Showing posts with label historical fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical fantasy. Show all posts

Monday, August 26, 2013

Book Cover Magic!!


And ON SALE!!!!
Dreaming of the Wolf
ON SALE at 62% off the Ebook Cover Price!!!
Only $2.99!!!
A FIERCE HUNTER...
Alicia Greiston is a no-nonsense bounty hunter determined to bring a ring of mobsters to justice. Her dogged pursuit of the crime family has forced her to avoid relationships— any man would only become a target for retribution. Luckily, Jake Silver is more than a man, and his instincts are telling him to stop at nothing to protect her.
AN ANIMAL PASSION...
However, the mob isn't entirely human either, and soon Alicia must flee for her life. When Alicia and Jake's passion begins to spill over into their dreams, Jake learns he will have to do more than defend her— he'll have to show his mate the way of the wolf.

I'm reworking all my old covers to try to give them more of the look of what the story is about--more drama, if I can, colors that will emphasize them, better font, in some cases. And several of my covers were too small, so having to get larger sized pictures to redo them. Also, making sure that the title and my name can be see in the smaller formats. It all takes time, hours!

But I've also been writing on the new book: A Highland Wolf Christmas, featuring Guthrie MacNeill and Calla Stewart. This will be the last story of the brothers. But Heather, their cousin, needs some romancing, don't you think? And I'm working on The Highlanders, which is a Highland medieval romance, book 5 in The Highlanders series. Sometimes I'll do that, hop from one book to another. When I can't think of the next scene, I'll work on the other.  So far I have 24,000 on The Highlander, and 2,000 on wolf Christmas. I was stumped on the opening on Guthrie's story as I wanted it to begin with conflict between the her and heroine right off--he has to be wearing a kilt, and I've got the setup for the next scene--more kilt-wearing hunks, only human kinds, and more conflict. And then the next scene--well, that's how it goes.
Huntress for Hire
She has her sights set on the worst vampire of them all...
Old cover

He’s a hunter turned vampire, she’s a huntress of vampires—he’s needs her cooperation to free his family; she’s trained to kill his kind.Rebel vampire huntress Rachael Bremerton wants revenge against Piaras, one of the most ruthless vampires in Dallas , for the murder of her parents. But when she’s lured by another vampire, Adonis, into the darkness—the same darkness she’s feared since she was a child—she’s torn between her huntress sensibilities and some strange desire to be with the creature she’s meant to despise and destroy.Adonis, a hunter turned vampire, has been ordered by Piaras to bring Rachel to him untouched. In return, Piaras will release Adonis’s family unharmed. But when Adonis first sees Rachael, his hunter desire to have a huntress mate kicks in, or is it the dark heart of the vampire that makes him crave her so?
Turning Rachel over to Piaras becomes less of an option. But can he find a way to free his family, claim Rachael for his own, and keep her family from discovering he is a hunter turned vampire—a creature they will all feel obligated to hunt down and kill?

Huntress for Hire, A Vampire Romantic Suspense - Terry Spear
Here are the new covers for Exchanging Grooms and Marriage, Las Vegas Style~~
Several sites wanted larger pictures, so that's one of the reasons I've gone back in and changed them. Before/after...
Old covers
New covers
Exchanging GroomsLisa Robbins has one mission in mind--sell back her UNUSED wedding dress to the wedding shop, but when she has no success, maybe she's going about this all wrong.
Peter Crawford is intrigued by the woman who has somehow hooked Dallas's most eligible confirmed bachelor, Pembrooke Hastings, Peter's staunchest enemy. Not only had she gotten a commitment from him, but she left HIM standing at the altar. Dating the vivacious woman certainly appeals and Peter wants to know just how she hooked Pembrooke, but also why she didn't marry him.
Lisa Robbins is not dating and not marrying anyone, so she assures herself, her family, and her boss. But when Peter takes an interest in her, she's wondering just what to do about Dallas's most eligible confirmed bachelor number two, when he just won't take no for an answer.
B&N
Amazon
Smashwords
ARe Books
Kobo
Marcy Taylor wants a divorce, but she doesn't want her husband to go after the family fortune, so she's trying to do this the easy way, no fuss, no muss. The only problem is Michael Lindquist doesn't have a wife, and he's sure she's running a scam to try to get his family's fortune! It all began in Las Vegas when Marcy threw caution to the wind. Boy, was that a mistake. Twenty-five thousand dollars richer with a husband to boot and one powerful hangover, she's got to right the wrong.Now that Michael has a wife he doesn't know he had, he's not at all sure he wants to lose her. At least until he can unravel the mystery about her. And that's how the roller coaster ride all began.

