What draws you to a historical fiction book cover?
Each month I will be choosing my ‘Pam’s Pick’. Hopefully, you will be intrigued enough to look beyond the covers I feature and find your next favourite author. If a cover interests you just click on the link to learn more about the book.
My June winner is:
Chasing Ghosts by Madalyn Morgan
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This month there is a bit of a theme going on and this cover triggered it! What a clever cover this is – perfectly fits its genre. Even the title caught my eye. The use of a sepia image and the red text is just perfect. The good news is that this is only one book in a 6 book series. Congratulations to Madalyn!
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In 1949 after receiving treatment for shell shock in Canada, Claire’s husband disappears.
Has Mitch left her for the woman he talks about in his sleep? Or is he on the run from accusations of wartime treachery?
Claire goes to France in search of the truth, aided by old friends from the Resistance.
To find out more, please click here
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Continuing our WW2 theme, here are some other wonderful covers.
The Yankee Years series: During the Second World War Northern Ireland hosted American, British and Canadian troops. County Fermanagh welcomed Air Force squadrons hunting U-boats and defending shipping convoys in the Atlantic Ocean and Army battalions training and preparing for deployment to Europe’s Western Front. After the Allied troops arrived, life would never be the same again. The Yankee Years novels and Short Reads weave thrilling and romantic tales of the people and the era.
To find out more, please click here
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When an accomplished dancer is injured before the international jitterbug contest, June is tapped to take her place. June struggles to overcome her fears, win the contest, and not fall in love with her—otherwise engaged—dance partner.
Fifty years earlier, WW2 era, another 18-year-old jitterbug, Violet, leads the life June and her friends emulate. But Violet’s life begins to unravel when she and her sailor beau find her grifting father passed out on her doorstep, blood oozing from his head.
They race against his deployment to tie the knot before the war can tear them apart. When his letters mysteriously stop arriving, Violet is forced to make the decision of a lifetime alone.
Half a century later, while practicing for the contest, June finds an antique dress which may lead her to the one person she’s been looking for, her biological grandmother, and the key to unlocking a fifty year-old mystery.
THE GIRL IN THE JITTERBUG DRESS is the parallel story of two young women struggling with love, loss, and redemption, united across generations by a 1940’s swing dress.
To find out more, please click here
And the not so small print: the judge’s decision is final (that would be me!) and is highly subjective.
Please note this is a cover competition only and does not constitute a review of any of the books featured. It’s up to you to explore. Happy Reading!
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Well deserved win, Madalyn and a great cover
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Wow! Thank you very much, Pam. I have never won an award before. I am truly honoured.
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Looking at the other fabulous covers in June, you had a hard time choosing just one. Congratulations to everyone, especially Dianne Ashcroft and The Yankee Years and Tam Francis and The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress. xx
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I LOVE this cover and have commented on it before to the author. It says so much, draws the reader in straight away. I am going to get this! Congratulations to Madalyn and thanks for this great competition, Pam!
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My absolute pleasure x
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Great cover. Shared!
Thanks again for this comp.
Angela Petch
https://angelapetchsblogsite.wordpress.com
MY BOOKS: mhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Tuscan-Roots-tangle-Italian-Apennines-ebook/dp/B01DDQDMDE
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WOW! So excited to be in such great company. I’ve read the Yankee Years and enjoyed it! Now, I’ll try Morgan’s. What fun! Thank you so much! I’ve shared on FB, Twitter, Instagram & google+
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Well deserved – yours is a great cover.
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I just found your blog on Google+ and I am so glad that I did! I am always looking for new Historical Fiction novels to read! I love the way you focus on the cover!
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Well I’m a bit obsessed about them particularly as I often find it difficult to find the right ones for my own work.
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