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'''Joan Johnston''' - aka ''Joan Mertens Johnston'' - was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1948. She has a bachelor's and master's degree in theatre, worked for a weekly newspaper, was a director of theatre at a junior college in Texas, went to law school and ended up working at the largest firm in Virginia.  
 
'''Joan Johnston''' - aka ''Joan Mertens Johnston'' - was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1948. She has a bachelor's and master's degree in theatre, worked for a weekly newspaper, was a director of theatre at a junior college in Texas, went to law school and ended up working at the largest firm in Virginia.  
  
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* [http://www.joanjohnston.com/index.html Joan Johnston's Website]
 
* [http://www.joanjohnston.com/index.html Joan Johnston's Website]
  
== Bibliography==
 
 
=== Books ===
 
=== Books ===
 
* ''[[After The Kiss - Joan Johnston|After The Kiss]]'' - March 1997 ([[Dell]])
 
* ''[[After The Kiss - Joan Johnston|After The Kiss]]'' - March 1997 ([[Dell]])
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* ''[[Sisters Found|Breathless Seduction]]'' - September 2007 ([[Mills and Boon|Mills & Boon]]) = ''[[Sisters Found]]''
 
* ''[[Sisters Found|Breathless Seduction]]'' - September 2007 ([[Mills and Boon|Mills & Boon]]) = ''[[Sisters Found]]''
 
* ''[[The Bridegroom|Bridegroom, The]]'' - February 1999 ([[Island]])
 
* ''[[The Bridegroom|Bridegroom, The]]'' - February 1999 ([[Island]])
* ''[[Captive]]'' - May 1996 ([[Dell]])
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* ''[[Captive - Joan Johnston|Captive]]'' - May 1996 ([[Dell]])
 
* ''[[Colter's Wife]]'' - November 1986 ([[Pocket Books]])
 
* ''[[Colter's Wife]]'' - November 1986 ([[Pocket Books]])
 
* ''[[Comanche Woman]]'' - April 1989 ([[Pocket Books]])
 
* ''[[Comanche Woman]]'' - April 1989 ([[Pocket Books]])
* ''[[The Cowboy|Cowboy, The]]'' - February 2000 ([[Island]])
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* ''[[The Cowboy - Joan Johnston|Cowboy, The]]'' - February 2000 ([[Island]])
 
* ''[[The Cowboy And The Princess - Joan Johnston|Cowboy And The Princess, The]]'' - May 1993 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #785]])
 
* ''[[The Cowboy And The Princess - Joan Johnston|Cowboy And The Princess, The]]'' - May 1993 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #785]])
 
* ''[[The Cowboy Takes A Wife - Joan Johnston|Cowboy Takes A Wife, The]]'' - March 1994 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #842]])
 
* ''[[The Cowboy Takes A Wife - Joan Johnston|Cowboy Takes A Wife, The]]'' - March 1994 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #842]])
* ''[[The Disobedient Bride|Disobedient Bride, The]]'' - July 1995 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #937]])
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* ''[[The Disobedient Bride - Joan Johnston|Disobedient Bride, The]]'' - July 1995 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #937]])
 
* ''[[Fit To Be Tied]]'' - May 1988 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #424]])
 
* ''[[Fit To Be Tied]]'' - May 1988 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #424]])
 
* ''[[Frontier Woman]]'' - August 1988 ([[Pocket Books]])
 
* ''[[Frontier Woman]]'' - August 1988 ([[Pocket Books]])
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* ''[[Honey And The Hired Hand]]'' - November 1992 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #746]])
 
* ''[[Honey And The Hired Hand]]'' - November 1992 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #746]])
 
* ''[[I Promise]]'' -  June 1996 ([[Avon]])
 
* ''[[I Promise]]'' -  June 1996 ([[Avon]])
* ''[[The Inheritance|Inheritance, The]]'' - January 1995 ([[Dell]])
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* ''[[The Inheritance - Joan Johnston|Inheritance, The]]'' - January 1995 ([[Dell]])
 
