The haunting attraction of a cover image

Would you choose a book by its cover? Do scenes or people attract you more in cover images, making you pick the book from the shelf and turn it to read the blurb? But what if the image is simply a face--what part of that face will grab you and draw you in? Is it ethnicity, expression, beauty, convention, or more?

I'm delighted to welcome author annamaria bazzi to my blog today, revealing the wonderful (and haunting) cover for her new book Incantation Paradox, and introducing a truly intriguing...