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.
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.
We 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.
Hugh 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!
I’m so happy this is a thing. You guys are awesome.
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!
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!
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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.
I’m going to non-ironically suggest that at least the informal title of this series should actually be “Shut up and take my money”.
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+1, lol, I love it! Is it June yet? Here’s my money!
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Chiiiii can’t wait
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? ?
In addition to IRON AND MAGIC that is ?
A War’s Love
Dumd question I know but pre order this once first and then Kate right? One this June and then one this August?
The Serpent’s Sword
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Some suggestions
A Convenient Match
The Exiled’s Lady
The Warlords Hope
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.
Totally blanked on a title. Just waiting for the chance to pre order
“…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.)
I think they learned not to tease the BDH on April 1st anymore 🙂
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.
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If It can’t be ‘shut up and take my money’ then this.
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White Iron…sounds good 😉
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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.
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I think “Iron and Magic” should be the name of the series, not just the first book.
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+1 Yep, Iron & Magic as the series and a new name for the first book (if there is a series).
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The White Lady’s Warlord
Probably a little too fantasy but the damn thing got stuck in my head
Irons’ blood
Iron Will series.
I. cannot. wait.
Sounds fun. I’ll have to think a while. Right now it’s lots of friends, family, and sugar highs. Love Easter ?.
The Lord and Lady Warriors? Still too fantasy. Survival between rivals?
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!
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Iron blood
My suggestions are:
Outcasts’ Alliance series.
Swords and Sworn Allegience series
Traitors United series
Citadel: White Lady, Iron Dog
Warlord and lady arise
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.
Twisted Vows
Iron Vows
Vow of War
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
‘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!)
Betrayer’s War
Magic and Mayhem
Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby totally made me lol!
The lady’s Dog
I. Can’t. Wait!
And what about The White Shadow series ?
did you say SERIES?!?!!!!!!!!! meaning more than 1 book!!!!!!!!! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love hugh, i want to have his babies!!!
The Rock and The Hard Place.
Words cannot express my glee. Thank you SO much.
The Peerless
The Story of the Peerless
(e.g. story of both Hugh and Elara’s people and their reputations are beyond compare!)
White Warlord’s Dogs
Preceptor’s White Lady
White Mistress and the Iron Dogs
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!
I used to feel the same too.. But after reading the 3 chapters I’m conflicted..
Agreed.
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.
I. Cannot. Wait.
She’s not exactly a witch, but she has magic? Hmmm… What about this:
The Caster and the Outcast
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White Shadow
White Ladys Sword
Lady’s Sword
I like White Shadow.
Traitor’s Alliance?
The Abandoned
Magic Redeemed
Though I also agree with NSum. Iron & Magic would be a perfect series name.
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Preceptor and Power
The White Lady’s War Dogs.
OMG! I CAN’T WAIT TO READ!
Preceptor and Power. I thought we were supposed to comment on the except, so I’m reposting here.
Desperate Magic
Metal & Magic
Looking forward to whatever the new series is called.
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!
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].
Preceptor’s Pride
Iron Covenant
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Not sure where my reply post went! Posting again! I agree with Iron and Magic works as the series name. I had to reread the blog post a couple times because I kept thinking Iron and Magic was the series name, not the book.
Iron Covenant I think really works especiallly as the first book name. Iron Covenant works on so many levels since the basis of their relationship is on this agreement/ covenant and I had initially thought of it since Coven which fits the nod to fantasy and Elara’s coven. Plus it’s not as blatant Elara than Hugh since this spin off was based off Hugh it seems fitting that Iron Dogs and Hugh bit more blantant in the title instead of 50/50 blatant.
The series will continue and titles could be drawn on both Iron and Magic Series equally vs the other series where Innkeeper focuses on Dina centered titles, etc.
Haha, I havent stopped thinking about the name but like this one the best so far as fitting them.
Best one so far of the ones I can think of* to clarify! Best/ One name to rule them all is not my call so I can’t make that bold of a statement 🙂
Iron Mistress
Iron alliance
Love and Irons
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Fire and Iron
Mercenary Magic?
Warlord’s Bargain
OMG. Is this another April Fool’s joke? This sounds like an April fools joke. My left eye is twitching. Seriously.
I know, me too! Now I’m afraid this has all been an April fools 3 years in the making!
They wouldn’t have paid models to pose for a cover for an April Fools’ joke. At least, I wouldn’t have done so.
