We’ve re-released the Coulson Family Saga (formally The Coulson Series) in paperback format. It’s the first time all five of the books in the series are available in paperback!
We’ve re-released the Coulson Family Saga (formally The Coulson Series) in paperback format. It’s the first time all five of the books in the series are available in paperback!
My Anna J. McIntyre alter ego has been virtually silent, as I’ve spent the last two years working primarily on my Haunting Danielle Series. I just wrapped up the Book 13 in that series—The Ghost Who Lied, which is scheduled for release on May 31, 2017.
But, I have made a change to my Coulson Series that I wanted to share. I’ve put all five books in Amazon’s KindleUnlimited program. This means the books in that series will be exclusive to Amazon for at least 90 days. I have no idea if I will leave them there beyond that time, or put them back in the other online book stores.
Why did I go exclusive? Readers who are members of the KindleUnlimited program can basically read the books for free. When you’re a member of that program, you can read as many books as you want for one monthly fee. Of course, the books have to be in the program.
For readers who don’t participate in KindleUnlimited, they can purchase the books for the regular price at Amazon.
If you have read the series and enjoyed it—l hope you let your friends in the program know they can read the books for free.
Coulson’s Wife—the first book in my Coulson Series is free. Recently it was featured on BookBub, which means thousands of downloads within a couple days—and it also means some new reviews.
One issue I’ve always had with the Coulson Series—particularly Coulson’s Wife—is that it doesn’t neatly fit into a genre, and when marketing it somewhere like BookBub, it will inevitably get to some wrong readers.
The Coulson Series is a family saga—yet no such genre category is available at BookBub. Over the last few years, Coulson’s Wife has been featured at BookBub under Woman’s Fiction, Historical Fiction, and this last time, Historical Romance. Readers of romance—historical or contemporary—often expect happily ever after, and when a book marketed under romance fails to deliver that happy fix, they feel betrayed and angry. One way to vent is a negative review. I get that—and I understood the risks when going for a romance category.
Of all my books, Coulson’s Wife seems to generate the most varied of reviews. I’ve had readers tell me they loved it—others hated it.
A recent three-star-review wrote, “No happy endings here, I kept waiting for it to happen, and it never did. Thoroughly frustrated. I know there was no promise of such, but still frustrated. I would give it even less stars, but that would be unfair, just because I personally just hated the storyline.”
Contrast that review with this 5-star on the same book, “Amazing, wonderful, moving, all the things that I can say. I laughed and cried. Enjoyed the book, and think everyone would enjoy it as much as I did.”
For readers looking for the happy ending—they’ll find it as the story progresses throughout the series. Why? Because sometimes a story is multi-generational; sometimes the happy ending comes for the children—the grandchildren—because of the sacrifices and lessons of those who came before them.
On Monday Coulson’s Wife received its 250th Amazon review. The last eleven reviews posted are either 4 or 5-stars—with seven of those being 5-stars! As I write this post, the book has a 4-star average on Amazon.
Of course, not everyone loves Coulson’s Wife. Some readers hate it. While it’s received 105 5-stars and 78 4-stars to date, fifteen reviewers gave it a 1-star. But that’s okay. I don’t expect everyone to love or even like my writing. But the fact it has resonated with a group of readers brings me more than a smile.
Coulson’s Wife is not for everyone. Here are a few things readers (who enjoyed the book) said about Coulson’s Wife.
I do not remember crying so hard. I never cry while reading, but this book brought tears to my eyes.
I was surprised to find myself so absorbed into the story, I even cried.
I haven’t found a book in quite some time that held my interest enough that I could read it in one sitting. This book did it!
I’m so glad I finally read it because it’s one of the best books I have read for a while.
A splendid story where there’s really no good guys and bad guys but friends, family, employees making the best of situations they could not control beginning right before 1900 and taking us through to about 1950.
The twists and turns kept you off balance, and intrigued.
This book is so different than any other romance novel out there. The description doesn’t do the book justice because it’s much greater than it.
Haunting.
I got this free on my Kindle and what a terrific surprise. The author has an incredible way of weaving the story line along with historical references.
I loved this book! A sweet, romantic love story! Not your typical “red-hot; alpha male; hop in the sack for heavy sex” type of book.
Amazing, wonderful, moving, all the things that I can say. I laughed and cried.
Had some tears coming down, but I did love the ending but wish it didn’t end like that. So recommend it!!!
A wonderful love story that keeps you involved and begging for more till the end!!
I really don’t want to give out any spoilers, but this book surpassed my expectations. I downloaded this on a whim and didn’t think it was gonna be all that good. Now as I write this review at 3 o’clock in the morning after just completing this masterpiece, I am now going to start book 2.
This is a real grabber. I could not put it down till I finished it at one sitting. This is a story of frustrated love and fulfilled love that keeps the reader in suspense. Great read.
I LOVED this book…thank you…best book I’ve read in a long time.
The characters are developed and grow over time. The plot was also well developed and kept me interested. I recommend this book.
History strongly weaved in and out of this story which I loved. Everything about this book kept my attention. The story was focused on relationships without the details of sex.
A wonderful read!!! Engaging from the very beginning. I planned to simply preview the book to see if it would appeal to me for a future time. Instead, I was drawn in at the very beginning and continued to read until it was finished, a one day read.
I like a book that touches all of my emotions. It made me happy, sad, laugh and even cry.
This was a remarkable book about complicated romance and relationships during a time in history when the world was quickly changing.
The characters become real as the reader is swept along as the story unfolds.
This was a very moving book which I read in one day. Great story and although it says book 1 it was a standalone novel.
I loved this book. I never got bored. Several surprises. Warm and a beautiful story of a woman who loved deeply.
Read it in one day. The best book I have read in ages.
More than a story, I found Coulson’s wife to be a journey with the characters. A well edited piece of art where a couple of human generations are neatly squeezed in, yet detailed where it really matters.
It was just raw and real.
I read a lot of romance novels and this one stands out as one of the better ones.
(You can download Coulson’s Wife for FREE at most eBook venues.)
I currently have three series — The Coulson Series, Unlocked Hearts and now Haunting Danielle, which will have two books in the series come November 1, and a third in January.
I understand that not all my readers will necessarily be interested in each series, because they are each a little different from each other.
The Coulson Series is a family drama with romance, mystery and adult subject matter. Unlocked Hearts is light romance, where the story is about the falling in love. Haunting Danielle is a cozy paranormal mystery.
I decided to create Facebook pages for each series–and each Facebook page will focus on just that series. I hope you stop by and check them out– and I would really appreciate any likes.
Hope to see you over on Facebook!
Click here to visit The Coulson Series Facebook page.
Click here to visit the Unlocked Hearts Facebook page.
Click here to visit the Haunting Danielle Facebook page.
Hope to see you over on Facebook!