NOVELS by JOAN JOHNSTON
Bestselling, award-winning author Joan Johnston has written fifteen historical romances, twelve mainstream contemporary romances, fifteen contemporary category romances and eight novellas (50 books). She currently writes for MIRA Books.
Contemporary Mainstream:
The Benedict Family Series (new!):
INVINCIBLE – mass market original – November 2010
OUTCAST- mass market original – July 2009
The Bitter Creek Series:
SHATTERED (book #8) – mass market January 2010
A STRANGER’S GAME (book #7) – hardcover -March 2008 | mass market August 2009
THE NEXT MRS. BLACKTHORNE (book #6) – September 2005 | Re-issue 2/08
THE RIVALS (book #5) – September 2004
THE PRICE (book #4) – hardcover – March 2003| mass market February 2004
THE LONER (book #3) – April 2002
THE TEXAN (book #2) – March 2001, Dell Island
THE COWBOY (book #1) -February 2000, Dell Island
Hawk’s Way Series:
HAWK’S WAY: REBELS – January 2011 – HQN Books, mass market
(The Temporary Groom\ The Virgin Groom -new collection, reprints)
HAWK’S WAY: CARTER & FALCON – January 2011 -HQN Books, mass market,
(The Cowboy Takes a Wife \ The Unforgiving Bride – collection, reprints)
HAWK’S WAY: CALLEN & ZACH – April 2010, HQN Books, mass market
(The Headstrong Bride\The Disobedient Bride- reprints)
HAWK’S WAY: FARON & GARTH – January 2010, HQN Books, mass market
(The Cowboy and the Princess \ The Wrangler and the Rich Girl – reprints)
HAWK’S WAY GROOMS, January 2010, HQN Books, mass market
(The Virgin Groom \ The Substitute Groom- reprints)
HAWK’S WAY BRIDES – October 2005, HQN Books, hardcover
(The Unforgiving Bride \ The Headstrong Bride \ The Disobedient Bride – reprints)
TEXAS BRIDES – October 2005, HQN Books, hardcover
(The Rancher and the Runaway Bride & The Bluest Eyes in Texas reprint)
THE MEN OF BITTER CREEK – November 2004, Avon Books, (The Man from Wolf Creek and The Christmas Baby – novella reprints )
HONEY AND THE HIRED HAND – October 2004, HQN (reprint)
MARRIAGE BY THE BOOK – May 2003 , MIRA Books (reprint)
SISTERS FOUND – December 2002: Re-issue April 2008 – MIRA Books
A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING – June 2002
I PROMISE – June 1996, Avon
HEARTBEAT – September 1997, Avon
NEVER TEASE A WOLF – April 2001, MIRA
MARRIAGE BY THE BOOK – April 1997, Silhouette reprint
HAWK’S WAY: THE VIRGIN GROOM – Aug. 1997, Silhouette
HAWK’S WAY: THE SUBSTITUTE GROOM – Aug. 1998 Silhouette
Historical Romance
The Mail Order Bride Series (new!):
WYOMING BRIDE – mass market original – In Stores December 26,2012
TEXAS BRIDE- mass market original – April 2012
Sisters of the Lone Star:
PREQUEL to THE BITTER CREEK SERIES! These books cover the history of the Republic of Texas from 1836-1846. The three women featured in this series, Sloan, Bayleigh and Creighton Stewart, were raised by their father as though they were sons, which complicates their efforts to find happiness with a man. The hero in the first book is Texas Ranger Jarrett Creed; in the second, the hero is a half-breed Comanche, Walker Coburn; and in the third, the hero is Don Cruz Guerrero, a Castilian Spaniard.
TEXAS WOMAN (book #3) – Dell ( reprint), October 2003
COMANCHE WOMAN (book #2) – Dell (reprint), November 26, 2002
FRONTIER WOMAN (book #1), Dell(reprint), August 7, 2001
The Captive Heart Series:
These four books set in Regency England and Scotland are connected through friends and family. In CAPTIVE the American ward of an English nobleman turns the tables on him and captures his heart. AFTER THE KISS is a beauty and the beast story featuring the younger brother of the hero in THE BODYGUARD. In THE BODYGUARD (no, it’s not connected to the Whitney Houston-Kevin Costner movie) the hero is the Duke of Blackthorne, who gets amnesia and, as a commoner, agrees to become the bodyguard of a woman who has every reason to hate the duke. In THE BRIDEGROOM, the grown-up twin daughters of the Duke of Blackthorne (who are only ten years old in AFTER THE KISS) find true love in Scotland.
