Harlequin and Silhouette authors fill out an Art Fact Sheet for every book we write. We grumble. Trust me. We grumble. But the art department uses the information we give them to get our covers right. For Blaze? They do an amazing job. The cover shoot in the video above shows my heroine Jamie sitting on a porch railing at my hero Kell’s hunting cabin. Though the models aren’t wearing the clothing the couple has on in the scene (Kell is wearing boots, jeans, and a Texas A&M T-shirt; Jamie is wearing a camisole and low riding cargo shorts), the background is perfect. And the models are spot on.

When I fill out my AFS, I include links to photos I’ve used to visualize my characters, and in some cases, links to photos of the setting. For this one, I wanted to be sure the art people knew that West Texas mountains don’t look like the Rockies or Appalachians. I have no idea if they look at the photos, but they got this one so right I’d be surprised if they didn’t. Either that, or my extensive explanations were wordy enough!

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And now, for the big unveiling, the final version of the cover that came out of the above shoot. This is an exclusive; I haven’t even posted it to my own Website yet …