Thursday, June 18, 2015

SWAY COVER REVEAL!!!

It's COVER REVEAL DAY!!!

I'm so excited for this cover and this book and for EVERYTHING right now!!! You could cut me off in traffic or spill beer on me today and I'd probably just smile and say, IT'S MY COVER REVEAL DAY! That's the kind of mood I'm in.

I wrote SWAY way back in 2011 (!) and I can't believe it's only months away from seeing the real light of day. If you haven't heard me babble about it before, it's a modern-day PERSUASION (by Jane Austen) retelling that takes place in LA (and a bit in Vegas too, cuz yanno Vegas is a prime drama-filled setting). Here's the blurb:

Ava Elliot never thought she’d become a couch surfer. But with a freshly minted—and worthless—degree from Julliard, and her dad squandering the family fortune, what choice does she have?
Living with her old high school friends, though, has its own drawbacks. Especially when her ex-fiancĂ© Eric Wentworth drops back into her life. Eight years ago, she was too young, too scared of being poor, and too scared of her dad’s disapproval. Dumping him was a big mistake.
In the most ironic of role reversals, Eric is rolling in musical success, and Ava’s starting at the bottom to build her career. Worse, every song Eric sings is an arrow aimed straight for her regrets.
One encounter, one song too many, and Ava can’t go on like this. It’s time to tell Eric the truth, and make a choice. Finally let go of the past, or risk her heart for a second chance with her first love. If he can forgive her…and she can forgive herself.
 
Aaaaand, without further ado and messing around and all that jazz... here's the cover!
I was super nervous to see my cover because I'm picky-picky sometimes, but I love this cover! I love the font on the title, I love the colors, and I love the couple. I love that they incorporated a piano for my MC Ava and the background lights for Eric. I love it so much I just want to smoosh it.
 
SWAY is coming this winter from Samhain Publishing. You can add it on Goodreads here. Eeeek!

3 comments:

  1. Congrats, Melanie! Love the cover and the story sounds awesome! I've never actually read Persuasion (shame on me), but I cheated and I did see the movie. Hope time flies until your book release this winter!

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  2. Congrats on the cover, Melanie! I can't wait to buy a copy of your book when it comes out! :-)

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  3. Thanks!!! And Erin, you definitely need to read Persuasion!

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