I am so excited to have Posy Roberts here today, bringing these three AMAZING covers to her re-released books in the North Star Trilogy. First, I adore Posy, as a person first and foremost, and as an author–despite the fact that she has made me ugly cry…I do not forgive that easily. š I hope you will do as I did and stare at these beautiful covers for a while, after you read the guest post about what she decided to do with her new covers, and enter the giveaway.
Hi, Iām Posy Roberts, and Iām so excited TCO is allowing me to share new covers with you today. My North Star Trilogy was originally published in 2013, and Iāve been working like crazy getting these books ready for a rerelease. Theyāve been edited, reformatted, and rebranded. They will also be on Kindle Unlimited for the first time, which Iām excited about. This is a USA Today Recommended Read, but I know the price point kept a lot of people from enjoying these books before. But nowās your chance!
āHugo and Kevin are such deep and layered characters, who by the end of the book were not even just characters anymore, they feel like old friends.ā
-Amazon Reviewer
In January 2018, I took on the monumental task of finding stock photos of men to fill the shoes of fictional characters who were real to me. My North Star TrilogyĀ rights were returning to me this summer, and I wanted covers with people on them. The 2013 Dreamspinner Press covers showed the setting more than anything because no stock images fit the men in my head.
For the rerelease, I was determined to find men who would fit. I knew Iād have a harder time finding Hugo because he was so set in my mind; he’s model Miles McMillan until the end of time for me. So I searched for Kevin first. And OMG did I hit the jackpot. The Kevin I found hit every single box on my list of criteria, and I had several shots to choose from. Everything about this image screamed, āPut me onĀ Spark!ā
I wanted Hugo on the cover of Fusion because Hugoās journey through that book must be conveyed. He conquers so many of his past demons as the plot thickens, so it had to be a somber image, one that portrayed the pain and struggle Hugo and Kevin endure in Fusion. I ran across an image Iāve seen on a lot of my searches and have been drawn to. Once I put it in black and white, the man transformed. Funny side note: the model isnāt wearing pants during this photoshoot, just a sweater and underwear.
For Flare, I needed an image with hope to show the growth everyone in the family goes through, but also fierceness. This is a book where Kevin and Hugo fight to stay together. I went back to the model that is now Kevin in my mind and found one I think fits perfectly. The way he looks at the camera, ahhhh.
Overall, I think these images show the North Star Trilogy for what it is. Itās a character-focused story with angst that is focused on these men and their fight to make their second chance at love work this time around. Each book is a story in itself and builds off the previous book, so itās best enjoyed as a whole.
Iām rereleasing these in close succession, a month apart so you donāt have to wait too long in between.
Add these USA Today āHappily Ever Afterā Recommended Reads to your Summer TBR List today!
Genre: Contemporary MM Romance, Bisexual, Gay Fiction
first love | second-chance | hurt/comfort | gay romance | trilogy | angst | family saga | fatherhood
Cover Design: Olive Us Designs
SPARK ā June 26th
A love story with a seventeen-year intermission.
Hugo Thorson fell in love when he was sixteen. Heās maybe been in love since, but probably not. Heās been too busy directing plays to devote much time to men who canāt accept all of him. No one ever made him feel like his first love did.
Kevin Magnus married a woman and has two children, but the marriage wasnāt happy. In the shadow of divorce, heās striving to be a better father, but heās still a work in progress.
When Hugo and Kevin bump into each other at the lake, memories of their last kiss incite a new first kiss. Visions of the life they always wanted are vivid, but so much stands in the way of their dreams. Hugo is out and proud but no one knows Kevinās bisexual. If Kevin comes out, he risks losing custody of his kids. If he doesnāt walk hand in hand with Hugo, he risks losing the love of his life.
The curtain may never rise on their second act.
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FUSION ā July 24th
A love story comes out of the shadows.
Everyone in Kevinās life knows him as straight rather than bisexual. There was no need to come out until now, but loving Hugo is worth any prejudice heāll encounter. Hugo does his best to be patient while Kevin navigates his way toward openness, but he refuses to be put back in a closet for long.
Kevin wants to tell his kids without screwing up their newfound stability, and he worries about telling his ex because Erin might use the truth against him to renegotiate custody. Kevin wants it all finalized, but time isnāt on his side.
When Erin gets grim news, it shakes everyone to the core and rips Kevin away from the life he planned with Hugo. The news brings Hugoās past hurts bubbling to the surface. Yet when Erin turns to Hugo for support, their new connection shows him how essential he is to Kevin and his kids.
Despite the chaos, itās clear Hugo is very much a part of this unconventional family.
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FLARE ā August 28th
A love story and a family worth fighting for.
Hugo and Kevin strive to put their lives back together after tragedy, doing everything in their power to create a stable life. Hugoās acting career is back on track, and Kevin hires a nanny to help with the kids as they discover their new normal. But when Erinās parents seek full custody of Brooke and Finn, that stability is shattered.
With Hugo working in LA or New York, the distance from his new family gets to him. At home, the nannyās hands-on approach leaves Hugo feeling pushed out, so he says farewell to his beloved apartment and eclectic neighborhood to move in with Kevin.
Hugo has a hard time fitting in with the suburbanites with Kevinās passive-aggressive āfriendsā making Hugo feel anything but welcome. As the custody case heads to mediation, Brooke is bullied about having two dads, and Hugo realizes his mere presence might be doing more harm than good.
Hugo must decide to stay and fight for his family or leave and let them live in peace.
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Posy Roberts started reading romance when she was young, sneaking peeks at adult books long before she shouldāve. Textbooks eventually replaced the novels, and for years she existed without reading for fun. When she finally picked up a romance two decades later, it was like slipping on a soft hoodieĀ .Ā .Ā . that didnāt quite fit like it used to. She wanted something more.
She wanted to read about men falling in love with each other. She wanted to explore beyond the happily ever after and see characters navigate the unpredictability of life. So Posy sat down at her keyboard to write the books she wanted to read.
Her stories have been USA Todayās Happily Ever After Must-Reads and Rainbow Award finalists. When sheās not writing, sheās spending time with her family and friends and doing anything possible to get out of grocery shopping and cooking.
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