I need help titling Nikko and Selena ‘s story. Here’s the deal: you suggest one or one hundred, I run my faves by my editor, and if we agree on one, the person who suggested the title not only gets a signed book, but gets a character named after them in the book! The only caveat is, I can’t guarantee your character will live. Sorry.
I’d love something with SOUL or LOST in the title, but I’m not married to the idea. I want somethig powerful and kickass!
Here’s the book blurb:
While tracking uranium-spinning centrifuges in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, L.O.S.T. operative Nikko Cruz is ambushed and left for dead. The last person he expects to see is Selena Gurerro, the only woman he ever loved and the same woman he was sentenced to death for killing.
Selena has secrets she’s killed to protect. Deep, dark, otherworld secrets. A mother driven mad. A power-hungry father. A lineage that makes her half-daemon, a fact she despises. Selena’s most important secret, however, is one she’s already died to keep. To protect her daughter, she’ll slay daemons, steal ancient artifacts, and drink immortal blood. But when she sees her lost love dying on the side of a mountain road, Selena discovers she can’t walk away. Selena saves Nikko by injecting him with the last of her immortal blood serum, even though doing so pits her against her dangerous employer, a vampire crime lord.
When Nikko comes to, he is super human and super pissed. Soon, he realizes Selena wasn’t a hallucination. For some reason, Selena, the mother of his daughter, and the one who killed their child—the woman he’d thought he’d killed years earlier—was not only alive, but had just saved his life. Why? He wants answers. He wants blood. And despite his best intentions, he wants Selena.
When the spun uranium surfaces and is offered to the highest bidder, L.O.S.T. gets back into the mix and Nikko tracks the deadly material to a mysterious organization. From what he can glean, it’s a terrorist cell and Selena Gurrero is its most valued asset. Now, Nikko’s job is to regain Selena’s trust, infiltrate the group she works for, and get the U-238 to U.S. soil where it can be safely stored.
Then he’ll finish the job he failed to complete the first time. He’ll avenge his daughter and rid the world of a beautiful, deceptive evil, one capable of making Nikko burn with desire even as he curses her power over him.
But nothing is as it seems and nothing goes to plan…and soon Nikko and Selena aren’t just burning with desire, but blowing the roof off their separate worlds, human and daemon alike…
Thank you all in advance. Now, hayelp!!!!!!!!!
That’s just a killer blurb, Karin!! How about Soul Betrayed?
Karin, don’t have a title for you, girl, but damn, that’s a great blurb — sounds loaded with conflict and passion what a mix So… Soul or Lost…. hmmm… Do you want it to tie in with Enemy Lover….. Those two words aren’t doing it for me… Using your words against you I’m liking Evil’s Deception…. I’m sure the others will have you rockin’ and a rollin! Great job!
Hey, Karin!
Aren’t titles the worst?! They seem to be harder to come up with than the book itself. So…procrastination queen that I am, I’ve taken a couple of shots (but will sleep on it to see if I can come up with more).
Captive Soul
Vengeful Soul
Enemy Betrayed
Enemy Unleashed
Lost Vengeance
Vengenace Unleashed
Unleashed Souls
Burning Souls
Soul Betrayed
Sensing a theme? Yeah–not great, but might get the juices flowing . Shall think on it some more. 🙂
Soul Deception
Love Deceived
LOST: Operation Betrayal
LOST: Operation Deception
I need sleep. I’ll try again on Saturday.
deceptive souls
his soul to take
loves deception
I lack in imagination and shall try again later 🙂 I’ll need to sleep on this
I wasn’t sure if this was the correct place to respond to the contest, but here it goes….
My title suggestions are:
SOUL ENEMY
SOUL LOVER
SOUL TEMPTATION
SOUL SACRIFICE
SOUL DESIRE
LOST DESIRE
ENEMY RESURRECTED
ENEMY LOST
I loved the first book so here goes.
L.O.S.T. Enemy Avenged
Hmmm, how about SOUL SURVIVOR?
Cheryl, I love SOUL SURVIVOR! I ran that by my agent and editor last week. they both shot it down. Not sexy enough.
I’m liking the title begining with ENEMY.
K…trying 2 think of a perfct title is hard. Other than the 1’s I posted on ur FB FP, I have 2 agree w/ u, I like that ur next title ties in w/ ur 1st bk. What about ENEMY UNMASKED or ENEMY BLOOD?
…ENEMY LINE or ENEMY SECRETS. Porco cane, this is hard. =o More more red wine!
Well Karin if you want ENEMY in the title how about one of these?
ENEMY BLOOD
ENEMY: Soul Blood
ENEMY: Blood Betrayal
If I think of any more I’ll post again!
*fingers crossed*
Love the blurb! I thought Soul Survivor was awesome, too.
Lea’s Soul Lover is good too.
Betrayed
Soul unMated
Soul Avenger
UnMated
My suggestions are never taken, but I try! lol
Ok, as I was reading the blurb this popped into my head.
Enemy Desire
or upon reflection maybe
Enemies of Desire
Soul Of Desire
Desired Enemy
Enemy Desired
Zina
* who really needs to be in bed now*
Upon 5 min. or so of reflection I really like
Desired Enemy
and
Enemy Desire,
oh heck I just like them, now I’ll go read what others suggested.
Zina
Enemy Lust
Enemy Blood
Enemy Cursed
Blood Lust (my fave)
Blood Cursed
Cursed Desire
Blood Desire
Enemy Desire
ENEMY LIES, ENEMY BEWARE, ULTIMATE ENEMY or FATAL ENEMY as Selena sounds like 1 heck of a ‘Femme Fatale’
Enemy Assassin?
Enemy Avenged?
I just wandered over from Karin Tabke’s blog. Hope these are helpful.
Enemy Immortal?
I see Enemy Avenged was already suggested.
Enemy Blood or Blood of the Enemy
Great blurb. Three ideas: Enemy Souls, Enemy Seduction, or Enemy Secrets.
Ladies, you rock! I’m compiling a list of all of yur suggestions to send to my editor tomorrow. I see a few I really love. Keep the titles coming!!
Hmm… Hard to think of some, but here is what I think:
Searching Soul Deep
Loving the Enemy Soul
Soul of the Enemy
LOST: Souls Betrayed
Eh, hope these help a little.
How about……Lost Soul: A Powerful And Kickass Story? ….just kidding. Since you like Enemy in the title how about Enemy Mine.
Amy!!!!!!!!!!!! My edotr agent qnd I love ENEMY MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you! I’ll contact you shortly!!!
gads i was so excited my typing got all effed up!
Story titles are always so hard to come up with if you don’t know where the story is headed… but it seems like you do! I love this storyline! I’m still reading this first book. Very interesting! =) Here are my ideas:
(May not be exactly what you want, or looking for with the word ENEMY but I’ll do my best)
BURN
DEADLY DESIRES
FALLING FOR THE ENEMY
BLOODY INTENTIONS
HOLD ME DOWN
TOUCH AND BURN
MY BEAUTIFUL ENEMY
REVENGE NEVER DIES
KISS OF THE ENEMY
TASTE OF THE ENEMY
DARK HUNGER
JUST A TASTE…
Hope you like some!!!!!!!!
Love your fan,
Katie