I was able to design this cover for Lana Howell’s debut novel, The Kingdom Heir, published by Xulon Press. In my research for book cover designs, I’ve realized that many covers are predominantly a single color scheme. Because the protagonist is a healer and herb-user, I wanted the cover to be predominantly green, and a medical cross shape is seen behind the characters. I also tried to incorporate greenery in the textures and title to allude to her occupation.

This was also my first cover where I used my own models for stock photography, which was a fun experiment and made finding medieval costume photography a little cheaper and easier.

You can purchase Lana’s book on Xulon Press.