Cover Reveal: Beneath Our Faults by Charity Ferrell

I had the privilege of working with Charity Ferrell on this cover; she picked a great image!

"I might not have pulled the trigger, but I could have stopped the bullet from hitting him." 

Daisy Mara had the perfect life: a boyfriend she'd eventually marry, friends she would do anything for, and the beginning of her senior year. All of that changes in an instance when a shot rings through the air, shattering her heart into pieces. Unable to cope with her loss, her parents force her to move thousands of miles away for a fresh, new start. The last thing she expects to see her first night in her new home is her new neighbor, naked and in a very compromising situation. 

Keegan Montgomery never had to answer to anyone for anything. His life consisted of partying and frequenting as many beds as he could throw himself into. But under his bad boy facade, he is facing his own internal demons. 

Daisy knows she will never belong to another.

Keegan knows he will never love anyone - ever. 

But their attraction is undeniable. 

Can the tragic ending of a first love end up being the beautiful beginning of another?

Look for this book on Feb 12, 2014!

Cover Reveal: Girl in Love by Caisey Quinn

I've been so privileged to work with Caisey Quinn on the cover of her third book in the Kylie Ryans series, Girl in Love. These books will always have a special place in my heart. The first one launched when I was just a writer and Caisey was a fan of mine who told me about this amazing book she'd written called Girl with Guitar. I told her she had to publish it and to put my money where my mouth was, I designed her a cover (it was supposed to be a temporary cover until she could afford a real designer) and formatted the book.

The book was a bestseller - my design efforts hadn't killed its chances there, and people started coming to me to ask for cover designs and formatting. And the rest is history. I started up E.M. Tippetts Book Designs and Caisey continued to kill it in the rankings and release one bestseller after another. I can't take any credit whatsoever for Caisey's talent, only for spotting how glaringly obvious it was. Being a part of her career launch has been a true privilege.

For the cover of Girl in Love, I can't take too much credit because Caisey had already picked the image and layout. As is often the case with her, it's a matter of noting her talent, helping get it into publishable format, and then getting out of the way ;-)

She's living her dream...

Kylie Ryans is the biggest thing to come out of Nashville since, well, since Trace Corbin. With a hit album and a powerful label behind her, she appears to be the girl who has it all.

But appearances can be deceiving.

Fresh out of rehab, Trace Corbin is ready to take on the world. Just not the girl he walked away from. Because if there's one thing he knows for certain, it's that the people you love are the ones who have the power to destroy you.

As their worlds collide, they'll have to make the ultimate choice. Follow their dreams, or give it all up for love.

They say love conquers all, but for Kylie and Trace, it just might wreck everything they've worked for.

Ebook: Keep Me Still by Caisey Quinn

The title page, on a Kindle Fire:

Chapter header and POV name, on a Kindle Fire:

Title page for the new novella, the conclusion of Layla and Landen's story!

Ebook: Wicked Thing by Angeline Kace

Title page with Angeline's autograph and release week note, on a Kindle Fire:

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Paperback Interior: Wicked Thing by Angeline Kace

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Cover Reveal: Long After by Cheryl McIntyre

Cheryl is the one who found this image, so I can't take credit for that. Her original idea was to have him all on the front cover (and he was faced the other way) and have someone else on the back cover. I suggested making him the full wrap, and that's what we went with.

For Annie Phillips, there is a right way to do things and everything has a place. College and her flawless GPA are top priority, as is planning her perfect future. Anything less than perfection is unacceptable. So when she meets Loden Guiles, she believes she has finally found her perfect happily-ever-after.

Chase Malloy is funny, loyal, and an all around nice guy. He’s also sloppy, tattooed, and undirected. All Chase wants to do is survive college, hang out with friends, and make music. Knowing his best friend’s step-sister since they were fourteen, Annie and he have always had a love-hate relationship. The last thing Chase expects is to fall for Annie, but he knows he’ll never live up to her idea of the perfect man.

On the outside, Annie and Loden’s relationship appears picture perfect. But behind closed doors, Annie quickly realizes Loden isn’t the man he pretends to be. Every time her not so well laid plans crumble, and Loden proves to be not so Mr. Right, Chase is there to pick her up and brush her off. Will she realize the perfection she’s been searching for has been in front of her all this time?

*Long After is a companion novel to Sometimes Never and Before Now. Many of the same characters appear in Chase and Annie's story. However, it can be read as a stand-alone book.

**This is a new adult novel. Due to harsh language, sexual situations, and violence, this book is recommended for 17+.

Ebook: For the Summer by Shey Stahl

We had the privilege of formatting for Shey Stahl this week, for her latest release, For the Summer. She chose a graphics intensive file, but we got it down to under 2MB for her.

The title page, with Shey's autograph, available during release week (on a Kindle Paperwhite)

The chapter header (and that floral graphic is also the scene break), on a Kindle Fire.

Open the journal to read more (on a Kindle Fire): 

Sophie did a lot of doodling in her journal, beautiful flower pictures (on a Kindle Fire):

Cover Reveal! A Risk Worth Taking by Heather Hildenbrand

I've had the privilege of working with Heather Hildenbrand on the cover of her upcoming novel, A Risk Worth Taking! This book will be out in October.