* ''[[Kid Calhoun]]'' - March 1993 ([[Dell]])
 
* ''[[Kid Calhoun]]'' - March 1993 ([[Dell]])
 
* ''[[A Little Time In Texas|Little Time In Texas, A]]'' - May 1992 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #710]])
 
* ''[[A Little Time In Texas|Little Time In Texas, A]]'' - May 1992 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #710]])
* ''[[The Loner - Joan Johnston|Loner, The]]'' - March 2002 ([[Dell]])
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* ''[[The Loner - Joan Johnston|Loner, The]]'' - April 2002 ([[Dell]])
 
* ''[[A Loving Defiance|Loving Defiance, A]]'' - February 1985 ([[Tapestry Romance By The Numbers|Tapestry Romance #57]]) = ''[[A Loving Defiance|No Longer A Stranger]]''
 
* ''[[A Loving Defiance|Loving Defiance, A]]'' - February 1985 ([[Tapestry Romance By The Numbers|Tapestry Romance #57]]) = ''[[A Loving Defiance|No Longer A Stranger]]''
 
* ''[[Marriage By The Book]]'' - April 1989 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #489]])
 
* ''[[Marriage By The Book]]'' - April 1989 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #489]])
* ''[[Maverick Heart]]'' - December 1995 ([[Dell]])
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* ''[[Maverick Heart - Joan Johnston|Maverick Heart]]'' - December 1995 ([[Dell]])
 
* ''[[Never Tease A Wolf]]'' - July 1991 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #652]])
 
* ''[[Never Tease A Wolf]]'' - July 1991 ([[Silhouette Desire By The Numbers|Silhouette Desire #652]])
 
* ''[[The Next Mrs. Blackthorne|Next Mrs. Blackthorne, The]]'' - September 2005 ([[Pocket Books]])
 
* ''[[The Next Mrs. Blackthorne|Next Mrs. Blackthorne, The]]'' - September 2005 ([[Pocket Books]])
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=== Collections ===
 
=== Collections ===
 
* '''Hawk's Way Bachelors''' - December 2000 ([[Silhouette]]) [[Trade Paperback]] (''[[The Rancher And The Runaway Bride]]'' / ''[[The Cowboy And The Princess - Joan Johnston|The Cowboy And The Princess]]'' / ''[[The Wrangler And The Rich Girl]]'')
 
* '''Hawk's Way Bachelors''' - December 2000 ([[Silhouette]]) [[Trade Paperback]] (''[[The Rancher And The Runaway Bride]]'' / ''[[The Cowboy And The Princess - Joan Johnston|The Cowboy And The Princess]]'' / ''[[The Wrangler And The Rich Girl]]'')
* '''Hawk's Way Brides''' - October 2001 ([[Silhouette]]) (''[[The Disobedient Bride]]'' / ''[[The Headstrong Bride]]'' / ''[[The Unforgiving Bride]]'')
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* '''Hawk's Way Brides''' - October 2001 ([[Silhouette]]) (''[[The Disobedient Bride - Joan Johnston|The Disobedient Bride]]'' / ''[[The Headstrong Bride]]'' / ''[[The Unforgiving Bride]]'')
 
* '''Hawk's Way Grooms''' - July 2008 ([[HQN]]) (''[[The Substitute Groom]]'' / ''[[The Virgin Groom]]'')
 
* '''Hawk's Way Grooms''' - July 2008 ([[HQN]]) (''[[The Substitute Groom]]'' / ''[[The Virgin Groom]]'')
 
* '''Hawk's Way Rogues''' - September 2001 ([[Silhouette]]) [[Trade Paperback]] (''[[Honey And The Hired Hand]]'' / ''[[The Cowboy Takes A Wife - Joan Johnston|The Cowboy Takes A Wife]]'' / ''[[The Temporary Groom]]'')
 
* '''Hawk's Way Rogues''' - September 2001 ([[Silhouette]]) [[Trade Paperback]] (''[[Honey And The Hired Hand]]'' / ''[[The Cowboy Takes A Wife - Joan Johnston|The Cowboy Takes A Wife]]'' / ''[[The Temporary Groom]]'')
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== Series/Related Titles ==
 
== Series/Related Titles ==
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# [[The Inheritance - Joan Johnston|The Inheritance]], 1995
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# [[Maverick Heart - Joan Johnston|Maverick Heart]], 1995
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Characters of the second books were introduced in the first
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=== Sisters Of The Lone Star ===
 
=== Sisters Of The Lone Star ===
 
Stories cover the history of the Republic of Texas from 1836-1846.
 
