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Joan Johnston
  • Bibliography:
    66 Books (11 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 1985
  • Latest Book:
    March 2020
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About the Author

Popular romance writer, Joan Johnston, has an eclectic past. She has been an attorney, newspaper editor and critic, a theatre director, and college professor. She loves to travel to research her novels. She has been to England and Scotland for her Captive Heart series. She has also traveled to Tahiti, Australian and Bali gathering inspiration and information for a WWII novel she hopes to write.

She is a member of the several writers’ groups including the Authors Guild, Novelists, Inc., International Thriller Writers and Romance Writers of America. She lives in Florida just minutes from her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren. Her son, a writer, lives in Seattle.

Full Series List in Order

The Benedict Brothers

1 - Outcast (Jul-2009)
2 - Invincible (Nov-2010)
3 - Unforgettable (Nov-2014)
3.5 - Watch Out for My Girl (Jun-2009)

Bitter Creek

1 - The Cowboy (Feb-2000)
2 - The Texan (Mar-2001)
3 - The Loner (Mar-2002)
4 - The Price (Mar-2003)
5 - The Rivals (Sep-2004)
6 - The Next Mrs. Blackthorne (Sep-2005)
7 - A Stranger's Game (Jul-2007)
8 - Shattered (Jan-2010)
9 - Texas Bride (Apr-2012)
10 - Wyoming Bride (Jan-2013)
11 - Montana Bride (Jan-2014)
12 - Sinful (May-2015)
13 - Shameless (Jan-2016)
14 - Blackthorne's Bride (Jul-2017)
15 - Surrender (Mar-2018)
16 - A Bitter Creek Christmas (Aug-2018)
17 - Sullivan's Promise (Apr-2019)
17.5 - Winter Magic (Mar-2020)

Captive Heart

1 - Captive (Apr-1996)
2 - After the Kiss (Feb-1997)
3 - The Bodyguard (Mar-1998)
4 - The Bridegroom (Feb-1999)

Frontier Brides

1 - The Inheritance (Dec-1994)
2 - Maverick Heart (Nov-1995)
3 - Colter's Wife (Nov-1996)

Hawk's Way

1 - Honey and the Hired Hand (Nov-1992)
2 - The Rancher and the Runaway Bride (Apr-1993)
3 - The Cowboy and the Princess (May-1993)
4 - The Wrangler and the Rich Girl (Jun-1993)
5 - The Cowboy Takes a Wife (Mar-1994)
6 - The Unforgiving Bride (Sep-1994)
7 - The Headstrong Bride (Dec-1994)
8 - The Disobedient Bride (Jul-1995)
9 - The Temporary Groom (Jun-1996)
10 - The Virgin Groom (Aug-1997)
10.5 - A Hawk's Way Christmas (Oct-1997)
11 - The Substitute Groom (Aug-1998)
12 - Sisters Found // Breathless Seduction (Dec-2002)
13 - Sisters Found (Oct-2012)
A Little Time in Texas (May-1992)

Kendrick

1 - The Barefoot Bride (Dec-1991)
2 - Outlaw's Bride (Nov-1993)

King's Brats

1 - Sinful (May-2015)
2 - Shameless (Jan-2016)
3 - Surrender (Mar-2018)
4 - Sullivan's Promise (Apr-2019)
4.5 - Winter Magic (Mar-2020)
5 - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing // Hazard Ranch (Aug-1991)

Mail-Order Bride

1 - Texas Bride (Apr-2012)
2 - Wyoming Bride (Jan-2013)
3 - Montana Bride (Jan-2014)
4 - Blackthorne's Bride (Jul-2017)

Sisters of the Lone Star

1 - Frontier Woman (Aug-1988)
2 - Comanche Woman (Apr-1989)
3 - Texas Woman (Oct-1989)

Timeless Tales

1 - Colter's Wife (Nov-1996)
2 - Heartbeat (Sep-1997)
3 - I Promise (Jun-1996)

Wolf

1 - Never Tease a Wolf (Jul-1991)
2 - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing // Hazard Ranch (Aug-1991)

Multi-Author Series List

Man of the Month

79 - The Disobedient Bride (Jul-1995)

Book List in Order: 66 titles



  • BOLDLY, SHE RESCUED HIM FROM RENEGADE INDIANS--UNWITTINGLY, HE TURNED HER INTO A WOMAN IN LOVE In the rugged Rocky Mountains, where pioneers and Indians still bloodied the land, Rebecca preferred buckskin to lace--and a gun to a parasol. She vowed...



