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Ellen Michaels Romance Cover Model Archive

Welcome to my official romance cover archive. This historical gallery documents the published romance and historical fiction book covers I posed for during the 1970s, 1980s, and beyond.

During the golden era of paperback publishing, I was one of the most prolific and popular models to grace the covers of historical romance novels. As a premier brunette model of the era, I posed for hundreds of book covers, defining the vital style of the genre's most memorable heroines.

This archive serves to preserve a prolific body of work and celebrate the collaborative artistry of publishing history.

Over a decades-long career, I had the privilege of working directly with the industry's most renowned romance cover illustrators, including Elaine Gignilliat, Robert McGinnis, James Griffin, Fred Pfeiffer, Pino Daeni, Elaine Duillo, Charles Gehm, Morgan Kane, Max Ginsburg, Tom Miller, and many other great artists who illustrated the most beautiful paperback novels.

I have personally restored each vintage book cover in this collection by hand.

New additions are continually being restored and added to this collection.

Size: 29 items
Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Delta Blood by Barbara Ferry Johnson
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Delta Blood by Barbara Ferry Johnson

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Lord of the Horizon by Joan Grant
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Lord of the Horizon by Joan Grant

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Ride Out The Storm by Aleen Malcolm
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Ride Out The Storm by Aleen Malcolm

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Nicole Labelle by Cordia Byers
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Nicole Labelle by Cordia Byers

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of River Witch by Felicia Andrews
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of River Witch by Felicia Andrews

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Deep Purple by Parris Afton Bonds
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Deep Purple by Parris Afton Bonds

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Spring of the Tiger by Victoria Holt
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Spring of the Tiger by Victoria Holt

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Love, Cherish Me by Rebecca Brandewyne
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Love, Cherish Me by Rebecca Brandewyne

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Race the Wind by Noreen Brownlie
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Race the Wind by Noreen Brownlie

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Child of the Morning by Pauline Gedge
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Child of the Morning by Pauline Gedge

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Broken Promises by Jillian Roth
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Broken Promises by Jillian Roth

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Moon Witch by Felicia Andrews
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Moon Witch by Felicia Andrews

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Lovers' Quarrels by Joan Smith
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Lovers' Quarrels by Joan Smith

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of The Fallon Blood by Reagan O'Neal
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of The Fallon Blood by Reagan O'Neal

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Homeward Winds the River by Barbara Ferry Johnson
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Homeward Winds the River by Barbara Ferry Johnson

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Riviera by Robert Sydney Hopkins
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Riviera by Robert Sydney Hopkins

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Wild Southern Rose by Caroline Bourne
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Wild Southern Rose by Caroline Bourne

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of The Outlaw Hearts by Rebecca Brandewyne
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of The Outlaw Hearts by Rebecca Brandewyne

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of The Shadow Of The Moon by M. M. Kaye
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of The Shadow Of The Moon by M. M. Kaye

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Passion's Pride by Claudette Williams
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Passion's Pride by Claudette Williams

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of The Dream's On Me A Love Story by Dotson Rader
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of The Dream's On Me A Love Story by Dotson Rader

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Mike Shayne Kill All The Young Girls by Brett Halliday
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Mike Shayne Kill All The Young Girls by Brett Halliday

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of For Love Of A Pirate by Anthony Esler
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of For Love Of A Pirate by Anthony Esler

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Riverrun by Felicia Andrews
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Riverrun by Felicia Andrews

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Tender Fire by Patricia Campbell Horton
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Tender Fire by Patricia Campbell Horton

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of So Moses Was Born by Joan Grant
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of So Moses Was Born by Joan Grant

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Fire Of The Andes by Juanita Coulson
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Fire Of The Andes by Juanita Coulson

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Longarm And The Mounties by Tabor Evans
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of Longarm And The Mounties by Tabor Evans

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of The Flame And The Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
 
 

Ellen Michaels on the Cover of The Flame And The Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

     
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