Cover Crush: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

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This week's cover crush

~Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

Hardcover, 368 pages

Expected publication: August 20th 2013 by Dial

You stop fearing the devil when you’re holding his hand…

Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White’s sleepy, seaside town…until River West comes along. River rents the guesthouse behind Violet’s crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy living in her backyard. Is River just a crooked-smiling liar with pretty eyes and a mysterious past? Or could he be something more? Violet’s grandmother always warned her about the Devil, but she never said he could be a dark-haired boy who takes naps in the sun, who likes coffee, who kisses you in a cemetery...who makes you want to kiss back. Violet’s already so knee-deep in love, she can’t see straight. And that’s just how River likes it.

Blending faded decadence and the thrilling dread of gothic horror, April Genevieve Tucholke weaves a dreamy, twisting contemporary romance, as gorgeously told as it is terrifying—a debut to watch.

~Why I love this cover: 
Aaaahhh! It's just wonderful! I can't even look at it without wondering what is happening at the top of that rock. Love the waves below too. The moon is beautiful like that, slightly hidden. And I love the colors also of course, especially the word "Devil" in red.
Can't wait to get my hands on it!

Cover Crush #10: The Emperor's Conspiracy by Michelle Diener

Cover Crush is a bookish meme hosted on saturdays by Vyki @ On The Shelf where eye-catching covers get featured.

This week's cover crush:

~The Emperor's Conspiracy by Michelle Diener

Paperback, 336 pages

Published November 27th 2012 by Gallery Books

From nineteenth-century London’s elegant ballrooms to its darkest slums, a spirited young woman and a nobleman investigating for the Crown unmask a plot by Napoleon to bleed England of its gold.

Chance led to Charlotte Raven’s transformation from chimney sweep to wealthy, educated noblewoman, but she still walks a delicate tightrope between two worlds, unable to turn her back on the ruthless crime lord who was once her childhood protector.

When Lord Edward Durnham is tapped to solve the mystery of England’s rapidly disappearing gold, his search leads him to the stews of London, and Charlotte becomes his intriguing guide to the city’s dark, forbidding underworld. But as her involvement brings Charlotte to the attention of men who have no qualms about who they hurt, and as Edward forges a grudging alliance with the dangerous ghosts of Charlotte’s former life, she faces a choice: to continue living in limbo, or to close the door on the past and risk her heart and her happiness on an unpredictable future.

~Why I love this cover:
This is my favorite cover of 2012! I love how it's all about the girl in a fancy dress being in a dark, dirty street. You have to wonder why she's there and how she came there. You have to read the book to find out! ;)

Cover Crush #9: Hidden by Marianne Curley

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~Hidden by Marianne Curley 

Hardcover, 336 pages

Expected publication: June 25th 2013 by Bloomsbury USA Childrens

Ebony has always known that she is different. Her violet eyes mark her out, and her protective parents have kept her in a gorgeous valley, home-schooled, safe from everything—almost as if she’s being hidden. But she’s changing: glowing, getting more and more beautiful, and stronger than anyone knows. Ebony can’t stay hidden for ever, and when she meets complicated, intense Jordan, something explodes inside her—something that can be seen from the heavens; something that changes everything. Ebony is a stolen angel, concealed on Earth. Now the heavens have found her, they want her back.

Fans of Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush, Hush Saga and L.A. Weatherly’s Angel series will adore Hidden. Full of irresistible romance and breath-taking suspense, this is a sensational start to a brilliant new series. Get ready to be swept away by this spellbinding story of eternal love.

~Why I love this cover: 
Oh, where to start? I love simply everything about it. The colors are fantastic. I love how everything is in black/white except for the title that's in that amazing shade of blue. Seriously gorgeous! The feathers are so lovely and very fitting. You can guess instantly it's an angel book. It's not like one of those covers where you see random stuff on that have nothing to do with the story at all. I especially love the big feather that shields the girl's eyes. I mean, ahhh! Am I the only one who really really loves that? I think the swirly thingies, I'm not sure what to call them, are really pretty too but I'm sure without them the cover would've been as amazing as it is now. And then I also love the catchphrase below the title; three hearts, two worlds, one secret. Overal this is definitely one of my most favorite covers of all-time. I would buy it even if I hadn't read the synopsis. Yes, I'm definitely crushing on this cover.

Cover Crush #8

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~Glamour in Glass (Glamourist Histories #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal 

Hardcover, 336 pages

Published April 10th 2012 by Tor Books

Mary Robinette Kowal stunned readers with her charming first novel Shades of Milk and Honey, a loving tribute to the works of Jane Austen in a world where magic is an everyday occurrence. This magic comes in the form of glamour, which allows talented users to form practically any illusion they can imagine. Shades debuted to great acclaim and left readers eagerly awaiting its sequel. Glamour in Glass continues following the lives of beloved main characters Jane and Vincent, with a much deeper vein of drama and intrigue.In the tumultuous months after Napoleon abdicates his throne, Jane and Vincent go to Belgium for their honeymoon. While there, the deposed emperor escapes his exile in Elba, throwing the continent into turmoil. With no easy way back to England, Jane and Vincent’s concerns turn from enjoying their honeymoon…to escaping it.Left with no outward salvation, Jane must persevere over her trying personal circumstances and use her glamour to rescue her husband from prison . . . and hopefully prevent her newly built marriage from getting stranded on the shoals of another country's war.

