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Rachel Rowlands, Editor & Author
Rachel Rowlands, Editor & Author

Editorial portfolio

Here are some of the titles in my editorial portfolio – I’ve worked on several hundred books, so this is just a small selection.

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Publisher work

Clients have included Hachette, Black Library, HarperCollins, Chicken House (Scholastic), Penguin Random House, Canelo and more.
  • Dandy the Highway Lion by Stephanie Sorrell
  • Guilty Women by Melanie Blake
  • Cover for The Girls Are Good by Ilaria Bernardini. A woman's hair bun against a pink background.
  • Their Final Cry by Dea Poirier
  • Book cover for Find Me in the Dark by Dea Poirier, a woman in a red coat stands in front of a forest with the book title overlaid in yellow text
  • Book cover for Take a Moment by Nina Kaye, a baby blue background with artwork of a young woman sitting on a bench beside a yellow wheelchair
  • Book cover for Dominion by Darius Hinks, a broad Stormcast Eternal in armour holding a shield on the top and his snarling enemies at the bottom
  • Book cover for The Book of Martyrs by Dane Ware, Alec Worley and Phil Kelly, three different women with weapons; the woman in the middle is dark-skinned and wearing a red skirt over armour
  • Book cover for Darkness in the Blood by Guy Haley, two men fight off undead enemies against a green background
  • The Wicked and the Damned
  • Book cover for Murder at the Castle by Lisa Cutts, with a large castle, hedges and a dark blue sky
  • Book cover for Murder in the Gardens by Lisa Cutts. A green garden with grey and green steps surrounded by lamp posts, with a stormy blue sky.
  • Just Another Liar by Mandy Byatt
  • Book cover for Christmas in the Scottish Highlands by Donna Ashcroft, featuring a castle and a woman in the snow
  • Book cover for If Every Day Was Christmas by Donna Ashcroft, a blue background with red flowers, and a Christmas shop window full of decorations
  • Snowflakes and Secrets in the Scottish Highlands by Donna Ashcroft
  • The Little Guesthouse of New Beginnings by Donna Ashcroft
  • The Little Christmas Teashop of Second Chances by Donna Ashcroft
  • Murder in the Neighborhood by Ellen J. Green
  • What the Flock! by Sally Urwin
  • Book cover for The Liar's Child by Sheryl Browne, a young girl in a pink dress looking out of a window
  • Book cover for Trust Me by Sheryl Browne, a woman in a pink dress tries to hide behind a curtain
  • Book cover for My Husband's Girlfriend by Sheryl Browne, a young woman stands at the top of a dark corridor in a doorway, the door is bright yellow
  • Book cover for The Other Woman by Louise Voss, a blue background with a tree line and a young woman with strawberry-blonde hair looking downwards
  • Book cover for ReV by Madeline Ashby, a young woman shares a face with a machine
  • Where She Lies by Michael Scanlon
  • Book cover for Spare Room by Dreda Say Mitchell, a greenish-white door is open a crack with the book title in red text on top

