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Joan Johnston Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Joan Johnston in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 117 books / 14 series

American author Joan Johnston is best known for her bestselling Bitter Creek and Texas Bride series. With over 10 million copies of her novels in print, she is a celebrated voice in contemporary and historical romance. This page provides the Joan Johnston books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Joan Johnston in Publication Order

1983 Captive of Fate(By: Lindsay McKenna) POoMaWB / 1 Buy
1984 The Perfect Match(By: Ginna Gray) POoMaWB / 2 Buy
1985 A Loving Defiance POoSN / 1 Buy
1985 A Season for Butterflies(By: Laurie Paige) POoMaWB / 3 Buy
1986 Colter's Wife POoSN / 2 Buy
1986 Undercover(By: Jasmine Cresswell) POoMaWB / 4 Buy
1986 Sound Of Summer(By: Annette Broadrick) POoMaWB / 5 Buy
1986 MacKenzie's Lady(By: Dallas Schulze) POoMaWB / 6 Buy
1987 A Fragile Beauty(By: Lucy Gordon) POoMaWB / 7 Buy
1987 The Heart Club(By: Margaret St. George) POoMaWB / 8 Buy
1987 Playing for Time(By: Barbara Bretton) POoMaWB / 9 Buy
1987 Something Worth Keeping(By: Kathleen Eagle) POoMaWB / 10 Buy
1987 Windstorm(By: Katherine Sutcliffe) POoMaWB / 11 Buy
1988 Frontier Woman POoSOTLSB / 1 Buy
1988 Fit to Be Tied / Something New POoSN / 3 Buy
1988 Silver Noose(By: Patricia Gardner Evans) POoMaWB / 12 Buy
1988 Something New POoMaWB / 13 Buy
1988 A Classic Encounter(By: Emilie Richards) POoMaWB / 14 Buy
1988 Healing Sympathy(By: Gina Wilkins) POoMaWB / 15 Buy
1988 Knight Sparks(By: Mary Lynn Baxter) POoMaWB / 16 Buy
1988 All My Tomorrows(By: Karen Young) POoMaWB / 17 Buy
1989 Comanche Woman POoSOTLSB / 2 Buy
1989 Texas Woman POoSOTLSB / 3 Buy
1989 Marriage by the Book POoSN / 4 Buy
1989 Hoodwinked(By: Diana Palmer) POoMaWB / 18 Buy
1989 Glass Houses(By: Anne Stuart) POoMaWB / 19 Buy
1989 Miss Liz's Passion(By: Sherryl Woods) POoMaWB / 20 Buy
1989 Night of the Hunter(By: Jennifer Greene) POoMaWB / 21 Buy
1989 Expiration Date(By: Aimée Thurlo) POoMaWB / 22 Buy
1989 Destinations South(By: Elizabeth Bevarly) POoMaWB / 23 Buy
1989 Fear Familiar(By: Caroline Burnes) POoMaWB / 24 Buy
1989 Confidentially Yours(By: Helen Myers) POoMaWB / 25 Buy
1989 Could It Be Magic(By: Gina Wilkins) POoMaWB / 26 Buy
1990 Sweetwater Seduction POoSN / 5 Buy
1990 Magic & Moonbeams(By: Margot Dalton) POoMaWB / 27 Buy
1990 Handsome Devil(By: Joan Hohl) POoMaWB / 28 Buy
1990 Body and Soul(By: Janice Kaiser) POoMaWB / 29 Buy
1990 Hotshot(By: Kathleen Korbel) POoMaWB / 30 Buy
1990 Stormwalker(By: Bronwyn Williams) POoMaWB / 31 Buy
1990 Angel Vs. Maclean(By: Cait London) POoMaWB / 32 Buy
1990 It's Only Temporary(By: Cathy Gillen Thacker) POoMaWB / 33 Buy
1990 The Forever Rose(By: Curtiss Matlock) POoMaWB / 34 Buy
