Joan Johnston Books in Order

Johnston's debut historical romance centers on pride, danger, and a heroine who refuses to bend easily. It has the bold, high-emotion energy that would shape much of her later work.

Kinyan Holloway and Benjamin Colter enter an uneasy alliance that grows more personal as frontier pressures close in. It is an early historical romance with plenty of grit.

This paired volume brings together two classic Joan Johnston romances about strong-willed couples, messy emotions, and the surprises that come with commitment.

Cricket Stewart wants her own way in frontier Texas, but danger and Comanche raids force her into close quarters with Texas Ranger Jarrett Creed. The result is a wild, fast-moving prequel to the Bitter Creek world.

Set in early Texas, this prequel follows a woman taken by Comanches and the proud warrior who means to make her love him. It is sweeping, dangerous, and full of divided loyalties.

A practical plan for marriage starts to look a lot less practical once real feeling gets involved. This early Hawk's Way romance is brisk, emotional, and built on stubborn chemistry.

The final Sisters of the Lone Star novel returns to the raw Texas frontier for another romance shaped by war, family duty, and the cost of building a future.

Spinster schoolteacher Eden Devlin tries to stop a range war by convincing wives to deny their husbands. The men answer by hiring Burke Kerrigan to seduce her, and the plan backfires gloriously.

After inheriting a Montana ranch, Harriet Alistair tries to build a new life in tough country. This edition pairs the story with a second ranch-centered romance for readers who like rugged Western settings.

Wildlife agent Abigail Dayton wants to protect an endangered wolf, and rancher Luke Granger is not eager to help. Their clash over land, animals, and trust turns deeply personal.

A historical Western romance about a woman pushed into uncertainty and the man who changes what home can mean. Johnston keeps the focus on grit, chemistry, and a hard-won future.

Angela Taylor is dragged from 1864 Texas into the modern world by Texas Ranger Dallas Masterson. This time-travel romance pairs culture shock with plenty of sparks.

Honey Farrell thinks she knows exactly how to protect her heart. Then the hired hand she cannot ignore forces her to question whether caution is worth the loneliness.

Texas Ranger Jake Kearney is stunned to learn the outlaw he has been chasing is really Anabeth Calhoun. Their pursuit of killers and stolen gold turns into a showdown between duty and desire.

This historical novella builds a love story around one heartfelt wish and the risks people take when they dare to believe life can still change.

Patch Kendrick tracks down the outlaw she never forgot and finds Ethan Hawk still running from the past. To clear his name and claim their future, they will have to face the trap set for him.

When Faron Whitelaw learns a painful truth about his birth, he ends up sharing a failing ranch with Belinda Prescott. Sparks fly fast as inheritance, anger, and attraction collide.

Tate Whitelaw runs from her brothers' protection and lands in Adam Phillips's arms. A rescue turns into a shotgun wedding, with both pride and passion riding close behind.

A rich young woman and a working cowboy find themselves thrown together at Hawk's Way. Class differences and stubborn pride make their attraction harder, and sweeter, to ignore.

This holiday anthology includes Joan Johnston's 'The Christmas Baby.' It mixes seasonal warmth with the frontier emotion and family stakes that run through her work.

Carter Prescott agrees to marriage because it could give him land and an instant family. Then feelings, secrets, and a very real home complicate what was supposed to be a simple deal.

Sam Longstreet plans to marry Callen Whitelaw as part of a revenge scheme. The trouble is, he never expected to fall in love with the woman he meant to use.

Falcon Whitelaw swore off marriage until a widowed mother needs his insurance for her sick daughter. Their practical wedding opens the door to tenderness, resentment, and hope.

An anthology that includes Joan Johnston's 'The Man from Wolf Creek,' blending frontier danger, stubborn attraction, and a love story earned the hard way.

This three-story anthology includes Joan Johnston's 'The Bluest Eyes in Texas.' Across all the novellas, danger, kidnapping, and rugged Western heroes turn into unexpected romance.

Widowed Verity Talbot reaches Wyoming with the son she never told Miles Broderick was his. Their reunion brings old love, buried secrets, and a dangerous fight to save their family.

Joan Johnston's 'Taming the Lone Wolf' appears in this anthology alongside stories by other romance writers. Expect danger, stubborn heroes, and love under pressure.

Zach Whitelaw wants heirs, not romance, and sets harsh terms for marriage. Rebecca Littlewolf agrees, only to find that love does not fit neatly inside any bargain.

Duchess Daisy proposes a marriage of convenience to Nicholas Calloway, a Texas bounty hunter who unexpectedly inherits an English estate. What begins as a bargain soon turns fiery and personal.

An American ward of an English nobleman turns the tables on the man who thinks he controls her future. This starts the Blackthorne line with adventure, sparks, and a battle of wills.

A promise lies at the center of this contemporary romance, and keeping it proves more difficult than either lead expects. It is a tender, character-driven story about commitment and trust.

Single dad Billy Stonecreek needs a wife or he could lose his twin daughters. Cherry Whitelaw needs a fresh start, and their convenient marriage quickly becomes anything but convenient.

Eliza Sheringham never meant a stolen kiss to change her life. But scarred Marcus Wharton returns from war transformed, and their unfinished story grows darker, deeper, and far harder to resist.

A shorter, emotionally focused Joan Johnston romance about slowing down, healing old hurts, and risking love again.

A contemporary romance centered on strong feelings and harder choices. Johnston keeps the focus on wounded hearts, family pressure, and the possibility of beginning again.

Mac Macready loses the easy life he once counted on, then gets an unexpected proposal from Jewel Whitelaw. What begins as a practical arrangement soon becomes much more personal.