Indie author work

  • Book cover for The Wise One by K.T. Anglehart, decorative swirls on a green background and yellow text with a bird sitting on the W
  • Book cover for Recall Order by Dave McCreery
  • Book cover for Reality Check by Dave McCreery, with planet Earth visible through a scope and a blue lens flare effect
  • Book cover for Introductions: Volume One by Dave McCreery, with a large blue author name, cream title and rushing stars as the background
  • Book cover for A Bloodstained Light by Wilfred R. Brooks, the red face of a young woman fades to reveal a bridge and a stormy sky
  • Flames of Rebellion by Aaron S. Jones
  • Book cover for Elanora and the Salt Marsh Mystery, a squirrel and a larger furry creature sit on a branch over water, surrounded by leaves and fish
  • Book cover for Roc de Chere: Rising Tomorrow by Mariana C. Morgan, a pair of blue eyes look out over the top of a technological city
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Just shy of fourteen weeks old now! Haru is growin Just shy of fourteen weeks old now! Haru is growing so much. 😭 I hope her slightly stripey coat never fades. 🐈‍⬛️
"A fairytale isn't a hallucinogen that gives us ho "A fairytale isn't a hallucinogen that gives us hopes and dreams. It's a stimulant that makes us face reality." 🌳🌲 I watched the amazing Kdrama It's Okay to Not Be Okay recently (which I highly recommend!) and this quote stuck with me. Fairytales have always been cautionary tales with warnings and moral messages. I think that's why I've always been so drawn to retellings, and how different authors interpret different tales based on their own experiences. My own fairytale books were definitely born out of things I was dealing with at the time. Stories aren't just for escapism – they can help us face or cope with what we're going through in life and make us feel less alone. It's why so many of us love to write books, or read them avidly. And it's a big part of why I love being an author, as well as working with words every day as an editor, helping other writers get those stories out into the world. ✨️
I've had such a lovely week releasing The Wicked P I've had such a lovely week releasing The Wicked Prince, which came out on Wednesday. 🥰 And more people have been picking up The Darkest Curse too! I've had one of my best months for orders and page reads and I'm so endlessly grateful people are reading and enjoying my fairytales. 💖 These books are special to me because they're all about overcoming darkness and finding your way to a happy ending. They helped me find my bright spot when I felt like giving up on writing for good. As someone who is self-publishing whilst also pursuing traditional, it can be so exhausting sometimes, and you experience a lot of self-doubt. But this month has reminded me of why I do this. Right now I'm working on finishing a contemporary romance to send to my agent at the end of the summer, then I plan to dive into my next retelling in this world (a wintery Beauty and the Beast retelling). ❄️ #bookstagram #books #fairytales #fairytaleretellings #fantasybooks #fantasybookstagram #amreadingfantasy #bookstagramuk #bookstagrammer #bookseries #bookrecommendations #Rapunzel #thelittlemermaid #littlemermaid #fairytale #amreading #booksofinstagram #fantasyromancebooks #fantasyromance #closeddoor #closeddoorromance #sweetromance #cleanromance
It's release day for The Wicked Prince, my Little It's release day for The Wicked Prince, my Little Mermaid retelling! 🧜‍♀️🗡 If you left an ARC review, thank you so much. I loved writing Kyra’s story and I'm so happy to see people enjoying it! This book can be read as a standalone, or you can read The Darkest Curse, my Rapunzel retelling, first! 🧜‍♀️ mybook.to/wickedprince 🖤 mybook.to/thedarkestcurse Blurb for The Wicked Prince below! 🗡 Kyra’s sister is dead – and it’s the human prince’s fault. Mermaid Kyra is devastated when her sister dies as a result of the human Prince Rhydian’s betrayal. Driven by her grief, Kyra strikes a dangerous bargain with the sea witch to kill him: she will become human and infiltrate the Whitecliff Estate as a handmaiden to Rhydian’s new fiancée. Moving into the estate, Kyra is forced to confront Lord Nicholas Turner, the gorgeous young man she once rescued from a shipwreck. With her identity hanging in the balance, she tries to resist her growing feelings for him to keep her plan – and her true nature – from being compromised. But as humans begin to die mysteriously around the estate, Kyra and Nicholas uncover darker schemes with lacings of dark magic that could threaten both land and sea. And Kyra must decide whether her thirst for revenge is more important than following her heart. #bookstagramuk #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #bookstagrammer #fairytaleretellings #thelittlemermaid #littlemermaid #fairytales #amreading #sweetromance #fantasyreader #fantasyromance #fantasy #mermaids #bookseries
Bought myself this cute toadstool mug as a treat b Bought myself this cute toadstool mug as a treat because I've been working freelance as an editor for six years this month. 🍄🥳 If you'd told me six and a half years ago that I'd be working with places like HarperCollins, Bloomsbury, and Hachette, and that I'd have over 200 books in my portfolio, I wouldn't have believed you. I love working for myself and working on books was always the dream. I get to work with amazing authors and help them bring their stories to life, and it's so, so rewarding to be part of that. It's also given me the means to self-publish some of my own fantasy books that didn't land a publishing deal, while I work on writing more commercial genres for trad. If you've ever worked with me, thank you for coming along for the journey. Now we shoot for ten years in the best job ever. 💖

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