I liked the font in the original, but I couldn't find it for the life of me. Plus, I think in a smaller version, the 2nd one is easier to read.
And here is my YA demon series, though I've only found one picture I could use for that one so far. Don't you love it??? After/Before
New Cover
The Trouble with Demons
Who knew her birthday would change her life so much...


Witches and warlocks hide their true identities from the rest of the human population, while three teens with demon heritage living with human families, become unlikely companions in a race against time to deal with a demon threat to humankind in their own quirky way. 
Alana Fainot, a witch and half Kubiteron demon, witnesses a Matusa murder his summoner, and she knows he’ll target her next. Raised by her mother, she has no idea who her demon father is. But when she’s pulled to a demon portal, she meets Hunter Ross, half Matusa, half human, who returns demons to their world, but who’s been poisoned by a Matusa and is more dead than alive. His human mother gave him up for adoption, and he doesn’t know who either of his birth parents are. His friend Jared Kensington, full blooded Elantus demon, less powerful than the Kubiteron, is a whiz at electronics and helps Hunter track demons in the city, but was abandoned by his parents on Earth world for reasons unknown. He’s determined to find help to save Hunter. Alana knows aiding any Matusa is a mistake, but when she learns Hunter is half human, she makes a deal—he protects her against the Matusa who will come for her, and she helps find his dad in the demon world to save Hunter’s life. 
Often at odds, the three teens work together to stop the plans of a group of Matusa to take over the human race before it’s too late.

Ebook:

Smashwords

 Demon Trouble Too


Alana Fainot is a demon gate guardian, stuck in her last boring year of school. But not for long. Hunter and the rest of the gang show up when her astral form can't return to her physical form, and she's at the police station trying to talk her way out of having seen the murderer of a summoner. Hunter always knew Alana was trouble, but his kind of trouble, and he's not leaving Alana alone again.Celeste Sweetwater, a new kind of demon, joins Hunter and Alana and the rest of the demon guardians in a fight to find a new kind of portal device that can summon several demons at once. But not only that, another Matusa has been unleashed on the unsuspecting human world and the demon guardians must stop him before he wreaks much more havoc.But this time, the police are involved, paranormal investigators pounce on the area, and the whole mess seems to be spiraling out of the demon guardians' control.

ARe


New Cover for The Tall Texas Order:
The Tall Texas Order
a novella
Before the transformation:

Cover for 'The Tall Texas Order'
Lisa has lived all over the States, but when she starts working in Amarillo, Texas, she's ready to settle down with the man of her dreams--if she can prove to herself she has the mettle to become a Texan.

From camping in the Palo Duro Canyon with rattlesnakes and scorpions and wild mustangs, riding the trail on a cantankerous trail horse,line dancing, and watching a friend devour a 72-oz steak, Lisa's having the fun of her life...mostly.But can she learn to be a Texan? Inspired by several true incidents, the story revolves around a woman who's never settled down for long and a man who wants her to love his home as much as he does...fearing she's bound to leave him sooner or later as she has never been able to set down roots.

Only 99 cents!!!

ARe Books
New Cover for Vampiric Calling:
Vampiric Calling
a novella
Before the transformation:

A vampire targets a huntress for his own, and she's torn between wanting him and knowing she should terminate him. But in the dark of night, who will win the battle?
Samantha Ramsay’s always been different, a huntress born with the gene that makes her kind take up the sword to terminate rogue vampires, yet something isn’t right. They’ve never targeted her before tonight, and now she realizes she can’t kill the sexiest vampire she’s ever encountered, who claims her for his own.
Ralston Vaccarra has waited all the huntress’s life to have her and no one, vampires or hunters alike, will have the woman he claimed for his own the day she was born, only will a huntress be able to accept him and his kind for what they are?

$1.99!

