Continuity Issue in Cliff House

I just discovered a continuity issue in chapter three of Cliff House. I am correcting that today. Also, the Cliff House Trilogy will no longer be offered as a three book collection at the beginning of 2026. It will be offered as a single volume told in chronological order. Instead of the current order of Cliff House; Rum Runners, and Scavengers, the new edition will be entitled: The Rum Runner: The Legend of Captain John Stewart, and it will begin with Rum Runners. 

When I originally wrote Cliff House in 2012, it was the first book I wrote of the trilogy. I immediately wrote the opening draft of the prequel, Rum Runners. I have not made many changes to it; however, I completely rewrote Cliff House after one of Harlequin’s former editors, Denise Zaza, showed interest in the story in 2013. She was not interested in a prequel, but I felt it was essential. That short association did take Cliff House in a different direction. She questioned the differences I was making, and I questioned one of her suggestions. I decided to take all of my writing in a new direction at that time, and Cliff House and Rum Runners sat on the shelf for thirteen years.   
 
I now realize that even though I wrote Cliff House first, the true order should be chronological, and when I publish the three-volume edition, it will be chronological. Until then, I will continue to offer the Cliff House Trilogy. The first two books, Cliff House and Rum Runners, are standalone reads. The third book of the trilogy, Scavengers, must be read last and is not a standalone read.