The Printed Page

I’m a very visual person and love beautiful, or interesting, cover art. It entices, and invites, me to stop and take a peek instead of walking right on by. This week’s Cover Attraction is:
Title: The Belly Dancer
Author: Deanna Cameron
Release date: July ’09

A scandal that shocks a nation.and a passion that transforms a woman.

At the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, the modern, the exotic, and the ground-breaking collide. But Dora Chambers has more pressing matters to consider. Hoping to begin a life of wealth and privilege in Chicago, she sets out to earn the approval of the Fair’s Board of Lady Managers to appease her ambitious, aloof husband. Unimpressed, they give Dora the distasteful task of enforcing proper conduct at the Egyptian belly dancing exhibition.

But Dora’s sensibilities are not so easily flustered. She finds herself captivated by these exotic women, and by their enigmatic manager, Hossam Faruk, who makes his mistrust of her known – although his lingering glances hint at something else.

As Dora’s eyes are opened to the world beyond a life of social expectations and quiet servitude, she finds the courage to break free of her self-imposed bondage, and discovers the truth about the desire and passion in her own heart.

Thank goodness for Shelf Awareness. I remember loving this cover the first time I saw it months ago and had completely forgotten about it until Monday when it showed up in the ‘Author Buzz’ section at their website. I love everything about this cover. My wish list just grew by one book.

P.S. Because this is really about cover art I’ve given my Cover Attraction this week a picture frame.

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What’s your favorite cover attraction this week? Don’t forget to leave a link to your Cover Attraction post.