I should really stop making fun of Harlequin romance novel covers. I might submit my work to them someday only to have some editor turn it down because she came across my site once and got pissed. Or my work sucks. Hmm. I’d prefer the former. Check out the title, y’all. Babes in Arms. Babes being plural. I wonder if that includes the infant and the fifteen year old girl caressing the sleeping man. Or maybe it means “babe” in a colloquial sense and according to the dictionary, it is used as a term of endearment meaning “sweetheart”. Hmm. I thought “babe” also meant “hot chick,” but that can’t be because this girl on the cover has the most unholy shade of orange for her hair… and she’s like, fifteen years old. Perhaps she’s the babysitter?

Also, is it just me or is the man’s complexion a little pallid? If he weren’t holding the baby, I would think he was dead. Look how weird and slack his face is! Which reminds me, what kind of parent would allow her child to model for a romance novel cover? It’s not Gerber, damn it, and it’s just gorram creepy!

Thanks for the cover, Amber!

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