JP McLean

Writing Addictive Fiction

  • Home
  • About
    • Upcoming Events
    • JP McLean
    • The Thorne Witch Novels
    • Dark Dreams Series
    • The Gift Legacy
    • Series Reading Order
  • Novels
  • Bookstore
  • Blog
  • Media
    • Awards
    • Testimonials
    • Bios & Photos
    • Fast Facts
    • Featured on
    • Press Releases
  • Extras
    • FREE Short Story
    • Glossary of Terms
    • Discussion Questions
  • Contact

Hexborn Cover Reveal

June 18, 2026 By JPMcLean Leave a Comment

Cover reveals are one of the highlights of a writer's career. It's also a major milestone for the book and becomes the centrepiece for marketing and promoting the book. So you can imagine how excited I am to share the cover for Hexborn.

The cover for Hexborn featuring Belladonna vines framing a rune wheel with a glowing green background

The designers at 100 covers have nailed the branding of The Thorne Witch novels. Not only is the colour exquisite, but the use of poisonous belladonna, aka nightshade, hints at the story’s dark side.

Witch by birth, warlock by trade.

Adeline Thorne is a witch. The magic inside her is not.

The warlock magic coursing through her veins is volatile, incompatible with her witch blood, and growing more unstable by the day. When Luke Churchwell, a powerful runecaster, returns and sees how far her magic has spiralled, he steps in to train her—but every lesson is a gamble, and his desire for her may take them both down.

Far across the country, the hexborn are tracking a killer whose trail leads straight to Adeline.

The hunter is closing in. And the secret that created him is deadlier than the man himself.

Download the Hexborn excerpt here.

YouTube Update

I've now finished recording the excerpts for the first three Gift Legacy books. Click the covers below to watch them.

Cover for Secret Sky featuring sidelong image of the head and torso of a woman with long hair on a beach
Ebook cover for Hidden Enemy
Ebook cover for Burning Lies

In-Person Events

My next event is the Parksville Book Fair, where I'll be signing books, and at 10:30 AM, I'll be giving an author chat and reading from The Never Witch.

Saturday, June 20, 2025, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Knox United Church
345 Pym St North, Parksville, BC
Ample parking available

Poster for Book it to the Fair June 20, 2026, 10-4, at the Knox Church is Parksville
JP McLean Author Headshot #3

Sign Up for My VIP Newsletter

To learn more about me, my writing life, and my home on Denman Island, sign up for my monthly newsletter. It’s where I share photos, updates, FREE short stories, and insider scoop. But I’ll never share your email address, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Until next time…

XO

Jo-Anne

Share this:

  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
  • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp

Like this:

Like Loading…

Related

Filed Under: Book Covers, Book Festival, Book Promotion Event, Hexborn, In-person Event, Pre-order, Thorne Witch Novels Tagged With: 100 Covers, Author Reading, Author Videos, Knox United Church, Parksville Book Fair, YouTube

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

JOIN JP's VIP READERS

(Sign up for FREE short stories & insider scoop)

GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT

BUY THE BOOKS

  • The Never Witch book cover featuring white lettering on blue background surrounded by thorny vines and a wheel of runes
  • 3D image of book cover for Hexborn, the second Thorne Witch Novel by JP McLean, featuring a torn paper cover offering a peek at the cover which features belladonna flowers and vines framing the title.
  • Carousel with Captions
  • 3D Cover for Ghost Mark featuring photo of woman looking over her shoulder in the nighttime with cityscape background.
  • 3D Cover for Scorch Mark featuring photo of woman peeking out from behind a wall in the nighttime with cityscape background.
  • Carousel with Captions
  • Carousel with Captions
  • Carousel with Captions
  • Carousel with Captions
  • Carousel with Captions
  • Carousel with Captions
      
  • Carousel with Captions
  • Cover for Crimson Frost novella featuring woman in red cape with snowy forest backdrop

ISBN
978-1-988125-76-3 Paperback
978-1-988125-77-0 ePub

306 Pages / 95,000 Words

Formats:
Trade Paperback, eBook

Download Sample

LET'S CONNECT!

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Amazon
  • BookBub
  • Goodreads

Privacy & Cookies Policy

· Copyright © 2026 JP McLean ·

Manage Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
View preferences
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}
%d