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On April 1st, 2015, we’ve made an April Fools post. We thought we were being quite clever.  Below are the contents of that post.

The announcements just keep on coming.

So without further ado, here is the cover and blurb.  Click to enlarge.

Warlord's Price Fake cover

Hugh d’Ambray, Preceptor of the Iron Dogs, Warlord of the Builder of Towers, bowed to only one man. Now his immortal, nearly omnipotent master is gone and Hugh must carve a new place for himself and his people in the post-apocalyptic world where magic comes and goes in waves. With former allies ready to tear him apart, Hugh is forced to make alliances to preserve the Order of Iron Dogs, warriors who would follow him anywhere.

Serafina Price is the head witch of the Midwestern Covens. She is powerful, devious, and smart. Her people think she is a goddess, her enemies call her Snake. Tasked with protection of her people, she is trapped between the magical heavy weights about to collide and plunge the entire region into war that human authorities have no power to stop. Desperate to preserve the covens, she would accept help from the devil himself.

They detest each other, yet they need each other to survive. How can two people famous for betraying their former allies cement their agreement without a shadow of a doubt?

They marry.

We hope you will enjoy this new look into the mind of Hugh d’Ambray. I just got an awesome quote on this from Lorna Sterling, who writes fantastic pirate-themed romances.

“Magnificent!  He is a true Romance Hero!”

Lorna Sterling

E of bookpushers would like to add, “Finally we were able to see the full extent of Hugh d’Ambray’s passion, not just his skill with a blade. It was well worth the decades long wait!”

Then there were comments.

I HATE April’s fool’s! I got so frickin’ excited!

but but but…its an amazing idea!!!!!! I wanna read this ?

I don’t think it’s an April Fools’s prank. I think it’s real because it’s on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25266707-warlord-s-price?from_search=true

Nooo! It’s not real!? How can this be? …

I’d love to see you marry Hugh off to someone he totally hates

I would totally buy this book.

Shut up and take my money!!!!!

Then we got an email from a slightly confused librarian.  One of the library visitors requested the book. The librarian realized that is was a joke and informed the patron that this was an April Fool’s spoof, to which the patron apparently replied, “If we request it enough, they will write it.”

It worked.

We are proud to announce IRON AND MAGIC, the first book in Hugh d’Ambray series. Unfortunately we can’t show you the cover, because we don’t have the preorder link up due to circumstances beyond our control – thanks, Texas thunderstorms – but we can taunt you with the cover and this awesome wallpaper we can’t show you yet.

Teaser of Hugh's WallpaperWe do have something for you today, however.

We have a release date.

6/26/18

We have a book blurb.

No day is ordinary in a world where Technology and Magic compete for supremacy…But no matter which force is winning, in the apocalypse, a sword will always work. 

Cover teaserHugh d’Ambray, Preceptor of the Iron Dogs, Warlord of the Builder of Towers, served only one man. Now his immortal, nearly omnipotent master has cast him aside.  Hugh is a shadow of the warrior he was, but when he learns that the Iron Dogs, soldiers who would follow him anywhere, are being hunted down and murdered, he must make a choice: to fade away or to be the leader he was born to be. Hugh knows he must carve a new place for himself and his people, but they have no money, no shelter, and no food, and the necromancers are coming.  Fast.

Elara Harper is a creature who should not exist.  Her enemies call her Abomination; her people call her White Lady.  Tasked with their protection, she’s trapped between the magical heavyweights about to collide and plunge the state of Kentucky into a war that humans have no power to stop.  Desperate to shield her people and their simple way of life, she would accept help from the devil himself—and Hugh d’Ambray might qualify.

Hugh needs a base, Elara needs soldiers.  Both are infamous for betraying their allies, so how can they create a believable alliance to meet the challenge of their enemies?

As the prophet says: “It is better to marry than to burn.”

Hugh and Elara may do both.

And… We have a contest. 

We need a series name for Hugh and Elara’s books.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to read through the Giant Excerpt on this page and return here with a suggestion for the series name.  Ideally, it should mention both Hugh and Elara somehow and nod at the genre of Urban Fantasy.  For example, The Iron Dogs was rejected because it doesn’t indicate Elara.  The Witch and the Warlord was rejected because Elara isn’t exactly and witch and the series name is too fantasy.

So please leave your suggestions in the comments.  If you like the suggestion someone made, please reply to it with +1 so we’ll know which suggestions are popular.

The contest will last until Wednesday 04/04/2018, and the winner will receive a signed copy of IRON AND MAGIC and will be mentioned in Acknowledgements for bragging rights.  They can also choose to read an advance copy, but we are not doing paper for those, so it would be an ebook.

Happy April Fool’s Day!

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  2. Can’t wait to pre-order the new book. Found this awesome anouncement when haunting the website for the next chapter of sweep of the blade!

  3. The Lady’s Warlord.

    It references both of them but also plays on the usual The ’s titles and implies fantasy or period-bend. He’s also the warlord that finds shelter in her base and fights for her if I got it right? I am SO happy this is being written- thank you!

  4. My favorite comment was “shut up and take my money”

    I would totally read this book. I might spend a bit of time pondering the ridiculousness of it. I’d throughly enjoy reading it all the same.

  6. The first book in Hugh d’Ambray series? Is this another April Fool’s joke or is there really a possibility of more KD world books on the horizon? ?

  8. Dumd question I know but pre order this once first and then Kate right? One this June and then one this August?

  11. Without reading the excerpt but after reading the blurb. I had the name ‘Blood and Magic’ pop into my head. I’ll see what I can think of when I get time to read the excerpt.

  13. “…the first book in Hugh d’Ambray series…”

    I really hope this isn’t an April Fools joke, because this is The Best. (If it is… well, okay, it probably won’t get past hysterical laughter, I’ve got stuff to do. But I will be at least a little crushed!)

    Off to train, think, and clean my house! (I took time off to do things like laundry and cleaning my house! It is very exciting! And then a friend will be over for her annual escaping her family part of her Passover visit, and we can chat and do comparative family drama. It will be highly entertaining.)

  14. The White Iron Series? She’s known as the White Lady. Iron Dogs. Title of the book is Iron and Magic. Then again if you aren’t planning on using the word Iron in other titles it might not work.

  15. Harper’s Warlord
    Thank you, thank you ,for writing this when you do so much already. My head may explode waiting for June to arrive!! Can’t wait to see the cover.

  17. The White Lady’s Warlord

    Probably a little too fantasy but the damn thing got stuck in my head

  20. Sounds fun. I’ll have to think a while. Right now it’s lots of friends, family, and sugar highs. Love Easter ?.

  22. I don’t know if this is too fantasy but Preceptor and Lady?

    I love love the excerpt! I can’t wait for the actual book!

  24. My suggestions are:
    Outcasts’ Alliance series.
    Swords and Sworn Allegience series
    Traitors United series

  27. This is going to sound ungrateful but I really hoped for innkeeper. My head is totally in that world right now. I’m just not able to switch to Hugh.
    I hope you guys have better luck with office and thanks for all the goodies.

    • Going with other takes on the “Vow series”. (Because of their marriage vows)
      Vows of flame
      Vows of fire
      Vows of hell
      Because the blurb suggests they could both burn for this
      Or another take on marriage concept
      “Till death do we part” series. “I have a feeling they may be wishing for the others death for a while. Hehe

  29. ‘After Choices End’? (Since neither have a choice in the matter?)

    If the Enemy of my Enemy is my friend, and both are against Roland/Golden Legion how about
    ‘Unwilling Allies’
    or
    ‘Forced Allies’?

    ‘The Traitors’ Need
    ‘Traitor’s Needs’
    ‘Traitors’ Choice’-
    as both could be considered ‘traitors’ if they constantly betray those who rely on them and you could work in all sorts of innuendo if needed/desired

    And finally, thinking of the old ‘a scorpion and a frog wanted to cross a river’ but in this context you have two scorpions –
    ‘The Nature of Scorpions’;
    ‘Scorpion’s Choice’

    Brilliant beginning to the book though (the extract I mean!)

  33. did you say SERIES?!?!!!!!!!!! meaning more than 1 book!!!!!!!!! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    i love hugh, i want to have his babies!!!

    • The Story of the Peerless
      (e.g. story of both Hugh and Elara’s people and their reputations are beyond compare!)

  38. I’m almost afraid to post this, but am I the only one who hates Hugh with a white-hot passion? I was so happy when I thought he was dead for a few pages. I am sure that the Andrews team will win me over (so mightily skilled are they) but it’s going to take some doing.

    • I really did not like his character either,,, to the point where I probably won’t read his book.
      I’ll buy it because I want the Andrews to write lots of books, and that won’t happen if we don’t buy their books.
      This didn’t sound nearly as stupid when I was thinking it as it does when I see it in print. Heavy sigh.

      • You don’t have to like him or buy the book. 🙂 Not every books will appeal to everyone and Hugh is a villain, heh.

        • But a villain we love to hate…..AND it is Easter which reminds us that everyone is redeemable ?

        • I envisage Ilona and Gordon dipping into the comments and alternatively laughing their heads off and then shaking them as we get VERY excited!

    • Of course we hated Hugh…. as she points out, he’s a villain. Of course people change, and they do hint at least some of the villainy may have been a result of his connection to Roland, rather than innate character. So there’s hope.

  39. I. Cannot. Wait.

    She’s not exactly a witch, but she has magic? Hmmm… What about this:

    The Caster and the Outcast

  46. Preceptor and Power. I thought we were supposed to comment on the except, so I’m reposting here.

  48. Iron and Blood / Iron and Earth (There was mention of nature magic) / Iron and Sacrifice / Iron and Steel / Traitors’ War

    I suck at this game. I feel like since it starts with a union the series name should be two parts (something and something) for her and him. Maybe you’ve just put that in my head with the title. I like the idea of ‘Iron’ in the name somewhere, I feel I don’t really know enough about Elara yet to be much help, she seems pretty cool though and interestingly powerful from the small excerpt I can’t wait to read the whole thing!

  49. I’d forgotten it was an April Fool’s joke. So impressed that the new blurb is riffing off that one too. Cool that it’s a series – I was wondering what you were getting into next. If it’s another April Fool’s joke [insert suitable threat here].

  56. OMG. Is this another April Fool’s joke? This sounds like an April fools joke. My left eye is twitching. Seriously.

      • They wouldn’t have paid models to pose for a cover for an April Fools’ joke. At least, I wouldn’t have done so.

  57. I love this! Can’t wait to read more of Hugh and Elara’s story. I think both will play a role in Kate’s upcoming battle with Roland – potentially (and hopefully) as her ally.

    Anyway, my suggestion is “The Perceptor and White Warlock” series.

  58. I agree with calling the series Iron and Magic, but if you don’t wan to keep that…

    Iron Heart
    Magic’s Pride
    Magic’s Price
    Dark Magic

    • Another couple of suggestions, but it depends on where you’ll take the series…

      Iron Justice
      Magic’s Justice

  61. LOL. This whole thing, and you know what I fastened on? SERIES! Yay, more books!

    Thank you for working thru the flood trauma for this! I’ll ponder series names but I’m not very creative at that sort of thing. Which isn’t going to stop me from snarfing down the excerpt. 😀

    Best April fools day ever!

  62. I can’t believe it’s been three years since that post. And I wasn’t expecting three chapters. Thanks!

  63. So good!
    Blades and Bluegrass is probably too silly sounding, I mean I can almost hear banjos, but that’s what I’ve got.

