What's in a cover?

I don't think I've made it a secret that I love art in all it's forms, but today I want to talk about cover art. I browse different cover artists' pages on a daily basis. Rae Monet, Natalie Winters, Valerie Tibbs, Scott Carpenter all have pages that I've saved to my favorites. The thing is, a good cover artist can really bring your story to life. Authors get a rush when we get a new cover. It's