Cover Reveal: Unwrapping Mr. Darcy

It’s here! I can’t believe release day is so close. It’s a crazy busy time but I’m so excited to show you what I’ve been working on. I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.

First thing is first! The cover! I couldn’t resist featuring Grunt. I found some illustrations on a stock image site and altered them to fit the story. I love that I have those little elements in there to personalize it a bit. If you’ve read the story, you’ll see them off the bat. If you haven’t, you’ll recognize them once you do read it.

The Kindle cover came first –

The last few days, I’ve been piecing the paperback together from the Kindle cover (I wish they had the same dimensions!) and adding the spine and the back cover. The blurb is still a bit rough, but I’m slowly working on it.

It was so much fun to put together. It took multiple stock images and some piecing but I’m so happy with it. I hope you like it too!

Now, I know you have questions so I’ll post 20 questions and answers that might help you out a bit.

1.  How many words?  74,141
2.  How many chapters? 20
3.  How many pages? 6×9 paperback with 245 pages, including acknowledgments, author bio, etc.
4.  What formats? Kindle, Nook, Kobo, paperback, Oyster, Scribd, and iBooks
5. Who is it dedicated to?
   

   For Cindy Hinkle and Erika Hoemke,
   Thank you so much for your amazing donations
   for hurricane relief!
   It was a wonderful gift to those who needed it.

6.  Is there adult content? Yes, there is some swearing and two love scenes when these two stubborn people finally get together.
7.  What was your inspiration?  I wrote a short story inspired by the Advent Calendar theme we had last Christmas and even describe the banner Abigail Reynolds made for the theme in the story. See if you can find where I used it!
   
8.  Who is more stubborn Elizabeth or Darcy? Definitely Elizabeth! Without a doubt!
9.  Are all the usual characters in the story? Yes and no. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and Lydia live in another state and there’s no Mary or Kitty. I’ve also changed around a few characters since it’s a modern. The main suspects are all there. Darcy, Elizabeth, Bingley, Jane, Charlotte, Wickham, etc.
10. Is it angsty? No, it’s a big ball of fluff 🙂
11.  Where is it set? New York City! Fortunately, one of my fab betas is from New York and worked for a big company so she helped me with some of the smaller details. Thank you, Lisa!
12. Are there any pets other than the little black furball? No, Grunt stole the limelight. He refused to share. It’s in his contract.
13.  Are there really 25 days of gifts? Yes! On release day, I’ll give the URL for my Pinterest page for the story so you can look them up as you read. Nearly all of them are on there.
14. Was it difficult lengthening a short story to a full length? Yes! I did have to make some changes and had to be really careful with some aspects of the story. Hopefully, I managed okay. You’ll have to let me know.
15.  Is it a Happy Ever After Ending? Definitely! I always write a happy ending and I can’t write one that’s not and call the story fluff 😉
16. Will you post chapters at Austen Variations leading up to the release? Yes, I will post once a week starting next week and ending on release day.
17. When is release day? October 31st! Because everyone wants to read a Christmas story on Halloween, don’t they?
18.  Will you have a blog tour? Yes! I’ve scheduled a number of reviews too (bites fingernails!). I hope you’ll join me for the fun. There will definitely be a giveaway!
    
19.  Why all of the pink? Read the story and find out 🙂
20.  Is Grunt as naughty in real life as he is in the story? Depends on the day 😉 He’s sleeping on my shopping bags on the dining room table at the moment.

Thanks so much for checking out my cover reveal! I hope you’ll join me next week for the Prologue of Unwrapping Mr. Darcy!