I’m hard at work on my new book, and you’ll be hearing more about that soon, but in the meantime, I have some news about two of my favorite older books. Mr. Darcy’s Noble Connections and The Darcys of Derbyshire have new covers! I was never completely happy with the old ones which I designed myself, and they clashed with my other covers, so I turned to my talented cover designer, Jane Dixon-Smith, and asked her to make them right. As usual, she did a brilliant job, and made them true to the stories as well.
Here’s Mr. Darcy’s Noble Connections, which takes place while Elizabeth is visiting an aristocratic childhood friend in Yorkshire, only to discover Darcy is staying at a neighboring estate. The new cover shows a key scene where Elizabeth wanders in search of Darcy at a ruined abbey on the grounds of the fictional Bentham Park. I first conceived of the scene while walking the grounds of Fountains Abbey, but we borrowed the background picture from Rievaulx Abbey, also in Yorkshire, for the cover. I think it’s perfect! Want to know more about the book? You can read the first chapter here.
In The Darcys of Derbyshire, Elizabeth travels to Derbyshire with the Gardiners as usual, but instead of encountering Darcy at Pemberley, she runs into him at the Black Rocks, a gritstone outcropping in Derbyshire, from the top of which you can see a beautiful view of the countryside. As he walks her to the top of the rocks, he tells her the romantic story of his parents’s courtship, how father refused to give up when Lady Anne Darcy said she could not marry him, and how they finally came together atop the Black Rocks. Naturally, this leads to a new understanding, great banter, and some amazing kisses. Want more? The first chapter’s here.
If you own a Kindle ebook of either book and would like the new cover, you can download the updated version for free in the ‘Your Content and Devices’ section at Amazon.
There’s a third semi-kinda-new cover coming soon, but you probably won’t notice the difference much. Since so many people said they disliked the models on the cover of Conceit & Concealment, I decided to swap them out for a new model while I was making changes. The new cover isn’t available yet, but here’s what it’ll look like.
I know you’d rather have a new book than new covers, but I hope these will entertain you a bit while I finish torturing Darcy in my new, angsty variation. 🙂
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Those new covers are stunning. Well done in your choice. I want to go walking with Elizabeth in those ruins. I can also see Elizabeth enjoying the view atop those rocks. They are so fitting to the character and the story. Well done. I haven’t read the last story yet. That TBR pile of mine is growing exponentially and it is in there somewhere. I may have to send in the dogs to find it. LOL! Blessings on the launch of your new work and I can’t wait to see what that cover looks like.
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Thanks! I’m very happy with them. Sometimes it’s all but impossible to make a cover that shows something truly relevant to the story. And I know just what you mean about the TBR pile – I’m in the same boat. 🙂
The covers are lovely but as I have many of you books in paperback already I will not be securing these for myself. I do look forward to any new story by you. Best wishes for success in publishing the newest one. Thanks for sharing here.
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Thank you, Sheila! I wish I could magically put the new covers on the old paperbacks. I hope to have more news about the new book soon, though it’s a long way from having a cover, not least because it doesn’t have a title. I’m always slow on that!
Gorgeous. Covers are so important and you have nailed it, Abigail. Well done, indeed.
Very nice changes, Abigail. Love the new covers!!!