Liz Johnson Books in Order
Browse Liz Johnson books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, Prince Edward Island romances, suspense reads, and easy start-here tips.
Last updated: June 30, 2026
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Publication Order
24 books
The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn
by Liz Johnson
2009
Kenzie Thorn thinks the new man in her prison GED class is just another student. He is actually an undercover FBI agent, and when a threat explodes around them, his only shot at keeping her alive is to take her on the run.
Vanishing Act
by Liz Johnson
2010
Eighteen months after witnessing her father's murder, Nora James is living under another name and trying not to be found. FBI agent Nate Andersen arrives just as her cover begins to crack and the hunt for her turns deadly.
Code of Justice
by Liz Johnson
2011
Heather Sloan survived the crash that killed her sister, but the last words she heard still point to murder. With deputy Jeremy Latham at her side, she digs for answers and draws the killer's attention.
A Promise to Protect
by Liz Johnson
2012
Navy SEAL Matt Waterstone vows to protect shelter director Ashley Sawyer after an attack puts her and the women in her care at risk. But the deeper Ashley is pulled into a criminal web, the harder it is to keep danger, or Matt, at a distance.
SEAL Under Siege
by Liz Johnson
2013
After rescuing Staci Hayes from a prison in the Middle East, Navy SEAL Tristan Sawyer becomes her bodyguard back home. Staci holds information a terrorist wants silenced, and trusting Tristan may be her only way to survive.
Stolen Memories
by Liz Johnson
2013
Left for dead and unable to remember who she is, Julie Thomas wakes to a terrifying clue, she was last seen holding a missing baby. Detective Zack Jones offers protection, but someone is determined to keep her memories buried.
Navy SEAL Noel
by Liz Johnson
2014
Scientist Jessalynn McCoy is forced to help a drug cartel unleash a deadly toxin, until Navy SEAL Will Gumble offers a way out. Their escape is dangerous enough, and their painful history makes trusting each other even harder.
Hazardous Holiday
by Liz Johnson
2016
Home from deployment, Zach McCloud expects a quiet Christmas with Kristi and her sick son Cody. Instead, someone starts hunting his family, and Zach must untangle the real target before the holiday turns deadly.
Navy SEAL Security
by Liz Johnson
2016
Wounded SEAL Luke Dunham is supposed to focus on recovery, not on saving his physical therapist from a deadly attack. Protecting Mandy Berg puts them both in the path of a threat that keeps getting closer.
The Red Door Inn
by Liz Johnson
2016
Broke and haunted by the past, Marie Carrington heads to Prince Edward Island hoping for a fresh start at a bed-and-breakfast renovation. Working alongside Seth Sloane could help them both heal, if they can get the inn ready in time.
Where Two Hearts Meet
by Liz Johnson
2016
Chef Caden Holt would rather stay in the Red Door Inn kitchen than play tour guide to a visiting writer. But as Adam Jacobs falls for the island, Caden learns he may be hiding a story that could cost the inn everything.
Christmas Captive
by Liz Johnson
2017
Jordan Somerton expects wedding duty on a Christmas cruise, not armed men hunting the flower girl. To keep Amy Delgado's niece safe, the Navy SEAL and DEA agent must work together while danger closes in from inside the ship.
On Love's Gentle Shore
by Liz Johnson
2017
Natalie O'Ryan returns to Prince Edward Island for a wedding and runs straight into Justin Kane, the friend she left behind years ago. When plans fall apart, the two must work together and face the unfinished business between them.
A Sparkle of Silver
by Liz Johnson
2018
While working at a grand St. Simons estate, Millie Sullivan chases a family diary that may reveal hidden treasure and her great-grandfather's identity. Security guard Ben Thornton becomes her unlikely partner as old secrets start surfacing.
Christmas at the Red Door Inn
by Liz Johnson
2018
A blizzard traps Brooke Kane at the inn with Pastor Chuck O'Flannigan just days before Christmas. Snowed in together, they have time to confront old doubts, uncertain futures, and feelings neither planned to revisit.
A Glitter of Gold
by Liz Johnson
2019
Anne Norris thinks a shipwreck off Tybee Island could save her struggling pirate-tour business. Teaming up with museum director Carter Hale means following fragile clues, facing old fears, and deciding whether treasure is worth the risk.
A Dazzle of Diamonds
by Liz Johnson
2020
Penelope Hunter's job and heart are both on shaky ground when her ex returns and her childhood friend Tucker Westbrook is dragged into a public scandal. Their search for a lost treasure may be the only way to clear his family name.
