At last, I’ve been given permission to reveal the cover for Once Burned, Night Prince book one. Without further ado, here it is! And in case you didn’t see the other posts, here’s the description, too.
ETA: The cover model is Paul Marron. In the comment section before, I incorrectly gave a different name.
She’s a mortal with dark powers…
After a tragic accident scarred her body and destroyed her dreams, Leila never imagined that the worst was still to come: terrifying powers that let her channel electricity and learn a person’s
darkest secrets through a single touch. Leila is doomed to a life of solitude…until creatures of the night kidnap her, forcing her to reach out with a telepathic distress call to the world’s most infamous vampire…
He’s the Prince of Night…
Vlad Tepesh inspired the greatest vampire legend of all—but whatever you do, don’t call him Dracula. Vlad’s ability to control fire makes him one of the most feared vampires in existence, but his enemies have found a new weapon against him – a beautiful mortal with powers to match his own. When Vlad and Leila meet, however, passion ignites between them, threatening to consume them both. It will take everything that they are to stop an enemy intent on bringing them down in flames.
And here is the stepback (inside flap of the cover)
If you want downloadable wallpaper of the cover and stepback, go here.
Now, moving onto Leila. Is the cover model how I picture her? Close. Leila does has long, straight black hair and a slender, athletic build. She also has a scar that runs from her temple down to her right hand. It isn’t present on the stepback, though, and I couldn’t find a picture online that gave a good example of what it looks like so you’ll have to use your imagination. Since I included my own pics for Vlad, here are some for Leila. In my head, I see her as a blend of actresses Megan Fox and Katie McGrath:
As always, readers may picture characters differently than I do, so if you’ve had other images in your mind when you think of Vlad and Leila, go with those :). One of the best things about reading is how personal it is. As a reminder, Once Burned releases on June 26th. Look for me to post the book trailer and sample chapters at the end of May.
I think “hot namesless model” is Theo Theodoridis. (**purr**)
You’re so funny…it DID take awhile for my brain to move up to his beard length. I also envisioned Vlad’s hair to be lighter than the model on the cover, but a great cover none-the-less. Can’t wait for the book :-).
Apologies. My swooning took away my ability to spell.
Amazing cover, by the way!
YUMMMMY!!!! I SOOOO cannot wait for this book!
I hope there is a book signing!
The cover is absolutely gorgeous! I’m so excited to read more of Vlad, he definitely found his way to my heart!
Yumm!! I’m soooo excited for this release! Thanks for posting JF! 🙂
Oooooo-we!! I love Vlad and can’t wait for his book!!
I can not wait until this book comes out! I really enjoyed reading about Vlad in the other books. I am so excited to sink my teeth into this book.
Mmmmm hmmmmm, that is definitely Theo 🙂 he was voted sexiest man on the planet several yrs but currently sits in a Greek prison for what is left of his 18 yr sentence.
i´m looking forwad to buy all those still not in german published books. I wish to have them all RIGHT NOW!
Is that Paul??? *died* im running to pre-order
I’m told the model’s name is James Rizzo.
Really?? He’s totally looks like Paul Marron.. or i have bad eyes lol.. nevermind it doesn’t change the fact that he is HAWT :))
Thanks for the info btw
I really like the stepback, and how the colors all blen together. Orange/blue go well together, and yay for the scars. However, I’m not a fan of shirtless men cover, so this one doesn’t work as well as the others did, but I still like it! Love love love the stepback!
I’m almost positive the book cover model is Paul Marron. He’s pretty popular now a days (lothaire & Rehv).
Ehhh. I think the cover looks too much like an older cheap romance cover. I’m not excited about the cover. I DO however love the stepback. Very cool.
Amazing! I can’t wait for this! I love Vlad! And the nameless model, is Theo Theododoris. I do like the model for the cover Paul Marron. He’s how I picture Vlad.
Awesome! Can’t wait!
Do we know who the cover model is? So we can start facebook stalking him?
hehehe
James Rizzo. Not sure if he has a FB page :).
I prefer to read because I can envision my own characters, but I also love to know what the author envisioned while writing. Since the real Vlad Dracula was not an attractive man by our standards I see a little of who the historical figure was just a bit more handsome whenever I read any book about him.
Thank you for the reveal. I love it! I like the look of unknown model too – damn he is fine. He is how my mind has pictured Vlad. Can’t wait!
Is it any wonder Jeaniene, we look to you as the undisputed queen of GMS? No escaping it!
Wont,
So true! LOL
Oh God yes, I bow down at her feet in adoration for her GMS abilities!!
