Kate Willoughby

USA Today Bestselling Author

Carina Press, Harlequin, Hockey Book 2, In The Zone Series, LA Kings

Forfeiting to Harlequin Superromance

I got word today that there’s a Harlequin Superromance book coming out with the title IN HER CORNER. Harlequin tries to avoid publishing two books with the same title.

Sigh.

So, since that book comes out first, I have to change my title to…

ACROSS THE LINE

I think ACROSS THE LINE is actually just as nice a title. It fits the story, because both the main characters cross a line with each other, and there are lots of lines in hockey, like the blue line, pictured here with the handsome Jarret Stoll of the LA Kings. And oddly, enough it was on my original list of suggested titles, so I thought of it. LOL

Let’s hope that title sticks!

Hockey Book 2, In The Zone Series, On The Surface

Title Announcement

I just got word from my editor that the team finally settled on a title for the second book in the In The Zone series. I gave them a list of 39 possible titles. Some of my ideas were about perfection and being a perfectionist. Some had to do with the distance between them at the beginning of the book. Others had to do with Calder supporting Becca through thick and thin, which is the theme they liked most. Here are my suggestions that centered on that theme.

At Her Side
By Her Side
On Her Side
On Her Team

On Her Own
Right There Beside Her
Backing Up Becca
Across the Line
Anywhere You Are
Never Alone
But the title they chose was
IN HER CORNER
I like it! It’s a preposition, like Book 1’s ON THE SURFACE, and my sister-in-law pointed out they have corners in hockey! Sure, they’re rounded, but you hear in broadcasts all the time, “They’re battling for the puck in the corner,” or “So and so just took a hard hit in the corner,” so there is a dual meaning to the title, which I appreciate.
Now if I could just see some cover art for ON THE SURFACE!!!!

Photo by Sillygwailo (cc)

Hockey Book 2, In The Zone Series

Only a Week and A Day Late

I turned in the second draft of Book 2 in the IN THE ZONE series. My editor has it and I eagerly await her edits. Until then, I should work on the family newsletter and enjoy my birthday today. But I find myself really wanting to start Book 3.

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