Stories cover the history of the Republic of Texas from 1836-1846.
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# [[Texas Woman]], 1989  
 
# [[Texas Woman]], 1989  
 
* sequel: The Creeds of the [[Joan Johnston#Bitter Creek|Bitter Creek]] series are descendants of the ''Sisters of the Lone Star''.
 
* sequel: The Creeds of the [[Joan Johnston#Bitter Creek|Bitter Creek]] series are descendants of the ''Sisters of the Lone Star''.
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=== Wolf Series ===
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# [[Never Tease A Wolf]], 1991
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# [[A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing]], 1991
  
 
=== Hawk's Way ===
 
=== Hawk's Way ===
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# [[The Unforgiving Bride]], 1994 (2nd Generation)
 
# [[The Unforgiving Bride]], 1994 (2nd Generation)
 
# [[The Headstrong Bride]], 1994 (2nd Generation)
 
# [[The Headstrong Bride]], 1994 (2nd Generation)
# [[The Disobedient Bride]], 1995 (2nd Generation)
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# [[The Disobedient Bride - Joan Johnston|The Disobedient Bride]], 1995 (2nd Generation)
 
# [[The Temporary Groom]], 1996 (3rd Generation)
 
# [[The Temporary Groom]], 1996 (3rd Generation)
 
# [[The Virgin Groom]], 1997 (3rd Generation)
 
# [[The Virgin Groom]], 1997 (3rd Generation)
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=== Captive Hearts ===
 
=== Captive Hearts ===
 
Series set in [[Regency]] England and Scotland, connected through friends and family.
 
Series set in [[Regency]] England and Scotland, connected through friends and family.
# [[Captive]], 1996
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# [[Captive - Joan Johnston|Captive]], 1996
 
# [[After The Kiss - Joan Johnston|After The Kiss]], 1997
 
# [[After The Kiss - Joan Johnston|After The Kiss]], 1997
 
# [[The Bodyguard - Joan Johnston|The Bodyguard]], 1998
 
# [[The Bodyguard - Joan Johnston|The Bodyguard]], 1998
 
# [[The Bridegroom]], 1999
 
# [[The Bridegroom]], 1999
* sequel: The Blackthornes of the [[Joan Johnston#Bitter Creek|Bitter Creek]] series are descendants of the Duke of Blackthorne.
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* sequel: The Blackthornes of the [[Joan Johnston#Bitter Creek|Bitter Creek]] series are descendants of the Duke of Blackthorne ([[The Bodyguard - Joan Johnston|The Bodyguard]]).
  
 
=== Bitter Creek ===
 
=== Bitter Creek ===
Two feuding Texas ranch families - the Blackthornes and the Creeds - and the animosity that's existed between them since the Civil War.
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Two feuding Texas ranch families - the Blackthornes and the Creeds - and the animosity that's existed between them since the Civil War. The origin of the feud is told in [[The Texan - Joan Johnston|The Texan]], featuring Cricket, the heroine of [[Frontier Woman]]. The relationship between Jackson Blackthorne and Lauren (Ren) Creed is a red tape through the first novels of the series.  
* prequel: The Blackthornes are descendants of the Duke of Blackthorne of the [[Joan Johnston#Captive Hearts|Captive Hearts]] series from the [[Regency]].
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* prequel: [[Frontier Woman]], 1988 (Jarret and Cricket Creed, ancestor of the Creeds)
* prequel: The Creeds are descendants of the [[Joan Johnston#Sisters Of The Lone Star|Sisters of the Lone Star]] series from the mid 19th century Texas.
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* prequel: [[The Bodyguard - Joan Johnston|The Bodyguard]], 1998 (Duke of Blackthorne, ancestor of the Blackthornes)
# [[The Cowboy]], 2000  
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# [[The Cowboy - Joan Johnston|The Cowboy]], 2000  
 
