The New Covey Cover Awards

Title: Love By Auction
Author: Clarissa Yip
Cover Artist: Dara England
Genre: Contemporary Romance/Erotica
Links:
http://clarissayip.com/

Description:
Intent on leaving the Date for Charity Auction, billionaire Mark Passmore vows not to bid, until he sees the gorgeous blond strut across the stage. Need overwhelms his senses and he has to have her.

With an etiquette drill sergeant and society snob for a mother, Rebecca Hathaway a.k.a Ice Princess accepts an extraordinary dare—one that lands her in the arms of her ex, except he doesn’t know it’s her.

After an explosive passionate night with Mark, Rebecca sneaks back to her mundane life of tea parties and book clubs. But she knows she’ll never be the same again.

Although he’s ended their relationship three years ago, Mark has never stopped loving Rebecca. When he learns the truth of Rebecca’s role in the action, will he forgive her for her betrayal or walk away again?

Title: Detour to Murder
Author: Jeff Sherratt
Cover Artist: Matthew Pizzo
Genre: Mystery
Links:
http://www.jeffsherratt.com/
http://www.zovabooks.com/

Description:
Thirty years after confessing to a cold-blooded murder, Al Roberts lets his lawyer in on a secret: He's innocent. After his story was sold to a film production company, Roberts was dumped in a prison cell – forgotten by everyone but the prison guards, film connoisseurs and, of course, his criminal defense attorney, Jimmy O'Brien. In a mind-bending search through the archives of history, O'Brien must solve the riddle behind the movie, its makers, and the brutal murder now three decades cold. The question is, can he figure out the mystery before he becomes another victim?

Title: The Advocate's Betrayal
Author: Teresa Burrell
Cover Artist: Matthew Pizzo
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Links:
http://www.teresaburrell.com/
http://www.zovabooks.com/

Description:
The killer left nothing behind but a rosary, a kitchen knife, and the dead man. But the dead man is a friend of Sabre Orin Brown. When his unsuspecting wife is accused of the murder, Sabre will stop at nothing to uncover the truth – even if it means unearthing secrets that would rather remain hidden. From a San Diego prison to the shady Chicago nightlife, Sabre's search for the true killer will force her to face the question: what do you do when the ones you should trust the most are the ones with the most to hide?

Title: Healey's Cave
Author: Aaron Paul Lazar
Cover Artist: Ardy Scott
Genre: Mystery
Links:
http://www.aaronlazar.blogspot.com/
http://www.aplazar.gather.com/
http://fswgraphics.fantaseeworks.biz/

Description:
Sam Moore's little brother vanished fifty years ago. No body. No answers. What Sam has is a boatload of guilt, since he failed to accompany Billy on his final, fateful bike ride.

While digging in his garden, Sam discovers a green marble with a startling secret—it whisks him back to his childhood, connecting him to Billy. Thrust back and forth through time, Sam struggles to unlock the secret of his brother’s fate.

When the FBI investigates remains found nearby, Sam learns of a serial killer with a grisly fifty-year record. Sam’s certain it’s Billy’s killer. But what’s worse, his grandson fits the profile of the murdered boys. Will the killer return to Sam’s town to claim his final kill? Can Sam untangle the truth in time to save him?

Title: Savannah Heat
Author: Carol North
Cover Artist: Nancy Donahue
Genre: Contemporary / Romance / Mainstream
Links:
http://carolnorth.com/
http://cottageartcreations.com/

Description:
Miss Bisque's deceased husband, Johnny Bob Wiley, was a man with secrets so he set up his will and trust accounts to prevent anyone learning of his clandestine activities. Bisque Fayette Wiley is a Southern belle raised to have a man take care of her. After Johnny Bob died she had to make a choice: live a hand-to-mouth existence on the stipend from Johnny Bob's estate or toughen up and take care of herself.

Her journey takes her to the door of the "Casanova of Savannah," the art gallery owner, Colonel Parker Hill. The colonel lost a leg in Desert Storm. He owes his life to a female soldier who died taking fire meant for him. Consequently, he loves women. Perhaps, he loves too many women. The colonel, Southern gentleman that he is, becomes Miss Bisque's mentor and protector.

When Miss Bisque is accused of murder, she may need more help than even the colonel can provide.