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.
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
Not Magic’s Price…that’s too easily confused with Mercedes Lackey’s “Last Herald Mage” trilogy from Valdemar.
Another couple of suggestions, but it depends on where you’ll take the series…
Iron Justice
Magic’s Justice
Warlord’s Betrothed
Iron Heart
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!
I can’t believe it’s been three years since that post. And I wasn’t expecting three chapters. Thanks!
Me too! Time really flies!
So good!
Blades and Bluegrass is probably too silly sounding, I mean I can almost hear banjos, but that’s what I’ve got.
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I liked the name Iron and Magic for the series.
However, these might work:
Iron Cursed
Iron Bride
Iron Pride
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Sometimes a series is named for the first book in the series. That would work here.
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Order of the Lady
The Ice and Fire Series
Or
Ice and Flame
Can’t wait to read the rest of the story!!!!!
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.
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Or iron balle and chain?
Mercy Warriors
(Bc it strikes me that they both at their core are searching for mercy for themselves)
Forsaken Magic
Iron Bargain
Iron Clad
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First of all – HUZZAH!
ANnnnnd…
– Preceptor & Warlock
– Betrayer & Betrayed
– Ruthless Magic
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Renegades and Magic
The (White) Lady and the Warlord
Or The Warlord and the Lady (White)
Simple and to the point.
Second should be (White) Lady
White is optional.
d’Ambray and Harper series
+1. Hugh has such a cool last name
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 😉
Yes or
The Lady and the Iron’s
Lady in Irons
It’s 3 years already? My god, how the time flows. But how happened the change from Serafina to Elara?
Magic Forged: the Harper d’Ambrey Chronicles
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Shadow of the Lady
His Lady’s Shadow
Cursed and Dog
Iron Pact
Rusted Glamour
Blade & Fire
That excerpt was superb, thank you author lords!
My suggestion for the series title is:
Outcasts Alliance
Shackled by Magick
Iron Guardians
Ironic Chronicles
Preceptor’s Alliance
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
+1 to the Unicorn Whispered ????
LOL Unicorn Whisperer is hilarious.
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The Lady and the Dog
Iron and ice
White wolf and Iron dog
Or:
White wraith and Iron dog
The series is Iron and Magic.
The book is Love and War, or alternatively All’s Fair in Love and War.
Iron and snow
Snow and iron
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Iron trust
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?
Yes, I’m trying to find this too!
Epilogue of Magic Binds
Yup! Just before Kate walks down the aisle, Sienna (the youngest Witch Oracle) suggests that The White Warlock would be strong enough…
Druids huh?
How about Leaf and Blade series
AWESOME =D
– The Lady and the Wolf
– The Iron Age
forsaken alliance?
Since she is an outcast and he was cast out.
Warlord and Warlock (or vice versa)
Arcane Iron
Home
The Underdogs series
The White Lady and the Red Lord series
Blending white and iron bound
Ice and iron bound
Enchanted Iron
Forged Enchantment
Forged Covenant
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Reforged Iron
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Might and Magic
Balle and Blood
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Iron forged in snow
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Iron forged in ice
The White Iron Preceptor is my suggestion… Also a whole serie based on Hugh ??? I want it !
Or The White Iron Alliance ?
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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!!!
Pride and Honor.
Pride for Elara. Honor for Hugh.
And it’s really, really good. Not that we ever had a doubt.
Although prideful and honorable applies to both of them.
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Oh boy. Shadow and Shield.
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Or maybe Shadows Shield
Shields Shadow
Iron and snow
White Dogs
White Iron
Iron unleashed
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Here are my two cents:
Oucasts & Abominations
Forged Alliances
Outcast Alliances
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Blood and Iron
Redemption
Ironbound
Dammit! I was going to say Blood and Iron!
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Now i got it.
White iron troth
White iron pledge
White iron consortium
Actually i like the last one best.
Thank you! Love it, and can’t wait. Looked through a few of the idea’s
1. Forged in Fire
2. Tempered by Magic
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Precepter’s trials
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I have been trying to think of something that would sound good with Preceptor.
Mystic Mayhem
? Dogs and Divas
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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.
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Pride and Redemption
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Rather than Pride and Prejudice? I like it 🙂
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Anthea – yep, you totally got the genesis for that idea 🙂
Forged by betrayal (by or in or with?)
