I wrote these books early in my career. I loved them—my pitch was James Bond meets Jane Austen—and after many years, the publisher gave me back the rights so I could publish them on my own. When I read them again, I still loved them, but wanted to make a few changes.

First, audiobooks weren't much of a thing when they first came out, and now they are! Words that read just fine on a page or a screen sound different out loud. Many of the changes I made were with audio in mind. I cut out a lot of speech tags, repeated words, and rearranged lines with action to make them smoother.

Second, I realized I did a fair amount of that thing where the point-of-view changed back and forth between characters a lot, even within a scene, and it can be confusing, especially in audio. I rewrote some sections to be more consistent.

Third, I had to change a few minor character names. Turns out I really liked the name Hastings and used it all over the place. And I came up with a new series title.

Fourth, I just wanted to fix a few things I didn't do very well the first time. There was a key question in For Your Arms Only, where I was never pleased with the way I wrote it the first time (why didn't I figure it out back then? Deadline). It's a small change, but I think it's more logical. I also fleshed out a few minor plot points that were in the originals, but not explained very well. Hopefully I did a better job this time.

The titles. Two of the titles were my own choice, so I didn't want to change those, but one was not. But I do not want anyone to think these are all-new books, so the titles stayed the same.

The stories. If you read the originals, you know what happens. No new twists, characters, or plots.

The characters. I loved all these characters, and it was an absolute pleasure to spend time with them again.

AND I did it all, both in 2009 and in 2026, without using a single spot of AI. Don't even ask.