  64. I liked the name Iron and Magic for the series.

    However, these might work:

    Iron Cursed
    Iron Bride
    Iron Pride

  67. Loved the huge preview!

    I kind of like “Altar of Fate” or “Altar By Fire” as a series title. “Balle and Chain” for a more light-hearted suggestion. I can hardly wait to see what others come up with.

  68. Mercy Warriors

    (Bc it strikes me that they both at their core are searching for mercy for themselves)

  71. First of all – HUZZAH!

    ANnnnnd…

    – Preceptor & Warlock
    – Betrayer & Betrayed
    – Ruthless Magic
    –

  75. In appreciation for it being April Fool’s Day.

    We could call it the Lady Dog series, then we will even have an informal name for the series 😉

  76. It’s 3 years already? My god, how the time flows. But how happened the change from Serafina to Elara?

  83. That excerpt was superb, thank you author lords!

    My suggestion for the series title is:

    Outcasts Alliance

  88. Okay the image of Hugh riding a “Unicorn” makes me laugh!!

    The Warriors Hunger
    Primal Anger
    The Unicorn Whisperer (lol jk)
    Ice and Vengeance
    Smoke and Snow

  91. The series is Iron and Magic.
    The book is Love and War, or alternatively All’s Fair in Love and War.

  94. I can’t remember exactly where but didn’t one of the witches mention the White Warlock in reference to a potential ally against Roland?

  105. The White Iron Preceptor is my suggestion… Also a whole serie based on Hugh ??? I want it !

  107. Unleashed By Magic
    Iron’s Heart
    But really like Iron and Magic as series title. Unleashed By Magic as book title.

    • Unleashed By Magic
      Iron’s Heart
      But really like Iron and Magic as series title. Unleashed By Magic as book title.

      Or maybe Leashed by Magic? Since Hugh said he would never be leashed?

      Looooove the book! Soooo looking forward to reading the rest!!!

  108. Pride and Honor.

    Pride for Elara. Honor for Hugh.

    And it’s really, really good. Not that we ever had a doubt.

  114. Now i got it.

    White iron troth
    White iron pledge
    White iron consortium

    Actually i like the last one best.

  115. Thank you! Love it, and can’t wait. Looked through a few of the idea’s

    1. Forged in Fire

    2. Tempered by Magic

  119. I rather like the suggestion of White Iron, since it is a real thing and yet it carries all sorts of hints at both these people.

  129. Exiles’ Pact
    Exiles’ Promise
    Betrayers Flame
    Bound Abominations
    Liars and Promises
    Flame and Redemption

  130. The Oathbreakers
    Oathbreaker’s Sword
    Deceiver’s Sword
    Warlock’s Sword
    Spellcaster’s Sword

    Chronicles or Series.

      • I found the following definition:

        “Warlock is a male practitioner of evil magic (distinguished from a wizard or sorcerer, whose magic may be benign).

        [1]The most commonly accepted etymology derives warlock from the Old English wǣrloga meaning “oathbreaker” or “deceiver”.

        [2] However, in early modern Scots, the word came to be used as the male equivalent of witch (which can be male or female, …)”

        Going by what it is said in #1, one meaning for warlock is Oathbreaker. Elara is “The White Warlock” so “Oathbreaker” could be applied to her. Also, Hugh has magic, and he has used it for evil deeds, so he might be considered a warlock as well. ?

  131. Preceptors’s Pain (it looks like Elara is going to give him all he can handle) I can’t wait!

  133. Iron Altar

    Iron pledged

    Altared Alliance

    Magic Altared/ Altared Magic

    Iron Cured

    (Iron Pact because of the iron dogs—- c’mon guys….. That’s good stuff lol)

  135. This is my second try, I don’t think my first post was properly sent. Forged by Betrayal (or in or with) , Forbidden Iron

  138. I’m going to go super nerdy and say the – Ferritin series or the Ferrous series. That is the first thing that came to my mind when I read the title of the book.

  139. Maybe “White Lady’s Shield” or “White Lady and her Sword” or “The Devel’s Light”

  140. Ah, so exciting!! Can’t wait to pick this up. I’m terrible at the naming game, so I’ll just say Iron & White as a play on Iron & Light

  142. Thank you so for the awesome extra long excerpt!

    Cursed Iron
    Freedom’s Curse
    Iron Sacrifice

  147. White Wolves!

    I can’t take the credit for it as someone posted it on the excerpt page, but I thought i would post it here in case it was missed.

    I really do like it though, maybe that can become the new moniker for the reformed Iron Dogs without Roland 🙂

  151. 1. Iron Forged
    2. White Dogs of War
    3. The Protector and the Preceptor
    4. The Warlock’s Warlord
    5. Battle Born
    6. Magic’s Price
    7. Magic’s Promise
    8. Unlikely Alliance
    9. Love and War
    10. The Outcast’s

  155. Absolutely hopeless at book titles or series names..so I will remain a sheep ? and just buy and read whatever you choose.
    Happy Easter ? to everyone.

    Thank heavens for April fool jokes ?

    • I chose these titles because in my head at least it seemed like Ilona was somewhat leading down a penciled in path of people that were at one time despised and/or put into a position where the ONLY option was to betray or maybe they were the betrayed … knowing what we know about Hugh… both apply the White Warlock is only mentioned in the periphery (at least to my knowledge) but its possible that our talented author-lords wish to have a similar vein for the White Warlock ….

      the options for follow up names is pretty straightforward and somewhat follows the Magic X theme of Kate’s books <3

      Betrayal Redeemed
      Betrayers Betrothed
      Betrayers Loyalty
      Bargains of Betrayal (or swapped) Betrayers Bargains

      • and I just realized I am an idiot… the book already has a title…

        IRON AND MAGIC

        somehow I thought that the request was for both.

        my bad

        i was being overly ambitious and tried renaming the whole of everything for Hugh
        so my Black and White Betrayals (series name) makes way way way less sense.

  161. Hmmm, what about …
    A Blade Reforged (hinting at both Hughs new journey, and Serafina’s need to become something new to keep her people safe)
    OR
    A Mystic & Blade Series Novel
    A Priestess & Iron Series Novel
    A Sorceress and Iron Blade Novel
    A Blade of Magic and Iron

  162. I feel like there isn’t quite enough backstory to know how to name a series with Elara being centered on it. Hugh, we’ve seen in Kate’s world and what he’s capable of. anyway. I used the thesaurus because it’s my favorite thing online. good luck picking a series name.

    I kept getting stuck on the image of Elara ripping the magic out of the vampire and just leaving a husk behind. that was such a creepy and awesome display for her to do. but it left me with a lot of questions!!! can’t wait until June and the book release! I came up with:
    Iron Vitiate
    Ferrous Vitiate

    thinking about how Hugh must start anew with his life- I do like the steel/iron aspect because he’s being reforged, but I decided to go with some ‘new’ words instead:
    Mending Vitiate
    Protected Light
    Protection & Light
    Just Light
    Light & Justice (hahahahahah this cracks me up with Hugh’s history)

  164. Enemy’s Enemy
    Warlords & Warlocks
    The Warlord’s Plight
    Elara & Hugh series or Harpy d’Ambray
    Dawn of Iron
    Ice and Iron

  167. Silver Renaissance. Because it is a time of enlightenment for both.

    Then when they fight Nez in book…..oh say 45 ….. you can call it Golden something or other

  168. 1) The Warlord & The White Snake
    2) The Iron Dog & The White Snake
    3) The Preceptor & The Snake
    4) The Swordsman & The White Snake
    5) White Dogs
    6) The White Snake & The Lord
    7) Snaking Dogs
    8) Iron Snake
    9) White Dogs
    10) The White Serpent and The Mad Dog

  170. Can I say that I loved the irone of his new horse is a f@#$5^& unicorn with a mean personalite… Just perfect

  172. League of Iron
    Debt of Iron
    Iron Sword
    Iron Reborn
    Iron Reforged
    Iron’s Promise
    Iron and Magic (I know that’s the title of the first book but its so good for the series)
    The IRon and the White

  173. Devouring Darkness?

    Sort of sounds like a trashy romance novel title but clearly they both have some lightening up to do… Heheh ?

    Craving Iron

  176. The White Lady’s Dogs of War.
    The White Lady’s Wardogs.
    The Dogs of the White Lady.
    The Wardog’s Lady.
    The Wardog’s Mistress.
    The Wardog’s Redemption.

  177. Since Hugh really likes castles and moats…
    I shall provide the name “The moat point”!
    I’m just waiting to see what the Authorlords can do with Hugh. I hate him so much, what could make me change my mind by reading this book?
    And I like “Iron covenant” as a title, but I think the series’ name could also be “Iron and Magic”, it sounds right!

    • You are right. Iron & Magic sounds perfect as a series name. It represents important characteristics of Hugh & Elara. And Iron Covenant is great title for the first book. You got my vote hands down, for whatever that’s worth! ?

  179. Ooh so excited for this series. Here’s my suggestions for series titles:

    Might of White (White’s Might)
    White War
    Blood and Blade
    Hunger for Redemption

  180. Warlock’s Preceptor
    The Devil is in the details

    Also. Ha! I finally found where I remembered the white warlock from.

  183. I didn’t (notice past tense) want to read a book about Hugh. Dang it!

    Reluctant Heroes
    Reluctant Allies
    Balanced Power
    Reforging Lives
    Alliances Reforged
    New Beginnings
    Reinvention
    Uneasy Alliance
    The Pacifists and The Warriors

    That’s all I’ve got for now.

    • I like “Reforged” for the series title, except it doesn’t reference Elara.

  185. I’m just excited about Hugh’s book. Will it be in audio too? I buy kindle as well but just love Rene’s story telling.

  186. To be gullible, or not to be gullible? That’s the question. Oh heck, it’s Ilona Andrews. I’d say the risk is in my favor.

  187. This is a passing thought (well, request for input – hey, I’m still doing housework, but I have institutional access and good TTS, also, I did need to eat, and this is a great game…

    I’m trying to avoid anything that sounds like it would work just fine for High Fantasy books. So I’ve been thinking about how to use more modern sounding language for similar concepts. Reading papers on replicating the properties of damascus steel via powder metallurgy might have been a bit of a tangent (mm, so tasty, though) but there’s all kinds of language out there…

    Conceptually, I really love the word sintering – which is the process of creating solid masses out of powder (without liquidfying them), which can create improbably alloys and very specific structural properties. But… I’m afraid it’s too technical a term, and I don’t really like the way it sounds for this kind of use.

    Other thoughts on more modern terms? What’s a twist on “Warlord” that isn’t backward compatible?

    • Cast White Iron

      …is a cool thing, with some interesting plays on words, and fairly intuitive. Maybe too much so? (Okay, stepping away from the real computer.)

  190. Warlock’s Bane

    But I also think “Iron and Magic” would be a great series title –

    And oooh, The White Warlock from MAGIC BINDS! If she and Hugh marry, and then the Witch Oracle of Atlanta put Erra into Elara, does that make Hugh Kate’s uncle and Roland’s brother-in-law? Roland’s head would explode heehee

  191. Entrenched in Blood Series

    Coming up with a series name is way harder than I first thought!!!

  192. Blood Magic
    Ironclad Promise
    Ironclad Magic
    The Truth about Dogs and Warlocks
    For better or worse
    Red, White and Hugh

  194. The Iron Snake
    White Snake, Iron Dog

    Really interested in the story of Elara in all this. Seems she has an interesting past.