~Why I love this cover: 
It's just so pretty! Everything from her dress to the background to the bubbles looks amazingly gorgeous. I always have a thing for historical books and covers so this one is definitely a must have on my shelves cover!

Cover Crush #7

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~Wither (The Chemical Garden #1) by Lauren DeStefano

Paperback, 358 pages

Published 2011 by Harper Voyager

By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live. She can thank modern science for this genetic time bomb. A botched effort to create a perfect race has left all males with a lifespan of 25 years, and females with a lifespan of 20 years. Geneticists are seeking a miracle antidote to restore the human race, desperate orphans crowd the population, crime and poverty have skyrocketed, and young girls are being kidnapped and sold as polygamous brides to bear more children. When Rhine is kidnapped and sold as a bride, she vows to do all she can to escape. Her husband, Linden, is hopelessly in love with her, and Rhine can’t bring herself to hate him as much as she’d like to. He opens her to a magical world of wealth and illusion she never thought existed, and it almost makes it possible to ignore the clock ticking away her short life. But Rhine quickly learns that not everything in her new husband’s strange world is what it seems. Her father-in-law, an eccentric doctor bent on finding the antidote, is hoarding corpses in the basement. Her fellow sister wives are to be trusted one day and feared the next, and Rhine is desperate to communicate to her twin brother that she is safe and alive. Will Rhine be able to escape--before her time runs out?

Together with one of Linden's servants, Gabriel, Rhine attempts to escape just before her seventeenth birthday. But in a world that continues to spiral into anarchy, is there any hope for freedom?

~Why I love this cover: 
I've always loved this cover. It was actually my official favorite cover of 2011.
First of all the girl (Rhine) is so gorgeous and fits the title perfectly. The dress, the hair, the way she sits... perfection! The bird in the cage that's connected to the ring is nicely done, fitting with the store. I love the look of it all. Such an amazing cover!

Cover Crush #6

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~Twice Tempted (Night Prince #2) by Jeaniene Frost

Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages

Expected publication: March 26th 2013 by Avon

Dating the Prince of Darkness has its challenges...

Leila’s psychic abilities have been failing her, and now she isn’t sure what the future holds. If that weren’t enough, her lover Vlad has been acting distant. Though Leila is a mere mortal, she’s also a modern woman who refuses to accept the cold shoulder treatment forever–especially from the darkly handsome vampire who still won’t admit that he loves her...

Like choosing between eternal love and a loveless eternity...

Soon circumstances send Leila back to the carnival circuit, where tragedy strikes. And when she finds herself in the crosshairs of a killer who may be closer than she realizes, Leila must decide who to trust– the fiery vampire who arouses her passions like no other or the tortured knight who longs to be more than a friend? With danger stalking her every step of the way, all it takes is one wrong move to damn her for eternity...

~Why I love this cover: 
Lately it seems like I only pick covers with men on them, but can you blame me? Look at this one!
I've been eagerly anticipating this cover for months. Jeaniene Frost is one of my favorite writers and the covers of her books are always amazing, but damn, Vlad looks hot! I love the flames a lot. It fits Vlad perfectly, doesn't it? Burn baby burn! ;)
And the bat on the background is awesome too!
JF also gave us the stepback, so naturally I had to post it also. It looks so beautiful even when the author said she couldn't really see Vlad and Leila in that position but that it was close enough, which is just fine by me. :D
I love the lightning and orangy swirling colors , the trees on the background make everything fit together and of course Vlad and Leila together! Amazing! :]

Cover Crush #5

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~Storm by Brigid Kemmerer

Paperback, 353 pages

Published April 24th 2012 by Kensington

Becca Chandler is suddenly getting all the guys all the ones she doesn't want. Ever since her ex-boyfriend spread those lies about her. Then she saves Chris Merrick from a beating in the school parking lot. Chris is different. Way different: he can control water just like his brothers can control fire, wind, and earth. They're powerful. Dangerous. Marked for death.

And now that she knows the truth, so is Becca.

Secrets are hard to keep when your life's at stake. When Hunter, the mysterious new kid around school, turns up with a talent for being in the wrong place at the right time, Becca thinks she can trust him. But then Hunter goes head-to-head with Chris, and Becca wonders who's hiding the most dangerous truth of all.

The storm is coming.

~Why I love this cover: 

Does this really need explaining? 4 hot guys, brothers, on the cover. Just rawr! But I do also love the colors and lightning stuff behind them. I also love the font of the title and little sentence at the top. "Feel the rush".
And damn, Chris looks good on the front, doesn't he? :D

Oh and if you haven't read this book? You totally should!  I read it over the summer and it was fabulous! 

