Jo Goodman
Jo Goodman is the pen name for Joanne Dobrzanski. Her first book was completed in 1979 and finally published in 1984. She chose that pen name because she was always called Jo and Goodman is simply a loose translation of Dobrzanski.
Although she graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry she found that she was not suited to marine research. Instead she became a therapist. She has been the executive director of a child caring/mental health agency and reports that this work and her writing often compliment each other.
Jo has written 18 historical romances, 3 short stories, and 1 novella. Her first book, Passion's Bride (reprinted in 1998 as The Captain's Lady), won best pirate romance from Romantic Times. Forever In My Heart won a Reader's Choice Award for best historical romance in 1994 and Only In My Arms was a finalist the following year.
Contents
On the Web
- Jo Goodman - this is an author's main website
Fiction
Books
- All I Ever Needed - 2003
- Always In My Dreams - 6/1995 (Zebra)
- Beyond A Wicked Kiss - 2004
- The Captain's Lady (originally Passion's Bride) - 8/1998 (Zebra)
- Crystal Passion - 1985
- Everything I Ever Wanted - 2002
- Forever In My Heart - 7/1994 (Zebra)
- If His Kiss Is Wicked - 2007 (Zebra)
- Let Me Be The One - 2002
- Midnight Princess - 1989
- More Than You Know - 5/2000 (Zebra)
- More Than You Wished - 4/2001 (Zebra)
- My Reckless Heart - 1998
- My Steadfast Heart - 1997
- Never Love A Lawman - 9/2009 (Zebra)
- One Forbidden Evening - 8/2006 (Zebra)
- Only In My Arms - 9/1996 (Zebra)
- Passion's Sweet Revenge - 1990
- The Price of Desire - 9/2008 (Zebra)
- Rogue's Mistress - 5/1993 (Zebra)
- Scarlet Lies - 11/1988 (Zebra)
- A Season To Be Sinful - 8/2005 (Zebra)
- Seaswept Abandon - 1986
- Sweet Fire - 7/1991 (Zebra)
- Tempting Torment - 1989
- Velvet Night - 5/1987 (Zebra)
- Violet Fire - 2/1988 (Zebra)
- Wild Sweet Ecstasy - 5/1992 (Zebra)
- With All My Heart - 1999 (Zebra)
Novellas/Short Stories
- Tidewater Promise in the Christmas Rendezvous - 1991 (Part of the McClellan Family Series), also packaged as part of a 1991 release of Tempting Torment
- Liberty Christmas in A Christmas Caress - 1993
- My True Love in A Gift of Joy - 1995
- The Baby Dream in Baby Dreams - 1996
- A Basket of Magicin Magically Delicious Kisses - 2002
Related Books
Grantham/Gardner Families:
- If His Kiss Is Wicked - Zebra 2007
- One Forbidden Evening - Zebra, 8/2006
- A Season To Be Sinful - Zebra, 8/2005
Compass Club:
- Let Me Be The One - 2002
- All I Ever Needed - 2003
- Everything I Ever Wanted - 2002
- Beyond A Wicked Kiss - 2004
Dennehy Sisters:
Hamilton Family:
Marshall Brothers:
- Midnight Princess - 1989
- Passion's Sweet Revenge - 1990
McClellan Family:
- Crystal Passion - 1985
- Seaswept Abandon - 1986
- Tempting Torment - 1989
- Tidewater Promise in the Christmas Rendezvous - 1991
Thorne Borthers
- My Steadfast Heart - 1997
- My Reckless Heart - 1998
- With All My Heart - 1999
Awards/Honors
- 1998 Career Achievement Award Winner - Romantic Times Magazine - Historical Storyteller Of The Year
- 2003 - Romance Readers Anonymous Best Historical Single Title Romance for Everything I Ever Wanted by Jo Goodman