Ebook:

New Cover for Hearts Undercover:
Hearts Undercover
a novella
Before the transformation:
Cover for 'Hearts Undercover'
Melissa Winston is trying to stay alive until the police can prove her ex-fiance murdered his own wife. But when Robotics Cop Number 6 arrives on her doorstep to offer protection, nothing feels right. What if HE is the assassin out to get her this time?

Only 99 cents!!!

New cover for The Genie's Wish:
The Genie's Wish
Before the transformation:
Cover for 'The Genie's Wish'

Lizzie Mason just wanted to buy a birthday present for her older brother who loves antiques. What she doesn't expect is to end up in a world far from her own with a mission to save a man's life before it's too late.
Genies are only fairy tales. At least that's what Lizzie Mason thinks until she manages to summon one from an antique vase. Now she's in real trouble as she vows to save the man imprisoned in the bottle from a fate worse than death and ends up in his world, hoping to change fate without getting herself killed.
The genie must right the wrongs of the past before the curse placed on him can be broken. But will the woman who has freed him be able to manage in a world where deceit and death await them?
Only 99 cents!!!
Scepter of Salvation
She must retrieve the scepter or the kingdom is lost...
Mage of Monrovia
She wanted to be a school trained mage...but everything stands in her way.


I've been reworking some of my book covers and have a new website coming up... so wanted to get these changed also before they're included. So what do you think? Better?

Hope you have a wonderful hump day and if you have Jaguar Fever in your hot little hands, I hope he's making your day!


Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality.”
www.terryspear.com

Friday, August 26, 2011

Changing Book Covers & Selling Your Novel Idea

Mexia has already done much more than most school- trained mages when she and her companions had gone in search of the scepter of salvation. But now one of the apprentices of the evil wizard they had destroyed, has stolen his spell book and plans to take up where he had left off, and she has to try and stop him.

Mexia believes the only way for her to defeat the mage is to become school trained like he was with the eventual goal of becoming a high wizard--the first of her kind in Inherian. But the current headmaster denies her entrance because she's a woman. Though if she can get the former headmaster's recommendation, she may attend.

And that's the beginning of the trouble.

First, there's the wizard.
Then, the immovable headmaster.
And then, the circle of misfortunes.
It all goes downhill from there...


One of the fun things about Indie publishing is that we can change the cover if we want, and I've wanted to do this for a long time, so what do you all think? Top one is the new cover, the bottom is the old cover...

I've also reduced the price for a short time from $4.99 for an 85,000-word novel to $2.99!

Now I just need to come up with a new cover for Scepter of Salvation!

B & N


Cover for 'The Magic of Inherian: The Mage of Monrovia, Book 2'



And here is the other book, book 1 that I changed the cover for:



Princess Talamaya turned 18 in the human kingdom of Damar, just like her twin brother. Only when she comes of age, she must wed the king's choice. When her brother comes of age, he's allowed to sit on the council. But everything changes when a wizard pits beast and man against each other in Inherian--all because of the loss of the Scepter of Salvation and she must return it to their kingdom.


Princess Talamaya and her friends, Lady Kersta and Lady Mexia, must retrieve the Scepter of Salvation when her brother is poisoned.Visions plague Talamaya of a world beyond her own, of a destiny she has to fulfill.

But the barbarian king is also after the scepter, and the black-hearted wizard who is trying to gain control will do anything to keep them from retrieving it.

She must free a knight from his madness.
Help a female dwarf escape from the dwarven mines.
Aid an Amazon fighting the Dark Elves.
Rescue even the barbarian king.
Save a crusty old dwarf from the wolves of Elan Pass.
And outwit the dark wizard once more.
Above all else, she must always take the path of righteousness.
Which is much easier said than done.

Here is the old cover!
The Magic of Inherian: Scepter of Salvation, Book 1

Scepter of Salvation
B&N

What do you all think?

And here's the new movie trailer I made for The Dark Fae:



I haven't made a book trailer in quite a while, mainly because they take so long--this one took 7 hours! But they're lots of fun to make and I hope readers enjoy watching them!

I still need to make one for Heart of the Highland Wolf!

