Cover for Muffled Drum

[erastes]

I've had permission to share the final cover – so here it is!

I have to say that even without frogging and uniforms, I really really like it and I hope you do too.  The book will be out in July. Click on to see a bigger version

Comments

[tiggothy.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous. Love the collar, with its stud / button :-)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

thank you! god knows where they got the picture of the hussars in action--unless it was commissioned--which it might have been!

[cass1969.livejournal.com]

Another lovely cover!

Is there a blurb for this one?

[erastes.livejournal.com]

yes - the official blurb is: - i'll post it tomorrow - what a dufus i am! ware spoilers.

Bohemia, 1866

They met in a port-side tavern, their lust-filled moments stolen from days of marching and madness. After eighteen months, Captain Rudolph von Ratzlaff and First Lieutenant Mathias Hofmann have decided to run away from everything they hold dear. Resigning their commissions is social suicide, but there's no other choice. Someone will eventually see Rudolph's partiality toward Mathias.

Now their plans have gone horribly awry... When Mathias goes to Rudolph's tent after their last battle, his lover looks at him without a hint of recognition. Mathias can hardly believe the man he knew is gone. He wants to fill in so many of Rudolph's missing memories, but the doctor says a shock could result in permanent damage. The pain of seeing Rudolph on a daily basis, when Rudolph doesn't remember their love, is excruciating. Now Mathias must decide whether he wants to fight for the man he loves or forget him completely...

[cass1969.livejournal.com]

Ooh this looks goooood!

[lusiology.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! Looks very delectable.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

thank you, its such a relief to get this stage over and to get another good one!

[josephine-myles.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! So classy in those muted sepias. It will look lovely alongside the cover for Mere Mortals :)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Heh! Very true,my book all seem to be brown these days!

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

It's gorgeous! Plus, it matches the cover of Mere Mortals, which is very cool :)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Yes,I wish it was a printed edition. I think I'll have to do one of those mock ups just for my shelf. :D thank you!

[misslucyjane]

Gorgeous, just gorgeous.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

thank you, dear!

[baritonejeff.livejournal.com]

I think it's WONDERFUL, honey. REALLY wonderful. Elegant, atmospheric, *very* professional look.

WOW.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Carina's covers are pretty much all lovely, romance has come a long way - thank you dear!

[cassiopaya.livejournal.com]

Awesome cover!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

thank you!

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Forget all those posed photos of bare chested hulks in pubis skimming jeans THIS is the sexiest cover I've ever seen. The tenderness of the kisser and the apparent indifference of the kissee fit the story perfectly. And then all that nice swirl of action at the bottom. Yum.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

hee yes - you picked up on the indifference--that's very clever of the artist - thank you! I'm going to look out for cover competitions, because i think this is a definite winner.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Now that's a splendid cover!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

it's perfect in a really amusing way which probably won't come into play until after people have read it! thank you!

[taylorbooks.livejournal.com]

What a gorgeous cover! Beautiful graphics for the title and name on a great background that's subtle and intense at the same time. Goes very well with the Mere Mortals cover too, which is also lovely. Congratulations!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

thank you dear, I can't stop staring at it, it's clever in the main picture of the men, and whether that's an accident or not, i don't care!