1991 A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing / Hazard Ranch POoWB / 1 Buy
1991 The Barefoot Bride POoMBB / 1 Buy
1991 Never Tease a Wolf POoWB / 2 Buy
1991 Valentine's Knight(By: Renee Roszel) POoMaWB / 35 Buy
1991 Dillon After Dark(By: Leandra Logan) POoMaWB / 36 Buy
1991 A Rebel at Heart(By: Gina Wilkins) POoMaWB / 37 Buy
1992 A Little Time in Texas / Dallas POoHWB / 1 Buy
1992 Honey and the Hired Hand / Jesse POoHWB / 2 Buy
1992 The Cowboy's Mistress(By: Cathy Gillen Thacker) POoMaWB / 38 Buy
1992 Defying Gravity(By: Rachel Lee) POoMaWB / 39 Buy
1992 Under The Covers(By: Roseanne Williams) POoMaWB / 40 Buy
1993 One Simple Wish POoSS / 1 Buy
1993 Outlaw's Bride POoMBB / 2 Buy
1993 The Rancher and the Runaway Bride / Adam POoHWB / 3 Buy
1993 The Cowboy and the Princess / Faron POoHWB / 4 Buy
1993 The Wrangler and the Rich Girl / Garth POoHWB / 5 Buy
1993 Kid Calhoun POoSN / 6 Buy
1993 To Die For(By: M.J. Rodgers) POoMaWB / 41 Buy
1993 More Than Friends(By: Susan Mallery) POoMaWB / 42 Buy
1993 Dance with a Dynasty(By: JoAnn Ross) POoMaWB / 43 Buy
1993 Only in the Moonlight(By: Vicki Lewis Thompson) POoMaWB / 44 Buy
1994 To Have and to Hold POoSSC / 1 Buy
1994 A Christmas Together POoSSC / 2 Buy
1994 The Cowboy Takes a Wife / Carter POoHWB / 6 Buy
1994 The Unforgiving Bride / Falcon POoHWB / 7 Buy
1994 The Headstrong Bride / Callen POoHWB / 8 Buy
1995 The Inheritance POoFBB / 1 Buy
1995 Maverick Heart POoFBB / 2 Buy
1995 Outlaws and Heroes POoSSC / 3 Buy
1995 The Disobedient Bride / Zach POoHWB / 9 Buy
1996 Captive POoCHB / 1 Buy
1996 I Promise POoSN / 7 Buy
1996 The Temporary Groom / Billy POoHWB / 10 Buy
1997 After the Kiss POoCHB / 2 Buy
1997 Breathing In POoSSC / 4 Buy
1997 Heartbeat POoSN / 8 Buy
1997 The Virgin Groom / Mac POoHWB / 11 Buy
1998 The Bodyguard POoCHB / 3 Buy
1998 The Substitute Groom / Colt POoHWB / 12 Buy
1998 An Irritating Man(By: Lass Small) POoMaWB / 45 Buy
1998 Heaven Shared(By: Cathy Gillen Thacker) POoMaWB / 46 Buy
1998 We Give Thanks(By: Linda Randall Wisdom) POoMaWB / 47 Buy
1998 The Miracle(By: Muriel Jensen) POoMaWB / 48 Buy
1999 The Bridegroom POoCHB / 4 Buy
1999 Hot Pursuit POoSSC / 5 Buy
1999 Spouse for Hire POoSSC / 6 Buy
1999 Stark Lightning(By: Elaine Barbieri) POoMaWB / 49 Buy
2000 The Cowboy POoBCB / 1 Buy
2001 The Texan POoBCB / 2 Buy
2002 The Loner POoBCB / 3 Buy
2002 Sisters Found / Sisters / Breathless Seduction POoHWB / 13 Buy
2003 The Price POoBCB / 4 Buy
2004 Big Sky Country POoWB / 3 Buy
2004 The Rivals POoBCB / 5 Buy
2005 The Next Mrs. Blackthorne POoBCB / 6 Buy
2005 No Longer a Stranger POoSN / 9 Buy
2006 Under the Mistletoe POoSSC / 7 Buy
2008 A Stranger's Game POoBCB / 7 Buy
2009 Outcast POoBBB / 1 Buy
2009 Shattered POoBCB / 8 Buy
2010 Invincible POoBBB / 2 Buy
2012 Texas Bride POoBCMBB / 1 Buy
2012 Wyoming Bride POoBCMBB / 2 Buy
