We are moving so we may not be online starting Saturday. We hope that internet access will be restored early next week, but you never know. While we are gone, the lady above needs a title for her novella, in which she and her daughter will be going to Arland’s home planet to meet his mom, thwart political plots, and generally kick butt. You have from now until we come back to think of a cool title.
The winner of the title will receive a collector edition of Innkeeper Chronicles, which includes previous titles of Clean Sweep, Sweep in Peace, and One Fell Sweep.
We would like to keep the Sweep theme in the title, but if you think of something else that’s brilliant, go for it. If you read a title you like in the comments, please comment with +1, so we will know which titles are popular. We will gather ten favorites and let you vote on the title you like the best.
See you next week. We hope.
My suggestion is: Second Sweep.
This is Maud’s second chance at love and a life that she adores with the man and people she has chosen.
Good luck moving. May it go quickly and may your internet be hooked up promptly!
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The Fangsweepers
Home, Sweep Home
Home Sweep Home
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With One Sweep.
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Sweep off their feet
Sweep away, sweeping with the enemy
Swept Away
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Side Sweep
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Swept Away
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Sweeping Victory 🙂
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Sweep in Honor
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Sweep Stakes
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Something Sweeping Comes.
Inn-laws.
🙂 too soon?
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Oh yes!
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swept away
Oh this is perfect. +1 Swept away upon a sword.
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Look what the Cat swept in
Maud Sweeps Up
Swept Away
I know it doesn’t quite fit the Sweep theme but I saw it and thought, Hard Vaccum.
As I think Maud’s life is hard and the vacuum of the politics for all things good.
So there is try my title
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Sweepstakes?
You may need to include some gambling but it also works- ’cause vampires.
One Fell Sweep? Fell, as in terrible, great, terrifying. Not: I fell help (although, help, he/she swept me off my feet and I fell in love!!!- teehee)
That was the title of the last book
Second Chance Sweep is my 2 cents worth! And good luck with the movie, it will suck…lol
Sweep Away
Swept Through
The Long Sweep
Yay! Maud!
I was so excited I forgot the title! “Blood Sweep”
I’m not sure it makes sense but there you have it.
May the moving gods watch over you!
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I was so excited I forgot the title! “Blood Sweep”
I’m not sure it makes sense but there you have it.
That was going to be my suggestion as well. :p “Blood sweep” is a medical term for checking a patient for external bleeding. So there would be multiple meanings to such a title, on top of the vampire theme. I think that would work very well with the theme and also sound suitably badass.
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Sweepstakes
Only thing that comes to mind is Spring Cleaning. Not sure why ?
Well, Maud will probably have some cleaning house to do when she gets there…
Sweep No More, The Big Sweep, Sweeping With The Enemy, Sweep Off Her Feet…
Swept off his/her/their feet
Sweep Child of Mine
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Sweeping Justice
sweeping the dark away
“Swept Under the Rug” or “Swept Under”….. Honestly, my first gut instinct was “Why Me?” Lol, but trying to keep the sweep theme. Good luck on your move!
My entry would be “swept away”
Swept Through 🙂
One Fail Sweep
Swept House (since she’s taking care of Vampire house politics)
Swept away would be my entry!
How about “Sweeping Victory”?
I was trying to come up with something battle-related, and that one just hopped out at me.
Cleansing The Way.
Pranic Sweep (references to both healing and release of pain, but admittedly esoteric)
Sweep the Opposition
Second Time Sweep
Sweep in Time
Sweep in Space
The Sweeping
Or
The Last Sweeping
Because she gonna come in and sweep them all under the rug
Love the artwork you have been posting!
Winning Sweep or Long Sweep
Sweep in space
Because there was that picture and a different planet, not sure how much of the action would actually be in space though
Vampire swept away
“Swept Away” – for keeping the sweep theme, and Arland is taking Maud to his home so it fits that. But I also was thinking about the political aspects you mentioned and came up with “Strange Bedfellows” both from the political idiom and for the fact that from the outside it probably seems like a odd pairing.
This gives me Spirited Away vibes.
Sweeping beauty
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Swept Away
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+100! I was thinking the same thing!
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Swept Away by the Billionaire Vampire Marshall if you want to go for the “Harlequin-esque” title.
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Winning Sweep or Long Sweep.
Sweep to Dream
Toppling Illium.
Family Sweep
Sweep Love
Sweeping My Love
Greatest Sweep
Sweeping In Love
Or while you were sweeping ?
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Cleaning House
Spring Cleaning
Dusting the Relics
Sweeping Up
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Sink or Sweep
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Oh I thought of another one
Sweeping Romance
Sweep hard (like in die hard – I like Maud as a female yippie-kay-yay mother****** type. The next one (because there must be a Maud (and Helen)) series could be sweep hard with a vengeance.
Okay, that was bad.
