[flygin]

I buy most of my sf&f books based on recommendations on this site. I will browse in the bookstore, and if a cover looks cheesy or tacky, I am more likely to pass it by, and pick up something that looks more adult or tasteful.

I don't think your cover is horrible. I kind of like the dragon, but the people look computer generated. I have seen much worse. I think you need to add something to your new cover. A silhouette, or design, maybe in the same colors as the text. Or that may have been done to death already. I don't pay enough attention to these things.

I agree with jd about the blurb. It would have turned me away immediately.