  195. Bound by magic
    As a second suggestion, whatever you pick, i am really happy the book became reality!

  198. I left my suggestions in the wrong string – but love the book already & great character development!

    Some ideas
    White Iron
    Iron Bound
    White Oak
    Turning Tables

    and the other suggestions I left on the other string! Thanks!

  202. For hugh.. nothing else works besides blood sweat and tears since it’s all he has left

  210. I didn’t read the directions, and posted on the excerpt instead of here. *Facepalm*

    I haven’t read so the posts here yet, but my title suggestion is “Bonds of Blood and Iron”

    For some reason, my subconscious keeps insisting Elara’s magic is tied to blood…

  211. Simply the Consort Series… since they are both coming to the relationship with an unequal power balance

  215. The Cursed and the Exiled (I like it because they both refer to themselves that way.)
    Alternatively, The Cursed and the Outcast or The Accursed and the Outcast.

    At first I was thinking The Cursed and the Purged, but I think the others sound better.

    Also, series? SERIES???? Wait, that’s not another April Fool’s joke, is it???

  217. 1. White dogs
    2. Iron Warlock
    3. Iron Abomination
    4. White Iron Union
    5. Barbarian Harpy
    6. White Iron Balle

  223. What a gripping start, I am SO excited about Hugh’s book! And beyond thrilled to hear that it will be a series!

    Don’t have any title suggestions of my own, though I did +1 a few of the ones already suggested.

  226. For some reason -though I know it’s too clichéd…- the idea of Lady of the Iron Dogs came and stuck in my head.

    Or…
    Iron and Blood ?

    Series right????
    It’s not another April’s Fool post?

    Thank you gracious Hosts!!!!
    We shall wait patiently… For the summer equinox…
    To bring to us the first installment of the series of
    “The Blood and Iron”

    Thank you!!!!! Love it!!!!

  227. Something with Alloy to represent them both coming together like iron and ??? to make what they become. Maybe something like Alloy’s Shield or Alloy’s Sword or Alloy’s Journey? Or to show the result like Alloy’s Calculation or Alloy’s Evolution.
    Good luck on the series name.

  231. The forsakens’ alliance
    White Iron
    Preceptor’s Warlock
    Iron Wolf, White Warlock
    Warlocks, Wolves, and Unicorns
    The Betrayed’s Agreement
    Primal Powers

    ❤️❤️❤️
    I don’t care what you name it, im just excited to read it!!!

  236. Hunger to Belong

    To reference the hunger of her magic and his need to find a new place to belong after being cast aside.

  241. Fools Rush In.
    Fools Rush.
    Fool’s Rush.

    Because they will always be the April Fools series but they have a lot of fools Rush in where angels fear to tread.

    • Any chance it’s blood? That would be my wild guess based on the way they harvested the blood of the undead that Arend Garcia killed.

  247. Blood’s bond
    White Wolf?
    Healing White or White Healing. (Not sure about that one, but thought I would offer it up anyway)
    Lady White’s Dog? (Context is everything for this one. Might not be the best for the first in a series)
    Forsaken Healing
    Honor Breaks
    Breaking Honor??

  248. It is probably silly, but how about …

    Honor and Hope

    They both seem to adhere to a kind of honor to the people that follow them and the hope is that they can survive all that comes after them.

  251. Bound by Betrayal. Because they’ve both been betrayed, and that’s led them to where they are – bound together.

  252. Magic Marauders
    Rusty Magic
    Harm and Heal
    Healing Harmony
    Fortification of Magic
    Balle Stronghold
    Balle of Magic and Iron

  254. We’re we supposed to post suggestions on this post or the actual excerpt post? I think I did both. Also, do they use different time zones? I think my comment on the other post said my time but this one is 3 hours earlier. Am I crazy?

      • I believe the suggestions should be placed here since the instructions above were: “Read through the Giant Excerpt and return here with a suggestion for the series name.” Hope that helps.

  255. 1. Void Union
    2. The Dogwood Alliance
    3. Cast/Pale* Iron Renegades (*delete as appropriate)
    4. Fighting the devourer

  256. 1. Compromising Positions
    2. Dark Proposals
    3. Compromising proposals
    4. Untrustingly Wed
    5. Warlock, Warlord & Magic

  261. Sharped Allies

    In regards to the working relationship they develop, despite themselves, out of necessity for the people they care about. It may also refer to the changes, both individually and as a team, each of them will go through in order to successfully improve their present circumstances.

  262. preceptor’ magical Lady,
    White Lady’s Magical Hound
    Magical Marriage
    Iron Dog’s Magic’s Bride

  264. Iron Will. Both stubborn, both willing to survive and fight for their people, together they *will* triumph

  266. Iron Vindication

    Not really knowing where you are going with this series, this may or may not be appropriate. But, seems like there ought to be a bit of revenge in there somewhere …

  268. The Iron and the Arcane.

    Or something along those lines. Iron for Hugh, Arcane for Elara, and the books could alternate which one they have in the title, with Iron and Blood-Hugh, the first book, and something with Arcane in another book’s title 🙂

  272. Iron Preceptor & White Warlock series.
    The Magic Alliance series.
    The Castle Balle series.

    Btw, I love what you have written so far and am so excited to read more!

  275. Warlord and White Lady

    May be simple, but indicates both and gives them both star billing 🙂

  278. Strength in Desperation.

    And what a great read this is going to be! Thanks for the excerpt. 🙂

  280. Second Chance Bastards
    Broken
    Death and Destruction
    Redemption
    Finding Humanity
    Salvation

  282. Double War on a Unicorn
    Or
    Warlock and Warlord on a Unicorn
    Or whatever’s the final choice but with “on a Unicorn”

  283. Balle of the Preceptors

    Balle of Darkness and Light

    Magic of the Balle

    Iron and Magic of the Balle

    Survival/Endurance/Essence of Iron and Magic (choose one noun)

    Balle Battleground

    Perseverance of the Preceptors

    Perseverance of the Balle

    Journey of Iron and Magic

    Redemption of the Preceptors

    Iron and Magic Redemption

    Emancipation of the Preceptors

    Emancipation of Iron and Magic

    This was a GREAT excerpt, and I can’t wait until june!!!

  289. You guys are incredible. I think I was part of the majority going ‘hell no no redeemed fucking Hugh, he killed Aunt B’ and I can’t wait for book release just after the snippets and the giant chunk of awesome I just read 😀
    So my Latin is quite rusty, but here goes nothing:
    1.) Alba ferrata (white furnished with iron?)
    2.) The iron covenant
    3.) (White) tempered steel
    4.) Forged Alliance
    5.) Iron spell

  300. Soooooooo many comments…..sorry if these are repeats.
    1. Metal and Magic
    2. Magic’s Army
    3. Desperate magic

  302. White Fortress… White for white warlock (and Hugh’s unic…. um horse) and fortress for irondog stronghold. Hugh likes castles :-). And I figure this will be their base for the offshoot series.

    I was going to go for White Castle, but that brings to kind hamburgers and fantasy lit.

    It could also be Grey Fortress because Elara’s magic seems to have some grey areas…. As does Hugh’s moral character.

  304. Honor reforged
    Healer reborn
    Iron’s promise
    Magic’s Healing Forge
    Underdogs & Unicorns

  307. Okay here goes:

    The Iron White Betrothal series
    The White Iron union series
    The preceptor and his queen series
    The preceptor and white warlock series
    The preceptor and the warlock series
    The Iron Abomination series
    The white warlock and her iron dog series

  310. Shit!!! All I can think of are laundry related (“Bleach and Iron”, “Iron and Put Away”).
    Gaaahhh!

  312. Gee, only 540 comments ahead of me. Well, I’m pretty sure someone has come up with an excellent title by now. I’d just like to know how Maud is doing. After all, I can only reread the same chapter so many times.

  319. The Marriage Offensive

    d’Ambray Harper Urban Castle Defense System

    Mad Dog and Enchantress

    Kentucky Unicorn Derby

  323. Darned it, I posed on the wrong thread also.

    So here is my suggestion:

    White Warlock – Black Wolf

    Because Hugh is no longer an obedient dog, he is becoming a wolf. And wolves are loyal.

  325. The Iron White Warlock Series
    The Iron Warlock Series
    The Iron Coven Series
    The Iron White Maiden Series.

  326. Linked Shields

    Shields of Balle

    Both are protectors, shields, of their people. Shields also lends a warrior note. Only the strongest can shield others.

    So excited about this series!

  328. My suggestions…
    1. Debt of Honour Series, since they both have damaged reputations but hold to their own honour code (protecting those they are responsible for)

    2. Blood and Steel series with titles such as Blood Bound / Blood Debt / Blood Borne / Blood Loss ( maybe a cheeky Blood Lust?)

    These have probably have been mentioned already, since another 200 comments have been added since I last checked! Will go and hunt through the rest of the comments again now ?

  330. This was most likely said in an earlier post: White Iron.

    I just had this thought: White Preceptor (unless someone else thought of this).

    Bucky makes me smile and laugh. He’s going to give Hugh grief somehow. I can also picture Curran laughing so hard at Hugh for having a possible unicorn for his horse. ??

  332. Marry and Burn

    As in it’s better to marry than burn, but I think these two will probably do both

  336. D’Ambray’s White Witch Alliance
    Hugh and the White Lady
    Hugh and the White Witch
    The White Witches Alliance with D’Ambray

  339. OF IRON AND MAGIC

    SWORD AND SHIELD

    OF SWORD AND SHIELD

    A TASTE OF IRON

    MAGIC BLENDS

    ENTWINED MAGIC

    CASTLE OF MAGIC AND IRON

    Still stuck for now.. haha

  343. Redemption, just on its own, short and sweet, the redemption series, then it can move beyond the Hugh trilogy to other dog redemption……

  344. Honor Forged
    Iron Covenant

    Because High is having to re-create his self-worth and personal honor and Ilara is seeking to forge an alliance and new covenant.

  350. I haven’t read any previous suggestions or comments so, if these are a repeat, then count them as +1 vote.

    0) Unholy Alliances

    1) Blood and Magic – thought it was a great series title, and there is plenty of both from Hugh and Elara.

    2) The White Lady and the Iron Dogs

    3) Warlord and Warlock

    • Magic and Iron +1

      Was just going to suggest it.

      Or, just go the simple route and just call the books “Iron and Magic #n”. I’ve seen authors name their series after the first book before and it hasn’t been confusing. I think it’s a really strong series title.

  352. I like the sound of honor reforged, but then I think of Aunt B. I really don’t associate the word honor with his character. Maybe something with vindication, I don’t know, it’s a tough one, since he is a favorite to dislike because he is such a great villian…..

  353. Mean Choices
    Forged Alliance
    A time of rage and faith
    Ruthless Faith
    Rage and Faith
    Darkness Bound
    Rage Alliance
    Desperate Alliance
    Passion in Force
    Action and consequence
    Rage bound
    Rage and Desperation

    I am not sure what others have suggested yet, but I wrote these down as I read the sample. This was fun – thank you.

  354. I was thinking Bent and Bound. I thinking both words applied equally well to each character and had a double meaning…

  357. War Locks <— my favorite
    War Bargains
    War Chains
    War Unions
    War Ties

    Keeping the same pattern of a consistent noun (like Magic) and followed by a verb that ends with an 's' (like Magic Burns or Magic Triumphs). And I recommend 'War' because Hugh is a Warlord and Elara is a Warlock.