Forbidden Iron
Forged Union
Forged Alliance
Iron Union
Magic and Mayhem
Forced Alliance
Magical Mayhem
Fire & Iron
The Iron Lady?
Shades of Margaret Thatcher?
Iron White
Exiles’ Pact
Exiles’ Promise
Betrayers Flame
Bound Abominations
Liars and Promises
Flame and Redemption
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The Oathbreakers
Oathbreaker’s Sword
Deceiver’s Sword
Warlock’s Sword
Spellcaster’s Sword
Chronicles or Series.
+1 The Oathbreakers – but Hugh didn’t break oath- Roland did…
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. ?
Except that Mercedes Lackey had a book called Oathbreaker, part of the Valdemar world.
Thank you for letting me know. I have not read M. Lackey’s books/series.
Preceptors’s Pain (it looks like Elara is going to give him all he can handle) I can’t wait!
White Hot Iron
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)
Iron magic
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This is my second try, I don’t think my first post was properly sent. Forged by Betrayal (or in or with) , Forbidden Iron
Lost and Found
Perceptor’s Bride
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.
Maybe “White Lady’s Shield” or “White Lady and her Sword” or “The Devel’s Light”
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
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Dogs & Mutts
Wolves and Worse
Thank you so for the awesome extra long excerpt!
Cursed Iron
Freedom’s Curse
Iron Sacrifice
Southern Steel
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Iron White Magic
Iron White Alliance
Rust Bright Magic
The White Iron Pact
underdogs alliance
streetdogs and druids
damned and desperate
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 🙂
+1 I also saw that on the other page. I like it too.
White Iron Wars
The Abominal Dog
Oaths and Outcasts
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
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Those are Mercedes Lackey titles so wouldn’t really work.
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Socerors Survival series…
Sorry.. misspelled Sorcerer 🙁
Union of the Unwanted
ooooh! or “Unwanted Union”
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Yeah, I couldn’t decide on which way to put it. They are both unwanted, and so is the marriage. But instructions were to reference both, so went with that phrasing. I figured if it ended up being liked it might be parsed differently.
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Magic League of Iron Dogs and White Lady
White Lady, Iron Dog….
White Dog?
Iron Lady?
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 ?
Hugh & the Magic Eater
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White Iron Wedded
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Forsaken and Feared
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Heart of Iron
The Warlock’s (Iron) Dog
Heart of the Warlock – Warlock’s Heart
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Black and White Betrayals (series)
Betrayers Bound for the book
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
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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.
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
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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.
Sorry i didnt mean to tag onto your comment! But yay! A new book!
+1 Mystic and Blade
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)
Where did you read about ripping the magic out of vampires?
It’s in the except that Ilona linked in the post ?
+1 for the first
Harper’s Preceptor series
+1 like that you used her last name!
+1 +1 Harper’s Preceptor
Or ELara’s Protector Series
Enemy’s Enemy
Warlords & Warlocks
The Warlord’s Plight
Elara & Hugh series or Harpy d’Ambray
Dawn of Iron
Ice and Iron
Dawn of Iron +1
Ice and Iron +1
+Dawn of Iron
Alliance of Magic
Alliance of Magic and Iron
Magical Alliance
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
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
(trilogy)
Faithless
Taking on Faith
Keeping Faith
Can I say that I loved the irone of his new horse is a f@#$5^& unicorn with a mean personalite… Just perfect
Iron lady
Iron and the abomination
Iron alliance
Iron dalliance
+1 Iron Alliance
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
Devouring Darkness?
Sort of sounds like a trashy romance novel title but clearly they both have some lightening up to do… Heheh ?
Craving Iron
Warlord’s Battle
Warlord’s Castle
Winning a War
White Iron
+1
That’s cheating! They are adorable! ?
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.
Also going to add
Iron Redeemed
Redeemed and Reforged
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! ?
Rivals Redemption
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
Warlock’s Preceptor
The Devil is in the details
Also. Ha! I finally found where I remembered the white warlock from.
Outcast’s Redemption
Iron Magic Alliance
Warlock’s Iron Alliance
Outcasts redemption +1
Bonds of sword and sorcery
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.
Iron Magic
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.
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.
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.)
Iron Harper:
We sing the tale of the hardest dogs to ever hit Kentucky.
Iron Lady
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
Oh, I like “Iron and Magic.”
