Yesterday I finished my novella, ______________________________.
Yes, it's untitled. I usually don't have trouble with titles, and picking one is something I enjoy. But this particular book is remaining nameless.
I know that I want the word cowboy in the title. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions. Which is where you come in. I'm looking for ideas for the title on this book. If I use it, I'll name you in the acknowledgements.
Here's a rough blurb:
Widow Lily Halderman needs help keeping her custom farming business going, and reluctantly hires ex-soldier, Will Wainwright, an Iraq veteran and ten years her junior, for the summer. Will is running from the ghost of his girlfriend who was killed by insurgents. Friendship between them turns to passion which turns to love.
Okay, that's rough, but hopefully you can get enough of the story to help me with this darn title!
Thanks so much!
Yes, it's untitled. I usually don't have trouble with titles, and picking one is something I enjoy. But this particular book is remaining nameless.
I know that I want the word cowboy in the title. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions. Which is where you come in. I'm looking for ideas for the title on this book. If I use it, I'll name you in the acknowledgements.
Here's a rough blurb:
Widow Lily Halderman needs help keeping her custom farming business going, and reluctantly hires ex-soldier, Will Wainwright, an Iraq veteran and ten years her junior, for the summer. Will is running from the ghost of his girlfriend who was killed by insurgents. Friendship between them turns to passion which turns to love.
Okay, that's rough, but hopefully you can get enough of the story to help me with this darn title!
Thanks so much!
Cowboy for Hire
ReplyDeleteI like it!
Deletehmmm...disregard that...I just checked on Amazon and there are already a few books with that title. lol
ReplyDeleteThe Widow and the Cowboy
The Cowboy's Cougar (teehee...couldn't resist)
Lily's Cowboy
Lily's Cowboy....hmmm...
DeleteI loved this ms! But, I am so not good with titles. I do like Christine's suggestion of Lily's Cowboy :)
ReplyDeleteI do, too! And thanks!
DeleteNot sure what the soldier did before the war, but:
ReplyDeleteOnce A Cowboy
Finding the Cowboy Way
The Cowboy and the Combine (yes, I'm kidding, but I couldn't help myself!)
I like Lily's Cowboy or Lily and the Cowboy, too.
I like the Cowboy and the Combine!
DeleteI like Lily's Cowboy
DeleteThe Reluctant Cowboy is my suggestion, if it fits.
ReplyDeleteThanks, good one!
DeleteAgeless Love or Lily's Love or Will's Woman or A Love to Live For or Country Covenant
ReplyDeleteGood ones!
Delete"To Ease a Cowboy's Heart"
ReplyDeleteI like that!
DeleteGhosts of the Cowboy's Past
ReplyDeleteSummer of the Cowboy
This Cowboy's Heart
For the Love of Her Cowboy.
Umm....*taps chin*
Good ones! Thanks!
DeleteThe Veteran Cowboy?
ReplyDeleteI'll keep thinking and come back.
I gave this one serious thought.
DeleteSummer Cowboy... Framing A Cowboy.... Unexpected Cowboy...
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! I like these.
DeleteA Cowboy's Hero Heart I see someone suggested a very similar title above, and I actually decided A Cowboy's Heart fit my anthology better than Cowboy on a String, which I still like...
ReplyDeleteOh, if he wasn't a cowboy before he was in the military, he could be "An Accidental Cowboy." Depending on his rank "Private Cowboy" (or other rank)
I like Private Cowboy
DeleteOnce I got started ....
ReplyDeleteThe Cowboy Cure
The Cowboy and The Farmer
The Farmer Takes a Cowboy
Her Cowboy (I like Lily's Cowboy, which others mentioned)
Counting on The Cowboy
Her Wounded Cowboy
For Love of A Cowboy
The Come-Back Cowboy
Come Back, Cowboy
The Widow's Wrangler
You might also find a significant passage that speaks to what they mean to each other. In one of the books I'm working on now, the hero says something about "their accidental affair." So I titled it that, because that's what it's about. Or, if the heroine specializes in any particular product, say cabbage, you could play off that. Sounds like a great story, D'Ann. Good luck with it!
Sophia / She Likes It Irish
Good ones! Thanks!
DeleteFarming for Love :)
ReplyDeleteCute blub, I like it!
Not bad...
DeleteYou have a ton of wonderful choices here! How are you going to pick!!
ReplyDeleteI don't know!!!
DeleteI like Lily's Cowboy...
ReplyDeleteBut your blurb made me think of Garth Brooks song "That Summer"....And that's the only title I can come up with.....LOL
Funny! That's the song that inspired this book!
DeleteEveryone has given such wonderful titles. I'm terrible at titles. But here's a few to throw around :)
ReplyDeleteFrom Solider to Cowboy
The Cowboy's Shadow
Heart of a Cowboy
Becoming a Cowboy
Wrangling a Cowboy
Healing a Cowboy's Heart
I like from Soldier to Cowboy! Thanks!
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