    • +1 to Strange Bedfellows. I laughed at Iron Balls. Hugh and Elara both have a tough pair

  359. I loved the sneak peak, thanks! Here are a few series suggestions:

    Abomination’s Dogs
    White Iron Chronicles
    Dogs and Druids

  360. Fools Choice

    Both in reference to the bargain they have to make with each-other, and as a nod to the April Fools Day prank that spawned the series. 🙂

  362. Crucible
    Since a definition of crucible is: “a situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new.” I keep trying to think of a variation of this thought, or of a longer phrase to fit, like White Crucible, or Blood Crucible. But I think just the one word in it’s simplicity refers to both characters, and how being forced together is a severe trial (gleeful giggles), and how they will change each other.

    • +1

      This is brilliant. Personally I thought we do not know enough about Elara to come up with something clever so a lot of the suggestions refer more to Hugh or relegate Elara’s part to “white” or “warlock”.

      But this fits both of them equally perfect, it is an extremely difficult situation for both of them and a new beginning. It sound elegant and non-cheesy and does not point to a single genre only.

      Very well done!

  364. Wow…I didn’t think Hugh was redeemable, but reading about his indoctrination since he was a child of 6-7…I mean, Roland really was God to him, his everything for so many years (how old is Hugh really, btw?) I actually feel badly for Hugh…completely brainwashed, no money or anything of his own, cast away like trash…it’s very different than Hugh choosing this life as an adult, which is what I had thought before (like how Landon chose to join Roland). I like that Hugh is showing glimmers of scruples now that he is on his own…loyalty to the remaining Dogs, feeling badly about betraying allies…but he’s still got a LONG way to go!

    I also thought Hugh and Elara would come into contact with Kate because of Hugh, but now that I’ve re-read Magic Binds epilogue, it might be because of Elara, which I would love! Hugh needs to be taken down a peg or two, and I love that she is extremely powerful!

    Another interesting note-his magic would “buzz” him when there was an injury that needed fixing-how in the world did he survive as a Warlord then?!

    Thank you for the giant excerpt, the contest, and the promise of a SERIES!

    • Yey! ALL HAIL THE NEW SERIES!!!

      Never occurred to me until this post…hehe
      Still in the middle of excerpt-induced euphoria.

  366. I’m not sure if someone has mentioned it but what about “Magic Bond” keeping the word “Bond” for the rest of the books in the serie.

  367. The Balle Chronicles (or the Chronicles of Balle)

    Might be too fantasy vs urban fantasy?

  369. Betrayers Oath
    Hellhound’s Match
    Phoenix Crucible
    Exhile’s Bargain
    Fury’s Forge
    Fire and Steel

  373. 1) Magics Preceptor
    2) Natures Preceptor
    3) Ice and Darkness (cuz Hugh wears all black…)
    4) Ice and Shadows
    5) Iron Ice/ Iron and Ice

    Sorry if any have been suggested before, vote for the original poster if it has!!!

  374. You can always call it the Iron and Magic series 🙂

    Forged Magic
    Forged Alliance
    Iron Alliance
    Magic Alliance
    Crusade of Iron and Magic
    Hugh and Elara
    Balle’s Warriors
    Alliance of Balle
    Bargain of Balle
    Balle’s Folly

    • +1 to Iron Alliance or Ironclad Alliance.

      I also like simple Hugh And Elara like you have Kate Daniels as series name. Then you could use Iron as the uniting element on the names of the books

  376. The Healer and the Warlock.
    I’m not sure it is a good name, but I like the role reversal…

  377. Iron Magus
    or Iron’s Magus
    Sibyl and Steel
    Sybil and Iron
    The Sibyl and the Sword

    Since she’s not exactly a witch while he’s exactly a swordsman

    And I apologize if some of these have already been listed. In that case count me as a +1. There are a lot of comments!

  382. Accidentally replied to the wrong post. This could also be a future book title.

    Forged in Ice

  383. Traitorous Outcasts
    Of Traitors and Outcasts (the “of” can be removed too)
    Forged in Blood and Death
    Better Married than Dead
    A Union of Traitors and Fools (vice versa or “Traitors” or “Fools can be removed)
    A treacherous alliance

  384. The Union of Death and Life
    The marriage of Balle
    A Need of Balle
    Dark and White Magic Union
    Hunger and Healing Magic
    Healing of the Hunger Magic

  388. An Iron Retort

    A retort can be a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive reply or a vessel in which large quantities of material may be heated, esp one used for heating ores in the production of metals or heating coal to produce gas.

    the “retort” could be incorporated into other titles in the series.

  389. Iron and Magic (Book One in the The White Preceptor series)

    I like the sound of the White Preceptor it hints at alot of ideas like Hugh becoming the good person he could’ve been, Elara perceiving herself in a less monstrous way and them becoming a powerful couple like Kate and Curran.

  390. 1. Silvered Vengeance Series
    2. The Blade and the Bow Series
    3. Silver Forged (a play on words…silver for Elara and forged for Hugh, and again, the melding of them both)
    4. The Silver Crucible Series (again, play on words, for Elara and Hugh [his comment from Magic Rises]

  391. Magic’s Alliance
    Magical proposals
    Foolish bedfellows
    Proposals, Magic & Alliance
    Iron proposals & Magic alliance
    Magic proposals & iron alliances
    White dogs of war

  392. Iron Souls

    Not sure if this has already been put forward. If so it has my +1
    Both are strong people and now have to make an alliance that cuts at
    them for the sake of their people.
    There will have to be sacrifices from both which will chew at their pride
    and take little pieces of their souls with every concession.
    But for their alliance to succeed they will need strong wills, steel backbones and Iron Souls.

  393. I was going to say Iron Bound, but then I remembered that you wanted Elara in the title. So…

    White Iron Bound
    White Iron Built
    White Iron Matched
    White Iron Pledged

  394. Forged in Magic Series
    Iron Clad series
    Forged in Iron series

    Wow!! a whole series on Hugh and Elara!! Can’t wait…

  395. Iron Redemption
    Last Redemption
    Back with a Vengeance
    Iron Faith
    Iron Bonds
    Warriors’ Vow
    Warriors’ Oath

  397. Not sure if this in anywhere, cause at the time I’m writing this there’s 693 comments XD.

    White Void
    Ivory and Iron
    Arcane Trials (thesaurus.com says arcane is a synonym for white, who knew?)

    Also, someone suggested Crucible at some point, so +1 for that (I can’t find it again to plus under it, sorry!)

  398. I always get caught up in your snippets and bits. Thank you.

    For the series, how about “Workings and Will”?

  401. With Hugh talking about trees and putting down roots and Elara refusing to move away, it seems Balle will be a central venue for their stories. If that’s the case, then perhaps the series name can be:
    * Redemption at Balle
    * The Tales of Balle (a la Canterbury Tales)

    And, *gasp* . . . Elara is a magic eater?! And something about her power makes Hugh uneasy? Woot! I’m already looking forward to the big reveal.

  403. My suggestions-
    The Betrayers Balle

    Death’s Cure (this is seems to be leaning more towards fantasy; thought this, as both Hugh and Elara can kill, and Hugh is a healer but Elara (from the excerpt) seems more empathetic, both may heal each other)

    As others have mentioned, Iron and Magic for the series would be great. It’d be a nod to the new spin-off and also connect it to the Kate Daniels world in which it is set.

    Also,
    White Iron has my +1, though my first thought on reading it was White Hot from the Hidden Legacy series.

    Alliance series +1

    Blood and Iron +1, don’t know if this has been mentioned earlier.

  404. I did something wrong i quess. My comments are gone.

    Iron & Magic
    —————-
    Survival

    or

    Iron & Magic
    —————-
    United

    or

    Ruthless Magic

  405. Hmm…something ‘War’ to nod at their Warlord and Warlock ….lord and lock…iron dog soldier captain Preceptor. Magic abomination wyrd magic eater…lock strong iron bound …wayward …iron wyrd …white warlock…

    Iron Bound
    Iron and Wyrd
    Wyrd Iron

  406. Here are few titles that came to my mind after the excerpt:

    “The Healer and the Warrior”
    “Arcane Chronicles”
    “The Healer and the Warlock”

  408. Here’s another idea that comes up:

    – (A/The) Dance of Power

    – (A) Deadly Dance

    – (A) Dance of Magic

    – Fusion of Power

    – Fusion of Magic

    – The Unbreakable Bond

    – Melting Iron / Melted Iron

    – Frozen Iron

    – Sharpened Iron

    – Of Ice and Iron

    – Iron Dance

    – Thorn of Magic

    – Magic Dance

    – Sworn by Magic

    – Power Sworn

    – United in Power

    – Betrayed by Magic

    – Power Born

    – Born of Betrayal

    – Burn and Betrayal

    – Blood and Burn

    – Burn of Iron

    – Burn of Power

    – Burn of Magic

    – Tied by Magic

    – Tied by Power

    – Power Dance

    – Iron Blood

    – Blood of Iron

    – Dripped in Blood

    – Rain of Blood

    – Fiery Bond

    – Fiery Sword

    – Fiery of Power

    Wanna include this just for fun:

    – My Dear Warlord

    – Forged by Fate

    – Forged in Blood

    That’s all for now.. *rubs my head*

  412. – Clash of Power

    – Rise of Power

    – Chaos Descended

    – Magic Unleashed

    – Grip of Power

    – Dance of Will

    – Fierce Magic

  413. Iron And Magic
    Desperate Union
    Betrayers Oath
    Betrayers Promise
    Home Alliance
    White Steel

  415. – Price of Power

    – Power Bargained

    – Bargain of Power

    – Test of Will

    – Test of Power

    – Gathering of Power

    – Bond As Unbreakable

    – As Fiery As Unbreakable

    – Fiery Hot

    – Dance of Sword and Magic

    – Iron Forged

    – Caged Magic

    ….I think I’m drunk in my thoughts

  418. He’s always in black, she’s the white witch. And then there is Bucky. And the fact that they are both grey morally at best. BLACK AND WHITE would be a good name.

    They are both Abominations. They are both seeking for Redemption. So: REDEMPTION series

    And a tongue in cheek name for the series: POETIC JUSTICE like Hugh smelling fresh bread and remembering that he’d starved Kate.

    But I think BLACK AND WHITE suits the series well.

    Snickering at ice harpy,

  419. Iron and Ivory
    Wyrd of Ivory
    Wyrd forsaken
    Wyrd seized
    Blind wyrd

    I just really like the word wyrd. Lol

  421. Personally I’d love it to be the Warlords Price series as a nod to the original April Fool. Unfortunately that’s not got a nod to Elara in it 🙁

  425. –The Traitor’s Oath/Bond

    –The Devil She Knows

    –The Devil She Married

    –Bound To The Warlord

    –The Sinner and the Saint-killer

    (^totally random, but I love this last one somehow.)

  426. Locked and Lorded (or ‘locked and ‘lorded)
    Iron Lock
    In Times of War
    War Trials
    Locked in Battle
    White Dogs
    White Knight (or White’s Knight)
    Bride of War
    Warlock’s Knight
    Iron Knight

  431. Warlocks Sword
    Balle’s Guardian
    White Knight
    Legatus Bane
    United Defiance
    Elara and Hugh

    Admittedly they sound lame to me but perhaps a few deft additions from you will fix that.