  • OPPOSITES ATTRACT Jenny Smith thought magazine critic Matthew Benson belonged in the Neanderthal era. Hadn't he written that women's equality was a dead issue? But she had a plan. All they had to do was tie themselves to opposite ends of a rope f...



  • In a young and lawless Texas, one woman stood ready for anything -- except love! She was Cricket, youngest of the ravishing Stewart sisters raised to shoot, ride, and fight as well as any man. On her pinto stallion, she roamed the harsh vast beau...



  • IN THE ARMS OF A BOLD WARRIOR, SHE FOUND A LOVE BEYOND HER WILDEST DREAMS! Captured by the Comanche Indians, Bayleigh Stewart clung to fantasies of Jonas Harper, the wealthy gentleman she had fallen in love with long ago in Boston. . . in a world ...



  • Getting Mommy Married Single mom Megan Padget was weary of trying to find the right man. So when her children gave her the book You Don't Have to Stay Single, she threw it away. Then she met sexy Tom Steele, and hurried back to the trash can. O...



  • SHE WAS HEIR TO A GLORIOUS DESTINY -- BUT ONE MAN'S LOVE WOULD CHALLENGE HER DREAMS... For Sloan Stewart, romance meant only heartache and betrayal. Rip Stewart's eldest daughter was raised as if she were the son he never had. She knew exactly w...



  • A DANGEROUS INNOCENCE Her rich titian hair in a bun, schoolmarm Eden Devlin was too tall and too doggone smart. Most men in Sweetwater wouldn't tangle with her. Until Burke Kerrigan rode into town. Big, hard, and handsome, he wore a pair of six-guns...



  • BIG BAD WOLF Luke Granger was fuming! A renegade wolf was roaming his land, threatening his sheep, and he planned to put an end to it -- until a hotheaded environmentalist showed up talking about some crazy scheme to SAVE the sharp-toothed pest! Y...



  • THE ALISTAIR-HAZARD FEUD WAS OVER Old Cyrus had passed on, and Nathan Hazard was prepared to take over his land. But then, Cyrus's greenhorn grand-niece showed up claiming ownership. She didn't know a thing about raising sheep, and Nathan wasn't a...






  • FROM POLITE BOSTON TO THE WILDS OF MONTANA, SHE CAME SEEKING A SAFE HAVEN FOR HER FAMILY -- AND FOUND UNEXPECTED LOVE. She was a whaling captain's widow, determined to keep her headstrong son from following his father's course. Molly Gallagher h...



  • NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT The Past: Although Texas in 1864 was no place for a lone lady traveler, feisty Angela Taylor had to get to San Antonio. She could outsmart any outlaw, so she wasn't afraid when a bunch of no-good cowboys surrounded her. Bu...



  • A TASTE OF HONEY When a mysterious drifter appeared at Honey Farrell's ranch, willing to work for room and board, the wary widow had to hire him. Tall, dark and grouchy, Jesse Whitelaw could scare away the lurking cattle rustlers with one growl. A...



  • SHE RODE THE OUTLAW TRAIL DISGUISED AS A MAN... Texas Ranger Jake Kearney was astonished to discover that the "Kid" Calhoun he stalked, the same outlaw who saved him from ambush, was a woman - and an irresistible one at that! Now Anabeth Calhoun w...



  • SHOTGUN WEDDING With three bossy, overprotective brothers looking over her shoulder, Tate Whitelaw was finding it impossible to become a woman. They still thought of her as a pigtailed little girl. So Tate hightailed it off the homestead--right in...



  • COWBOY CRAZY Faron Whitelaw had some nerve calling Belinda Prescott a princess. A nearly bankrupt ranch was hardly a castle, and Faron, an ill-tempered cowboy who'd inherited half her kingdom, was certainly no prince. The man was lucky she didn't ...