I envisioned Vlad a little different but still, Love it!! Who’s the model on the cover??
My editor says the model’s name is James Rizzo.
This is my most anticipated book of the year. Oh how I loves me some Vlad. The cover model isn’t exactly how I picture him but it’s still a great cover. Can’t wait to read it. I think I’m declaring June 26th Vlad Day and playing hookie from work.
I’m so glad they included some scars… and not simply because now I can think about how someone should kiss them. …really. He may not look exactly like we envision Vlad, but no complaining here.
Plus, nameless hot model FTW.
I love the cover model. He is way HOT! The model hanging from the ropes is Theo. He is currently serving time in a Greek prison for possession of cocaine.
LOVE it!! I am sooo excited! Can’t wait for the release! ;D
I LOVE IT!!! I cannot wait til it comes out and I can get my hands on it!!
The model has a beard? I could stare at him all day. And Vlad is a mix between him and Fassbender.. Yow. *gets a look from my sweetheart. I”m okay really. I can’t wait for this book.. but If I drool on the cover my sweetie my confiscate it. *LOL*
I need to read this book. I miss Night Huntress so much!
Wow…just WOW!!
I seriously cannot wait till June! Vlad is my #1 <3
I could just send you a picture of myself for Leila. 😉 j/k (Unless Debi’s reading.)
LOVE IT! OMG I <3 Vlad.
I can't wait.
The girl on the stepback, does look a bit like you Ravie.
V^^^^V
Ooh, he looks like Paul Marron to me, too! Yummy!!!
Jeaniene, I LOVE it! I can’t wait to enter the Night Prince’s world and learn more about Vlad.
Quick give me a bucket I’m drooling lol total hotness ; D
Great cover!! I did picture him like the model or like Michael in 300. As for the beard, like you I saw it trimmed. Like on the outside he looks civilized but on the inside he’s wild like a force of nature. Which fire is, so it would make sense that he would have power over it. And if I had to pick a favorite of your male characters…I have to admit Vlad holds a special place in my heart. I think it’s because of what he survived when he was mortal. The loss of his beloved wife. I am so glad he is going to find love again! Can’t wait for June!!
I love him, he’s gorgeous, I had my OMG moment and got all flush and my Beloved laughed at me (again). I then went hunting down when I would get to read about the hottest vampire in the entire series and…my heart almost stopped. JUNE! I won’t live that long, Ms. Fronst. I’m old enough to have 9 grandkids and I am trying to cram an entire second adolescence into these later years. You gotta put this out sooner than June. I have to drool on this picture until then. My Beloved is going to get to kid me mercilessly until then.
Sigh.
Gorgeous! Can’t wait to read some of Vlad and Leila(ni) 😉 Would have been awesome if I, Leilani, was with the Vlad.
xoxo
Leilani
leilanilovesbooks.com
Bloody hell, Tepesh! I’m speechless, my pretty man.
You know, I thought I was ok, but my crazy necessity of this book came back.
Thanks, Jeaniene, for torturing me until June.
ps: I’d like to stalk the model online. Please, give us his name. xx haha
James Rizzo. Stalk away! 🙂
What a goregous cover!! And yes, it did take me a few minutes to look up to the unnamed model’s beard 😉
Can’t wait to read Once Burned!
Now that I know his name I can get more pictures. Great cover.Can’t wait to get my hands on that book.
Holy Sh*T!!! Vlad “panty melting” Tepesh!! Smokin hot cover… I’ve read the excerpt and I was at the edge of my seat… Cannot wait to read the book
Love love love sexy cover!
OMG Thats exactly what I was asking myself… how these characters are suppose to look like. xD However I imagined Vlad to look like that Guy on Wikipedia- only a much hotter version (that ends up looking a lot like Michael Fassbender) I cake!!!
Wow. I think I died a bit inside from happiness and joy.
The cover is amazing!
Though I would image Vlad with a beard, this cover is MUCH better!
Can’ wait for the sample chapters!
Come on Vlad! We need your book in our hands ASAP!!
OHHH YESSSS !!!
IT IS INDEED PAUL MARRON!!!
HE IS A MODEL FOR BOOK COVERS AND HE IS ONE OF THE BEST!!! U WOULDN’T EVEN RECOGNISE HIM(BDB- JR WARD)!!!
Don’t want to disappoint, but I’m told that the model’s name is James Rizzo.
I knew I recognized that face. I’ve seen him on other covers as well but can’t remember which ones.
I actually prefer no heads. Or like the Bones covers, a profile. It adds to the mystery I think.
