After posting my update blog Monday, I decided to go forth and find a new cover image for Scollay Love, my first historical romance set in 1950s/1960s Boston, and the first book that I wrote under the D.L. Boyd pen name. I'll admit, the title is weak... but the old cover, it was weaker.
I had hoped that this cover would show two 1950s era teens -- late teens, early 20s -- in love. And at 99 cents, I had hoped the romance community would flock to it.
They didn't.
And so, with my revamped business plan, getting Scollay Love a new cover and getting it out in paperback was one of my priorities.
This is what I've come up with:
A more fun cover, if I do say so myself! It catches the eye, which is really what covers are supposed to do. And to remind you of what the book is about...
It is tough to lose the place where you met.
For uptown Boston
Brahmin gal Charlene Phillips and downtown West End boy Joe Cafario,
their starkly different lives come together in Scollay Square, Boston’s
famed center, where they fall into a forbidden love amidst the tassels
of the Old Howard and the aroma of slow-boiled hot dogs at Joe and Nemo.
When their love is ended after Charlene’s final defiance of her
parents, the two remain true to each other, despite their forced
separation.
When Charlene returns and they reunite in the Square,
the city of Boston is about to go through a major change—one that Joe
is hell-bent in stopping.
Hopefully the book -- which should be available in paperback in a few days -- will find its readership now.
And for 99 cents, it's an absolute bargain to see how I flex these new muscles.
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