The Manor Needs Your Vote

Something is changing at Woodward Manor.

I’ve been reconsidering the titles for The Cursed Heirs of Woodward Hill, and I now have three very different naming styles for the series.

The prequel will remain The Winter Curse, but Books 1–9 still need their final names—and today, the Thornwood Coven gets a vote.

Which set would make you most likely to click on the series, read the descriptions, and add the books to your TBR?

And here’s a brief summary of the series to give you the tone…

At Woodward Manor, every heir is born with a psychic gift—and a curse no one understands. As buried secrets, restless ghosts, and long-forgotten murders begin to surface, each wounded Woodward must trust the one person capable of quieting the darkness inside them. But beneath the manor’s legacy lies ancient fae magic, and falling in love may be the only way to survive it.

Thornwood Coven members, step inside the naming chamber…

I want these titles to be memorable, atmospheric, and true to the series—but they also need to make readers curious enough to click. Each set of titles refers back to the psychic abilities of each of the Woodwards featured in the novels.

Here are the three possibilities:

The original, straightforward paranormal naming style. Previously published books 1 & 2 started this naming convention, and this is what I had planned for the titles before I gave them a gothic makeover…

Book 1 — Psychic Whispers
Book 2 — Psychic Spirits
Book 3 — Psychic Touch
Book 4 — Psychic Veil
Book 5 — Psychic Fate
Book 6 — Psychic Lies
Book 7 — Psychic Scents
Book 8 — Psychic Dreams
Book 9 — Psychic Heir

The current atmospheric, mystery-focused working titles I’ve been using while writing the series. Authors need working titles so they know which book they’re working on, and perhaps these still work. I’ll let you decide.

Book 1 — The Hollow Whisper
Book 2 — The Haunted Heart
Book 3 — The Ghostly Secret
Book 4 — The Liminal Bride
Book 5 — The Divided Fate
Book 6 — The Wicked Truth
Book 7 — The Fae Hunter
Book 8 — The Dream Healer
Book 9 — The Nightmare Prince

Symbolic couple-based titles with a darker fairy-tale feel.

Book 1 — The Whisper & the Hollow
Book 2 — The Rose & the Haunted
Book 3 — The Echo & the Truth
Book 4 — The Veil & the Warrior
Book 5 — The Seer & Her Fate
Book 6 — The Tell & the Wager
Book 7 — The Scent & the Hunter
Book 8 — The Dreamer & the Healer
Book 9 — The Heir & the Nightmare Prince

Vote with your first instinct—the set that makes you most curious to enter Woodward Manor.

The manor’s future is in your hands!

And thank you for your participation!

Ever yours in the shadows,

Gina 🖤