Colters’ Wife was written shortly after Colters’ Woman was published and picked up just a few months after Colters’ Woman ended. It has always been a free story, a thank you to readers who bought and read Colters’ Woman, and was intended only as a visit back for the birth of their first child. Chronologically, Colters’ Woman obviously occurs first in the timeline, followed by Colters’ Wife and then Callie’s Meadow (which is only available in the reissue of Colters’ Woman) and then of course the next sequels Colters’ Lady and Colters’ Daughter.