I love cover re-creation photos! I was delighted when talented readers staged and snapped a few for my most recent books…
The above was created by Shannon. Didn’t she do a FANTASTIC job? You can follow her charming Instagram account here. Bonus — she also created a playlist of every song mentioned in Turn to Me. You can listen to that on Spotify here. And read the first two chapters of the novel for free here.
This one was done by Lauren and you’ll find her wonderful, bookish feed on Instagram here. I’m amazed by how closely she nailed the details — his shirt, her shirt, the styling of her hair, the wash of color along the bottom and the circular spots of color. All on point!
This one is also by Lauren. Notice how his forehead lines up almost perfectly with the cover image. Ha!
Hearty applause to Lauren, Shannon, and their husbands (who are both such good sports). Thank you!
The above cover re-creations reminded me of when I used to do them back in the day for the books in my Porter Family series.
Poses that look natural on the professional covers feel highly unnatural when attempting to imitate them!
My good friend Katie Ganshert joined me in several cover re-creation challenges. We’d both attempt the pose, then ask our readers to vote on who did it best.
She and her husband beat us every time!
Trying to re-create this pose was hilariously challenging. It appears whimsical, spontaneous, and romantic in the professional shot. In real life it was none of those things. It required the kind of muscle that had our husbands gritting their teeth with strain.
To complicate matters, our kids were smallish then. We had LOTS of out-takes.
I invited readers to attempt the pose for themselves and a few took me up on it. The two couples in the middle pictures killed it. In the top right — two of my kids gave it a whirl. And my aunt is pictured in the bottom right. She was traveling with her husband at the time and since there was no one but him on hand to take the picture, she attempted it solo. Which was actually brilliant because her husband avoided having to grit his teeth with strain.
What do you think of the cover re-creations, everyone? Do you have a favorite?
Becky Wade
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Love all of them, what fun!
Those are hilarious (and awesome!) What fun!
OH! I love this! Mine would be hilarious because of the height difference between my husband and I. I may play a trick on him and tell him I want to try to do this and see what he says. Stay tuned…….LOL
Ha ha ha! I’d love to see your result, should you give it a try! 😉
These are so fun, Becky! I did this once with my readers, and I was so impressed with how they turned out. We have some very creative readers!
I remember that one reader did a great re-creation for More Than Words Can Say!
“In the top right — two of my kids gave it a whirl.” 👍 😂❤️
Yep! They were so small then that were agreeable to Mom’s strange ideas. If I were so say to them now (at 18 and 13), “Hey, can you strike this pose?” they’d flatly refuse.
I love them! ❤️
Those are really cute!If I had to pick one, it would be Stay with Me!
That one is SO good!
I personally like yours the best. The ones of the latest series. I’d try one with my Tom, but we’re just too old for it to look good. Plus, he might hurt his back picking me up. Getting old is not easy. I love, love, love your books.
I was hugely surprised that my husband didn’t hurt his lower back attempting to do the pose from Undeniably Yours! That pose should come with a warning. “Do not attempt unless willing to severely injure your lower back.”
I think they are all great and fun! Mine brought back such good memories of where we were in Savannah! Your uncle totally agrees with your comment!
I’m glad that seeing that photo brought back happy memories of past travels! You were a good sport to participate in the Undeniably Yours cover pose challenge. 🙂
I love the ones of you and your husband!
Thanks! We laughed a lot when posing for those. 🙂
What a fantastic post, I adore cover recreations. So neat to see both yours and Katie Ganshert’s as well. Blessings!
These are hilarious and amazing. What great sports everyone is. My favorite — your aunt and the picnic table. Could just as easily have been a lover’s leap gone oh so wrong as she landed on table. Her husband was the wise one!