Joan Johnston

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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.

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.

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Series/Related Titles

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.

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.

  • prequel: Frontier Woman, 1988 (Jarret 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

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