THE BRIDEGROOM (book #4) – 1999, Dell; Re-issue March 2008
THE BODYGUARD (book #3) – 1998, Dell; Re-issue March 2008
AFTER THE KISS (book #2) – 1997, Dell
CAPTIVE (book #1)- 1996, Dell
Minor British characters in THE INHERITANCE (working title was Daisy and The Duke), which features a Texas bounty hunter who becomes a Duke, appear as the hero and heroine in MAVERICK HEART, where a British nobleman has to survive and find love in the rugged American West.
THE INHERITANCE – 1995 Dell
MAVERICK HEART – 1995 Dell
THE BAREFOOT BRIDE is a Western mail-order bride story, where each party neglects to tell the other about their children–who aren’t at all happy to become part of a blended family. Patch, a spoiled brat who’s only twelve years old in THE BAREFOOT BRIDE finally wins Ethan Hawke’s love as a grown-up lady in OUTLAW’S BRIDE.
OUTLAW’S BRIDE – Nov. 1993, Dell
THE BAREFOOT BRIDE – Jan. 1992, Dell
KID CALHOUN – 1993, Dell
SWEETWATER SEDUCTION – 1991, Dell – 2004 re-print
COLTER’S WIFE – 1985, Pocket Books – Re-Issue 2003, 2005, 2012
NO LONGER A STRANGER – 2005, Pocket Books
A LOVING DEFIANCE – (original title), Feb.1985, Tapestry
Trade Paperbacks
3-in-1 collector’s editions containing three full-length stories about Joan Johnston’s famous Whitelaw family.
HAWK’S WAY GROOMS – 2002, Silhouette – The Virgin Groom \ The Substitute Groom
HAWK’S WAY ROGUES – 2001, Silhouette – Honey and the Hired Hand \ The Cowboy Takes a Wife \ The Temporary Groom
HAWK’S WAY BRIDES – 2001, Silhouette – The Unforgiving Bride \ The Headstrong Bride \ The Disobedient Bride
HAWK’S WAY GROOMS – 2000, Silhouette – The Unforgiving Bride\The Headstrong Bride\ The Disobedient Bride
HAWK’S WAY BACHELORS – 2000, Silhouette
Contemporary Category Romance:
FIT TO BE TIED – 1988, Silhouette Desire; Famous Firsts Collection, Sept. 2009
MARRIAGE BY THE BOOK – 1989, Silhouette Desire
NEVER TEASE A WOLF – 1991, Silhouette Desire
A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING – 1991, Silhouette Desire
A LITTLE TIME IN TEXAS – 1992, Silhouette Desire
HONEY AND THE HIRED HAND – 1992, Silhouette Desire | reprinted 2004, HQN
THE RANCHER AND THE RUNAWAY BRIDE – 1993, Silhouette Desire
THE COWBOY AND THE PRINCESS – 1993, Silhouette Desire
THE WRANGLER AND THE RICH GIRL – 1993, Silhouette Desire
THE COWBOY TAKES A WIFE – 1994, Silhouette Desire
THE UNFORGIVING BRIDE – 1994, Silhouette Desire
THE HEADSTRONG BRIDE – 1994, Silhouette Desire
THE DISOBEDIENT BRIDE – 1995, Silhouette Desire
THE TEMPORARY GROOM – 1996, Silhouette Desire
Historical Anthology
UNTAMED–MAVERICK HEARTS – “One Simple Wish“, 1993 Harlequin
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD – “The Man from Wolf Creek“, 1994, Avon
A CHRISTMAS TOGETHER – “The Christmas Baby“, 1994, Avon
Contemporary Anthology:
MORE THAN WORDS, Volume 6, “Almost Lost“, April 2010, Harlequin
ABDUCTION AND SEDUCTION, “The Bluest Eyes in Texas“, March 1995, Harlequin
OUTLAWS AND HEROES, “Taming the Lone Wolf“, Sept. 1995, Harlequin
TAMING THE LONE WOLF, May 2001, Harlequin
Contemporary Hardcover Anthology:
THRILLER 2: “Watch Out For My Girl“, May 2009, MIRA Books
LONE STAR CHRISTMAS, “A Hawk’s Way Christmas” , Nov. 1997, Silhouette