  • A DEBUTANTE IN A HAYSTACK Was she crazy? Garth Whitelaw didn't have time to hold Candy Baylor's hand and drag her around his ranch, and why on earth would the rich Texas debutante want to train horses, anyway? But she sure looked sexy in tight, wo...



  • The West--America's last frontier--a land of heartache and promise for three unforgettable heroines of UNTAMED... One Simple Wish by Joan Johnston Everyone in Fredericksburg, Texas, believes their newest resident, Alyssa Moreland, is a "true la...



  • SHE WAS THE TOMBOY TEASE HE REMEMBERED AS A KID... When the gorgeous blonde sashayed into Oakville, Ethan Hawk was a goner -- until she told him her name: Patch Kendrick. The brat he remembered from Fort Benton, Montana was now a luscious lady hun...



  • IS THERE A HUSBAND IN THE HOUSE? When single mother Desiree Parrish discovered that her abusive ex-husband was being released from prison, she knew she needed live-in protection at her ranch. And since hiring a bodyguard would only scare her young...






  • Seeking restitution from the elderly ingrate who robbed him, a reclusive, huge and handsome "beast" of a mountain man receives a most unorthodox compensation: the old thief's half-breed "beauty" of a daughter....



  • "NO WAY I'M EVER GETTING MARRIED!" This was rancher Falcon Whitelaw's favorite phrase. Until he heard himself say, "I do" to widowed mother Mara Ainsworth--a woman who hated his guts and was marrying him only for his medical insurance! No more wom...



  • Having wed to end the warring ways of their feuding Texas families, a reluctant bride and groom find life together an unending battle--until a beautiful arrival at Christmastime teaches them the true meaning of peace and joy and love....



  • Daisy knew that someday, somehow, she would pay for wanting what no proper woman wanted... The ravishing Duchess Daisy vowed to save Severn Manor by marrying Nicholas Calloway, a Texas bounty hunter come to claim his family's ancestral lands. ...



  • THE HOT-TEMPERED HUSBAND Rancher Sam Longstreet planned to woo and wed the innocent daughter of his enemy -- all in the name of sweet revenge. And he knew just how to make Callen Whitelaw fall in love with him.... THE HEADSTRONG BRIDE Callen d...



  • The dangerous desires of men and the seductive powers of women are explored by three of the romance genre's most celebrated writers in this captivating collection of short fiction....



  • MR. JULY HEARTLESS HUSBAND?: Texas rancher Zach Whitelaw advertised for a wife to bear his children -- but if she wasn't pregnant in a year's time, he'd divorce her. DISOBEDIENT BRIDE?: Six months into their marriage, Rebecca Littlewolf Whitela...



  • A unforgettable man--modern heroe who have the courage to fight for what is right... Rugged. Sexy. Heroic. A lone wolf like Stony Carlton wasn't easy to tame. He didn't seem to need anyone. Until he was introduced to the right woman, that is. T...



  • SHE WAS A LADY.... The earth shook with a dull roar as the buffalo herd bore down upon them. Terrified, Verity raced into the arms of the buckskin-clad stranger. Suddenly, the tempestuous Lady Verity Talbot knew the thrill of recognition and flash-f...



  • Lionel Morgan, Earl of Denbigh, had been betrayed once at the altar and vowed that no female would ensnare him again. Then Charlotte Edgerton burst into his life. He was to be her guardian. Her protector. But Denbigh wasn't prepared for this headstro...






  • A PROMISE OF DANGER Delia Carson was only sixteen when she fled her hometown running thousands of miles away from the deadly Texas tempest of lies and shadows that tore apart her family ... and her aching love for smalltown bad boy Marsh North. B...



  • A HAWK'S WAY WEDDING The Groom: If single dad Billy Stonecreek didn't find himself a wife who was mother material, his snooty in-laws would take away his little twin daughters... But who'd marry a "no-good half-breed" like him? The Bride: Cherr...