Title: Jewel In The Wild
Author: Bonita
Cover Artist: Kendra Egert
Genre: Erotic Romance
Links:
http://creationsbykendra.com/index.html

Description:
She’ll do anything for her freedom…

On a chilly autumn night, Brenna Summers disappears, determined to begin a new life and forget her troubled past. But running away alone into the Canadian Rockies isn’t easy or safe, especially when the path she rides leads her right into the arms of an outlaw.

Hell-bent on finding his missing sister, Jake Hudson stumbles upon a young woman in desperate need of his help. The attraction is instant and fierce, and he cannot allow another man to have her, even if her secrets could be hazardous to his health.

Title: The Witching Hour
Author: Ashley M. Christman
Cover Artist: Valerie Tibbs
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Links:
http://www.ashleymchristman.com/
http://tibbsdesign.com/

Description:
Lucky Sands is anything but. His wife is cheating on him, his job sucks, and when she walks out on him and dies in a car crash, the only thing he can think of is drowning himself in cheap booze and cheaper sex. But when he finds his childhood friend Tuesday Peters working in a brothel, his luck takes a steep downward dive after he finds out her twin sister is dead...and that Wednesday's death was no accident.

Together Lucky and Tuesday embark on a search for answers, plagued by spirits and deities alike. Every clue along their path points not just to the truth of Wednesday's murder, but to divine machinations that prove everything Lucky knows about life to be wrong--and prove there's no such thing as luck. Only fate...and the madness of the gods.

Title: Sheniqua Waters
Author: Shirley Burnett
Cover Artist: Historical Romance
Genre:
Links:
http://www.theworldsbestbook.com/Home_Page.html
http://redrosepublishing.com/books/

Description:
Raised under the watchful eye of a house slave, southern belle Lily has lived a comfortable life on her father’s tobacco plantation. Unaware that her life of luxury has come at a price, Lily is devastated by the truth about her parentage.

In love with rancher Brock Cunningham, Lily marries him though Angela, his devious former flame, vows to reclaim Brock for herself. And Syrus, an unscrupulous foe, plots revenge after Lily spurns his advances.

Uncovering the secret of her birth, Lily's enemies enact an insidious ruse to tear her from the life she has known. Abducted into the seedy world of slavery, Lily survives the auction block to find her way home. Has her marriage to Brock survived Angela’s schemes?

When Syrus exacts his revenge and Lily finds herself in his arms, will her love for Brock prevent her from succumbing to his scandalous demand? Or will Lily make a choice that will leave her with something to hide?

Title: The Fireborn Chronicles: Resonances
Author: Mary Andrews
Cover Artist: Delilah K. Stephans
Genre: Psionic Science Fiction
Links:
http://mary-andrews.webs.com/
http://www.dkrenders.com/index.html

Description:
PSIONIC SCI FI: the inevitable fusion of man, machine and the paranormal.

THEY’RE BACK

Once again the Dark Ops crew of the Nemesis is called into action. But this time it’s personal.

When a former team member is kidnapped on a Hive drug mining planet both the Universal Government and the new Corporate Overlord have to respond.

For the first time the Nemesis team and the Corporate Archangels join forces against a psychic vampire, his strange twin brother, and the Oracle menace threatening their universe.

But is anything truly what it seems?

Title: Passion's Escape
Author: Ashlynn Monroe
Cover Artist: Reese Dante
Genre: Science Fiction Erotic Romance
Links:
http://silverpublishing.info/
http://ashlynnmonroe.webs.com/

Description:
In a harsh world only the strong survive. Passion has a choice escape or be sold by her desperate father. Fortune sends two powerful men into her life. Men who have the power to free her or enslave her and who together bring her to the pinnacle of pleasure. New worlds await Passion as she discovers that sometimes the slave can become the master.

Title: Don't Call Me Crazy! I'm Just in Love
Author: Swiyyah Nadirah
Cover Artist: Publish America
Genre: Drama
Links:
http://www.swiyyah.com/
http://www.publishamerica.com/

Description:
Stressed to marry her lover, Anika, is beset by a foreboding of ghosts and mental illness. Will her lover leave her or stay because his own darkness makes Anika's seem like a fairytale.

