If you follow me on Facebook, you’ve already heard the great news - The Ideal Countess is available for pre-order!
I thought I’d share some background on the cover design, more details on how to order, and remind you about the giveaway.
Judging My Book By Its Cover
There are hundreds of thousands of historical romance books out there, so I knew it was important to get a great cover for The Ideal Countess.
I’m lucky enough to work with a fantastic designer in my day job, so I went straight to her for help.
First, I created a Pinterest board of covers and costumes from the era for inspiration.
Next, we went together to The Strand Bookstore to examine covers of other romance novels. Some of the details we noticed:
We liked it when the cover image repeated on the spine, since sometimes all you see is the spine of the book
In Regency Romance, the heroine is always depicted in a fabulous dress
The hero is usually in varying states of undress. We’re guessing the three stages hint at how “spicy” the novel is: full shirt on, showing one nipple, or showing two nipples!
Finally, we found a site called Period Images that provides stock footage of models in historical costumes for romance covers. (They also offer videos...maybe for my next book I’ll do a trailer!)
From there, my designer had enough inspiration to get started. Didn’t she do an amazing job?
Now Available for Pre-Order
The Ideal Countess officially launches on January 10th, but you can preorder it now from the retailer of your choice:
It’s also available in the universal catalog for libraries and bookstores, so feel free to ask your local bookstore to order you a copy!
Pre-Order Giveaway
I’m celebrating the launch with a raffle at my virtual tea party on January 11th.
There are lots of ways to enter to win!
Pre-order The Ideal Countess and send me a screenshot/copy of the receipt (email to: katherine@katherinegrantromance.com)
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I’m really excited for you all to be able to read the full story. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did writing it!