Hahaha! Awesome!
Now all I can think of is curling! Lol
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Wicked Don’t Sweep
Sweeping Changes
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Sweeping Beauty
Sweep her off her feet
Sink or Sweep
+1. Oooooooh I like this!
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Guess who’s sweeping in/up?? (either inn/in or up)
Swept In
or maybe
Sweeping Journey
I really liked Sweep Stakes
Blindly sweeping
Sweeping blind
No Sweep for the Wicked
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Can’t lie, my first thought was Maude goes to Mars.
(or Maud’s First Sweep Over)
Sweeping Dreams
I also like Maude Sweeps the Board (because really, we know she is going to sweep them all away)
The Bitter and the Sweep
How about just Bitter Sweep??
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Sweeping House
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Swept Away
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Sweep of the sword (seems fitting for Maud 🙂 )
Sweep of Faith
Or Sweep Tooth
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+1 to Sweep of Faith. I was just typing that. Lol
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Sweep of faith
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Sword Sweep
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Sweeping Changes
Sweep stakes
It’s a little long, but it seems to fit…
Sweep Them Off Their Feet
and I have no doubt Maude will do just that. =)
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Between sweeps
Sweep life away
(cuz maud has no difficulty to do so)
Clean Sweep
Not sure if that’s been mentioned. I get the impression that Maude and Helen will kick butt on all fronts.
Er, I meant Cleaner Sweep.
Lol, silly autocorrect likes to think it knows what I mean.
It’s great… but that’s already one of the books in the series! 🙂
Sword Swept
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Sweep with Swords
or
Sweep by Swords
Vengeance is Sweep.
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Or Sweep Vengeance
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Swept aside
Bell, Book, and Broomstick
Family Sweepstakes
Sweep the Stars
Sweep and Conquer
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Sweep in Peace
Or I could read the other ones
I like Swept away, but since it’s Maude…Sweeping Sword or a variation there of.
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If it’s a gap in the normal chronology, then it would have to be Sweep Apnea.
???? That is so bad it qualifies to be a dad joke.
Agree!
So bad… but so good.
Swept away.
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Sweep for the Chance
Hurry Hard
(curling… sweeping… 😀 )
Sweep Stakes
A Sweeping Change – I am hoping this is Maud’s second chance at love…
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Sweep through the sky
Swept Together
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Sideswept
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Home sweep home
She and kiddo deserve one. It just made need some adjusting and clean up first. 🙂
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Vampire Sweep
Mine sweep
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Swept Under the Rug
Sweep it in the Family
Maud Cleans House
(Differentiate Maud from Dina, shows her obvious ferocity, same cleaning theme, vampire house)
or Maud Sweeps In
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Love “Maude Cleans House” 😀
Ditto
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Almost certainly not a winner, but the child of the 80s in me insists on posting it.
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martial, not dina but maud. like this the most! +1
+1 Hahaha!
Swept Away
Full Sweep Ahead
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Swept Away +1
Swept Away. +1
Swept away +1
I like both!
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Full Sweep Ahead +1
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Swept Asunder
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Stars Sweep
New Broom
+1 This is still with the theme, but new broom, kinda implies it’s about a different character, Maud instead of Dina 🙂
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Sweep in Space
Outsweep
Sweep Under the Rug
I should not have put all on the same comment. No way to plus one if someone wanted to do so. Sorry
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“Sweep in Honor” – since Maud’s husband was kicked out of his House and by extension so were Maud and Helen
Or if you’re going to have other Maud books or “world of” books (Dina and Maud’s parents’ story!), then you could do a comparable theme. “Dirt Devil” came to mind first, but I can’t think of too many other titles with dirt in the name.
Or “Honor Swept” if you want to change the tense.
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Short and Sweep
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Sweep Dreams
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Sweep Chariot
Full sweep
Sweep Dangerously
Blood Sweep
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Room on the Broom (I know it’s already taken, I just couldn’t resist).
Sweep Deal
Black Sweep (like black sheep – also I’m posting these individually so if people like they can vote for one at a time, not trying to spam! And sorry if any are repeats.)
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Home Sweep Home (sweet)
A Sweep Prize (sweet)
A Price Too Sweep (steep)
The Black Sweep (sheep)
Sweep Nothings (sweet)
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Jumping Inn
Sweep into Place
Plays on the the phrase “fall into place”.
Swept In or Sweeps In, Maud and Helen arrive on Arland’s home planet.
Swept Off her Feet
Sweeping the House
Swept Away
Maud Cleans House
Cleaning Up
Sweeping Powers
The Cleaner(s) ( or a variation thereof ) – like the old western The Searchers. Because she doesn’t have a broom but does get stuff done ( ha! Cleans up the mess! ).
