Yeah, I'm totally a fan of the first one bc the creature design would be a boss cover, but I think your heroine standing next to him and touching his arm or maybe standing in front of him and looking his beastly face in the eye would be cool too bc she is such a woman of action from everything that I've read so far I keep thinking more about her facing him head-on.
I like the symbolism in 4 because it combines his beastly looking side with his more human looking visage and that fills more true to the nature he wants people to see vs what he currently is.
I think the minimalist one without the rose would be legit for the novel version of the story too.
You are on it and I love it. I so need to redo my cover for MM! too 