2012 Watch Out for My Girl POoBBB / 3 Buy
2013 Montana Bride POoBCMBB / 3 Buy
2013 A Bitter Creek Christmas POoBCB / 9 Buy
2014 Unforgettable POoBBB / 4 Buy
2014 Sinful POoBCB / 10 Buy
2015 Taming the Lone Wolf POoSN / 10 Buy
2015 Shameless POoBCB / 11 Buy
2017 Blackthorne's Bride POoBCMBB / 4 Buy
2018 Surrender POoBCB / 12 Buy
2019 The Men of Bitter Creek POoBCC / 1 Buy
2019 Sullivan's Promise POoBCB / 13 Buy
2020 Winter Magic POoBCB / 14 Buy

Complete Joan Johnston Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Mail-Order Brides Reading Order 2 books / 1991-1993
01 The Barefoot Bride 1991 Buy
02 Outlaw's Bride 1993 Buy
Men at Work Reading Order 49 books / 1983-1999
01 Captive of Fate(By: Lindsay McKenna) 1983 Buy
02 The Perfect Match(By: Ginna Gray) 1984 Buy
03 A Season for Butterflies(By: Laurie Paige) 1985 Buy
04 Undercover(By: Jasmine Cresswell) 1986 Buy
05 Sound Of Summer(By: Annette Broadrick) 1986 Buy
06 MacKenzie's Lady(By: Dallas Schulze) 1986 Buy
07 A Fragile Beauty(By: Lucy Gordon) 1987 Buy
08 The Heart Club(By: Margaret St. George) 1987 Buy
09 Playing for Time(By: Barbara Bretton) 1987 Buy
10 Something Worth Keeping(By: Kathleen Eagle) 1987 Buy
11 Windstorm(By: Katherine Sutcliffe) 1987 Buy
12 Silver Noose(By: Patricia Gardner Evans) 1988 Buy
13 Something New 1988 Buy
14 A Classic Encounter(By: Emilie Richards) 1988 Buy
15 Healing Sympathy(By: Gina Wilkins) 1988 Buy
16 Knight Sparks(By: Mary Lynn Baxter) 1988 Buy
17 All My Tomorrows(By: Karen Young) 1988 Buy
18 Hoodwinked(By: Diana Palmer) 1989 Buy
19 Glass Houses(By: Anne Stuart) 1989 Buy
20 Miss Liz's Passion(By: Sherryl Woods) 1989 Buy
21 Night of the Hunter(By: Jennifer Greene) 1989 Buy
22 Expiration Date(By: Aimée Thurlo) 1989 Buy
23 Destinations South(By: Elizabeth Bevarly) 1989 Buy
24 Fear Familiar(By: Caroline Burnes) 1989 Buy
25 Confidentially Yours(By: Helen Myers) 1989 Buy
26 Could It Be Magic(By: Gina Wilkins) 1989 Buy
27 Magic & Moonbeams(By: Margot Dalton) 1990 Buy
28 Handsome Devil(By: Joan Hohl) 1990 Buy
29 Body and Soul(By: Janice Kaiser) 1990 Buy
30 Hotshot(By: Kathleen Korbel) 1990 Buy
31 Stormwalker(By: Bronwyn Williams) 1990 Buy
32 Angel Vs. Maclean(By: Cait London) 1990 Buy
33 It's Only Temporary(By: Cathy Gillen Thacker) 1990 Buy
34 The Forever Rose(By: Curtiss Matlock) 1990 Buy
35 Valentine's Knight(By: Renee Roszel) 1991 Buy
36 Dillon After Dark(By: Leandra Logan) 1991 Buy
37 A Rebel at Heart(By: Gina Wilkins) 1991 Buy
38 The Cowboy's Mistress(By: Cathy Gillen Thacker) 1992 Buy
39 Defying Gravity(By: Rachel Lee) 1992 Buy
40 Under The Covers(By: Roseanne Williams) 1992 Buy
41 To Die For(By: M.J. Rodgers) 1993 Buy
42 More Than Friends(By: Susan Mallery) 1993 Buy
43 Dance with a Dynasty(By: JoAnn Ross) 1993 Buy
44 Only in the Moonlight(By: Vicki Lewis Thompson) 1993 Buy
45 An Irritating Man(By: Lass Small) 1998 Buy
