*Sigh*...looks like a name change may be in order.

I really loved the name 'Spellbound' and in a lot of ways it really fit the story. My MC-Roda's religion was never the main plot, but it's a big part of who she is and who her family is. (Just like anyone, religion is a big part of who they are...this is real life here). In the beginning of the story, her mom tells her she said a spell for love for her and is convinced a friend's nephew is the answer. Just so happens the spell was actually answered in the form of a man Roda met earlier that same day. So to me, 'Spellbound' fit and it was cute.......but does it really fit the rest of the story???

And.....now after the response from that one publisher about not wanting to take at look at a book that "pits one religion against another" I am quite paranoid about the whole religious aspect and if I have emphasized it too much in the query. (hence the reason I may have gotten zero bites on this story).

The story is really about the couple and the challenges the face coming from two extremely different worlds...They have many differences, religion is part of it, but they have very different lifestyles in general; their parents and siblings, jobs, finances, hobbies, etc...they are just very different people. But they find a HUGE connection in the fact that both of their personal beliefs have scared away lovers in the past... They learn about each other, accept each others differences...grow...fall in love.

Things get messy when his mother sticks her nose where it doesn't belong...she does not approve of Roda's beliefs and does not want her son to marry her. It shakes Roda a bit, but they move along, ignoring his mother. Until one bizarre disaster after another...Roda starts to wonder if they are all signs that they moved too fast, (for her, signs are a big deal)...maybe they are too different after all... In a moment of pure stress and just being at the end of her rope, Roda calls off the wedding.

Roda is then thrown into drama in her family and must be strong for them..no time to dwell on her own problems. But she finds out the unexplained disasters were not signs at all...her mother in law to-be had caused every single one. Roda grabs back the happiness that was stolen from her.

So anyway, my point in this mini synopsis is to ask your advice on a new name. Bottom line, the story is about love and the understanding of differences and the compromises that need to be made in any relationship. Here's what I got so far:

A Compromising Love
A Love of Compromises
A Happy Medium
The Happy Medium of Love
Love’s Happy Medium
The Sweetness of Compromise
A Spell of Compromise
Love in the Real World
The Reality of Love

Anything jumping out at ya???? Suggestions?? I am completely open!

P.S.- It's contemporary romance, so sappy titles are acceptable.