He is perfect as Vlad!
I can’t wait to get my hands on Vlad’s book. But I must say, this is not my favorite cover out of all your books.
But I won’t be reading the cover. 😉
Fantastic cover! Cannot wait to read Vlad’s story!
*Um..while finally did manage to R-I-P my eyes away & move upward! Only prob? Pesky ‘Dirty Mind’ put both *Whew* together! So, forced to return heated gaze back where started, to oh so S-l-o-w-l-y & with great care, peruse this example of absolute masculinity just..uh..oozing pure raw sexuality! My..oh..my! Did temp just jump up in here{or is it only me}?
*Luv the New Cover! Can’t wait til able to attain & read!
)0( Warmest Blessings )0(
*Paranormal Romance is Magickal*
The Lord of the Ring’s guy, Viggo, was who I was trying to make fit as Vlad, but Michael Fassbender is perfect! The blend of Megan Fox and Katie McGrath makes Leila more beautiful than I had imagined.
I can’t wait for Once Burned and learning the stories behind their scars. :o)
One of these days I’ll get restitution for continuing to allow you to use my image on these covers! (I’m talking about the face on the bat in the upper left hand corner, of course.)
Hmmm, Q. Is this connected in anyway to ‘Night Huntress’, AKA Cat and Bones. As we all know, those books also feature Vlad Tepesh.
It’s connected because it’s set in the same world, Cat and Bones pop up as side characters, and it’s giving the Vlad that you’ve read in the Night Huntress series his own novel where he’s the protagnoist instead of just a side character.
You’re concept of Vlad is much more charismatic than what mine was so I’m adjusting now. (-;
Looking forward to the book!
THIS! Exactly this! In my head, I think I’d still kind of pictured him as… I don’t know, not really interested, but AMAZING sense of humour. MICHAEL FASSBANDER!
I love it when people make comments far more intelligible than mine and articulate EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO SAY! Thank you Sophia 😀
So. SO excited for Once Burned! <3
I love Vlad’s cover!!!! Swoon! can’t wait!
I cannot argue with your visions…. wow! I had in my mind a Khal Drogo, without the beard he had in Game of Thrones. June 26th cannot get here soon enough! I tried to post a picture, but it will not allow me to do so.
Hi Jeaniene! Thank you so much for sharing the cover with us…I CANNOT wait to read Vlad and Leila’s first tale. ^_^
Also, that model that you listed as part of the inspo for Vlad is named Teo Theodoridis. What a beautiful, beautiful man (a bit stupid, though, for going and getting himself arrested and sent to prison. True story.). He’s literally a Greek Adonis!
Oh, Vlad. You sexy, wily vamp, you. ^_^
I love the cover model for the book, he’s actually very close to what I saw of Vlad in my head. The “unknown model” is Theo Theodoridis, a Greek model who is gorgeous in pretty much every photo I’ve ever seen of him but his personal story is a tragic one. He is one of the most beautiful men I’ve ever seen, though.
Ha! Jinx, Alisha. 🙂
Damn…I love this cover…awesome job…can’t wait to have it in my hands…
Thanks for sharing…
wow…that is Paul Marron. He looks so different from Kresley Cole’s Lothaire cover. It’s hard to believe that’s the same man I met at her signing…sigh…I should have given him more hugs…lol
I love this cover!! Vlad is m favorite male character besides Bones!! I cant wait to read this book! I just hate having to wait till June! Great Cover!! Even if I hadnt read the other books I would have picked this one up and read the summary because of the Cover! Yay!
Michael Fassbender is EXACTLY how I see Vlad!!! ‘Fass’ is THE perfect male specimen!!! Thanks, Jeaniene…can’t wait to read the book!!!
Having read all of Frost’s books, including audio, this is not how I visualize Vlad, as described by the author. It looks more like Spade. I see Vlad as being about 40, dark, sinister and dangerous. His attraction comes, not from a classically handsome face, but from an abundance of charisma, a wicked sarcastic sense of humor, and high intelligence He does not resemble a hunky male model with good lighting and 8-pack abs, although I guess this cover will sell more books.
The girl megan…but i think the guy who plays damon on vamp diairies vlad…its his smile and eyes.
I have the Night Huntress Series in MP3 and First Drop of Crimson..Just finished Eternal Kiss of Darkness only found it in CD format..pre-ordered Once Burned…could not find in MP3 or CD format!! Will that and Hardcover be released soon?? Thank You
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I’m in love with Paul Marron now…. I can’t even stop looking at the cover of this book…. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!!!