Romance readers may not know Jason Baca by name, but as the man who's modeled for more than 600 covers across all styles and genres of romance, they definitely know his face — and he's had the ...

At the height of his modeling career in the ’80s, Fabio Lanzoni, better known simply as Fabio, says he was shooting up to 10 romance book covers a day. With his long, blonde hair flowing, his ...

These covers speak to the rom-com audience’s yearning for a simpler, less tech-mediated time, when meet-cutes felt possible, said Julie Schrader, associate creative director for romance at ...

Monique Aimee, an illustrator who has worked on covers for Timothy Janovsky and Casey McQuiston, said the key to this pared-back style is communicating the novel’s sensibility – earnest but ...

Romance novels thrive on familiarity and the promise of a happily ever after (or a happy for now), and their covers likewise play to readers’ expectations. A mystical object surrounded by vining ...

At the height of his modeling career in the ’80s, Fabio Lanzoni, better known simply as Fabio, says he was shooting up to 10 romance book covers a day. With his long, blonde hair flowing, his ...