looking for new cover feedback

[Gregg Bell]

It's Contemporary Fiction. Here's the blurb: (thanks!)

It’s the last chance for law intern Mary Maloney. She’s flunked the bar exam twice and if she fails again she’ll lose her law internship, her home and what’s left of her self-respect. Things haven’t been made any easier by her boyfriend, Tom, breaking up with her to spend six months in Thailand following his dream to be a professional golfer. Alone and lonely, Mary falls under the sway of her high-powered attorney boss. She realizes too late that she's fooling herself—her boss is just a player, and besides, her heart still beats only for Tom.

Now Tom charges back into the picture. He’s seen the light and swears undying love and devotion. Mary’s thrilled! Life is definitely on the upswing. There’s just this one little troubling detail—she hasn’t had her period in months.

She slept with her boss only once after a New Year’s Eve party in a Miami penthouse. But she’s a runner—runners miss periods all the time. No, she couldn't be pregnant. She’d swear to it in a court of law. It has to be the case because Tom’s from a strict Italian Catholic family, where abortion or a child out of wedlock are absolutely unforgivable sins.

And ready or not the bar exam is barreling down on her. How will she conquer it with so many influences scattering her attention? Or is she facing an even bigger test?

[theducks]

Center Lines offset (Move Human left)

The Nose lines up with Lady Justices Head

Lady Justice larger?
Face to the right (over the Scales) ?

I know we don't get to mess with the Authors font/size

[Cinisajoy]

Not liking the giant face, but that could just be me. I hate eyes on book covers. They creep me out.
And yea, it looks like she blew Liberty out of her nose.

[Biks]

Center Lines offset (Move Human left)

The Nose lines up with Lady Justices Head

Lady Justice larger?
Face to the right (over the Scales) ?

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by theducks

Center Lines offset (Move Human left)

The Nose lines up with Lady Justices Head

Lady Justice larger?
Face to the right (over the Scales) ?

I know we don't get to mess with the Authors font/size

Thanks ducks. Yeah, I've gotta do something so her face works better with th statue. I moved her face slightly off-center but I don't know if it's enough. I'll try it further to the right. And yeah, no messing with the font size on my name! Ha ha.

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Not liking the giant face, but that could just be me. I hate eyes on book covers. They creep me out.
And yea, it looks like she blew Liberty out of her nose.

Thanks Cin. (I think. )

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Thanks Cin. (I think. )

You really want a laugh. The book I am reading right now is "The Stranger Beside Me" by Ann Rule. Ted Bundy's eyes are on both the front and back cover.
I literally have to put something over the book when I set it down.

[Dazrin]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

You really want a laugh. The book I am reading right now is "The Stranger Beside Me" by Ann Rule. Ted Bundy's eyes are on both the front and back cover.
I literally have to put something over the book when I set it down.

That's a creepy book to begin with. Good but creepy.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by Dazrin

That's a creepy book to begin with. Good but creepy.

I think creepy is an understatement.

[Zelandi]

I would try to just erase the bottom part of her face, with a very blurred/soft edge (so it's just fading way completel). Leaving the eyes in the distance in the sky, and the statue on it's own without nose and stuff.

Perhaps erase some of the top of the head too.

[Dr. Drib]

Get rid of the nose and the lips, and make one eye bigger than the other. And cross-eyed. Now, change the genre to one that represents apocalyptic hopelessness and you're good to go! (Oh, yes: And a band-aid on the left cheek.) The rest you'll have to do yourself or I'll have to charge you for my services. Badda-Bing!

But seriously: I personally don't care for the cover, because I don't like someone standing above me with a sword...or a candle.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

And yea, it looks like she blew Liberty out of her nose.

JUSTICE, dear, those are the scales of JUSTICE.

Liberty is the big green lady I'm looking at outside my office window.


But I agree with the composition comment.

[Gregg Bell]

Thanks for the comments. I'm feeling pretty lost on this one though. It's a romance and I've got a thriller font. I want the font for branding but I can't in good conscience have a thriller font on a romance. I'm really close to getting a cover designer as I'm starting to realize I'm pretty clueless about what a cover should look like for a particular genre.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Thanks for the comments. I'm feeling pretty lost on this one though. It's a romance and I've got a thriller font. I want the font for branding but I can't in good conscience have a thriller font on a romance. I'm really close to getting a cover designer as I'm starting to realize I'm pretty clueless about what a cover should look like for a particular genre.

Don't be clueless.

Just go to Amazon and look at the examples IN ANY GENRE in order to get ideas. You have an imagination, so use it.

The above was my serious answer. Humorous answers will cost you.

[theducks]

If you use Calibre with a fairly good sized Library (of other authors book ),

Select the tags for the genre: Grid view
and look at the covers (Calibre fills Full Screen)
A great way to se various treatments

BTW With Lady Justice so prominent, I would have said "Legal Thriller"