Entrenched in Blood Series
Coming up with a series name is way harder than I first thought!!!
Or a very Mills and Boon’s sounding, The Warlord Takes A Wife. ?
The White Lady Takes a Husband?
Blood Magic
Ironclad Promise
Ironclad Magic
The Truth about Dogs and Warlocks
For better or worse
Red, White and Hugh
Hammer & Hunger
Munitions & Magic
Moat & Balle
Sorry, meant Moat & Baile
The Iron Snake
White Snake, Iron Dog
Really interested in the story of Elara in all this. Seems she has an interesting past.
Bound by magic
As a second suggestion, whatever you pick, i am really happy the book became reality!
Left it on the wrong page ??
The Battle Bindings
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!
1) Cold Steel Magic
2) Forged Anew: The Hugh & Harper Saga
+1 for Forged Anew
Cry havoc
+1
+1 Cry havoc (Shakespeare nice)
Forsaken’s Triumph
Magic Slashes
Iron Will & Blood Blade
For hugh.. nothing else works besides blood sweat and tears since it’s all he has left
I like Iron Forged. or maybe Forged in Iron? 🙂
+1
+1
Magic’s Purge
Redemtion of the Forsworn Series name
Melding of Iron & White Book title
+1 Redemption of the Forsworn
Destroyer and Protector
+1
+1
+1
The Iron Paladin
Iron Consort
+1
+1
Consort and Chevalier
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…
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
Simply the Consort Series… since they are both coming to the relationship with an unequal power balance
Sharp hunger
+1
+1 Spicy
Rooted in Iron
Iron Roots
Tree of Iron
Isn’t it Ironic?
I’ll get my coat…
Oath-Breakers Series
Book 1: Oath-Breakers Accord or Oath-Breakers Pact
+1
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???
+1 for “The Cursed and The Exiled”
Another alternative: The Cursed and the Forsaken.
Wild Dogs
Race to Redemption
1. White dogs
2. Iron Warlock
3. Iron Abomination
4. White Iron Union
5. Barbarian Harpy
6. White Iron Balle
Preceptor and the Iron Maiden
Iron preceptor and Steel Maiden or Steel Magic
„Between the Sword and the Power”
Sword and Shield
+1
+1
+1
Merging Magic with Iron
Cursed Iron Magic
Healing of the broken
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.
White Iron series, for Bucky if nothing else…:D
Hunted They Rise
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!!!!
+1 for The Blood and Iron
+1 totally Hugh
+1
+1
+1 Blood & Iron
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.
White Iron
The Iron Trees
Wood and Iron
I’m going with simple. Warrior and Warlock.
Cast in Iron
+1
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!!!
Iron Wolf, White Warlock +1
Preceptor & Warlock
Warlord & Walker
I like the Authorlord’s original titles.
The faux cover was awesome too.
Of Steel and Stone.
Outcasts and Iron.
Outcast Alliance.
Lady in Irons
Spellbound in White Irons
Hunger to Belong
To reference the hunger of her magic and his need to find a new place to belong after being cast aside.
Wrath and Redemption
The Betrayed
The Outcasts
Light side of the dark
Darkness and Light
Warring Magic(s)
White Iron
White Fire and Iron
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.
Fire and Ice
Forged and found
+1
Any guesses on what’s in the barrels?
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.
Series-Forged in Blood and Fire
Book 1-Spell of Power and Song
Magic’s Outcasts
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??
Just thought of this one
Iron Dogs’ Balle
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.
+1 (I’d personally go Hope and Honor but either way is good)
The white witch and her preceptor
Iron Bonds
Bound by Betrayal. Because they’ve both been betrayed, and that’s led them to where they are – bound together.
Magic Marauders
Rusty Magic
Harm and Heal
Healing Harmony
Fortification of Magic
Balle Stronghold
Balle of Magic and Iron
War Lord and Iron Lady.
+1
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?
Okay. Two hours earlier.
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.
1. Void Union
2. The Dogwood Alliance
3. Cast/Pale* Iron Renegades (*delete as appropriate)
4. Fighting the devourer
+1 Iron Renegades
+1 Iron Renegades
1. Compromising Positions
2. Dark Proposals
3. Compromising proposals
4. Untrustingly Wed
5. Warlock, Warlord & Magic
*How Saiman’s Guide to Dating Women Saved My Life
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.
