Hi, everyone! I’m so happy to “officially” reveal the new cover for the upcoming mass market edition of The Beautiful Ashes, book one in the Broken Destiny series. The description has also been tweaked for the new format, so I’m including that as well. Click on the cover to enlarge it, if you want (and with those pecs, why wouldn’t you want to? ;))
Sometimes, falling in love really is the end of the world…
Ivy has always seen things that she cannot explain. Strange things. Otherworldly things. But when her sister goes missing, Ivy discovers the truth is far worse—her hallucinations are real, and her sister is imprisoned in a realm beyond Ivy’s reach. The one person who can help her is the dangerously attractive rebel who’s bound by an ancient legacy to betray her.
The fate Adrian has fought to escape is here – but he never expected the burning need he feels for Ivy. With destiny on one side and desire on the other, Adrian must help Ivy search for the powerful relic that can save her sister. Yet he knows what Ivy doesn’t: the truth about her own destiny, and a war that could destroy the world. Sooner or later, it will be Ivy on one side, Adrian on the other, and nothing but ashes in between…
You can pre-order your copy of the Mass Market edition from: Amazon, Powells, B&N, BooksAMillion, and Indiebound. Or, pick it up in your local book store when it releases on September 29th, 2015.
Of course, the ebook and audiobook versions are available now from: Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Downpour.com, Audible.com and you will see the new cover on some of these retailers as well.
As some of you might recall, the Trade edition (a bigger-sized paperback) of The Beautiful Ashes was released last year. Why was the cover changed for the mass market edition, some of you might wonder? After receiving a lot of feedback, my publisher and I realized that the Trade cover, which you can see here, was causing many readers to mistakenly believe that the Broken Destiny series was YA, or Young Adult. Let me unequivocally state that this series is not YA. It’s New Adult, or NA, which a good deal of readers were unfamiliar with because that designation is relatively new. What’s the difference? NA, or New Adult, can and frequently does have explicit sexual content, and this adult material is obviously not intended for a young audience. So, in order to alleviate any further confusion, my publisher and I wanted to the mass market cover to convey – at a glance, hopefully – the adult content in this novel. Considering how that content gets far, far more explicit in The Sweetest Burn, book two in the Broken Destiny series, we’re stressing this difference not a moment too soon, in my opinion ;).
Toward this end, the cover is in the process of being updated for all the ebook editions, too, so you’ll see the difference pop up as those retailers make the change. And, I’m happy to say, the models on this new cover will be used on the covers for the rest of the Broken Destiny series.
Thanks for reading my long-winded explanation on this, and I hope you like the new cover as much as I do :).
Kudos on the new cover. Yes, the pecs are very nice, but the eyes! They promise something definitely NOT YA!!
Lol. This just proves that you are classier than me. I think it took me over five minutes to even notice that he HAD eyes ;).
I saw the trade cover, and assumed it was YA and didn’t purchase. ( I like steam in my books). I think I will be purchasing this book now that I know it’s NA.
If you decide to check it out, hope you enjoy! 🙂
Yay for new cover art!
Double yay for “content gets far, far more explicit in The Sweetest Burn…” (I have no shame.) Will the trade of The Sweetest Burn have a more traditional romance look like this MMPB?
I’ve seen the cover for The Sweetest Burn (I SO want to release it, but they won’t let me yet! Curses! ;)) and it is in the same vein as this new cover. Hottie McHottie pants also doesn’t have a shirt, and the model for Ivy is the same, too. Also – and this is still being discussed, so don’t quote me on it – The Sweetest Burn might come out first in mass market instead of coming out in Trade. I am crossing my fingers that the publisher does decide to skip the Trade edition and go straight to mass market since I don’t want my readers to have to wait for the mmpb. Cross your fingers for me, please! 🙂
I like both covers. I agree the original cover does have a YA look to it. Can’t wait for The Sweetest Burn.
The new cover is HOTT.
I was wondering about the cover change myself, but figured it was something like that! I definitely plan on buying this one, not only to have a matching set for the series down the line, but also to have the original cover feel more special in its limited original release! Or something like that! LOL!
Oh yes. He does have eyes. Imagine that. (wink,grin)
Ahh, I see why you needed to change the cover. Well done. I haven’t read a NA story yet, so this will be a good read. I like getting trade, mass market and small hard covers. Things that are easy for this old lady to hold while I’m reading.
YA, NA or Adult, I like the way you tell a story, so I’d read any of those genres. Heck if you even decided to dabble in science fiction/fantasy, sans romance or less of it, I would still be interested in reading it. I like your style of storytelling and your characters.
On-board for the long haul.
Peace,
Roseann
Ivy is really freaking annoying, so I’m not sure what Adrian sees in her, but Adrian is only subjected to Ivy’s speech – not her thoughts, which all seem to centre on Adrian, despite the fact that she only meets him because she’s looking for her missing sister, who is often far from her mind. While the novel does get good VERY late on, THE BEAUTIFUL ASHES is more of a hot mess than anything else.