[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-6745-EN":3},{"title":4,"tags":5,"pk":6,"summary":7,"posted":8,"tile_image":9,"pinned":10,"news_id":11,"permalink":12,"ex_artist":10,"published":13,"ex_news":10,"images":14,"body":22},"Blacktop Bound","#characters#publishing#book cover#romance#relationships#penguin#cat sims#comic art#book illustration#line and colour#","news","\u003Ca href=\"\u002FCatSims\">Cat Sims\u003C\u002Fa> captures the spirit of Lorelei James’s Blacktop Cowboys for Penguin Random House with bold, narrative-rich covers.","2025-11-21T16:00:00#6745","blog_6745_638993443789916055.jpg",false,6745,"\u002Fnews\u002F6745\u002Fblacktop_bound","2025-11-21T16:00:00",[15,16,18,20],{"filename":9},{"filename":17},"blog_6745_638993443879907646.jpg",{"filename":19},"blog_6745_638993443980729203.jpg",{"filename":21},"blog_6745_638993444078360539.jpg","\u003Cp>London-based illustrator Cat has been commissioned by Penguin Random House to design the covers for Lorelei James’s \u003Cem>Blacktop Cowboys\u003C\u002Fem> series, blending her comic-inspired line work with rich texture and storytelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp>Cat has created striking and contempoarary illustrations that reflect the rugged romance and emotional drive of James’ Western-romance world.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp>The covers not only anchor the books' identities but also deepen their appeal by giving the characters a confident, expressive presence that resonates with the series’ themes of grit and heart.\u003C\u002Fp>"]