  433. Warlord’s Harpy
    Unnatural Alliance
    Outcasts
    Underdogs
    War & Marriage
    Marriage Gambit
    Taming of the Iron Dog
    Good Doggie
    Belle of the Balle
    Lady and the Buck

    • I like warlord’s harpy +1
      Also good doggy ??? +1, underdog, war and marriage & marriage gambit

  435. OMG! Totally loved the excerpt! Now I cannot wait to read the whole book! Aaand I finally got know why they were called the People. Something that I always wondered.

  436. I dont know whether this has already been mentioned :

    Betrayers’ path
    Betrayer’s wrath
    Betrayer’s price

  437. Iron Alliance
    Iron Vows
    Sword and Honour

    These came to mind immediately on reading the (fabulous) excerpt. As I’m suggesting 700 comments in, and gave only time to read 50 or so, these won’t be new, so just adding my vote.

  439. Hugh vs Elara series
    Doggystyle vs Magical Suction (whoops, wrong genre 😛 )
    The Untamables
    The Special Unicorn series
    The Middlefinger series
    Top Dog
    Hot Dog / Ice Dog
    It’s Hugh…

  442. The Betrothed Series
    Short and simple like the rest of your series’ names, and it’s a nod to both character’s as thes are each others’ betrothed. Combined with the book names it does sound urban fantasy.

  443. First hura – first because it’s the first book (of many ?) and hura made of Hugh and Elara. Also like last hurrah, only the opposite.

  444. Blood Betrayed

    Blood Wars

    Blood Magic

    Betrayers Redemption (nah, too presumptuous)

    Warriors’ Blood

  445. For the series, I would suggest:

    Broken Magics
    White Sword
    Iron Thorns

    This was a fun exercise!

  448. Pariahs’ Pact
    Bonds of Iron, Bonds of Magic or just Bonds because it can mean both the irons and the agreement, connection.

  450. Dynasty

    Warlord’s and Warlock’s Dynasty

    Hugh and Elara’s Dynasty

    Alliances

    Magic Alliances

  454. When does this take place? Before or after Kate and the Witch Oracle ask the White Warlock to do (the something) that Erra and Kate need.

  456. Dogged alliances +1

    War Locked.
    A nod to both Warlord and Warlock. Also reflects the situation – locked in war and locked in marriage.

  463. Initially I thought of: THE WHITE WARLOCK AND THAT DUDE ON THE SHINY HORSE
    but that makes the horse unkillable/stops its transition into a proper unicorn (horns grow after sex unlike in the fairy tales)

    Warlock and War

    The idea of this book did not hugely appeal to me but this is exciting stuff, well done.
    Thanks

  466. The Warlock & Warlord Chronicles

    I haven’t been able to go through the comments so I hope I’m not repeating another’s idea.

  468. White Iron Magic (I think this had been said already, press a really good and clean name. Plus it ties the two series together)

    White Magic War Dog/s

  470. War & Witchery?

    War for Hugh and Witchery for Elara. Okay, that’s so obvious. I can’t think of anything else that defines these two scary people. LOL

  472. War of white fire

    Because Hugh’s horses are described as black fire but he ends up with a white one and she is the white warlock. Also war is part of both their titles, they are preparing for a war, both are fighting a war within themselves and with each other because as the great general Martok said marriage is war.

    White fire and moon shine includes the horse ( cough’unicorn’cough )

    White fire and iron

    Alliance of white fire

  474. White Anchor, Blue Shield

    Elara is the anchor, for both her people and now Hugh. An anchor that both stabilises and weighs down (the constant relocating), white for her hair and (I’m taking creative license here) purity. It also alludes to her a small part of her powers (thank you giant excerpt).
    Hugh with his blue magic now needs to adapt his martial nature from offensive to defensive. From Rolands battering ram to Elaras shield. A shield in more ways than physical and finally letting his magic be as nature intended, nurturing.

  475. Another one!

    – Reign of Magic

    – Magic Reigns

    – Power Reigns

    – Reign of Power

    – Deadly Match

    – Deadly Power

    – Deadly Magic

    – Two to Burn

    – Sword and Blood

    – Sworn Blood

    – Deadly Mix

    – Debt of Blood

    – Blood Debt

    Etc hmm..

  476. Hiss and Harm (sort of a play on His and Hers)
    Hiss and Fang
    Hiss and Heal
    Hiss of War
    Kiss of War

  479. Magic Redemption

    I like the idea that both Elara and Hugh are getting a second chance in a way

  481. Irregular Magic

    Irregular can mean misshapen (broken?) in reference to Hugh whose healing magic (and personality) was warped by his relationship with Roland

    It can also mean peculiar or strange, or contrary to ‘what is normal or established’, which speaks to Elana’s magic. The Giant Excerpt (thank you author lords) says – paraphrasing here- that Elana’s magic shouldn’t exist.

    Also the use of ‘Magic ‘ in the title keeps the series in the KD ‘Magic’ universe without being in the KD ‘world’ – same church, different pew or, because you are sci-if fans, same solar system, different planet ?

    Finally, it works (IMHO) as a series name because I am quite sure that they will have all kinds of irregular and exciting challenges and adventures in future books ?

    But I also still like Iron & Magic as a series and first book name.

    This is fun. Thanks.

    • ‘Irregular Magic’ reminds of those Kelley Armstrong books Dime Store Magic and Industrial Magic. I like that it references magic.

  482. OMG this is going to be a series?!? I’m so excited and I have no good ideas for a series name.

  484. Iron Redemption

    (don’t know how well that ties Elara in, though they both are stubborn…)

  487. So I keep referring to her as White Lady and my husband said why would you describe her that way? To him I have described the following two characters:

    Killer riding Unicorn who has a newfound will to live and an army to save = Hugh

    A white/ Caucasian lady who is a witch who has a castle and her people to save = Elara

    White Lady to describe Elara out of context wasn’t making sense to him.

  488. Bound in White Iron
    Forging the White Iron
    White Dog Forging
    White Dog Accord
    White Iron Forging
    White Iron’s Blood
    The Lady and The Dog
    Iron’s Lady

    Thanks for the giant excerpt! I had no idea how you’d make Hugh a main character that anyone could root for, but I knew you wouldn’t disappoint. I bow to the Authorlords.

  490. Iron Love……………….Hugh and Elara’s Era………………….An Iron Dog’s Heart!

  495. Warlocked +1 …. but I think it needs a little more

    So..

    The Warlocked Chronicles

    Oaths of the Warlocked

    The Warlocked Age

    The Warlocked Legends

    alternately you can use the title of the first book similarly

    The Iron Magic Legends

    Iron and Magic Oaths

    Or something new all together

    Magic Restores

    I don’t know how the series will follow … but if this is going where I think it is … The Magic Restores series sounds like a series of two broken people flung together in a magical world in which necessity repairs that which was broken.

    Anyways love everyone’s ideas and thanks heaps for the chance !! and all the things you write!!

  498. A little play on that Thrill Kill Kult you love:

    Days of Dogs and Goldenrods

    Goldenrods are the state flower of Kentucky

  501. Covenant of Hope

    Alloyed in Light

    Allied in Iron
    -Since they’re both have no other options and caught in this bind.

  502. The Warlock Chronicles
    Call to Redemption
    Redemption Chronicles/ The Chronicles of Redemptoon
    Warlock Magic
    Warlock Alliance
    The Unchained Chronicles

  506. Ok so there are over 800 comments already, far to much for me to go over right now, so forgive me if it’s already been suggested but how about “the Stray Magic
    Saga. ”
    The “Magic” ties it to the K.D. books and stray magic hints at Elara’s magic that strays from the norm.
    While the “Stray” connects to Hugh and his Iron dogs who have been cast aside by Roland and are now strays.

  507. Happy Easter
    Iron Snake … yes, OK actually not. It looks porny 🙁
    Iron Alliance

    Can we stop with the April’s Fools and get back to Maud … pleeeeeeeeeeeeease?

  508. Iron and the Enchantress
    The Warlord’s Enchantress
    Warlord’s Alliance
    Bound by Iron
    The Warlord and the Lady

    • + 1 for light in the void. It’s going the right direction but it’s missing something. Hugh is a soldier, abandoned, lost and broken but trying to rebuild himself into the man he wants to be. Elara is a cornered huntress, feels like an abomination, eats magic and can move like wind in the trees.

  510. Magic Forged.

    Innkeeper please. Pretty please with sugar on top. I am going through Innkeeper withdrawl.

  511. Stronger than Magic

    Forged by Fire

    Iron Alliance

    (hope none of these had been suggested, 800+ posts was a bit too much to read through)

  513. Fire and ice
    Heal my heart
    Heart of ice and fire
    Loves a bitch ?
    Ice and fire creates steam -A hot steamy Urban Fantasy love/hate saga
    Melt my heart of ice
    Wed,bed not dead !

  514. Traitors’ Honor

    The Renegade Pact

    Apostate’s Coven

    Heretic Stand

    Defector’s Oaths

    Rebel Vows

    The Alliance of Hell and Light

    White Iron

  516. (If you brought Curran into it, you could name it “The Lion, The Witch, and The Warlord”)

  517. The Covenant of Steel and Stone.

    Steel because that is what iron (Hugh) becomes after it’s been pounded and seasoned and stone (Elara) because it endures, shelters, and refuses to move. And covenant is a two-way binding promise that is also another reference to marriage.

  518. A Necessary Union
    Magic Strikes Iron
    Marriage of Magic and Iron
    Iron Magicked
    Magic and Iron Vanguard
    Vanguard of Iron and Magic
    Vanguard of the Iron Balle
    Warlord’s Covenant
    -Warlord for Hugh and Covenant for Elara’s Covenant and the marriage bargain

    • Marriage of Iron and Magic
      Iron and Magic Mated
      Mating of Iron and Magic
      Smeltering Magic – lol

  519. Posted this on the other page and forgot it was supposed to be here!

    Indebted Magic is my suggestion for the title. Loved the excerpt and can’t wait for more!

  520. +1 for calling the series Iron and Magic.
    This ties it into the Kate Daniels titles.
    You could then give each book its own titles.
    +1 for calling the first book Allied in Iron.
    Subsequent books could have the “..In Iron” title added in, sort of as you do with the Innkeeper titles having Sweep in them.
    good luck and thank you

  521. Is an audiobook in the works!?! I absolutely LOVE the narrator you use for all your books and I listen to them over and over!!

  524. I am surprised that a book about an evil waste of skin like Hugh has any fans. It’s as if everyone including the authors have forgotten his back-story. Denying panacea, almost killing Kate, Aunt B’s death etc.
    This will be the first piece of fiction by the authors I do not want to read.

    • It is because he has a backstory that he behaved the way he did. We did not forget what he did. Still, he is a compelling character and not evil per se. Brutal und manipulative? Yes. Calculating and cunning? Yep. Evil? Not so much.
      If you do not want to read Hugh’s book, Kate will be out soon-ish. I for my part am counting the days. 85 to go. ?

      • @Zirraella

        Me, too! In fact, I’m looking forward to this book as much as the next Kate Daniels, and I’m thrilled it’s going to be the start of a series.

        @Christine Anne

        Read the excerpt, you might change your mind once you find out about Hugh’s backstory.

    • I personally love looking at the conflict from the other side… In any conflict in the world you could call the other side “evil”, and what “your” side is doing falls under “all is fair in love and war”, even if it’s just as nasty.
      I

      • I was going to say more… Trigger fingers… LOL!!

        I think in many ways Kate can come across as unsympathetic as well, but we get a look at the inner workings of her mind so we know why she does what she does… I still think sometimes she can be really annoying, though. 🙂

        From Hugh’s point of view the things he does are just as justifyable. He just has the bad luck that Kate got to tell her side first. 🙂

  525. Having another go as I desperately want to read the advance copy. AM I the only one enlarging the picture and trying to get a sneak peek at the cover? Torture.

