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Deadly Doll by Brooke Cox is a wonderful mystery very similar to the Nancy Drew mysteries I grew up reading. Teenage Brooksie searches for answers to the deaths that are linked to a doll sent from Alaska by her grandfather years ago.

For the cover, Brooke wanted bright colors and she wanted to incorporate the original doll that she had photographed. Since the doll's color palette was a little, unusual, shall we say, I blended a black and white copy into the yellow background giving it a somewhat sinister look. A serious looking Brooksie completed the cover along with type and a huge blood splatter.

Deadly Doll is available on Amazon from Mantle Rock Publishing in both print book and eBook. Click here to purchase.
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Irish Encounter by Hope Dougherty is a romantic novel which finds Ellen Shepherd visiting Ireland on a yarn-shopping tour. While there she encounters Payne Anderson who begins to test her in ways she was not expecting.

For this cover, capturing the breath-taking beauty of Ireland and the coziness of a cafe were important. An added touch of Celtic knot art seemed to round out the feelings for this romantic novel. As is sometimes the case, main characters with specific ages can be difficult to find in the stock photography market. Ellen, our main character, is a middle-aged widow with specific features. That led us to decide again not to feature her on the cover, but to leave her appearance up to the reader.

This wonderful romance is scheduled to release on May 1 on Mantle Rock Publishing and Amazon.
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The Ghosts of Graceland by Pam Harris matches the curiosity of a young girl with the mysterious mansion of the King of Rock and Roll. This young adult novel is filled with many secrets to be unraveled while Mandi stays with her great aunt during the summer.

For this book, the author wanted a simple layout that would appeal to both boys and girls. She had obtained permission to use and image of Graceland on the cover so we did by transforming it into a drawing. The ghostly image added intrigue balanced out by some music doodling.

The Ghosts of Graceland is available at Mantle Rock Publishing or on Amazon.
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Whitewashed by Amy Blake is a contemporary novel set in Mississippi. The central character, Patience McDonough headed of to start college. While living with her grandparents, she attends Verity College, located on the grounds of an old plantation. Patience manages to uncover some corrupt accounting practices and some hidden mysteries on the old slave plantation that put her in danger.

Due to the name of this book, our cover just had to have some whitewashed boards. Blended together with a photo of an old plantation home, this cover takes on the feeling of the deep south. Whitewashed is part of a trilogy, so we indicated that on the front cover. After much thought we decided to make the title prominent and leave the main character's image up the to the reader's imagination.

Whitewashed is available at Mantle Rock Publishing or on Amazon.
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I think everyone should know at least a little bit about who they are working with, especially when it comes to something as personal as your writing and my artwork. So, here's a little about me and my family.

I'm Diane and I've been married to my professional Boy Scout, Ron for 30 years. Ron brought a wonderful daughter to our marriage and she has blessed us with 3 grandchildren. Then we have our daughter, Savannah, who is studying music education at Lipscomb University. To say the least, we have been blessed.

Shortly after Ron and I married, I started a temporary job with the Boy Scouts. It was there that I received my first taste of publishing. They had an old A.B. Dick 350 printing press that I learned to use. From there, I moved on to several other jobs both in and out of the printing industry. Now, my day job is working for our church, where in between children's ministry and book keeping I still dabble in printing.

Running along side my professional career has always been my love of arts and crafts. I started painting in high school and after marriage, took several design classes as the University of Tennessee. Ultimately, it was a printing job in Arkansas that introduced me to Photoshop and the world of digital artwork. Creating with Photoshop became a passion and it has blessed me well. I've created presentation backgrounds for worship services, t-shirt designs for Boy Scout events and even published several digital scrapbooking layouts in magazines in both the US and Australia.

Then we come back around the circle of life to my mom. She has always been my "partner in crime" when it comes to crafting. In fact, she taught me to sew and knit long before computers were invented. We shared a wood crafting business which included Dollywood as a client. So, it wasn't long after she started her publishing company that she came to me looking for a book cover designer. So, here I am...designing book covers and loving the creative outlet it provides.