They say you should never judge a book by its cover, but for a lot of people, that's exactly

what they do when they see a romance novel.

The typical ones that I think a lot of people consider a generic romance novel are ripped

boddest covers where you have a couple, possibly kiss their hands or hers are on his chest,

his are on her hips.

A lot of the times, his shirt is undone so that you can see his abs.

And that is what you consider like a typical one.

That's Willow Winters and she knows a thing or two about romance novels.

She's written and self-published over 50 of them and she says a lot of thought goes

into those covers.

From the colors to the type of font that is used, you'll notice a lot of romcoms have

pinks or blues, whereas a lot of darker romances tend to have reds and blacks.

The sharper the font, the more dark and intense the book inside generally is.

And these might not be things that even readers recognize right away, but there's something

that's reminiscent about the colors and about the font that tells you this is what's going

to be inside.

Winters does publish some of her books with those quote unquote traditional covers, but she

also offers readers books with covers that are less risque, what she calls her discrete

series.

Not everybody can walk around with a, you know, shirtless man on the book or not everybody

feels comfortable with it.

Books in the discrete series have covers that are one solid color, the title embossed, a

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