Could continue it ( more Maude! ) with
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The Clean Bunch
A fistful of clean
Unclean
Clean River
High Clean
Slow Sweep/Sweep Slow (bc you know, slow burn)
Star Swept?
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Love Swept
Swept Free
Swept from the shadows
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Sweeping with the Enemy
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I thought someone said and liked, but couldn’t find:
Swept Together
Also:
Star Swept
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Brush with Death
Swept Under
Sweep the Game/Sweep the Boad
Board*
Sweep Away
A Good Knight’s Sweep
+1 This is brilliant.
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I like it for Dena, she rarely gets to just relax or even sleep in!
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Blood, Sweep and Tears
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reality sweep
Sweep the Knight!
I am plus-oneing myself but please see above for original inspo. This one tho! Do it!
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Space Dusted
I like the idea of a tense change for the different main character…
Sweeping Out
Sweeping Up – or Sweeping Up Appearances
Sweeping In
Revived Sweep
Sweep for the stars
A variant on one already suggested: Sword Swept
Sweep low, sweet chariot.
Full Sweep
Sweep of Knight
knight swept
Sweep in Persistence
Or Persistent Sweep
Sweep Offensive
Sweep Vindication
Sweep Reckoning
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Sweep in Perseverence
Sweep Away
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Instead of Ass Kicker or Ass Whipper
ASSweeper!!! ???
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Yes, this one!
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I saw Illona’s comment on Twitter and scrolled back here to vote for it! Hilarious title!
House Sweeper
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Sweep the Truth
Sweep the Day
Sweep and Sound
Sweep the Course
Zero Sweep Game
Sweep and Deliver
Unbroken Sweep
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Sweeping with the Enemy
LOL!!
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Oops +1 for Sweeping With the Enemy
sweeping the peace
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I’d +50 this one for Officer Marais’ side story!
If there was one. I don’t know if there ever will be, but it’s a perfect title if such a thing were to ever someday happen.
Offbeat sweep
Sweep of Chance
Or Chances
This is a second chance for all of them.
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Sweep it on!
Sweep-a-geddon!
Sweep Forth and Conquer
Sweeping up the pieces
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The act of sweeping, One fatal sweep, To sweep for you.
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Ditto for one fatal sweep.
Outermost sweep
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The act of sweeping
One fatal sweep
To sweep for you.
Home Sweep Home
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The New Broom
And the Broom You Rode In On
Sweep of Sky
Swept Away
Let Sweeping Dogs Lie
Eternal Sweep
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Sweep Well (or Sweep Well Tonight)
War and sweep
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Sweepstakes
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Sweep Stakes
The House Always Wins
Conquering the Marshall
Who’ll Sweep Whom
Warrior’s Courtship
The Marshall’s Courtship
This Sweep will Last Forever
Keeper Among The Stars
Sweep The Stars
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Sorry, +1. Autocorrect
Swept away
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Sweept off their feet
Sweeping lasts a night. Or just sweeping for a night. I think of Maude as a widow who may weep for a night. But joy comes in the morning.
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Sweep Over
Sweep the board
Sweep revenge
I really like Swept Away. But I feel like “sweep” is much more of a Dina thing. Dina, with her broom, her inn, her words, her magic, gently (or forcefully if the need arises) sweep things away or into order. But Maud has never been described as gentle when handling issues and she always seems to prefer the direct hands on approach as plan A (the revenge at Karhari, kool-aid, joining the fight on the ground at the last draziri battle, etc) So keeping with a clean theme, but with a rougher, no nonsense, more hands on twist, my nomination is
Scour Away
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+1 to the idea of a cleaning related but not “sweep” title
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Half Sweep because it will be Helen that will sweep all their hearts
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Unsweepable Force
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Clean sweep
One fell sweep
+1 First thought for me.
That’s the title of the latest main-series book. Good try though. 🙂
Star Swept
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(I was going to say “Across the Sweep of Stars” – but I think this works better, and sound less like pretentious ’60s SF.)
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Sweep of Honour
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Sweep in rebellion
Warrior Sweep. Maud is a kick-ass warrior & looks it on the cover 🙂
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Krahr-ring on the Sweep
Sweep Encounter cause she is meeting his family
Getting a Second Sweep.
Oh you could also do Institute Sweep cause it’s a beginning
Sweep carefully
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Sweep with one eye open
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Final Sweep
Sweeping Change
Heart Swept
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Swept off Planet
Swept Away
Scour the Galaxy
Side sweep
Side swept
Sweep dreams
Guess Who’s Coming to Kick Butt
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Blade Sweeper.
Sweep the Blade.
Battle Swept.
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A Sweeping Courtship
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I love this one!
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How about “Sweepless Knights”
If it was already mentioned, my apologies. I haven’t looked through all 350 comments yet!
I glanced through didn’t see it but you get a +1 .
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Love this one!