A sworn protector and the woman he should not want are thrown together in a Regency romance full of danger, restraint, and growing desire.

Jennifer Wright's wedding collapses in a single instant, and suddenly the groom standing beside her is someone else entirely. Colt Whitelaw agrees to a marriage of convenience, but secrets make the bargain harder to keep.

This omnibus gathers three Whitelaw romances, 'The Unforgiving Bride,' 'The Headstrong Bride,' and 'The Disobedient Bride.' All three revolve around marriage bargains that turn unexpectedly tender.

A fast-moving romance-suspense story where danger keeps the leads close and forces them to confront feelings they can no longer outrun.

This anthology includes Joan Johnston's 'The Cowboy Takes a Wife' with two companion novellas. Marriage bargains, pretend arrangements, and real emotion drive all three stories.

Lady Regina Wharton wants nothing to do with marriage, which makes her a challenge one determined man cannot resist. The result is a Regency romance fueled by wit, pride, and family scandal.

Trace Blackthorne comes home to a family feud that should put Callie Creed forever out of reach. Instead, love returns with old secrets, impossible choices, and a bargain neither can escape.

Bayleigh Creed needs Owen Blackthorne's help, and the search sends them into harsh West Texas country. Forced to rely on each other, two enemies discover how thin the line is between anger and desire.

This anthology-style volume includes Joan Johnston's Bitter Creek-connected 'Sisters Found' alongside companion romances. Expect family secrets, emotional reunions, and love stories driven by buried history.

Billy Coburn returns to Bitter Creek and finds old wounds waiting for him, especially Summer Blackthorne. Their second chance is tangled in hidden parentage, pride, and the feud that shaped them.

Power plays in Bitter Creek turn personal when family rivalry collides with romance and danger. Johnston mixes Western family drama with suspense as old scores come due.

This volume pairs two Montana-set romances, 'Never Tease a Wolf' and 'A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.' Expect big landscapes, stubborn loners, and love stories with a wild edge.

A Blackthorne and a Grayhawk are pulled together even as their families and ambitions keep them on opposite sides. This Bitter Creek entry leans hard into rivalry, attraction, and high stakes.

Set against a rough frontier backdrop, this historical romance follows wary hearts forced into close company. Survival, travel, and old loneliness slowly give way to trust.

Family power struggles and old loyalties put the Blackthornes and Grayhawks on a collision course. Love has no easy path when land, money, and legacy are all at stake.

A holiday romance anthology built around Christmas sparks, second chances, and characters who discover that the season can change more than their plans.

A summer anthology pairing Joan Johnston with fellow romance writers, full of heat, attraction, and quick-moving emotional turns.

A woman wrongly convicted of her father's murder reaches out for help after her release. What follows is part romance, part mystery, with Bitter Creek secrets and fresh danger close behind.

Former army sniper Ben Benedict is still haunted by war when a bioterror threat pulls him into a dangerous investigation. Dr. Anna Schuster becomes both ally and temptation as the stakes climb.

Holly McKinley wants her husband back before their divorce becomes final. Then tragedy hits, and Holly and Jack must rebuild trust while life around them threatens to come apart.

Max Benedict would rather live as a charming drifter and occasional spy than settle down. Then a dangerous assignment throws him back in Kristin Lassiter's path, along with truths neither can dodge.

This anthology brings together romance stories inspired by women making a difference, with Joan Johnston contributing one of the collection's emotional, hope-filled entries.

Jacob Creed needs a wife, and Miranda arrives in Texas hoping for safety and a future. Their mail-order marriage begins in need, but the frontier gives them no choice except honesty.

Joan Johnston's contribution to this thriller anthology is a short romance-suspense tale, quick, tense, and driven by the need to protect someone worth risking everything for.

A mail-order marriage in frontier Wyoming is strained by secrets, danger, and the child carried into the union. Johnston builds the romance around survival, trust, and second chances.

A holiday reunion brings several Bitter Creek couples together to share Christmas memories and wait for a long-lost brother. It is a short, warm bridge between the larger family dramas.

A desperate woman heads west in another bride's place and finds herself trapped in a marriage built on mistaken identity. What starts in necessity grows into something much riskier.

Widower Connor Flynn needs help keeping his children and protecting his ranch, and Eve Grayhawk needs a place to land. Their practical arrangement quickly turns messy, tender, and very real.

War-scarred Joe Warren agrees to help Lady Lydia Benedict recover a missing pearl necklace. Their search throws together two very different people who are not prepared for how much they need each other.

Pregnant and heart-sore, Pippa Grayhawk runs straight into Devon Flynn, the quiet rancher from the wrong family. Friendship comes first, but old feuds and new secrets make falling in love anything but simple.

Joan Johnston's novella in this anthology delivers frontier danger, a guarded hero, and a romance built on trust earned the hard way.

Josie heads west for a marriage that looks practical on paper and far less simple in real life. Marcus Blackthorne wants order, but passion and old scars refuse to stay tidy.

Former lovers Taylor Grayhawk and Brian Flynn are stranded together in a raging wildfire. Surviving the flames is only the first challenge, they still have to face the hurt that tore them apart.

Victoria Grayhawk tracks down the cowboy from a life-changing night, hoping to arrange an adoption for their baby. Ryan Sullivan refuses, and their reunion turns into a fight over parenthood, trust, and love.

This collection brings together two connected stories, including 'The Christmas Baby' and 'The Man from Wolf Creek.' It is a good pick for readers who want more Bitter Creek history in a shorter form.

Scarred and solitary Mike Sullivan rescues a woman and her daughter during a Montana blizzard. Forced into close quarters, both must decide whether fear or trust will shape what comes next.