me. You managed to capture the essence of the story perfectly :) And thank you to my model, Ruth Little, your gorgeous face was exactly what I needed to make this cover work.

Have you seen any stunning covers lately?

Work In Progress Update – Forbidden Waters by Melissa Pearl & Brenda Howson

Forbidden Waters is the second book in the Mica and Lexy Series (Forbidden Territory is the first). The beauty of this series is, you don’t have to read book 1 to be able to read book 2 and so on, we are making each book a complete stand alone story just with the same characters.

Melissa and I are half way through writing our first draft and having such a fun time. For me writing about Mica and Lexy is like hanging out with your bestie. And the trouble those two get into… you’ll just have to read it to find out ☺

In book 2 Mica and Lexy find themselves up a creek without a paddle but have an annoying friend/school mate along for the ride. This new character brings a new element to Mica and Lexy’s friendship as they struggle with aspects of her personality.

Forbidden Waters also lets you see in Eli and Tom’s heads, which is super fun, as a few chapters are written by them.

Release date for Forbidden Waters is yet to be determined, but all going well it will be in the first half of this year.

So - that's what we’re working on. How about you?

If you are an author and you'd be keen to share your WIP with us, please contact us. You can message Melissa or me on our FB pages: http://www.facebook.com/melissapearlauthor or https://www.facebook.com/BrendaHowsonAuthor or leave a comment below.

It's A Time For Giving! YAlicious Christmas Giveaway

What better way to end 2012 then to have a giveaway!

We thought it would be a great chance to celebrate a few awesome-sauce things...

1. Christmas!!!
2. Our YAlicious revamp :o)
3. The amazing guest authors we've had featured on YAlicious this year.

We are really happy with how our "new" blog is going. It's super fun having all these cool people join us to tell us about their writing and reading. 2013 looks to be an awesome year with plenty more guests lined up and hopefully some new features.

I would like to thank all the authors who have contributed to this giveaway. It's been so cool having you on the blog and we so appreciate your generosity.

There are four e-book prize packs up for grabs and they are all filled with amazing reads by a bunch of authors I really admire - Patti Larsen, Brenda Howson, Suzy Turner, Heather Marie Adkins, Julia Crane, C. M. Keller, Tara West, J. J. Bonds and T. G. Ayer.

The giveaway will be running over the Christmas period. We will be back on December 31st to announce the winners. Good luck and we hope you all have a fantastic Christmas!!

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