The Dark Fae

Alicia has planned a vacation at South Padre Island with her girlfriend Cassie in forever. But just as they're enjoying a day on the beach, here comes a dark fae to spoil their holiday, except only she can see what he truly is. Alicia has no idea how upside down her world can turn with a chance meeting with one of the dark fae from the royal house of the Denkar.

Alicia's always known she's different--that she can recognize the mischievous fae when they show up to "play" with the humans. Only now she's faced with one highly annoyed dark fae and she's certain he knows the truth about her. She can see him, which means her life is forfeit.

Add to that, his sister arrives, who wants to play, too. And their mother, the queen of the Denkar, will want Alicia's head, once she learns what Alicia can do.

And all because Alicia was attempting to rescue her friend, Cassie, on their beach excursion at South Padre Island, from the wicked fae. Now, Alicia has really gone and done it--and she's thinking she should have let the fae have his fun. Her friend's broken heart would be a lot easier to deal with, than Alicia losing her life.

But it is too late for regrets. As soon as she threw the soda at the dark fae's chest, she had declared war on the fae. And he is happy to take up the challenge.

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So what do you all think? Was it worth all the time it took to make it, or should I have just spent the time writing???

I'm also working on the very final edits on A GHOST OF A CHANCE AT LOVE and the book is due out in September!



Terry Spear, Author of Scottish Medieval Romance & Urban Fantasy

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Sold!!

Wolf Books 11, 12, and 13!

HERO OF A HIGHLAND WOLF Sourcebooks
SILENCE OF THE WOLF Sourcebooks
ROGUE OF A HIGHLAND WOLF Sourcebooks

And a New Jaguar Shifter Series:

HEART OF THE JAGUAR Sourcebooks

and two other titles.



The Winged Fae (Book 3, World of Fae)
Coming September

Serena, a royal member of the Mabara winged fae, has one goal in mind. Stop an impending marriage with a dark fae. As the fae are known to do, she stirs up trouble that she hopes will make her point and get her off the hook. Only nothing goes as she plans.

Herlenkis, a royal member of the Denkar, aka the dark fae, is visiting South Padre Island when he catches a winged fae painting graffiti on a wall on the island claimed by his people. He is at once fascinated with the lovely girl and intrigued by her audacity, but as one of the Denkar, he must take her to task. Yet she's armed with a sleeping potion that makes his life intolerable. Between freeing her from his people's dungeon, her own tower, and fighting a knight in her honor, he wonders if he's lost his mind over one beautiful winged fae--when she's betrothed to his cousin!







A GHOST OF A CHANCE AT LOVE
Time travel western romance.

Vinspire Romance

Release date moved up from December to September!

The past clashes with the present, and one woman finds herself fighting for her own identity in the past so that she can have a future with the man she loves--but with her ancestor's hold over her--Lisa Welsh and Jack Stanton only have a ghost of a chance at love.

Lisa Welsh only wishes to leave a messy divorce behind for a couple of days stay in Salado, Texas, but wakes to nightmares and a cowboy in her bed, and she has no earthly idea how he got there. But the situation gets worse when she wakes in the morning and learns she’s living in 19th Century Salado. Even more worrisome is the tall dark stranger and everyone else in town believes she’s some woman named Josephine Rogers. Only she’s supposed to be dead.

Jack Stanton can’t believe the clerk gave him an occupied room at the Shady Villa Inn, but worse, he was ready to ravage the woman in that bed—until he realized his mistake. Now the woman he thinks is Josephine, claims to be some other woman—and though he could never abide by Josephine’s fickle ways, this Lisa Welsh intrigues him like no other. Still, everybody in town believes her to be Josephine, and he steps in to help her find her way back home.

Murder, mystery, ties to family roots in the past, embezzlement and murder in the present, and a man she can’t get off her mind no matter what century it is, Lisa has no choice. She must solve the mysteries and face the troubles in her world and Jack’s or they will never be free to share the love that binds them across the ages.

And, a mention about DREAMING OF THE WOLF and the cover of HEART OF THE HIGHLAND WOLF will be in October's issue of WOMAN'S WORLD!!!

Also, I'm at Book of Secrets with more brilliant words of wisdom. Ahem. Yeah. So if you want to drop by and comment, chance at a free book giveaway!

Have a super Friday!

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com