😆
I wanted to post the lol emoji, not the comment I wrote. Sorry ?
Made me laugh ??
OMG, this needs to be a thing! Like yesterday!
Hysterical ? ?
Thanks for the laugh
🙂
White Iron
+1
Arcane and Warrior Wed? Thanks as always for the terrific stories!
Home is the Wolf
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.
preceptor’ magical Lady,
White Lady’s Magical Hound
Magical Marriage
Iron Dog’s Magic’s Bride
White Iron
Alliance
White Iron Alliance
Alliance Forged
Adamantine Alliance
White Adamantine
White Iron Alliance +1
+1
Iron Will. Both stubborn, both willing to survive and fight for their people, together they *will* triumph
+1
+1
+1
White Warlocks and Black Dogs
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 …
Iron Alliance
+1
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 🙂
Devil’s Bargain: Hugh and Elara
white iron
silver oak, iron wolf
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!
Black on white , tameing the iron dog
+1 on Black on White 🙂
Iron Coven
Warlord and White Lady
May be simple, but indicates both and gives them both star billing 🙂
+1
Cursed Redemption
D’ambray’s Warlock Chronicles
Strength in Desperation.
And what a great read this is going to be! Thanks for the excerpt. 🙂
Battles of the Balle
Second Chance Bastards
Broken
Death and Destruction
Redemption
Finding Humanity
Salvation
“The Sword and the Shield”
“The Iron Sword and the White Shield”
Double War on a Unicorn
Or
Warlock and Warlord on a Unicorn
Or whatever’s the final choice but with “on a Unicorn”
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!!!
Iron Allegiance
Cursed Iron
Cursed Iron Covenant
Forged by necessity
Of Iron and Ice
Of Iron and Fire
Treacherous Nuptials
Alliance of the betrayed
Magic, Marriage and Desperation
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
+1 Iron Covenant
Or, +1 Forged Alliance
Marriage of Magic and Ruthlessness
Or maybe just “Ruthless Magic”
+1 ( ruthless magic)
+1 Ruthless Magic
+1 Ruthless Magic 🙂
Hugh Light Up My Life
LOL! 🙂
LOL x 2
Wall paper looks like something from Maud’s stor.
Sirius Hunger
Wolf’s Nature
“Hugh Drive Me Crazy”. ??
Hugh The One for Me
Forged in Light
Hugh and the White Lady
I knew it! White Wizard!!
Covenant of the White Wolf
Soooooooo many comments…..sorry if these are repeats.
1. Metal and Magic
2. Magic’s Army
3. Desperate magic
Betrayed Magic
Cold Iron Magic
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.
I also like Iron Balle
+1 Iron Balle
Warlock and Warlord.
Honor reforged
Healer reborn
Iron’s promise
Magic’s Healing Forge
Underdogs & Unicorns
+1 I like honor reforged. Very fitting.
+1 for iron reformed
Reforged, darn autocorrect
I’m amused by Underdogs and Unicorns but the unicorns part might make the tone too humorous. Underdogs series alone would work well.
Sorry if someone already suggested this:
Tempered Iron
The Lady’s Brotherhood
Brotherhood of the Lady
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
Or the white iron abomination series
+1 for Iron Abomination series
Ruthless Alliance
Ruthless Consorts
Ruthless Covenant
Ruthless Pledge
+1 – Ruthless definitely fits. I like Ruthless Alliance best
I like ruthless Alliance too
+1 Ruthless Alliance
Unnatural Alloys
The science nerd in me loves this!
It’s a terrible series title but i loved it anyway!
+1!
+1
Shit!!! All I can think of are laundry related (“Bleach and Iron”, “Iron and Put Away”).
Gaaahhh!
Great excerpt.
Renegade Magic
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.
Ha ha ! Me too!
Warlord’s Fate
Iron and Ice
+1
+1
+1. That is what I thought when I was reading the excerpt.
+1
+1
+1
Natural Alloy(s)
Will there be an audiobook? What date for audiobook? Does anyone know?
Magic Betrayed
Unexpected Champion
The Marriage Offensive
d’Ambray Harper Urban Castle Defense System
Mad Dog and Enchantress
Kentucky Unicorn Derby
Still chuckling on the last one. Bucky has so much potential.
Bucky Lady
UNHOLY ALLIANCE
ABOMINATION
THE MARRIAGE PACT
By magic forged
+1
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.