Kindle Unlimited

I'm sure many of you have heard all about Kindle Unlimited recently. Amazon's new subscription service that allows you to borrow as many books as you want for $9.99 a month.

It sounds like quite a deal right? Based on waht I'm about to say I probably shouldn't be advertising for them like this!

But here's the deal. I'm not going to be enrolling my books in Kindle Unlimited. Please please, put down your pitchforks and hear me out.

Most of my books are sold at Amazon, this is true. I assume most of you reading this have bought my books through Amazon. Heck, the sidebar buy links on this very website take you to Amazon. But, I have a significant amount of readers that buy my books at Apple, Barnes and Noble, Google, All Romance EBooks and Kobo.

If I were to enroll in KDP Select and utilize the Kindle Unlimited program then that would cut all those readers out. Your books have to be exclusive to Amazon to utilize this program. If I did this I would be denying a large portion of my readership access to The Bucklin Wolves series which is in full swing.

They've all started reading the story of the Bucklin Wolves and enjoying Rowan/Eva's life together as well as wondering what the stories for the other characters hold. If I enrolled my future books into KDP Select I'd be essentially telling those readers I didn't care about them finishing the story. That's not me, I write my stories for everyone to enjoy, not just people with a Kindle or Kindle App.

I hope you all understand.

The Bucklin Wolves series will take us through to the end of the year. After that I may experiment with different paranormal creatures (I love me some demons and angels), longer books and I may even decide to write a Kindle only story at that time to utilize Kindle Unlimited. But I absolutely WILL NOT pull the rug out from under my readers that have discovered The Bucklin Wolves through a store other than Amazon.

And as always the first novel of every serial, that is widely distributed, will be 0.99 until the second book comes out and then it will be free. This will never change, no matter how successful I am and no matter how long the books are.
I don't care if I start writing 350,000 word Tom Clancy lenght novels. The first in any serial or series will be 0.99 until the second book is released, then it will be FREE.

This is for my readers to discover me and have a low risk/high reward structure. My writing isn't for everybody and I'd hate for you to pay for the first book in a series or serial and hate it and be out any money, even if it's only 0.99.

Now as you noticed I put the caveat "that is widely distributed". That's because Amazon will not let you set a book to free forever if you are a member of KDP Select.

I don't know if many of you know this but Amazon has no "free" setting. The lowest you can price your book is 0.99.

So how do I get my novels free? By setting them to free at B&N, Apple, Google, etc. Then Amazon will price match it to free. That's how Lost Alpha Part 1 and Taken By The Wolf Part 1 became free by Amazon price matching it to those other retailers.

Obviously if it's not on other retailers then there's no way to make it permanetly free at Amazon.

But again, right now I have no KDP Select/Kindle Unlimited plans. In the future if demand is high for me to join the program I may experiment with an Amazon exclusive serial, but it damn sure won't be The Bucklin Wolves.

Thank you for understanding,

J Ryan

*PS* As always my inbox is open at jessicaryanbooks@gmail.com. If you have any questions or wnat to discuss this post in more detail privately feel free to shoot me an e-mail. Or if you would like to have a public discussion then post a comment.

Lost Alpha: Collection Released!

My Lost Alpha: Collection has been released! This collects Lost Alpha Parts 1-3 plus an exclusive 7,000 word bonus story!

CLICK HERE to purchase at Amazon.

CLICK HERE to purchase at Barnes and Noble. 

I am having trouble getting it uploaded to Apple and unfortunately due to certain policies it will not be uploaded to Google.

 If you are a member of my mailing list then you have already received the bonus story for free.

Taken By The Wolf Part 3 Released!

It's here! The final part to Taken By The Wolf!

This is the longest story in The Bucklin Wolves series so far. It ties up Rowan and Eva's story and moves us into Hawk's story.

Happiness floods Eva and she does her best to ignore the creeping sensation that her world could be shattered in an instant. The dominant and sexy wolf, Rowan, has claimed her as his mate, and life in Bucklin is peaceful. Almost too peaceful. The imminent threat of attack from the brutal biker gang, Satan's Angels, hangs over the town.

Rowan is pleased with his mate claim. Eva has fulfilled his wildest fantasies and more...filling his life with sensual pleasures and the softness that a woman brings. Unfortunately he's finding it increasingly difficult to control his inner wolf when it comes to Eva's safety. She's made it clear she doesn't like his murderous reactions to any threat, but his wolf must act, especially with so many threats so close.

The Bucklin Wolves are not done! The next serial: Lost With The Alpha will cover the mysterious alpha Hawk and a new female lead: Ciara. But, have no fear, Rowan and Eva will still appear sporadically for the rest of the series before taking a big role in the final book of the series where all characters come together.
Lost With The Alpha is due out the first week of August 2014.

But, we're getting ahead of ourselves aren't we? Check out Taken By The Wolf Part 3 first!

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Coming soon to Apple, Google, Barnes and Noble and Kobo.

15 Random Facts about Jessica Ryan

I realized all my blog posts are just about my books and what's coming out. I decided to have some fun. So without further adieu here are 15 random facts about me!