46 Heaven Shared(By: Cathy Gillen Thacker) 1998 Buy
47 We Give Thanks(By: Linda Randall Wisdom) 1998 Buy
48 The Miracle(By: Muriel Jensen) 1998 Buy
49 Stark Lightning(By: Elaine Barbieri) 1999 Buy
01 Texas Bride 2012 Buy
02 Wyoming Bride 2012 Buy
03 Montana Bride 2013 Buy
04 Blackthorne's Bride 2017 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 10 books / 1985-2015
01 A Loving Defiance 1985 Buy
02 Colter's Wife 1986 Buy
03 Fit to Be Tied / Something New 1988 Buy
04 Marriage by the Book 1989 Buy
05 Sweetwater Seduction 1990 Buy
06 Kid Calhoun 1993 Buy
07 I Promise 1996 Buy
08 Heartbeat 1997 Buy
09 No Longer a Stranger 2005 Buy
10 Taming the Lone Wolf 2015 Buy
Bitter Creek Reading Order 14 books / 2000-2020
01 The Cowboy 2000 Buy
02 The Texan 2001 Buy
03 The Loner 2002 Buy
04 The Price 2003 Buy
05 The Rivals 2004 Buy
06 The Next Mrs. Blackthorne 2005 Buy
07 A Stranger's Game 2008 Buy
08 Shattered 2009 Buy
09 A Bitter Creek Christmas 2013 Buy
10 Sinful 2014 Buy
11 Shameless 2015 Buy
12 Surrender 2018 Buy
13 Sullivan's Promise 2019 Buy
14 Winter Magic 2020 Buy
Benedict Brothers Reading Order 4 books / 2009-2014
01 Outcast 2009 Buy
02 Invincible 2010 Buy
03 Watch Out for My Girl 2012 Buy
04 Unforgettable 2014 Buy
01 Frontier Woman 1988 Buy
02 Comanche Woman 1989 Buy
03 Texas Woman 1989 Buy
Hawk's Way Reading Order 13 books / 1992-2002
01 A Little Time in Texas / Dallas 1992 Buy
02 Honey and the Hired Hand / Jesse 1992 Buy
03 The Rancher and the Runaway Bride / Adam 1993 Buy
04 The Cowboy and the Princess / Faron 1993 Buy
05 The Wrangler and the Rich Girl / Garth 1993 Buy
06 The Cowboy Takes a Wife / Carter 1994 Buy
07 The Unforgiving Bride / Falcon 1994 Buy
08 The Headstrong Bride / Callen 1994 Buy
09 The Disobedient Bride / Zach 1995 Buy
10 The Temporary Groom / Billy 1996 Buy
11 The Virgin Groom / Mac 1997 Buy
12 The Substitute Groom / Colt 1998 Buy
13 Sisters Found / Sisters / Breathless Seduction 2002 Buy
01 To Have and to Hold 1994 Buy
02 A Christmas Together 1994 Buy
03 Outlaws and Heroes 1995 Buy
04 Breathing In 1997 Buy
05 Hot Pursuit 1999 Buy
06 Spouse for Hire 1999 Buy
07 Under the Mistletoe 2006 Buy
Frontier Brides Reading Order 2 books / 1995-1995
01 The Inheritance 1995 Buy
02 Maverick Heart 1995 Buy
Wolf Reading Order 3 books / 1991-2004
01 A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing / Hazard Ranch 1991 Buy
02 Never Tease a Wolf 1991 Buy
03 Big Sky Country 2004 Buy
Captive Hearts Reading Order 4 books / 1996-1999
01 Captive 1996 Buy
02 After the Kiss 1997 Buy
03 The Bodyguard 1998 Buy
04 The Bridegroom 1999 Buy
01 The Men of Bitter Creek 2019 Buy
01 One Simple Wish 1993 Buy

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What is the best order to read Joan Johnston books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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