Title: Those Who Wait
Author: Veronica Lynch
Cover Artist: Dara England
Genre: romance
Links:
http://www.vlynchauthor.blogspot.com/
http://www.mycoverart.wordpress.com/

Description:
“Crime Victim Services,” she murmured into the receiver. “How may I help you?”

The caller's voice was low, husky, and exquisitely male. “Do you know the difference between a barracuda and a victim advocate?”

Her heart skipped a beat. Maybe two. “Lip gloss.”

“Well damn,” Investigator Keenan Rossi muttered. “You already heard it.”

“An oldie but a goodie, pal.”

“Aren't we all. How you doin' on this gorgeous February day, gorgeous?”

Bringing the face of the handsome sheriff's detective to mind took no great effort. After several moments of imagining twinkling eyes and a dimpled grin, she said, “Not too bad. How's by you?”

“Lemme tell you, cara. If I was any better, I'd scare myself.”

Title: Primordial Sun, the Heart of the Amazon
Author: Karen McGrath
Cover Artist: Delilah Stephans
Genre: Romance Mystery
Links:
http://www.karenmcgrathauthor.com/
http://karenmcgrathauthor.blogspot.com/
http://www.dkrenders.com/

Description:
Attorney Kylie Watson is trying to heal from the unexpected deaths of her missionary parents. She returns to Brazil, the land she rejected as a teen, where she's swept into the Amazon's current with vivid nightmares, family secrets, church corruption and international espionage.

Title: Sam's Weird Afternoon
Author: Sally Gilchrest-Unrau
Cover Artist: Kurt Jones (Tate Publishing staff)
Genre: children/s...fantasy, magic
Links:
http://fatquarter.wordpress.com/
http://samsweirdafternoon.wordpress.com/
http://tatepublishing.com/

Description:
Young childrens picture book....about Sam , a young boy who finds himself in a room full of shoes one afternoon until something magical occurs to change everything.

Title: The Unnecessary Bodyguard
Author: Evie Balos
Cover Artist: Sable Grey
Genre: Erotic romance, paranormal
Links:
http://www.eviebalos.com/
http://designs.sapphiredreams.org/index.php

Description:
Nina Bradley doesn't pay attention to her friend's premonition that she'll be attacked by a vampire. She discovers Daphne's assigned a dhampir bodyguard to her and clearly objects. Worse, she finds him terribly attractive, but he’s half vampire. They don’t suit. A good reason to stop fantasizing about him.

Jovan Markovic wants to keep things professional between him and his beautiful client, but his desire for her is spiralling out of control. He ought to assign someone else to the case, but he won’t. He ought to use his lover to erase Nina from his mind, but he can’t…

Title: Sensitivity 101 for the Heterosexual Male
Author: Philip Nork
Cover Artist: Philip Nork and AuthorHouse
Genre: Fiction
Links:
http://www.philipnork.com/

Description:
Following the divorce of his parents, a 6-year-old boy goes on a journey of self-discovery as he tries to satisfy the two desires all humans have in common: to be accepted for who we are and to be truly happy.

Phil finds out that the journey we are on is a difficult one, even more so for those children who come from a broken home. Follow him as he grows up and desperately tries to make those two desires come to fruition.

Through dating different girls, Phil acquires 10 basic lessons for understanding the fairer sex. As he pieces these lessons together to form the basis of the person he wants to be, he makes a series of bad choices and soon loses his way. This leads to an ongoing internal debate, is his unique approach to sex right or wrong? The thoughts Phil has regarding these sensitive situations are totally opposite from the girls’. They understand what his “secret gift” really is…but will Phil ever know the truth? And just who will be the one who finally accepts him for who he is?

One of the reasons I run the awards is as a way to help support other authors as well as cover artists and trailer producers. However I also view is a partial alternative to traditional promotion methods. I choose to put my time into helping others rather than just helping myself but as an author I http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifstill need to raise awareness.

I just wanted to pass along this great review from Long and Short Rhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifeviews for my novel, The Gender Divide.

http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/gender-divide-by-david-boultbee.html

If you are a science fiction / romance fan or know one, check out The Gender Divide or my novella Venus Inferno. Both are available for the Kindle, as well as a variety of other ebook formats.

Cheers and thanks

David