    White Iron Forge
    (There’s an actual White Iron Forge Facebook page and the blacksmith could totally model for the next cover!)

  526. I am late in replying and, my brain hurts from thinking so much, but here are my titles (hope they aren’t repeats):

    Bound by Vows
    Beware the Castle on the Hill
    Sword and Magic’s Hunger

  528. I was watching the little ones play soccer in the fields by my house and this amusing name popped into my mind:
    “The Berry Hill Berserkers” . -lol

  531. Karmic Justice
    Marriage of Pergatory
    Magic and Pergatory
    Karmic Marriage
    White Magic’s Censure
    Iron and Ice
    Salt and Wounds
    Salt in Wounds

  534. I loved the Iron and Magic series name….
    But to take a chance at the prize, I propose:

    – Grove & Forge
    – War Dog’s Copse
    – A Forest’s Forgery

  536. Some ideas after the great excerpt:

    Shattered Armour
    Transformed Armour
    Transformed Magic
    Shattered Union
    Iron Union

  541. Bonds of Magic.
    Bonds of Iron.
    The Iron and Magic series. (It really fits both the main characters,their personalities and the magic apocalypse.)

  543. What about referring to a new life, new center in their lives, like
    The Rebound
    Magic Revived
    Entwined
    or on the humorous side: The Dog and The Bitch (or The Bitch and the Dog) – Leashed! or Tethered
    The Remedy
    The Kill and the Cure
    Hitched and Switched 🙂
    Forged and Cast or Reforged and Recast

  546. The Heaven from Hell series?
    Strength and Might?
    Collide to Unite?
    Between Heaven and Earth
    Fire and Fury?

  548. I already submitted Iron Alliance yesterday, but really anything Iron in the series title might make people think of Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid Chronicles. So maybe it would be better to go with Warlord’s Alliance (or something)?

  549. Ok, pretty sure these are probably already suggested somewhere else but I couldn’t make it through the whole list.

    Book title: Magic and Iron Bound
    Series title: Magic Redemption

  550. The Outcasts’ Alliance
    Rebel’s Union
    Forced Ties

    I know no one will read this, but good luck everyone!!

  551. Well, because it started as an April Fool’s joke, how about:

    Fool’s Magic

    Iron Fool’s Magic

    The Joke’s On You

    Warlocks and Warlords

    Fools of Iron and Magic

  552. !Ironclad Binding: Guardians of the Other Side
    Warlord and White Lady Chronicles

    Hopefully these haven’t been mentioned already haha zomg I’m so excited!!

    Hope you all had a great weekend!

  556. Forged in magic, or forged by magic if it has not been mentioned or redemption(s) warrior(s) or in shadows light

  558. d LM a
    The Preceptor Chained
    In Iron: Preceptors Bane
    In Iron: Warlords Covenant +1 Joanne & Rose B
    Conflict Alliance
    In Iron: Alliance +1 Nicole

    Preceptor’s Magic +1 Amberle Price had a typo?
    An Uneasy Alliance +1 Signe
    Warlord’s Alliance +1 Melodi Whitaker
    Iron Alliance +1 S Drost
    Defector’s Oaths +1 Anna
    Sword & Shelter +1 Manymes
    Sword & Shield +1 Manymes
    Shattered Union +1 LND

    Think about it
    The Covenant of Steel and Stone +1 Rose
    Warlord’s Covenant +1 joanne
    In Iron for the series +1 Rose B Joanne replied to Rose B
    Conflicted Allegiance Elle inspired

  561. White Sword Covenent

    Book 1: White Sword Forged
    Book 2: White Sword Slays
    Book 3: White Sword Triumphs

  568. My comments are gone 🙁
    Here are my titles again, from my earlier post this morning:

    Broken Magics
    White sword
    Iron Thorns

    • God, never mind… Forgot about the time difference… To ask for forgiveness I’m going to read a few pages of comments and like possible titles!

  569. These contests are so fun!

    – Warped Shield
    – Iron Curse
    – Reluctant Alliance
    – Iron and Armor

  570. I left my suggestions in the comments for the Giant Excerpt page, but since the contest instructions say ” return here with a suggestion for the series name “, I am going to repost. Apologies if this is unnecessary, oh Authorlords (and everyone else, too).

    Balle Keep
    The Chronicles of Balle Castle (or Balle Castle Chronicles)
    Balle and Chains
    Preceptor and White Warlock

    *Assuming that the action will stay centered around Balle, of course!
    **Can’t wait to find out what kind of chemistry develops between Bucky and Elara (The Unicorn and the White Warlock?)

  571. Shifting Allegiance,
    Shifted Allegiance,
    Shifting Alliance, OR
    Shifted Alliance

    “Shift” would reference the series’ tie to the Kate Daniels’ post-shift world, and the whole title would reflect Hugh’s switch in allegiance from Roland to Elara and/or other groups, and Elara’s allegiance to perhaps more than just her people.

  572. I clicked the “notify me of follow-up comments by email” box when I submitted my original comment. I thought it meant that it would notify me if anyone commented on my comment. Um, no. It notifies you of every comment on the post after yours. I had 500-600 emails this morning. Oops. To fix it, I went to the original email that asked me to confirm that I wanted emails, clicked confirm again, then unsubscribed to this specific post.

  575. White Shadow Chronicles
    (derived from Elara, the White Lady & Hugh, a shadow of a warlord — and loving that a white shadow is a conundrum in itself)

  576. Honor and Oaths : series name

    Oaths that bind – Hugh Series

    Future possibilities:

    Honor that shield
    Oaths that free
    Oath and Honors Blood
    Honors Price
    Honors death (The Oaths Death)

  579. Twists of Honor
    Twisted Vows
    Warped Vows
    Tangled Vows

    both will do just about anything for their people – something that shows how what they have to do to protect affects their personal ethical code

  580. I love that you’re doing this series, Hugh is such an interesting character! Thank you so much for all you’ve shared.
    Sorry for any repeats! Just consider them a +1 =)
    Cast in Iron
    Iron Legacy
    Iron and Thorns
    Iron Forrest
    Forest Woven, Iron Cast (As one title)
    Iron Spark
    Iron Darkness
    From Iron to Gold (kind of thinking of alchemy here, where base metals like lead are turned to gold, and the whole transformation process that Hugh and possibly Elara go through)
    Bewitched in Iron

  583. Bonds of Iron or Bonds of magic.
    Because it would take magic for both Elara and Hugh to make a bond and magic is very unpredictable. I used magic as a word because both don’t want to bend and it would take a miracle (as it seems at this point) for them to even start to like each other.
    I think magic will be a factor in the book aside from the threat Landon Nez represents and only Hugh and Elara working side by side could they possibly stop it. Hence the series title.

    Iron and Magic is a great title for the series because it factors everything in the apocalyptic world. Magic and tech. It encompasses both Elara and Hugh because both of them are iron and magic. Her for the safety of her people and him for his.

    Those are my suggestions for the series title and these titles are the best I can think of right now. They don’t make me cringe. Except maybe Abominations: Iron and Magic. 😉

    Thank you.

  585. Sorry posted in the wrong section. Here goes:

    Sword & Warlock
    Iron Lord & Queen of Magic
    Mortal Iron & Magic’s Fate
    Preceptor & Magic

  586. First, let me say I am thrilled to have this book for real! Its debut is marked in my calendar for purchase. 🙂

    Series title possibilities:

    Betrayers’ Redemption
    The Marriage of the Abominations
    Rising from Rock Bottom (because there is where both of them are when they meet.)
    Alliance of the Oathbreakers
    Needs Must (when the devil drives – why they are willing to discuss an alliance)

    And a +1 for the person who came up with just Oathbreakers. 🙂

  588. I saw a lot of suggestions for white Iron, but I like White Steel better.

    More suggestions without knowing enough about the series:

    Reforging Fate or Reforging Fortune

    White Crucible – I like the idea of changing the title of the books from Iron in book 1 to Steel in book 2 and Alloy in book 3

  589. With apologies for not reading the other entries (as I may be repeating):

    – Iron Will, or;
    – Outcasts

  590. Hi, too many comments to read, so I apologize if I’m repeating a title.

    Since Elara consumes magic and the life force that is connected to it and Hugh is a healer and warlord, how about something related to that?

    – Magic Eater and Healer
    – Magic Sustains
    – Healer’s Vampire (elara is a kind of magical vampire)

  591. Rise anew series
    Rise again series

    I was wondering how to blend several things together. Rebirth becaus Hugh is bit dead inside. And Regrow Elara made me think of old trees and ivy. And Rebuild There will be lots of work. And Reforge becaus Elara and Hugh will not mix easily into one team and I imagine It will be like forging weapon from broken pieces.
    For me It came back to rebirth becaus all around them the world is in flames and like a phoenix it will rise again. In the flames Hugh and Elara will be forged in to something new and togedher they will rise to regrow what was hurt and rebuild what was razed. They will rise again to face their enemies. And again and again. Mayby they will just rise anew?
    That is what I get from the excerpt. I hope you like at least the image of Elara and Hugh in the forge of marriage 🙂

  593. The Preceptor and his White Lady
    Forged in Iron and Magic
    Preceptor’s Abomination
    Iron Magic

  595. There are so many good ideas here, I don’t have a better one. I just had to say how much I loved this post and how much I have enjoyed watching this whole story unfold, from the that original April fools post to today. Love it!

  597. First time post here – and it’s to say thank you. This was a wonderful birthday present (happy birthday to me!). I’m looking forward to going on a journey with Hugh, and my sadness at the end of the Kate series is tempered by the knowledge that the world continues.

    As for titles – I’m sure that these have been suggested somewhere among the many, many posts, but….

    Wedded Blade
    Wedded War
    Wedded Bliss (eventually). 🙂

    • Souls of Iron Series – It seems Elara can imbibe “souls” or at least the “magic” of a person which could be considered a soul if that person cannot live without it.

  601. Roots of Iron
    Roots of Redemption
    Roots and Iron
    Roots of Desperation
    Marriage of Monsters
    Allied by Abomination
    Haven of Iron
    Chains of Ice and Iron
    Hearts of Ice and Iron
    Necessity
    Marriage of Necessity
    Refuge of Ice and Iron
    Haven of Iron and Power
    In Name Only
    Last Hopes
    Iron Sacrifice
    Witch and Warrior

  602. Fantastic!!! Can’t wait for Hugh’s book

    So, series title. I am not so good with words, so please beware…. Imagine your book title after these little gems 🙂

    – Shield of Bale…option with or without chronicles
    – Alliance of Outcasts
    – Forging new Roots
    – Blood & Sparkle Trials
    – Hound of White

  607. An Abominable Yet Magical Alliance
    Abominations Alliance
    Abominations Perfect Alliance
    Heal and Take or Take and Heal (Ellara’s magic takes. Hugh’s magic heals)

  608. Duty to the Horde (a play on the the fans who really really wanted the book)

    Thanks for the excerpt and release date!

  613. The Berry Hill Show! 😛 (Sorry, couldn’t resist!)

    Berry Hill Dogs

    The Iron Covenant
    White (Dogs) Army

    The Iron Lady
    White Warlord

    The purged and the cursed
    The Preceptor’s Warlock

    Blue beginnings
    Blue magic&white curses

    In name only
    Welcome Home
    Homecoming
    Home of Filling/Filling Home (since it all started with hunger of one kind or another…)

    The glowing mount (let’s give Bucky the spotlight!)

