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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Sat March 14th, 2015, 4:27 am

[quote=""LadyB""]What is going on here?

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Might be a re-enactment of a famous painting. Definitely not the same women, though they are trying.

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Post by Lisa » Sat March 14th, 2015, 11:44 am

[quote=""MLE (Emily Cotton)""]Might be a re-enactment of a famous painting. Definitely not the same women, though they are trying.[/quote]

Yes, it's very close, but with definite, deliberate differences.

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Post by Misfit » Sun March 15th, 2015, 3:58 pm

The one on the left is new to me.

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Post by Lisa » Sun March 15th, 2015, 8:22 pm

Isn't that Conquests novel the one set in 1067 that previously had the very Regency looking cover (girl with pretty hair and pearls)?

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Post by Misfit » Sun March 15th, 2015, 10:29 pm

[quote=""LadyB""]Isn't that Conquests novel the one set in 1067 that previously had the very Regency looking cover (girl with pretty hair and pearls)?[/quote]

Nope. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23921999-captives
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Post by Lisa » Mon March 16th, 2015, 2:44 pm

[quote=""Misfit""]Nope. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23921999-captives[/quote]

Ohh, it was the Kingdoms Rule Hearts / Hearts Rule Kingdoms tagline that confused me. Not great marketing then - side by side I'd be able to tell the difference, but otherwise if I already had one I probably wouldn't buy the other, thinking it was the same book repackaged.

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Post by Misfit » Wed March 18th, 2015, 9:51 pm

Oh dear.

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Post by Madeleine » Thu March 19th, 2015, 9:22 am

How is that cover Regency?
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Post by Lisa » Thu March 19th, 2015, 9:52 am

They wouldn't have had to put "Regency Romance" on such huge letters on the cover if they had used an appropriate image!

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Post by Misfit » Thu March 19th, 2015, 2:47 pm

That has to be one of the most unappealing covers I've come across. I know we're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, especially when trade published authors have little control over the cover art, but this was a very unfortunate choice. And who is selling that artwork?
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