A Reason to Sin by Maureen McKade
**March 2008**
Rebecca Glory Bowen Colfax was out of options. Which is how she wound up working at the Scarlet Garter in Oaktree, Kansas as a singer and hurdy-gurdy girl, trying to scrape together enough money to get her son back. At the saloon, she reveals nothing of herself, not even her real name. She doesn’t want anyone to know her secrets—especially not sexy Slater Forrester, a faro dealer and ex-spy who’s clearly haunted by something in his own past. But when violence bursts through the saloon’s doors, she discovers a dangerously appealing side to Slater, a side she finds hard to resist. But how will the man she’s falling for react when he uncovers the secrets she’s keeping?
What do you think? You like? I wish they had been able to come up with their theme or concept or whatever the heck you want to call it with the first book because A Reason to Live doesn’t ‘fit’ as well as the covers for Believe and Sin.
But it is all good. It grows on you. I think the whole woman’s leg thing doesn’t sell as well as men’s abs (see gwen for more info) but the headless thing seems to do well. I don’t like the way the guy is dressed. But I am guessing that goes with being faro dealer. Maybe?
If you missed Maureen’s guest day you can find all of her posts for A REASON TO BELIEVE here. Or you can find all Maureen McKade posts here. Ok that is prolly a lie but I am working on it and the idea is that at some point everything will be tagged correctly.
I *love* this cover. Love the sexy legs, and that he’s dressed at all. Yep, I’d pick it up, even if I hadn’t read MM before.
Oooohh I likey indeed this cover!! It seems to go very well with the storyline, a dance hall singer and a card dealer. A lot sexier than her earlier covers. And it has a fine Western look to it to boot!
I really like this cover a lot! But I like women on my covers, along with those headless covers. I’m probably the only reader on the planet who is a fan of the latest trend towards shirtless, man-titty covers – but every bookseller I’ve ever talked to says they sell like hot cakes.
I’m so sorry folks – I hate it. And not because it has no mantitty. Why oh why did they put that horrible looking suit on the male – he looks like a modern day homeless guy.
Geez, that’s supposed to “isn’t a fan of the latest trend.” Contractions are your friend Wendy….
ROTFL – I LIKE the suit. To me it looks like something an old west faro dealer would wear.
And I’m not a fan of the current trend either Wendy. I’d just as soon see them dressed in suits *laughing* like the one above.