  • IN A BOLD, DARING BARGAIN SHE MARRIED A STRANGER... AND DISCOVERED NEW DEPTHS OF DESIRE! It was a shocking alliance indeed - Kinyan Holloway, the proud young widow, and Benjamin Colter, the tall, scarred drifter driven by a dream. Only as a marrie...



  • THE INNOCENT Too tall and entirely too outspoken, Miss Eliza Sheringham grew up thumbing her nose at polite English society. So when Captain Lord Marcus Wharton, called Beau for his stunning good looks set his rakish sights on her, Eliza thought not...



  • THE JOY OF SEX... One minute, Mac Macready was a living legend in Texas every kid's idol, every man's envy, every woman's fantasy. The next, his fiancee dumped him, his career was hanging in the balance and his future was looking mighty uncertain....



  • Dedicated Texas Ranger Jack Kittrick is hard on the trail of a killer who is preying on the helpless in a large San Antonio hospital--a hunt that leads him to Maggie Wainwright, the beautiful, enigmatic legal eagle who had access to the victims. . .a...



  • A Christmas keepsake...two special stories filled with holiday magic by Diana Palmer and Joan Johnston. Meet the men who make it so nice to be naughty! They're seductive, they're shameless, They're irresistible - and these Texans are experts at s...



  • Sworn to protect her, he was forbidden to touch her.... Joan Johnston is a masterful creator of unforgettable characters and stories that make you feel as if you're falling in love again. Now she sweeps you back to Regency-era Scotland, where ...



  • His marriage proposal wasn't shocking. His motive was. But she had her own secret . . . All of Jennifer Wright's hopes and dreams had rested on her summer wedding --- until a single moment changed everything. Including the groom. Suddenly, Jennifer ...



  • She was the reigning belle of the ton for the fourth Season in a row, but Lady Regina Wharton, the Duke of Blackthorne's daughter, was determined to avoid the perils of marriage. She had already seen enough to distrust all men. Then Clay Bannister, t...






  • Trace Blackthorne was taught from the cradle to take what he wanted. And he wanted Callie Creed. Eleven years ago, the feud between their families had torn them apart. But now Trace has come home, a ruthless hard-eyed stranger, making her an offer sh...



  • Owen Blackthorne was a lone wolf, a man who didn't need anyone. Until Bayleigh Creed appeared on his doorstep, demanding his help in locating her missing brother. They headed into the desolate West Texas wilderness together, a Blackthorne and a Creed...



  • The Blackthornes and the Creeds. Two powerful Texas dynasties--and lifelong enemies. Set in the heart of the modern-day West, New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston brings to passionate life the clash of wills between Blackthorne and Creed ....



  • Charity Beautiful, bold and uncertain of love after being abandoned as an infant, Charity is bewildered by Kane Longstreet's marriage proposal. Despite her misgivings, she agrees to go home with Kane for the holidays. But at his cousin's engagement ...



  • New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston has captivated millions of readers with her sprawling, sensuous novels about the two opposing dynasties of Bitter Creek, Texas -- the Blackthornes and the Creeds. Now in her highly anticipated hardcover...



  • Joan Johnston brings to life an unforgettable love story between two strong-willed people from different worlds in her thrilling new novel featuring the Blackthornes of Bitter Creek, Texas, and their formidable rivals, the Grayhawks of Wyoming. Jugg...



  • Get swept back to the untamed American West in this thrilling romance filled with powerful passion and breathtaking action in the days after the Civil War -- from the New York Times bestselling author of the Bitter Creek series.The Civil War was over...



  • A lavish summer wedding is being planned at Bitter Creek ranch. In one month, Clay Blackthorne will wed socialite Jocelyn Montrose. But when she hears stirrings of a corporate takeover by the family's archrival, North Grayhawk, Jocelyn covertly heads...



  • From New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston comes a dazzling new Bitter Creek novel that features all of the passion and intrigue in Texas high society that her readers know and love, mixed with an explosive, spine-tingling tale of murder, w...



  • Prepare for edge-of-your-seat suspense in this Thriller Short.Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.In this Thriller Short, bestselling author Joan Johnston thrusts headlong into a batt...






  • Ben Benedict is tortured by nightmares... Society bachelor and former army sniper Ben Benedict moves between two worlds--from high-society Washington to the mean city streets, from tuxedos to Glocks. His powerful Virginia family wants him out of h...



