Cover Reveal! To Wager Her Heart

Check out the cover for my Summer 2017 novel To Wager Her Heart, the third and final standalone novel in the Belle Meade Plantation series. 

about the book 

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I'm so excited to share this story with you on August 8th, and would love to know what you think!

Chat with a cover model

I'm chatting with a cover model about #ANoteYetUnsung photo shoot today. And also about dream jobs! Do you have a dream job? 
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A Note Yet Unsung

a Belmont Mansion novel

February 2017

Another fun book cover story

Twin covers? Really? Friend and writing critique partner Deborah Raney and I have ended up with the same cover for different novels! But you know, I don't really mind...

Find out why!

Excerpt for A Beauty So Rare, a Belmont Mansion novel

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Morning friends! 

The excerpt from A Beauty So Rare, the second stand-alone novel in the Belmont Mansion series, is up and waiting for you. And it's nice and long since the book is the same. Hope you enjoy! The rest of the novel is coming March 25 to a bookstore or eReader near you. 

Thanks so much for taking yet another journey with me, and please know that––as you read the dedication––I mean every word.

More below…

   

The back cover of the novel

More about A Beauty So Rare

Several have asked where the cover was photographed. It was photographed at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in Minneapolis. Have you been there? Are you a nature lover? A gardener?

I learned so much about 19th century gardening and grafting as I wrote this story. Such fun!

~Tammy

A Beauty So Rare Photo Shoot, Pt 1

I always love seeing "behind the scenes" glimpses of novel covers, so figure you might, too. 

Here are some behind the scenes pics of the photo shoot Bethany House Publishers coordinated for the cover of my next novel, A Beauty So Rare, the second Belmont Mansion novel that releases April 2014.

In the make up chair

Next, the hair

Camera ready!

Back shot of hair

Don't you wish we all still wore these? NOT!

Talk about layers!

Next, the dress...

Finally, the model all dressed and ready, with the incredibly talented

Paul Higdon, Art Director at Bethany House Publishers

Can you tell me what you like most about a cover? Do you like seeing the heroine? The hero? The landscape? Different strokes for different folks, I realize. But I'm curious what a "favorite cover" for you looks like. 

(View Pt 2 of this blog post)

Ready to vote for the best historical cover?

Hey friends! I'm honored to share that To Whisper Her Name is up for Best Historical Cover in the Cover Cafe Contest. But there are some other beautiful covers too, and authors you'll recognize! Check them out and vote for your fav!

Vote for your favorite historical cover

The 2012 Cover Contest is open for voting May 2 - 28, 2013

If you're voting for To Whisper Her Name, thank you!!

I think Zondervan and the design team listed below did a fabulous job. 

Special thanks to:

Artist/Cover Design: Michelle Lenger

Cover Photography: Mike Heath/Magnus Creative

Interior Cover Design: Sarah Johnson 

I love how they included a cameo of Olivia on the title page...