This design was created for a Christian romantic fiction for readers between 35-65. It is an Amish novel about innocence and unrequited love.
Since the story is set during the summer in a farm, the client requested a design in earth tones and of the fall harvest - hay piles, wheat fields or of golden corn.
As the landscape spreads to the back cover, it gives a sense of vastness, like a field that never ends, but it also helps to balance the entire book cover.