  • Nine years ago Kate Grayhawk Pendelton walked into Wyatt Shaw's life--and out of it the next morning. Now Wyatt's back--and has the power to shatter Kate's future with the man she loves. By reputation, Wyatt Shaw is a brutal killer who always gets...



  • Presenting...the sixth annual More Than Words anthology. Little by little, one person at a time, we can make our world a better place. The five dedicated women selected as this year's recipients of Harlequin's More Than Words award have done just ...



  • Bella Benedict's five grown children are scattered around the world like a handful of precious jewels. Now she's dying and she has one last, secret wish. To bring her children home. And to give them what she once had: a marriage of passion. Wealth...



  • HE MAY BE HER ONLY HOPE. SHE MAY BE HIS LAST CHANCE. Miranda Wentworth never imagined becoming a mail-order bride. Now marriage to a stranger is her only hope of finding a home where she and her two younger brothers can escape the brutality of t...



  • New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston has delighted millions of readers with her heartwarming tales set in the American West… Hope Hope Butler is about to watch the man of her dreams, Jake Whitelaw, marry another woman -- unless s...



  • CAN SECRETS AND SECOND CHOICES EVER LEAD TO LOVE? After three months in a mail-order marriage, Hannah Wentworth McMurtry is a widow -- pregnant, alone, and near death in the Wyoming wilderness. Though she is saved by a man with a face cut from st...



  • A DESPERATE DECEPTION THE PROMISE OF FOREVER When Karl Norwood’s mail-order bride meets an untimely demise on the way to the Montana Territory, Hetty Wentworth steps in to take her place. Hetty has no idea how she’s going to pretend to be al...



  • A wounded hero...A British lady...An unforgettable love. Haunted by war wounds and the woman who left him, Ex-Delta Army Sergeant Joe Warren is a man scarred body and soul. His life as he knew it is over, and he has no idea where to go from here. Whe...



  • For readers of Linda Lael Miller and Susan Mallery comes New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston’s sizzling contemporary Western romance, where power, money, and rivalries rule -- and love is the best revenge. WHILE HE SEEKS A HAVEN, S...



  • HER SHAMEFUL PAST MAKES HER AN OUTCAST -- UNTIL A LONE WOLF TAKES HER INTO HIS HOME. Scorned, pregnant, and facing a life without promise, Pippa Grayhawk is stunned when her father announces that they’re leaving their home in Australia to tak...



  • PROJECT: Tie an old-fashioned hunky guy to one end of a ten-foot rope with a svelte, long-legged femme fatale on the other endâ€"â€"no touching allowed!OBJECTIVE: Spend 30 temptation-filled days and nights bound to stunning Jenny Smith, proving men ...



  • A rogue nobleman, a rescued lady, and revenge undone by romance all play a part in New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston’s irresistible novel of best-laid plots, delicious deception, and unexpected passion. Two years have passed since...



  • In New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston’s scorching contemporary romance, a second chance at love may be the last. When a sudden tornado of flame from a raging forest fire snuffs out both engines of the Twin Otter being piloted by Ta...



  • Five related couples, Libby & Clay Blackthorne, Summer & Billy Coburn, Kate & Wyatt Shaw, Bay & Owen Blackthorne, and Joss & North Grayhawk, gather at Bitter Creek ranch in Texas to share memories of their most life-altering Christmas gifts while aw...



  • Two unforgiving lovers reunite for the sake of their child in this fiery contemporary romance Facing the unexpected consequences of a life-altering night of passion with a cowboy she met in a Jackson Hole bar, and with her life committed to protec...



  • From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author JOAN JOHNSTON, read Mike’s story, continued from Sullivan’s Promise. In the five years since Mike Sullivan had his face ripped off by a grizzly -- leaving scars that make him look monstrous...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Joan Johnston has published 66 books.

Joan Johnston does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Winter Magic, was published in March 2020.

The first book by Joan Johnston, A Loving Defiance // No Longer a Stranger, was published in February 1985.

Yes. Joan Johnston has 11 series.