    The Engagement Chronicles
    [choice of meaning (“a formal agreement to get married/a fight or battle between armed forces”) left to everyone’s mood! ]
    If “Chronicles” is not viable because of Innkeeper, maybe it could be The Engagement Record/Report?

  614. -The Purged and Cursed (Hugh was purged and Elara believes herself to be cursed.)
    -Purged and Cursed
    -The Magic Alliance

  616. Magic Waves

    Magical Blood

    Magic Void

    Magic Bonds

    Bonds of Magic

    Forged in Magic

    Forged by Blood

    Iron Foundation

    Roots That Bind

    Roots That Shine

    Roots Forged in Iron

    Roots Forged by Magic

    Iron Wilderness

    Wilderness Bonds

    Forgotten Magic

    Cursed by Magic

    Wild Bonds of Magic

    Bonds Tied With Wild Magic

    Lost and Iron Strong

    Shifting Bonds

  617. Ugh, realized I posted in the comments of the giant except, so I am re-posting here:

    How about Blood Forged? I am thinking Hugh was originally forged with Roland’s blood. Elara has some crazy stuff going on that we don’t know about yet, which may or may not involve blood, and they are going to be fighting vampires, from which they’re harvesting blood to do something with – use (forge) as a weapon? And there’s a ton of symbolism around them being married and forging a union, becoming one, etc.

    I agree that “magic” is a bit generic, and I think of that as Kate’s series anyway.

    Also, GREAT sample. Thank you! I can’t wait to read the rest!

    • But what am I thinking. This isn’t going to be a series. It’s an addition to KD. The Author Lords are very fond of punking us all on April 1st.

  622. Cursed Iron
    Metallic Magic
    Metal and Magic
    Ironclad (Alliance) – describes both the strength of their characters (difficult to break) but also how successful their future alliance should be
    Ball and Chain (or Balle and Chain after the castle) – how each feels about the other, also the reference to Elara having to chain her hunger)

  625. Outcasts Alliance
    Outcasts and Oathbreakers
    (The) Dog bite(s) and (the) snake strike(s)
    Monsters and Allies
    White venom and dark bite
    Fangs and venom – Venom and fangs
    White magic and dark curse
    Healing curse
    Light in the dark

  626. Lack of perception

    Power, Perception and protection

    The costs of power and perception

    The binding of the discarded

    A second chance

  628. A Union of Magic and Iron
    The Perceptor and the White Lady
    The Dog and the White Lady
    The Dog and the Cursed Lady
    The Perceptor and the Cursed Lady
    The White Iron Union
    Perceptor and Protector
    White Iron Bond

  630. Alliteration is always fun 🙂 How about…

    “Unholy Alliance”
    “Warlord and Warlock”

    Or, for a simple series title, perhaps

    “Redemption”

    Because Hugh will change now that he isn’t doing Roland’s bidding anymore. By joining him, the White Warlock gets to be more secure, and we’ll see that she’s more than her poor reputation and her unwholesome magic.

  631. Loved the long snippet! Is it really going to be a series though? Lol is that part an April Fools joke?

    • OK Can’t be April Fools’ Day prank, closing date for the competition is Fourth of April. If a prank continues after noon on April 1, the prankster then becomes the fool. Ilona & Gordon fooled by the BDH baying for new books. Surely they wouldn’t fall for that again?

      Also , “If we asked for enough they will write it”

      And
      -I really want to read the advance copy! So here goes:

      Forge of redemption
      Redemption’s Forge

  634. 1. Preceptor and Shield trilogy
    2. Preceptor’s Harbour or Haven
    3. Preceptors Torment
    4. Preceptors Atonement
    5. Preceptor and Abomination trilogy
    6. Preceptor’s Shield trilogy

  637. White Lady and the Iron Dogs
    Marriage of Inconvenience
    Inconvenient Love
    Inconvenient Redemption
    Inconvenient Magic
    Fortress of Magic
    Iron Dogs Enchantment

  640. Can we just pause a moment here and acknowledge that what started as a prank became a book and has blossomed into a SERIES! A frickin series of one of the most deliciously complex supporting villains in the Kate Daniels universe! That’s amazing!

    Author Lords, you guys are the best!! (Please excuse my excessive use of the fangirl exclamation point.)

  642. Marriage and Magic
    Warlocks and Weddings
    Married for Magic
    White Warlock Wedding
    Bound in Battle
    Bound in Magic
    Binds and Bloodshed
    Wizards and Warlocks
    Warlocks and Warriors
    The Warlock and the Warrior

  643. Haven’t read the comments, just wanted to get this in before 2,000 other people think of it . If you already did, sorry.
    “Hugh and Elara’s Excellent Adventures”
    Now I’ll go back and read everything.

  644. The Warlord and Harper Alliance
    The White Iron Covenant
    Dogs of the White Lady
    Lady Harper and the Iron Dog

    Great read!

  645. Too many comments to check. Good luck on the name. Loved the excerpt. 🙂

    Iron Sorcery

  648. Balance The Scales
    Scales of Balance
    The Atonement

    Apologies if the above suggestions are repeats, +1 to any earlier posts

  652. The Abominable Alliance… Ok, no.
    Army of Darkness. Wait, no, taken already.
    Love & War
    Alliance of Enemies… Wait. That may be taken already. I like it though.
    Magic & Mayhem… maybe not
    The Dogs of War
    The Hugh & Elara Chronicles
    Magic’s Redemption… good title for a book, maybe not a series. Also, maybe taken already.

  653. You have over a thousand replies and life is short so I may not be the first to suggest you original title, Warlord’s Price, which is quite clever. Not easy to translate into a series of titles, but I don’t know if you have a series in mind for Hugh. I’m sorry for his childhood, but I can’t forgive him. Doesn’t mean I won’t buy the book, of course.

  654. Thank you for wonderful chapters in Hugh’s and Elara’s book. My question is how did decide on Elara for new character ? Do you try several out, see how they look together, throw names in a hat and pick at random?
    Not good at titles , but like White Redemption. Or the white wedding one, and Bucky the white horse.
    Still giggle when I think of Cuddles.
    Hope you are drying out.
    Good title hunting!

  656. +1 for White Iron

    I voted in the wrong post’s comments the other day. Sorry. I’m not up for searching through over 1,000 comments here to find who originally suggested it here. Double sorry.

  657. An Ironclad Bargain
    Bespelled Iron
    Of Iron and Spells
    A Forged Enchantment
    Enchanted Iron
    Of Iron and Air

  658. So many comments and suggestions. I think I have seen White Iron suggested (along with several variations) and I vote for just plain White Iron. It is the perfect melding of two incredibly strong, yet flawed, personalities. Elara is intriguing!

  661. War- locked and loaded
    Of war – locks and lords
    Hues of magic
    Magics hue white and blue
    Warlock and warlord
    Warlord war locked

  663. Thanks so much for the enormously long Hugh snippet. I loved it, particularly the banter between the Centurions. I hope Hugh gets a HEA and interested to see how his character develops outside Roland’s control. We never stop changing do we?

    +1 for White Iron if it has not already been used.

  665. You have over a thousand replies so I may not be the first to suggest your original title, Warlord’s Price, is quite clever. Not easy to translate into a series of titles, but I don’t know if you have a series in mind for Hugh. I kind of hope not. I’m sorry for his childhood, but I can’t forgive him for Mauro’s death, not to mention Aunt Bee, and of course his “courtship”/torture of Kate. Guess I’m petty that way. Doesn’t mean I won’t buy the book, of course–you know I will–and hopefully find his redeming qualities along the way. Maybe if he heals a LOT of dogs…

  666. Betrayers’ Redemption (or Salvation)
    Iron & White
    Foresaken Alliance
    Desperate Union
    Outlaws’ Rescue
    In Magic and Battle
    Pledge of the Damned

  670. the magically misunderstood series
    the war to redemption series
    the unrepentant heroes series

  674. To explain the thinking behind my Iron Bonds suggestion Because it just seems like both characters are inextricably tied to each other and the world around them.

    Hugh is enmeshed in numerous and complex bonds with both allies and enemies that drive his choices and behavior. Elara finds herself in a similar situation. Somehow I need to resolve all of these and make their bond work for them. Counting on the authors of the seemingly impossible here!

    Despite his best efforts to drink himself into oblivion, Hugh could not abandon the Iron Dogs, which brought him to Elara. The marriage/ relationship will bring another unbreakable “Iron” bond for both of them, as their people’s survival will depend on them making it work. The unavoidable commitment will clearly push and pull constantly at Hugh and Elara, reshaping both of them over the course of the series. And, potentially, the world around them will be shaped by their “Iron” bonds, as well.

    On the inescapable enemy side, Hugh and Elara have their ongoing battles with Nez, Hugh has his Roland “void”, Elara seems to have an inner battle to control her magic and some history that will probably cough up a few more truly evil opponents.
    There is also the unknowable future with Bucky the (Probably ) unicorn, who will probably be a terrific frenemy.

  675. Loved the blurb – thanks for giving us another glimpse into the KD world!

    An Uneasy Alliance
    Alloy of Iron and Magic
    Wrought Iron
    Iron Alloy

  677. I don’t know if anyone has mentioned something along these lines already, but how about:
    Serpent and Stallion

  678. The first chapters are really awesome, so many tantalizing bits and pieces hinted at, wow! It will be amazing to see how Hugh becomes his own person and a leader for so many depending on him after being Rolands warlord for so long. And I’m itching to see what Elara is and how she got stuck with being an abomination.

    Totally amazing also the avalanche of comments and suggestions- hope you have some way to extract and sort all the titles. Since I don’t here’s mine, and apologies or rather +1 in case it’s already somewhere in the thread.

    Series title:
    Hues of Magic (Hugh/blue, Elara/white and Bucky/silver)

    Since both carry a lot of past baggage:
    Roots of Magic

    I loved the Warlord’s Price as a title, but since Elaras name is now Harper I’m struggling with a variation for the next book after Iron and Magic since White Hot is the association that comes first because I love Hidden Legacy a lot. And I’m not sure yet what Elaras magic encompasses from the glimpses we had.

    But Bucky deserves a title in the series:

    Silver Stallion (or Silver Unicorn)

    • +1 Hues of Magic

      There are indeed many colours associated with these characters and the word play tickles
      my fancy. Hughs indeed ?

  682. Unleashed
    The Hallowed Halls of Hugh and Harper
    Balle and Chains
    Balle and Chains of Kentucky Magic
    Iron Dogs in Harper’s Hall

  687. Questions for the author lords. At the end of Magic Binds, the Witch Oracles, when the witches are helping Kate get dressed for her wedding, Sienna suggests the White Warlock as the body host for Erra.

    1) Is this White Warlock Elara?
    2) If so, does the time period of KD 10 and Hugh and Elara overlap? – It seems in Chp. 1 & 2 Elara is not hosting Erra
    3) Or is that black hunger, the Other, inside Elara, Erra? 🙂

    Thank you.

  688. Magic Bargain
    Magic Covenant
    Magical Bargains
    Iron Bargain
    Iron Bound
    Iron Broken

    The Dog, the Witch, and the Unicorn
    The Chronicles of Bucky
    The Bucky Chronicles
    Why Can’t This Story Be About Bucky?
    I Love Glowy Horses

    Kidding, not kidding about the horse. What did that one reader who made a request at the library say? “If we request it enough, they will write it.” ?

