This is a cover for Barking Rain Press. For this cover, the publisher wanted to stick with the blue and white color scheme, which plays a major role in the story. The author provided a few example covers of books with similar tones, which I used to get an idea of the design style: the style of scenery, the font and title placement, and the general mood of the cover.
This is the result:
Stock images from Shutterstock:
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-27596422/stock-photo-woman-with-psychic-pressure-in-a-corridor.html
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-44825947/stock-photo-walk-in-winter.html
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-156469889/stock-photo-frozen-land-in-winter-time.html