Sweepless because Maud isn’t an Innkeeper with a broom, and knights for the vampires. Of course, obviously a play on sleepless nights. ? I scrolled through and didn’t see it mentioned previously. I have seen some really awesome suggestions though & will have to go back and give some +1’s.
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Ditto! Love This!
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+1! I haven’t seen it elsewhere either but have only looked through about 100 or so!
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Sweep the Enemy Away
Dangerous Sweeping
Sweep in Danger
The Enemy Sweeps
To Sweep For You
A Sweep Full of Danger
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Sweep in-laws
Sweep through the door
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Sweeping Nexus
Unswept by Honor
Sweeping Adulation
Oh a +1 here!
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Sweeping Victory
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Every sweep of my heart
Scouring Power – because Savil is right that Sweeping is Dina, Maud is Scouring.
lol, thanks! In my mind, when asked to do chores, Dina got out the broom….while Maud put on goggles and used the industrial power floor scrubber
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Sweeping Beauty
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Storm Sweeping in
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Star Sweep
Sweep in Steel
Power Sweep
These are the ones I came up with! Thank you for the opportunity!!
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Slightly different take on the ‘Sweep’ theme:
One Fell Swoop
Swept Up
Swept Away
Sweep On
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Searching sweep
Sweep of a Swift Wing
A Wind Sweeps Through
A Subtle Sweep of Might
Sweep of Might
Warp and Swept
Sweep anew
Sink or sweep
+1 for Sink or Sweep
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+1 Sink or Sweep!
Sweep them under
A knight to weep for
Two hearts in armor
While You Were Sweeping
A Sweep of the Sword
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Royal(e) Sweep
and before my brain could stop it I thought of Sweep in Space…. haha. Which sounds so silly!
+1 for Royal Sweep
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Since it focuses on a relative, maybe a related word?
Mopping Up
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Maudefication Imminent
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War and Sweep
Sweep Trip
Sweep Family
New broom
Scour and Sweep
Swept Away (any communist characters? wealthy noblewomen?) It may be the Berlusconi-like character we hear all about right now in the WH–but I couldn’t resist.
A Sweeping Strike
or
A Sweeping Stroke
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House Sweeper
How about: House of Sweeper?
Sweep for two (or should that be three?)
I know you said that sweep doesn’t have to be in the title, so I’ll put my idea up. I didn’t see all of the comments so. Apologies to anyone who also had this title.
Title: Cleaning House
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Sweep Stakes
Swept Low (or high)
Long Distance Sweep
Love Swept
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A Good Knight’s Sweep
+1 this is adorable as a side story title.
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Sweeping up the pieces
Stars Will Sweep
Sweep Happens
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Sweeping Changes
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Sweep and fall
Can I amend to Sweeping fall?
Inn We Sweep
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Or We Sweep Inn?
Sweep With One Eye Open
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Sword Sweep or
Bladed Sweep
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Did anyone say “Sweeping Changes”? Surely someone did. (I have read all the comments and can’t remember what I saw…)
If not, may I suggest it?
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Swept away
Sweeping victory
Sweep Them Off
Storm swept
Blood swept
With a stroke of the sword
Sweep stakes
Sweep strikes
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Well, if she is going to a Arland’s House (not house), she she is sweeping.. how about Cleaning House? Sweeping Up?
Okay, maybe not.
How about “Sword and Broom”?
Ooh, I like that one: Sword and,Broom
Or “Broom and Sword” as a play on Room and Board!
Political sweep
Sweep with Fangs
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Sweep in peace
Home sweep home
Another Sweep
Second Sweep
A New Sweep
A Fresh Sweep
Sweep Again
Battle Swept
And for shits and giggles: In Laws – The Hardest Sweep.
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+1 for Battle Swept
Deep Sweep
Sweep of the Just
Bitter Sweep
Or how about “Bitter-sweep Memories?”
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Bitter Sweep is cool!
+1 for bitter sweep ☺️
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Not knowing the plot:
Sweeping Danger
Scouring the Stars
Or maybe The Fault in Scour Stars (heh)
I thought “sweep across the stars” so close to your idea!
sweep across the stars
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Sweep Stakes.
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+1 (Is she going to ‘stake’ some vampires?) This is the 3rd title I’ve +1. Is that ok?
I think it’s okay to +1 as many titles as you like… but just once per idea. Even if multiple people suggest the same thing (which has already happened a bunch), just +1 one of them. This way whomever counts will have an easier time figuring out how many people really voted for it.
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Sweep the Field
Sweeper Cell
Sweep of the Dead
A Sweep to Remember
I did a search and it didn’t show up, but just in case I apologize if this has already been mentioned.
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Swept up sister
Sister sweeps away
Lord swept
Sister sweeps
Swept up by the knight
You sweep me
Sweeping sister
The innkeeper’s sister
Knights sweeping
Swept away