Over the next several weeks, you'll start seeing some familiar Trident Security books with brand-new titles and updated covers. Don't worry—the stories themselves aren't changing. This is a complete series rebrand designed to make it easier for new readers to discover the books while giving the series a more consistent look and feel.

This wasn't a decision I made lightly.

Like many of you, I'm attached to the original titles. They were chosen with a lot of thought, but looking back, I realize I never truly branded the series. Some titles immediately signaled romance, like His Angel. Others, like Watching From the Shadows, gave little indication that they were romance novels at all. While existing readers knew what to expect, new readers often didn't.

Reader expectations have changed, too. Many readers—especially those discovering new authors—want to know what kind of book they're getting before they even read the blurb. Covers, titles, and subtitles now play a much bigger role in communicating a book's subgenre and tropes.

For the past few months, authors have been facing an ever-changing publishing landscape. After talking with several authors who have successfully rebranded large series and seen positive results, I decided it was time to do the same. I started with Trident Security.

Some of you may have heard that book sales have been dropping for many authors since January. There are a number of reasons for this. The economy has been unpredictable, and hundreds of AI-generated "slop" books are being uploaded every day. Amazon also changed its search algorithm to AI, which means the way authors have traditionally approached keywords, blurbs, and discoverability no longer works as well. Kobo and Barnes & Noble have also made changes that have affected visibility and sales.

As you'll see below, the books are getting a complete makeover, including new titles.

Working with another author who has successfully rebranded one of their own series, I developed a new, consistent branding strategy for Trident Security that will hopefully help more readers discover the books.

The ebooks, print books, and eventually the audiobooks will all receive the new titles and covers. (The audiobooks will take a little longer because I need each narrator to update the opening and closing files before they can be reuploaded.) As you can see from the images below, I kept the artwork from the latest covers and converted them to black and white so the new titles stand out.

Because there are so many books and editions involved, these changes won't happen overnight.

Over the next several weeks, you'll likely notice some books with new titles and covers while others still have the originals. Different retailers update their listings at different speeds, so there may be temporary discrepancies depending on where you're shopping. Please bear with me while everything catches up.

The amount of work involved is...a little overwhelming.

First, I have to update the title pages inside every book. Then I have to upload new ebook files, covers, metadata, blurbs, keywords, and other information to seven different retailers for each of the 13 books—91 separate ebook updates before I even begin the audiobooks. Audiobooks are also uploaded to seven distributors, while print books are updated across three platforms, each with multiple formats, including original covers, discreet, and large print.

On top of that, every one of my 50+ books needs updated back matter to reflect the new titles, and my recommended reading order has to be revised everywhere it appears. To avoid confusing readers already making their way through the series, the updated reading order will list the new titles with the original titles in parentheses.

In total, this project involves well over 1,400 individual uploads and metadata updates. It's definitely a marathon, but one that I believe is worth running.

Thankfully, updating the ebooks is mostly time-consuming rather than difficult. If you've already bought them from one of the retail sites, they should tell you that you already own the ebook, so you don't accidentally purchase another cover/title version.

Print books are a different story. Because the titles are changing, I have to create entirely new print listings and assign new ISBNs to every edition.

I also know many of you have collected the original covers over the years, and I don't want those to disappear.

The original covers and titles will continue to be available exclusively through my Shopify store in ebook, audiobook, and print formats. It will take me a few weeks to get everything updated there as well, but they'll be back. In addition, every print book purchased through my shop will include my digitally embedded signature on the title page before it's printed and shipped. (Print editions purchased through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other retailers will not include the digital signature.)

So...that's the plan!

I truly appreciate your patience and support while I work through this enormous project. My hope is that these changes will help introduce Trident Security to a whole new group of readers while allowing me to continue bringing you new stories for years to come.

Once Trident Security is complete, I'll move on to the Omega Team series and then evaluate the rest of my catalog. Not every series will receive a makeover, but some probably will.

As for the original Trident Security series, I still have two more books planned for the future. They'll receive the titles I've already chosen for them, and those original versions will be available exclusively through my Shopify store, while the newly branded editions will be available through all retailers.