Cover Reveal: After the Kiss by Rashelle Workman

After the Kiss by RaShelle Workman
(Blood and Snow Season 2)
Publication date: Winter, 2013
Genres: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Young Adult

Synopsis:

At the end of Blood and Snow season 1, Snow White kissed her true love and became the Vampire Queen. Life should’ve been perfect.

Except it wasn’t.

<3 This is the story of Snow’s life After the Kiss… <3

Over the course of season 2 in the Blood and Snow series, Snow will unravel the truth about her absentee father, the stepmother who never cared and the treacherous Hunter.

Oh, and don’t forget Snow’s true love.

And the little vampire, Jasmine.

Because in the real world fairytales don’t equal happily ever after. In the real world fairytales don’t even exist.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18392870-after-the-kiss?ac=1

Goodreads Season 1: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17405755-blood-and-snow

AUTHOR BIO

RaShelle Workman is the bestselling author of the Dead Roses series ("Sleeping Roses" is being translated into Turkish, and will be available in print wherever Turkish books are sold in 2014), the Immortal Essence series, and the Blood and Snow series. She's sold over two hundred thousand copies of her novels worldwide in the past year, including Japan, Canada, and Europe. You can find RaShelle all over the web, but the best place to start is on her blog: www.rashelleworkman.com.

Author Links:

Rashelle's Website / Goodreads / Facebook / Twitter

Original Titles

There are a lot of books out there that didn't start out with the titles they have now. Gone with the Wind is a classic one and there are a lot of others. Some get changed in editing and some authors just have a change of heart. But what about with Indies?

The self-published author has the freedom to hold on tight to their title, but sometimes their critique partners know better and tell them that a change is probably better.

How to Date an Alien was originally that title, but had a brief stint as "Interstellar Starplex" Yes. I know. I wouldn't have read it either.

My Paper Heart was originally My Own Summer and that was what I queried it on and got the most responses with, but after googling the title I found it was the same as a Deftones song that wasn't a pleasant one and I changed it. That ended with me changing some elements of the story as well.

I also decided to ask some other Indies about their original titles and here are there responses:

Rashelle Workman:  "Exiled" started out as "Connected." But I knew I would be writing more than one book and I wanted words that all ended the same. The series was also called The Connected Series, but I had a marketing friend tell me that the name of my series was too vague, and didn't give enough information about the story. So I changed it to Immortal Essence - which is exactly what the story is about. =) 

Sleeping Roses was changed to Distorted by the publishing company it was with, but when I took my rights back, I changed it back to Sleeping Roses because of Exiled, Beguiled, Dovetailed (I didn't want another "ed" title that didn't go with the Immortal Essence series. I actually like Distorted better, but... Sleeping Roses works and makes sense in the story).

Blood and Snow was always Blood and Snow. When I came up with the story idea, I thought of different ideas, but knew Blood and Snow was what I needed to call it, even though there is another book with the same title. 

Leigh T. Moore:  All my books start out as something different b/c I'm awful at titles... LOL!

TTAF was originally "Shadow Falls" after the neighborhood where it takes place (which is neither shadowy nor has waterfalls)

TTALG was Shadow Creek after the new development/McMansion neighborhood adjacent to SF

I was advised by agent to change the name of TTAF from Shadow Falls b/c it "sounded too paranormal." I agreed.

Rouge was originally Cheveux Roux, which means "red hair" in French. Teeny, the little girl Hale's trying to protect has red hair, and she's sort of the motivation for all of Hale's choices.

Everyone, and I mean everyone, advised me against using a foreign language title. 

And yes, I am aware Rouge is a French word--LOL! That was also agent's idea. 

In hindsight, I'm thinking I probably should've changed it to something completely new to distance it from that situation. (In south Louisiana, when you hear "Rouge," you do not automatically think "Moulin Rouge." I think Baton Rouge.)

The science fiction novel that's with Agent Eric was originally called Jackson, but then Jackson turned out to not be such a great character, and everyone (including me) knew it had to change.

At the moment, I'm calling it 21 DAYS because that's how long their captivity lasts.

But that kind of sounds like zombies to me. So who knows what it'll end up being... LOL! 

Cindy Hogan:  I wanted Created to be called Ravaged, but people associate ravaged with sexual things, so I brainstormed for about a month and then looking at synonyms of synonyms, I came up with Created, which I love!

Have your books had different titles? What made you change them?

New Covers for Rashelle Workman

Worlds divided them. Chance brought them together. Only love will save them. 

The Immortal Essence series revolves around Princess Venus of the planet Kelari, her guardian Zaren, and Michael, an arrogant boy from Earth. 

The first book in the series is "Exiled," which released in November 2011. It's been read on Wattpad over 1,000,000 times and can be downloaded for #FREE on Amazon or any eReader.

Book 2 in the series is "Beguiled," which will release November 9th, 2012. You can add it to your Goodreads "to read" pile by clicking HERE.

***To celebrate the upcoming release of "Beguiled" author RaShelle Workman decided to give the covers a makeover. Cover artist, Steven Novak created them. Aren't they gorgeous?!? ***

Book 3, "Dovetailed," will release Spring 2013. Click to add to your Goodreads.

If you'd like to learn more about RaShelle, her series, or her other books, you can visit her Amazon page, her Blog, follow her on Facebook, chat with her on Twitter @RaShelleWorkman, or find out her latest interests on Pinterest. 

The My Alien Romance Series gets a makeover

Now don't get me wrong, I LOVED my original covers for How to Date an Alien and How to Break up with an Alien, but to some people it was giving off the impression that it was a cutesy MG book.

If you still loved my original covers, the beautiful designs by CA Marshall will still grace my paperbacks. To up the stakes and grace my covers with a hot alien boy, I enlisted the help of the awesome Steven Novak who has designed covers for Rashelle Workman, Megg Jensen, and Angela Carlie.

He understood my vision and my NEED for Ace to have guyliner on the covers. These new covers will be uploaded to Amazon ASAP so hopefully the rest of the world can understand the hotness of aliens.

What do you think of the new covers?

Have you hopped over to Amazon yet and picked up How to Date an Alien for FREE?

Rashelle Workman cover reveal

You may have read RaShelle Workman's first novel in the Immortal Essence series entitled "Exiled." If not, check it out, it's free on amazon. If you have read it, and are anxiously awaiting book 2, "Beguiled,"or haven't read it, that's okay. She has a new series out. Blood and Snow. Here's what a few reviewers have said about the series so far: "...A fun, smart, and sexy read!"  "This book will definitely suck you in (no pun intended) instantly." "Best books that I have read!"

The Blood and Snow series Summary:

"Lips red as rubies, hair dark as night. Drink your true love's blood, become the Vampire, Snow White." Every thousand years the Vampire Queen selects a new body, always the fairest in the land, and this time she's chosen Snow White. *******

Each volume is novelette length. Book 1 is "Blood and Snow," book 2 is "Revenant in Training," and book 3 is entitled "The Vampire Christopher." All three are now available.

Today is the big reveal day for book 3...

Ready!

                Set!

                        Here it is!!!

To purchase Blood and Snow, click HERE.

Revenant in Training (book 2), is FREE from July 11th through the 13th. Pick it up by clicking HERE. 

And, The Vampire Christopher (book 3), click HERE.

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Website: http://www.rashelleworkman.com

About the author:  Lover of books, baking, and toffee-making. The author of Aligned: An Immortal Essence Short Story, Exiled, Sleeping Roses, and the BLOOD AND SNOW series. Honorary nerd with attitude.