Cover Crush #4: Altered by Jennifer Rush

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~Altered by Jennifer Rush

Hardcover, 336 pages

Expected publication: January 2nd 2013 by Little, Brown & Co.

When you can’t trust yourself, who can you believe?

Everything about Anna’s life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There’s Nick, Cas, Trev . . . and Sam, who’s stolen Anna’s heart. When the Branch decides it’s time to take the boys, Sam stages an escape, killing the agents sent to retrieve them.

Anna is torn between following Sam or staying behind in the safety of her everyday life. But her father pushes her to flee, making Sam promise to keep her away from the Branch, at all costs. There’s just one problem. Sam and the boys don’t remember anything before living in the lab—not even their true identities.

Now on the run, Anna soon discovers that she and Sam are connected in more ways than either of them expected. And if they’re both going to survive, they must piece together the clues of their past before the Branch catches up to them and steals it all away.

~Why I love this cover: 

Isn't it gorgeous? And sexy! I love the branches that seem to grow onto his back. Rawr! Well, aside from the hot, drool-worthy guy I love the overall grey color and the yellow title. Beautiful! I haven't seen an amazing cover like this in a long time where it's just one guy on the cover. Love it!

Cover Crush #3: Entwined by Heather Dixon

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~Entwined by Heather Dixon

Hardcover, 472 pages

Published March 29th 2011 by Greenwillow Books

Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it's taken away. All of it.

The Keeper understands. He's trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation.

Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room to dance in his silver forest.
But there is a cost.

The Keeper likes to "keep" things.

Azalea may not realize how tangled she is in his web until it is too late

~Why I love this cover: 

I love it because it's so fairy tale-ish. From the dress of the girl to the garden she, I suppose is ine to the castle on the background. I love how the girl is facing away from us, as if she's walking to the castle. It's definitely one of those covers that's telling a story. I also love the swirly font of the title and the swirly flower and leaves thingies all around the cover. So pretty!

Cover Crush #2: Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

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~ Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles #1) by Kresley Cole

Hardcover, 384 pages

Published October 2nd 2012 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

She could save the world—or destroy it.

Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they’re still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux.

But she can’t do either alone.

With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. She knows she can’t totally depend on Jack. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him?

Who can Evie trust?

As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. A group of twenty-two teens has been chosen to reenact the ultimate battle between good and evil. But it’s not always clear who is on which side…

~ Why I love this cover: 

I have loved this cover ever since I laid eyes on it. The whole thing is just gorgeous! I don't know where to start with explaining what I love about it. First of all, the two people on the cover are so beautiful it almost hurts. The girl is gorgeous. I love her hair and beautiful dress. The guy is amazing too. Very sexy in black. And that intense gaze of his has the potential to turn me into goo. I love the way the both of them are standing on the cover. 
The background on this cover is very striking. The fire behind them, the darkness, the colors that are mostly brownish but so beautiful. 

I own this book, though I have not read it yet, but so I saw the guy, who I assume is Jack, is also pictured on there on a bike! Hot damn!
There's also a sort of mini blurb on;

The characters on Tarot cards are real. The Huntress, the Fool, Death, the Lovers... and eighteen other Major Arcana all exist.
The warriors, femme fatales, magicians, and devils each have uniquely lethal powers.
And they're coming for me.
To survive, I'll have to embrace my own terrifying abilities. But if Jack ever beholds what I truly am, will he abandon me to my fate?

Cover Crush #1: Prophecy of the Setting Sunrise by Diantha Jones

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~ Prophecy of the Setting Sunrise (Oracle of Delphi, #2) by Diantha Jones

It’s official. Myth is doomed.

And it’s all Chloe Clever’s fault.

Still as whacked out as ever, Chloe is now faced with an even uglier truth: Not only is she the Pythia of the Great Unknown, but she is more powerful than she ever imagined and only the manifestations of her prophetic mind can save them all now.

With her Prince boyfriend, Strafford, and the Quad Fraternity always armed and ready to annihilate the opposition, she will embark on a mission to stop a great power that could consume every god in Myth...and everyone else she’s come to love.

But the worst is still to come.

Dark, painful secrets are revealed, threatening to tear Strafford from her arms, and just when she thinks the future could not look more grim, she is betrayed in the worst way.

With the heavens crumbling down around her, she must hurry to find a way to set things right. But will she be in time to save the one she loves most in the world from a fate that may be more dangerous than her own?

First of all, I'm so glad I decided to join in this new meme. I used to participate at The Book Worms with Cover Crazy but it was stopped so that was the end for it for me too. But now Vyki at On The Shelf has picked it up with a brand new name (which I also love!) and so I decided to join in also! :D

Why I love this cover:
For my very first Cover Crush post I'm spotlighting Prophecy of the Setting Sunrise, the second book in the Oracle of Dephi Series by Diantha Jones. I love this cover. I think it's beautiful. The girl (Chloe) is just gorgeous. Her hair is beautiful and I love the way the light it set around her. Very special!