It’s sometimes confusing to those who read Lessons when it was first published two years ago to discover Lessons is now titled Coulson’s Lessons and that instead of being number one in the Coulson Series, it is now number three. How did that happen? I am so confused!
Well, actually, I’m not confused. But I may have confused a few of my readers.
I first wrote Lessons (an adult love story) and then The Senator’s Secret, which is more mystery than love story. Readers first met most of The Senator’s Secret characters in Lessons.
I later decided I wanted to go back in time and write about the people from Lessons, when they were children, to show how they first met and formed their relationships. I wanted to give readers more insight into their history.
When I started writing, I found myself jumping back one generation to first tell the story of the grandfather that started the empire and founded Coulson. But the story ended up being more about his wife in Coulson’s Wife.
After Coulson’s Wife, I wrote Coulson’s Crucible, which introduced many of the characters from Lessons. For some it might have been a character overload. I’m just hoping the story of Garret’s parent pulls the reader successfully through the book without too much confusion.
After Coulson’s Wife and Coulson’s Crucible, it was decided to rebrand the series – and rename the first two books written. Lessons became Coulson’s Lessons and The Senator’s Secret became Coulson’s Secret.
As I’ve mentioned before, there will be at least one more book in the series – Coulson’s Reckoning, which will tie together loose ends woven throughout the books.
Yet, for those who despise having to read all books in a series to get a complete story, I promise you can read any of the first four books, without having to read any of other books from the series.
