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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1983
  • Latest Book:
    August 2017
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About the Author

Joanna Watkins Bourne lives in the foothills of the Blue Ridge with her family, a medium-sized mutt and a faux Himalayan cat. She had lived in England, France, Germany, Nigeria, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.

She writes Historical Romances set in England and France during the Napoleonic Wars. She's fascinated by that time and place - such passionate conviction and burning idealism... and really sexy clothes.

Full Series List in Order

Spymasters

1 - The Forbidden Rose (Jun-2010)
2 - The Spymaster's Lady (Jan-2008)
3 - Rogue Spy (Nov-2014)
4 - My Lord and Spymaster (Jul-2008)
5 - Her Ladyship's Companion (Mar-1983)
6 - The Black Hawk (Nov-2011)
7 - Beauty Like the Night (Aug-2017)

Book List in Order: 10 titles



  • Cornwall, 1818 LOVE AND PERIL ON THE CLIFFS OF CORNWALL Beautiful Melissa Rivenwood was leaving Mrs. Brody's Seminary for the Daughters of Gentlemen for a new life. But when she accepted the position as companion to the formidable Lady Doro...



  • France and England,1802 SHE'S NEVER MET A MAN SHE COULDN'T DECEIVE... She's braved battlefields. She's stolen dispatches from under the noses of heads of state. She's played the worldly courtesan, the naive virgin, the refined...



  • London, 1811 A DARING BEAUTY, SHE WAS INFAMOUS FOR TAKING CHANCES... Raised as a poor but cunning pickpocket, Jess Whitby may have grown into a wealthy young woman, but now she must once again rely on her guile. Her father's been wrongly accu...



  • France, 1794 THE ONLY PERSON SHE CAN TRUST WITH HER LIFE... Marguerite de Fleurignac, once a glittering aristocrat in a world of privilege, is on the run, disguised as Maggie Duncan, British governess. Penniless and alone, cornered by fanatics o...



  • He is her enemy. He is her lover. He is her only hope. Someone is stalking agent Justine DeCabrillac through London's gray streets. Under cover of the rain, the assassin strikes -- and Justine staggers to the door of the one man who can save...



  • Confections that charm and delight, like the holidays themselves. --RT Book Reviews

    Unwrap the most romantic of Regency delights in this sparkling holiday collection. . .

    Christmastime in England--a time for passionate secrets, delicio...



  • For years he’d lived a lie. It was time to tell the truth . . . even if it cost him the woman he loved. Ten years ago he was a boy, given the name Thomas Paxton and sent by Revolutionary France to infiltrate the British Intelligence Service. No...



  • Christmas 1815. Upstairs and downstairs, Holbourne Hall is abuzz with preparations for a grand ball to celebrate the year’s most festive -- and romantic -- holiday. For at the top of each guest’s wish list is a last chance to find true love befor...



  • London, 1793 -- Soldier of fortune Gideon Gage has come home from halfway around the world, fully prepared to face down a ruthless gang to save his sister. But there's one member of the gang he could never have been prepared for: fascinating AimÃ...






  • Séverine de Cabrillac, orphan of the French revolution and sometime British intelligence agent, has tried to leave spying behind her. Now she devotes herself to investigating crimes in London and finding justice for the wrongly accused. Raoul De...


Award-Winning Books by Joanna Bourne / Joanna Watkins Bourne

The Black Hawk
2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K.
2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romance
2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romance Couple
2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romance Hero
2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romance Heroine
2012 Rita Award -- Historical Romance
The Forbidden Rose
2010 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K.
2010 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Romantic Adventure
My Lord and Spymaster
2009 Rita Award -- Regency Romance
The Spymaster's Lady
2008 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K.
2008 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romance
2008 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romance Couple
2008 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romance Hero
2008 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romance Heroine


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Joanna Bourne / Joanna Watkins Bourne has published 10 books.

Joanna Bourne / Joanna Watkins Bourne does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Beauty Like the Night, was published in August 2017.

The first book by Joanna Bourne / Joanna Watkins Bourne, Her Ladyship's Companion, was published in March 1983.

Yes. Joanna Bourne / Joanna Watkins Bourne has 1 series.