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Since the retailers are throwing the preorder out there and we are getting questions about it, we have to follow through and let you know that Hidden Legacy, specifically Nevada’s trilogy, is getting a facelift.

These covers are not final but very close to what will go to the retailers. There maybe slight color changes and finetuning.

The new editions will be in trade paperback format around April of 2024.

Let us pause and wave goodbye to half naked dude covers.

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Wooo! Free at last. The new covers are lovely and we hope people will enjoy placing these books on their shelves.

Update:

Pre-new covers BDH: My gods, these covers are appalling. Vomit emoji, vomit emoji, who would even read this crap based on the covers, ew.

Post-new covers BDH: Why would you change the covers, the original covers were better, we like the naked over-processed dudes…

Hehehe, we love you, BDH. Never change!

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  3. I think this will increase your audience. I personally avoided this particular series, even after devouring both Kate & Innkeeper, because I’m really not into heavy-romance. But this series, while having a romance angle, is really more urban fantasy, and I think the new covers reflect that.

  8. Love the new covers! IMO, the old covers set the wrong expectations for the books, since they have romance components but aren’t traditional romances.

  9. “Let us pause and wave goodbye to half naked dude covers.” Loled at this. 💀

    I LOVE the new covers. Will purchase!

  11. Yay for new covers!!! Now I don’t have to introduce someone to burn for me with an “ignore the cover!” disclaimer 😂

  12. Whaaaaaattttt???!!! No more bodice rippers? I don’t know how I feel about that…sob, sob, sob….

  13. Love the new covers! ❤️ I put off buying the paperbacks because I didn’t like the old covers. Now, I just have to wait until April to get the whole set.

  14. The old covers were entertaining and cheesy but I was never a huge fan haha. When these come out, I will happily buy them and donate my old copies with smoldering shirtless Rogan to a Little Free Library somewhere to spread the Ilona Andrews goodness to the masses.

  15. New covers are ABSOLUTELY the kind I’d want on books I just leave around the house. We have therapists and other medical types in and out weekly and I wouldn’t have to put the books with naked people back on the shelf.

  16. There seems to be an industry-wide trend towards artwork covers that don’t require photos of human models. Is this a trend driven by cost increases?

  17. I love the carnation aspect. There’s no help for it-I’m going to have to buy a set of the new covers 😁

  18. I don’t mind a decapitated naked chest as they are usually pretty to look at and remind me to eschew that third cookie. It’s the cranially unchallenged that give me the ick. They have faces and faces have social smiles and fake eyes. It’s a massive turnoff.
    IMO, the new covers are pretty and it’s good to have a refresh. Also it removes the easy sneer material. If someone is going to sneer at my reading choices they can damn well work for it.

  21. Oh, thank goodness for new covers. I will buy this new set even though I have the old one just so I can have decent covers. It took me a really long time to try Hidden Legacy because of those covers. I finally did read them because that was when I found the blog, I could try them on Hoopla (library app) for free, and Catalina’s covers were pretty. That was a lot of factors that had to converge!

  22. Burn for Me is one of my favorite books! I’m definitely happy about new covers so I can recommend to all my friends without having to tell them to ignore the cover.

    I got my husband to read it by borrowing it for him through Libby where you don’t ever look at the cover. If it was a physical copy he wouldn’t have gotten past the shirtless man looking back at him 🤣 he loved the book!

    I think it’s a major improvement from the previous version! I love the style of Julie’s book the best, it’s just so beautiful.

    I somehow missed the blogpost people are referring to that talked about the artists messing up the carnations?!

  23. Oh i Love these new covers! I think they suit House Andrews better than the old ones. When my friend recommended me the series (the first one that I read from HA) she right away said that I should not pay attention to the cover 😄😄😄 so I’m happy about the re-covering 😊 I wish you many new readers who were hesitant before to pick them up 😊

  24. Love the new covers. the carnations are perfect since they are a recurring fixture both as Nevada’s fave flower and a hint at the tie between her and Victoria.

  27. The new covers are lovely but I prefer the originals with a rendering of the main characters…sometimes the clothing, or lack of, doesn’t represent the character well but these seem pretty on point.

  28. Nobody is allowed to be unhappy with the covers – there are magic carnations! 🥰🤩

    If you like naked dudes you can still have your naked dudes, it’s very easy to get naked dudes on romance books, it’s not very easy to convince your other half that there is a lot of blowing things up with magic and investigating and it’s worth a read – honest – with half naked dudes.

    (Having said that I’m not sure he’ll be convinced by carnations but I’m going to give it a shot)

  31. Yay new covers that I won’t be embarrassed to include on my Goodreads profile! I admit, it took me forever to try the series because of the original covers.

  32. Could someone reupload the modified pictures of the old covers with the hello kitty shirt?

    I would love to get to see it! I’ve combed the internet and couldn’t find it anywhere!

  34. I LOVE the new covers. Thank you!!!
    I have devoured every book & snippet you put out. My husband & I share a Kindle account. He’s a pastor so he’s got all these commentaries & historical books. Then he’s looking at these covers and looking at me like “honey, are you ok? Are we ok?” I wish I could swap old for new lol. Actually, I would pay extra for having NC-17 pages removed but I am an adult capable of respecting the choices of others & skipping content without being a jerk about it 😁

  35. No offense to anyone, but I like these SO MUCH better!! I always felt the others focused on so much less than the books and stories actually WERE! They were so good! And so different than much of what is out there!

  36. Love the new covers, but I already have the original set on the shelf. Already spend way to much on books overall, so can’t really make a case for buying them double. Any chance for some covers?

  38. I will always have a soft spot for those old (not great) covers. They completely subverted my expectations of the books. Hidden Legacy – Nevada’s arc especially – are some of my most re-read books. The covers always make me giggle. I am excited for these new releases and will have to secure my physical copies.

  39. I like the call-out reference to carnations. While I did not mind the posed couple on the previous covers (although I always wonder what kept happening to his shirts?), I like these proposed new covers. Sends the signal that “we don’t have to rely on half-naked people to sell books!”

  41. I understand the desire to have covers that are not overly sexualized. I feel like Ilona Andrews’ novels are in that cusp area of urban fantasy with the textualization of romance. Do not get me wrong the romance is there, but the urban fantasy/science fiction themes are so strong that their audience is much larger than just romance readers. So I feel the new covers align more with this thought process.

    I feel like a current trend is to highlight the urban fantasy/paranormal/science fiction elements of some romance books on the covers from publishers. I am thinking of The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros and the Crescent City series by Sarah Maas.

    My question for our excellent writers is when deciding on a cover is this something you think about? I know you have previously spoken of that covers are often at the discretion of the publishers, but what about when you self-publish?

  42. I like these covers much better, although the originals were definitely eye catching lol. Is there any chance we could get a reprint of Kate Daniels? I dislike mass market paperback format and would dearly love to have the Kate books in quality paperback or even hard cover, (since I am wishing why not )?

  43. I will forever treasure the Hello Kitty tshirt fix. It is my favorite thing about the old covers.
    The new covers are lovely. When my original paperbacks die from being loaned out one time too many, I will buy them with great pleasure.

  45. The new covers are nice. I thought the old covers were okay, but the half-naked dude wasn’t a good match to the description of Connor Rogan. He was built way too light.

  48. Thank you for putting out new covers!! I’ve been dying to buy copies, but the naked dudes made me too embarrassed to have on a bookshelf when all my family are big readers.

  49. Honeys, as long as I see the name Ilona Andrews on the cover, I’m buying. Done. These are lovely. Eyecatching. Love the vibrantcy of the color. The font is especially beautiful.

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