Rainy Day Covers

First of all, congratulations to all the RWA Golden Heart and RITA finalists, especially my buddies:

Roxanne St. Claire for Now You Die (RITA, Romantic Suspense) — This is your year, chica!

Karen Rose for Scream for Me (RITA, Romantic Suspense) — Um, I mean, this is your year, chica! Hmmmm, conundrum…

Amanda Brice for Codename: Dancer (Golden Hearts, Young Adult) — Let’s make this the last year you’re eligible for unpublished awards, huh, sweets?

I was pleased to see so many great books on that list. Sadly, only one of the books I judged made it to the finals — which is weird, because I had a real bumper crop of books this year. The competition must have been fierce!

In other news, apparently this cover didn’t cut it. Neither did this one. So we’re going to try with this:

Yeah, I know, it’s a reprint. But my skills are not up to reproducing the original…