When 22-year-old Summer Stafford’s parents split halfway through her senior year at college, Summer’s world is rocked. Everything she thought she knew—heck, everything she thought she wanted for her own life—feels like a lie. The truth is love is a risk. And the true kind, the kind that lasts, might even be a fairy tale.

Reeling from the divorce, Summer derails her own future by breaking up with her parent-approved boyfriend and giving up her lifelong plans for a big-city career. She moves back home, business degree in hand. Dad needs her to fill the gaps her mother left behind; Summer needs to find who she is outside of the cookie-cutter life that failed so miserably for her parents.

Ford O’Neal’s future involves one person: himself. He doesn’t have a permanent address and he definitely doesn’t commit. To a place or a person. Raised by hippies, he plans just far enough ahead to secure his next stop, this one landing him at a work-study program at Heritage Plantation where he can grow his own herbal and medicinal creations.

Summer is gorgeous and smart and fun to be with, the perfect way to pass five months. It won’t be love—Ford’s got too many things to accomplish, too many places to go, before he settles down. Yet Summer pulls him in, challenging him to rethink his own philosophy.

When Ford’s five months are up, each of them must decide if love is really worth the risk.

About the Author

Heather Hildenbrand was born and raised in a small town in northern Virginia where she was homeschooled through high school. She now lives in coastal VA, a few miles from the Atlantic Ocean, with her two adorable children. She works from home, part time, as a property manager and when she's not furiously pounding at the keyboard, or staring off into space whilst plotting a new story, she's lying on the beach, soaking in those delicious, pre-cancerous rays.

Heather loves Mexican food, hates socks with sandals, and if her house was on fire, the one thing she'd grab is her DVR player.

Heather is a co-founder of Accendo Press, a publishing group she operates with fellow authors: Angeline Kace and Jennifer Sommersby. Accendo (a-CH-endo), A Latin word, means “to kindle, illuminate, inflame, or set fire.” This is something Accendo strives to do inside a reader’s imagination with every title released. For a complete list of titles and author bios, visit www.accendopress.com.

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Paperback interior: Broken and Screwed by Tijan

This paperback was mostly formatted by Tara, of the Book Designs Crew. I designed the template and she built the book!

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Paperback interior: Perfect Regret by A Meredith Walters

This paperback was actually formatted by Tianne, one of the Book Designs Crew. I designed the template, but she did all the rest!

The half title page

Chapter header

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Launched: Perfect Regret by A Meredith Walters

It's always an honor to format for my friend, and one of my first clients, A. Meredith Walters. She's part of how I got into the formatting business. Once upon a time I wanted to give away a signed paperback of one of her books and she explained she didn't have any paperbacks, so I made some for her. She put up with being my guinea pig, in other words! To celebrate the launch of Perfect Regret, we're giving away a signed paperback.

Riley Walker makes all the right decisions and knows exactly where her life is headed.

Riley Walker does not make mistakes.

Riley Walker certainly doesn’t make spontaneous decisions.

But then Riley Walker gets dumped.

Spectacularly, gut-wrenching, stomp all over her heart dumped. And she is feeling more than a little angry. And a whole lot bitter. And suddenly the girl who has always done everything right feels like doing something completely wrong.

Garrett Bellows, lead guitarist for the local band, Generation Rejects, is going through life without a plan. Trying not to think past the next gig or the next party, he has worked hard to not become too attached to anyone or anything. So he is shocked to find himself drawn to the snarky girl with a chip on her shoulder. She pisses him off and puts him down. He knows she’s nothing more than a self-entitled college brat who thinks she’s better than the townie boy without a future.

Alcohol and a hefty dose of lust leads to a night both Riley and Garrett immediately regret. Her embarrassment, his pride and the weight of rumors and misconceptions convince Riley and Garrett that their one-time indiscretion will never be repeated. Particularly when their harshest critics are each other.

But how do you reconcile a head that wants to let go with a heart that keeps holding on?

And what happens when your biggest regret begins to seem almost perfect?

Here are some images of the ebook:

The title page:

The chapter header:

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Out of Line by Jen McLaughlin: Paperback Interior

The half title page:

The chapter heading:

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Out of Line by Jen McLaughlin: Ebook

Jen had a beautiful cover made by Sarah Hansen, which I followed to make this ebook interior.

Here's the title block (which is all Sarah Hansen - she sent me the file as usual) and the autograph for release week, as it would appear on a Kindle Fire

Here's what the chapter headings look like:

And then here's the scene break graphic. Jen chose a little surfer dude :-)

Launched! Two Roads by L.M. Augustine

Two Roads by L.M. Augustine is live. Here's the list of links active so far:

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

And here's how the ebook looks:

This is the title page on a Kindle Fire

And this is the chapter header, also on a Kindle Fire. The poem is still there, behind the chapter number, but Liam wanted it subtle and faint. The scene break marker is the tilda you see before and after the intro poem.