# [[The Texan - Joan Johnston|The Texan]], 2001
 
# [[The Texan - Joan Johnston|The Texan]], 2001
 
# [[The Loner - Joan Johnston|The Loner]], 2002
 
# [[The Loner - Joan Johnston|The Loner]], 2002

Latest revision as of 20:23, 27 March 2023


Joan Johnston - aka Joan Mertens Johnston - was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1948. She has a bachelor's and master's degree in theatre, worked for a weekly newspaper, was a director of theatre at a junior college in Texas, went to law school and ended up working at the largest firm in Virginia.

As a mother of two she turned to reading romance novels to cope with the stress of being a working mother and often thought "I could write one of these..." - which she finally did. Contacting Linda Marrow of Pocket Books - she had met her at the second annual Romantic Times Magazine conference in New York - her book was accepted and published as A Loving Defiance in the Tapestry Romance line in 1985.

She writes historical romances for Pocket Books and Dell, contemporary romances for Pocket Books and Avon and category romance for the Silhouette Desire imprint.

On The Web

Books

Novellas

Collections

Series/Related Titles

  1. The Inheritance, 1995
  2. Maverick Heart, 1995

Characters of the second books were introduced in the first

Sisters Of The Lone Star

Stories cover the history of the Republic of Texas from 1836-1846.

  1. Frontier Woman, 1988
  2. Comanche Woman, 1989
  3. Texas Woman, 1989
  • sequel: The Creeds of the Bitter Creek series are descendants of the Sisters of the Lone Star.

Wolf Series

  1. Never Tease A Wolf, 1991
  2. A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing, 1991

Hawk's Way

Life and loves of three generations of a Northwest Texas ranching family, the Whitelaws

  1. Honey And The Hired Hand, 1992 (1rst Generation)
  2. The Rancher And The Runaway Bride, 1993 (1rst Generation)
  3. The Cowboy And The Princess, 1993 (1rst Generation)
  4. The Wrangler And The Rich Girl, 1993 (1rst Generation)
  5. The Cowboy Takes A Wife, 1994 (1rst Generation)
  6. The Unforgiving Bride, 1994 (2nd Generation)
  7. The Headstrong Bride, 1994 (2nd Generation)
  8. The Disobedient Bride, 1995 (2nd Generation)
  9. The Temporary Groom, 1996 (3rd Generation)
  10. The Virgin Groom, 1997 (3rd Generation)
  11. A Hawk's Way Christmas, 1997 (3rd Generation)
  12. The Substitute Groom, 1998 (3rd Generation)
  13. Sisters Found, 2002 (3rd Generation)

Captive Hearts

Series set in Regency England and Scotland, connected through friends and family.

  1. Captive, 1996
  2. After The Kiss, 1997
  3. The Bodyguard, 1998
  4. The Bridegroom, 1999

Bitter Creek

Two feuding Texas ranch families - the Blackthornes and the Creeds - and the animosity that's existed between them since the Civil War. The origin of the feud is told in The Texan, featuring Cricket, the heroine of Frontier Woman. The relationship between Jackson Blackthorne and Lauren (Ren) Creed is a red tape through the first novels of the series.

  • prequel: Frontier Woman, 1988 (Jarret and Cricket Creed, ancestor of the Creeds)
  • prequel: The Bodyguard, 1998 (Duke of Blackthorne, ancestor of the Blackthornes)
  1. The Cowboy, 2000
  2. The Texan, 2001
  3. The Loner, 2002
  4. The Price, 2003
  5. The Rivals, 2004
  6. The Next Mrs. Blackthorne, 2005
  7. A Stranger's Game, 2008

Awards/Honours