A Royal Wonderland
by Liz Johnson
2020
Prince Andrew Tennesley escapes tabloid attention in a Vermont Christmas town and ends up entering a lights contest with Charlotte Hudson's help. Decorating together turns into something more complicated, and much sweeter, than either expected.
Beyond the Tides
by Liz Johnson
2021
Meg Whitaker has never wanted to run her family's lobster business, until her father decides to hand it to Oliver Ross, the boy who wrecked her dreams years ago. One summer working side by side forces them to rethink the past.
The Disappearance of Devyn Keating
by Liz Johnson
2021
Hiding under a new identity in small-town Colorado, a young woman believes she has outrun the men who killed her father. Then an FBI agent finds her just as the danger she feared starts circling again.
The Hunting of Heather Sloan
by Liz Johnson
2021
After surviving a helicopter crash that killed her sister, FBI agent Heather Sloan refuses to believe it was an accident. Teaming up with deputy Jeremy Latham, she follows a dangerous trail that may lead straight back to the killer.
The Last Way Home
by Liz Johnson
2022
Former NHL player Eli Ross comes home broke and looking for a second chance. Violet Donaghy has no interest in helping the man who hurt the family she loves, until a fire and a failing business leave them no choice but to work together.
Summer in the Spotlight
by Liz Johnson
2023
After a hurricane destroys Prince Edward Island's Victoria Playhouse, Kelsey Ahern throws herself into a benefit show to save it. Levi Ross is the steady fixer beside her, but speaking up about what he wants may be his hardest job yet.
Meddling with Mistletoe
by Liz Johnson
2024
Whitney Garrett needs Christmas pie sales to pay for culinary school, but a broken oven sends her to the Red Door Inn kitchen. Soon she is caught between matchmaking schemes, holiday chaos, and unexpected feelings for Daniel Sloan.
Where should I start?
If you want island romance: The Red Door Inn → Where Two Hearts Meet → On Love's Gentle Shore
If you like treasure hunts and Southern history: A Sparkle of Silver → A Glitter of Gold → A Dazzle of Diamonds
If you want romantic suspense: A Promise to Protect → SEAL Under Siege → Navy SEAL Noel
If you want a newer Prince Edward Island trilogy: Beyond the Tides → The Last Way Home → Summer in the Spotlight
If you want Christmas stories: Christmas at the Red Door Inn → Meddling with Mistletoe → A Royal Wonderland
Author bio
Liz Johnson built a writing career the practical way, one late night at a time. By day she has worked in marketing and publicity, and by night she has written love stories with a strong pull toward hope, home, and second chances. She is a graduate of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, where she studied public relations, and she now lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
Writing started early.
Johnson has said she wrote her first short story at seven and her first novel at twelve. She kept at it through high school and college, even when those early manuscripts did not work. The real turning point came in her mid-twenties, when a friend pushed her to keep a writing calendar and check in every day. That outside nudge helped turn a rough idea into a finished book, and at twenty-seven she signed her first contract.
That first published novel was The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn. It launched the suspense side of her career, followed by books like SEAL Under Siege, Navy SEAL Noel, and Stolen Memories. Those early stories are quick, tense, and cleanly plotted, with federal agents, Navy SEALs, witnesses, and women trying to stay one step ahead of very bad people.
Then she headed for the coast.
Her best-known shift came with The Red Door Inn, a Prince Edward Island romance that became a Christy Award finalist. That book, along with Where Two Hearts Meet and On Love's Gentle Shore, showed another side of her writing. Readers who love those novels usually point to the island setting, the gentle humor, and the way she gives hurting characters room to breathe before bringing them toward love.
She stayed with coastal stories in the Georgia-set A Sparkle of Silver, A Glitter of Gold, and A Dazzle of Diamonds. Those books mix romance with family secrets, old diaries, shipwreck lore, and treasure hunts, but they never lose sight of the people at the center. In the later Prince Edward Island Shores books, including Beyond the Tides and Summer in the Spotlight, she kept returning to the things she does especially well: small communities, bruised families, and the slow work of trust.
A lot of Johnson's characters are carrying something heavy. Sometimes it is grief. Sometimes it is fear, shame, or a mistake they cannot stop replaying. She likes inns, kitchens, fishing boats, theaters, and other working places where people have to show up and do the next task even when their hearts are a mess. That grounded, everyday feeling is a big part of her appeal.
So is the promise that things can be mended.
Johnson is also the author of more than a dozen novels, a New York Times bestselling novella, and a handful of short stories. She has been a Christy Award finalist and a three-time ACFW Carol Award finalist. Off the page, she has said she enjoys live music, theater, and doting on her nieces and nephews. She still writes late at night, which feels fitting for an author who has spent years making space for stories in the middle of a full life.
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