1) I graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in Journalism

2) I love sports and worked as a sportswriter for a year

3) I used to love True Blood, but the last few seasons have really turned me off. :/

4) I have a son that will be four on July 15

5) I'm divorced due to an unfaithful mate

6) My favorite color is green

7) My favorite food is tacos, but my son thinks it's potatoes for reasons beyond me

8) In my day job I am an insurance adjuster, hopefully that will end someday

9) Nobody will ever say "she has the patience of a saint" to me. I'm very impatient

10) I have three dogs: a rottewiler, boxer and chihuahua

11) My brain forces me to sing along with "Wind Beneath My Wings" everytime I hear it

12) I love going to the zoo

13) I was never popular in high school, but I had a lot of friends. Go figure.

14) My dad was a substitute teacher at my Junior High and High School. You think your parents embarassed you growing up? It's worse when he's giving detention and being a hard ass to your friends!

15) I can whip anyone that wants to try me at Mario Kart

Take By The Wolf Part 2 Released!

I'm proud to announce the release of Taken By The Wolf Part 2! This is the second book in the exciting "Bucklin Wolves" series.

Although she felt more captive than guest, Eva still surrendered her body to Rowan, the werewolf sheriff who’s as handsome as he is deadly. The sex was incredible, but where do they go from there, and why is Rowan calling her his mate?
Unable to resist temptation Rowan claimed the curvy Eva as his own, but why hasn't the familiar mating bond formed?
Has Eva accepted him as her mate or is she biding time until she can escape?

Taken By The Wolf 2 is a 19,000 word bbw werewolf/shifter romance. It is part two in the Taken By The Wolf serial and the second book in the Bucklin Wolves series.
It contains adult content and is not intended for readers under the age of 18.

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Coming soon to Barnes and Noble and Apple.

Also, now that part 2 is out Taken By The Wolf Part 1 will be moving to free at all major retail outlets. If you haven't gotten it then now is the time to do so! 

Part 3 is slated for release July 11-14.

Thank you,

J Ryan

Release Schedule. This is a fluid process.

Hello dearest readers, this post will be a contradiction to my last one (which I removed to avoid confusion).

I had a plan for the Bucklin Wolves, one in which I was going to do the first part as a three story serial and then the rest as longer novels.

Unfortunately due to proofreading constraints (a lot goes into putting these books out and a lot of schedules have to mesh) I would be unable to release the second characters story arch until September.

I figured out that my readers would not be happy finishing the first arc in Mid-July and then waiting until September to get the next installment.

So as a result I will have to serialize the other character arcs too. This is the only way I can keep bringing you the Bucklin Wolves story in a timely manner. I hope you all understand!

Also due to the July 4th holiday the third part of Taken By The Wolf will be released a few days later than the two week mark.

Here is the tentative release schedule for upcoming works:

June 23rd: Taken By The Wolf Part 2

July 11th: Taken By The Wolf Part 3

July 23rd: Lost Alpha Collection (including bonus story)

August 8th (very tentative): Hawk's Story (working title) Part 1

Hawk's Story will be the second serialized part of the Bucklin Wolves. The story will obviously follow Hawk, alpha of the Skyvale pack. Hawk's Story is just a working title and not what the final part will be called.

And not to worry, there will be plenty of Rowan and Eva in Hawk's story!

I know that's nearly a month between the end of Taken and the start of Hawk's story, but I did say there would be a brief cooling off period between serialized parts when I first started the Bucklin Wolves adventure. I hope you, dearest reader will understand.

But, no need to fear, there will still be the Lost Alpha Collection with a bonus story to keep you good and full on Jessica Ryan in that time. Please remember, if you are a member of my mailing list then you will get the bonus story for free!

I'm very excited with the direction the Bucklin Wolves is going and it will continue to have all the adventure and steaminess you have come to expect from my works.

Thank you all for being such great readers.

-J Ryan

Taken By The Wolf Part 1 Released!

I am proud to announce the release of Taken By The Wolf Part 1. This novella is the start of something new and exciting for my readers.

Taken By The Wolf Part 1 will be the first in a three-part serial set in the town of Bucklin, a werewolf owned community in rural Oklahoma. This is only the first serial amongst several that will detail the lives and relationships of the Bucklin Wolves.

Eva Thompson never wanted to be hustling drinks at Cowboy's Landing, but she’s got bills to pay, and she sure as heck isn’t waiting around to be rescued. 

 Bad boy Rowan, is no knight in shining armor. He’s the Sheriff for Bucklin, a remote town populated by werewolves. He’s left home on a mission, and doesn’t have time to get distracted by a curvy human waitress. 

There are rules about how to handle humans who find out what they are, but when Eva inadvertently sees Rowan’s furrier side, he can’t bring himself to hurt her. Whether she likes it or not, Eva’s coming back to Bucklin with him, and he isn't about to let her go. And call it Stockholm’s Syndrome, but Eva’s starting to think she’d rather end up in her sexy captor's bed than back in Cowboy's Landing. 

Taken By The Wolf Part 1 is and 18,500 word novella and the first in a three part serial set in the exciting world of the Bucklin Wolves.

I expect to release each part of this serial every other week followed by a brief cooling off period before moving to the next serial that focuses on the Bucklin Wolves.

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Coming soon to Google, Barnes and Noble and Apple.