Friday, January 24, 2014

ELEVATED cover reveal!

Okay, so most of you know I'm publishing my YA contemporary novel on February 18. And if you didn't know, now you do! It's called ELEVATED, and here's what it's about.

About ELEVATED: The last person seventeen-year-old Eleanor Livingston wants to see on the elevator—let alone get stuck with—is her ex-boyfriend Travis, the guy she's been avoiding for five months.

Plagued with the belief that when she speaks the truth, bad things happen, Elly hasn’t told Trav anything. Not why she broke up with him and cut off all contact. Not what happened the day her father returned from his deployment to Afghanistan. And certainly not that she misses him and still thinks about him everyday.

But with nowhere to hide and Travis so close it hurts, Elly’s worried she won’t be able to contain her secrets for long. She’s terrified of finally revealing the truth, because she can’t bear to watch a tragedy befall the boy she still loves.





I had a couple of fellow verse novelists read ELEVATED, and here's what they had to say.

"ELEVATED will take you on an emotionally gripping journey through the highs and lows of first love."
~Carolee Dean, author of Take Me There and Forget Me Not

"Poignant, raw, and intense, ELEVATED is a novel that will grip your heart and linger in your mind long after you turn the last page."
~Stasia Ward Kehoe, author of Audition and The Sound of Letting Go

And now here's the cover!!

Photo and design by Erin Summerill Photography


I'm also doing a $15 PayPal cash giveaway, so help spread the word about ELEVATED's cover and enter to win!

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And tell me what you think of the cover!

19 comments:

Michelle D. Argyle said...

So excited for this, Elana!

Natalie Aguirre said...

Congrats, Elana! So excited for you. I tweeted this for you. And love the cover. It really fits your book blurb.

Cherie Reich said...

Congrats, Elana! What an adorable cover!

Jenn Adams said...

I tried to leave a comment from my phone earlier, but it doesn't look like it worked. Hopefully my comment doesn't come through 3 times. Here we go . . .

Love! It! :D Congrats!!! Can't wait to read it.

Carolina M. Valdez Schneider said...

Congratulations! Love the premise, E. And the cover is fantastic!

Liza said...

This sounds great! Congratulations. The cover pulls me right in!

Angela said...

Great colors--draws the eye right in. Congrats!

Michelle Walkenhorst said...

Love the cover. Sounds like a great book

Michelle Walkenhorst said...

Love the cover. Sounds like a great book

Dianne K. Salerni said...

Awesome cover! I love the stand-out red accessories!

Nicole said...

Congrats Elana!

Peggy Eddleman said...

I love this cover so much! (And I love the book even more.) Eeee! So excited for this book to be out in the world!!!

Melanie said...

I love the cover and look forward to reading it!

Judith Mercado said...

Congratulations and good luck with Elevated. As for the cover, it is excellent. The title graphics capture the sense of an elevator and/or life’s movements. The grey of the walls and the male character contrasts the vividness of the female character. Hmm. But they are in each other’s arm. Hmm. Then there are the shadow images. Ominous? Multi-layered reality? In other words, you conveyed a lot with one image. Well done!

Angela Brown said...

You've got a very intriguing cover. I love it!

Amy K. Nichols said...

Great cover! Love the arrows on the title. Looking forward to reading it. :)

Anonymous said...

CONGRATS on your upcoming book release!

June G said...

Wow. The cover is really awesome. The photography is really high quality. Congrats, girl!

Sara B. Larson said...

My internet has been down, so I'm late to the party, but I LOVE it!! Congrats on the reveal!

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