  691. Happy Endings or

    Blood and Happy Endings as Hugh And Elara both seem affected by blood, her consuming it and him being cut of from rolands blood

  692. Iron White

    I know that “White Iron” has been suggested before, but I like it better this way round. It’s Hugh’s series, so he should be mentioned first. Also you have another book (White Hot) starting with white, so there shouldn’t bei a series starting with this word.

    Greetings from Germany!

  695. One of the things that struck me as I was reading, is how much sounded as the opening moves of a chess match. The characters white and black when mixed together you get grey/silver. The color of Hugh’s new horse and iron. Elara offers the castle and it resources as her part of the bargain. Elara resembles a queen and classic save move for the queen in the game is to exchange the queen and rook called castling. Chess is a strategic game of war. They are starting this partnership not with heart but with head for the good of others, therefore how about Iron Check Mate

  696. It’s tricky to come up with the name for the series without knowing the direction it’ll take. Ironically Iron and Magic would have worked quite well for It overall, no?

    How about something based on their common purpose along the lines of:
    Vampire Nemesis
    The end of Golden Legion

    Or a tad melodramatically:
    Abomination and the Unwanted
    The unwanted alliance

  704. Mercenary Magic’s
    Exiles Kingdom
    Alliance of Exiles
    Unholy Kingdom
    Unholy Alliance
    Mercenary Magic’s Iron Army

  705. I think it would be appropriate for the series to be called “WARLORD’S PRICE” 😀

  709. My titles may take some explanation 🙂 So I think Hugh seriously needs to re-brand the Iron Dogs — they are no longer Roland’s pets, right? Why would he want to keep the name associated with the man who threw him and his soldiers away? I would call them wolves, but that immediately invokes all the werewolf PNRs out there. So how about wolverines? They are fiercely territorial, incredibly aggressive, and their smaller size (about a medium size dog) could reflect Hugh’s pared-down forces. They are wolverines now, protecting their new territory, Balle Castle, and they are small but mighty (seriously, go watch a video of a wolverine fighting). And maybe even planning on expanding further into the rest of Kentucky. Hugh does have those ambitions. And Elara, a/k/a the White Warlock or the White Lady, sounds like a version of a soul-eater, especially because in some mythologies the victim of a soul-eater crumbles into dust after its life force or soul has been consumed. Most legends I know simply call them soul eaters, but there are echoes of the same thing in the Albanian Shtriga or even Egyptian Ammit, although Ammit is probably well-known enough that using it would impose certain expectations for readers in the know.
    So here are my suggestions (finally):

    Balle’s Wolverines
    Wolverines of Kentucky
    White Wolverines
    Shtriga’s Wolverines

  712. Playing off the “Vow” series idea again with the “Till death do we part” vow because after reading the 3rd chapter repeatedly,(It’s so good!) I think Elara is ready to get rid of Hugh before it even starts.

    Till death series lol

    Can’t wait to see this relationship evolve! I’m sure it’s gonna get very interesting!

  714. Series suggestion (I deliberately didn’t look at any preceding comments so I apologize if this is redundant!) –
    ‘Iron and Ice’.

    Book titles, depending on how many are published:
    1) Forged (Iron and Ice series)
    2) Honed (Iron and Ice series)
    3) Forged ….
    4) Hammered

    And so on.

  715. For a series title: “The April’s Fools Series”. If it has already been suggested, +1.

  716. Hugh, Elara,The Unicorn, and their Motley, Magical Crew
    Hugh, Elara, and the Motley, Magical Crew
    The Chronicles of the Motley, Magical Crew
    The Chronicles of Hugh, Elara, and their Motley, Magical Crew
    The Chronicles of Hugh, Elara, the Unicorn and their Motley, Magical Crew

  719. Redemption Chronicles
    Forsworn Redemption
    Redemption Forged
    Iron Salvation
    Forsworn Salvation

  720. Sorry, these others didn’t copy and print with the first ones.
    The Dogs of Warlock
    The Urbane, Fantastic Adventures of, Elara, Hugh and the Gang

  721. Dear authors,
    I discovered your books only recently (during my maternity leave). And these books made my sleepless nights much brighter!!
    Just wanted to say thanks!!!!
    ❤??

  722. Hi,

    Not sure if we can still have that Iron and Magic in but maybe:
    – Bound in Iron and Magic
    – A will of Iron and Magic

  723. 1000+comments!!!! Couldn’t read them all. So sorry in advance if the names have already been suggested ( if so, please consider this as +1).

    *Balle castle chronicles
    *Chronicles of Balle
    *Hounded magic
    #Every dog has his day (sic! Couldn’t resist)
    *Magic redempted or magic redemption or magic redempts (links KD universe)
    *War in piece( b’coz each novel/novella will have some battles leading to an epic war- hopefully)
    # virgin and a dog OR dog and unicorn ( resembles”virgin and unicorn”, right?)
    * Abominations at home OR Abominations at Balle OR EVEN Ballet’s abominables

  724. Magic betrayals: warlock and lorded 🙂
    Balance of magic (because they are two equals)
    The Price of freedom / The Magic of freedom

  725. So many comments….in case some one has already posted these or similar suggestions, +1

    1. Ironclad Alliance
    2. Guardians of Magic
    3. The Iron Guard

  726. I didn’t look at any preceding comments so I apologize if this has been said:
    Witching
    Witch’s Hounds
    Elara Harper
    Hugh d’Ambray
    The Sentinels
    Alliance

  728. Nez’s Nemisis (Nemisi?)
    Is there any way to get the comments to number from beginning? I’ve only read 400-600 of them & i can’t figure out how to get to unread ones in the middle.

  729. Destiny awaiting – bound by honor (vol 1)
    Destiny awaiting – bound by … (vol 2) depending in the story … blood?
    Destiny awaiting – bound by… (vol 3) …love?

  730. If anything has already been said, please consider it a +1

    – The Precepter’s Lady
    – Precepter’s Balle
    – To Marry and Burn
    – White Dogs

    Or very simply,

    Hugh and Elara series. -> why not? After all, Kate Daniels series is simply named after her…

  733. Commented on the other page in error. ….

    Iron Willed Alliance
    Forged by War
    Darkness and Light

  736. Is 1,311 comments an April fools joke too? The number above this reply box is 36.
    OK, how about
    The People Vs. Hugh and Elara.

  741. Ironwood
    or
    The Ironwood
    or
    Ironwood Forge(d)
    or
    Ironwood Crucilble
    or
    Ironwood Alloy(ed)

    • Sorry I keep doing this, I don’t think fast enough to put everything in one comment.

      I could see Elara planting an Ironwood somewhere down the series as mark of affection for Hugh and/or a symbol of what they are building….

  745. Apologies if these have already been mentioned:

    1. Forged in Betrayal
    Or
    2. Iron Allegiance

  746. The Oathbreakers. Julie told Derek that’s what “warlock” means, and Hugh is no passive victim either.

  748. Sorry for all the idea’s I hope people like one. I do not care about winning the contest, I just want to get my mitts on an advanced copy of the book!!!

    Thank you for all you do for your fans.

    Iron knobs
    Kentucky Iron
    Iron Balle
    Iron Nature
    Iron Hills
    Iron Forest
    Unbidden Iron
    Iron Clad
    Iron Promises
    Iron Desire
    Forsaken Iron
    Iron Shield
    Warlord’s Harp

  751. The French Warlord’s Woman

    (not really. I just couldn’t resist the wordplay! ha!)

  754. Strategic Stronghold:
    the Hugh and Elara Saga
    Choice of Spoils
    Alliance Gauntlet

  756. White Iron. To the outside eye, the alliance appears as brittle as its namesake, but once through the crucible, it is strong, malleable, and capable of incredible castings. Only a fool would underestimate white iron.

    Using white cast iron as a base concept, there are an endless number of casting/ metal title options.

  757. Sweet As Molossus

    (Roman war dog..most giant guard dogs..Great Dane, cane corso, St. Bernard , rotti etc are decendants.

  759. Burning Iron and the White Lady
    The Preceptor and the White Lady
    Burning Iron and White Magic
    Burning Iron and Magic
    Rebirth of Iron and the White Lady

  760. Elara’s Magic seems to eat or consume things so I like “Consumed Iron” or “Iron Consumes” or how about the fact that they hate each other but have to work together. “Allied Enemies” or “Enemy Mine” “Cold Collaboration”

  761. + for white iron or any derivative:

    White iron alliance
    White iron pact
    Pact of white iron
    White iron magic
    Etc

  762. Warlord’s Light – He is the warlord and she is a magical entity that is the guiding light to her people but also his source of love; he was in the dark and then she found him.

  770. Not sure if these have been mentioned already or not:

    Iron and Magic Rising or Magic and Iron Rising
    Ties of Balle
    Warlord’s Redemption
    The Covenant
    War and Honor
    Forged in Red
    Fury of the Forged

  773. First time to post here 🙂

    I don’t know if anyone has suggested this:

    Wrought Illusion

  775. Broken Promises
    Uneasy Bedfellows
    A Trying Alliance
    Trying Allies
    Uneasy Allies
    Uneasy Alliance

  776. So I went and reread the Excerpt, and I think the Series should be Called –
    Death and Magic

    My reasons being that both are deadly and magic and yet neither is what they actually ARE. I am sooo soo curious about the stories behind Berry Hill. I am from Kentucky so this is like an extra bonus in my book.

  778. Wicked White and Ronin Black

    Reading your excerpt reminded me of the 47 Ronin (NOT the Hollywood movie but the actual story of the 47 Ako samurai who hid, lay low pretending to have given up their swords and settled down as peaceful villagers but were actually training and just waiting for the right time, and finally got revenge—after which, being honorable Japanese bushi, they committed seppuku.)

    Hugh and his men have lost their Master and are what is called Ronin in Japanese.

  780. Since the title is supposed to reflect both characters and their personalities I’ll go with.

    Foxfire and Shadows (or Foxfire and Shadow)

    I think it captures the essences of both of them; their hidden inner selves, cunning, and power.

  782. The White Lady’s Shield

    Or for a less aporpriate version, lol;)

    Her ladyship’s Dog

  783. Covenant of the Misjudged
    Forged Truth
    Iron Possession
    Forging Iron and Magic
    Iron Castaways
    Magic Castaways
    Cast Iron (like casting a spell 🙂 )
    Castaway Covenant (Hugh’s been castaway by Roland and Elara is a castaway and isolated by her people)

  788. Magicked Iron
    Besieged and Beguiled (not your normal type of series name)
    Surviving Souls
    Iron Desire to survive

  792. 1) The Iron Harp Series

    2) The Void’s Hunger Series

    3) The Healer’s Hunger Series

    4) The Blade of the Harp

  794. Thanks for the excerpt. LOVED it

    + 1 for Betrayers’ Alliance or Balles Fortress/Keep

    Also
    Betrayers’ Betrothal
    Iron Dogs and Warlocks
    The Iron Coven
    Tales of the Preceptor and White Warlock

  796. The Price of Iron and Magic – perhaps Iron & Magic as the series name, The Price of Iron & Magic as the name of this book?

  797. I just reread and realised the horse is possibly a unicorn ??. We could name this The Adventures of a Magic Unicorn and Iron Dog.

  798. Love Kate and Innkeeper! Looking forward to Hugh.

    Here’s my puny suggestions.

    Weapons & Witchery
    White Witch & Black Iron
    Charms & Black Iron

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