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Joan Johnston Biography & Facts

Joan Johnston (born Little Rock, Arkansas) is a best-selling American author of over forty contemporary and historical romance novels. Biography Johnston was the third of seven children born to an Air Force sergeant and his music-teacher wife. She received a Bachelor of Arts in theatre arts from Jacksonville University in 1970, then earning an Master's degree in theatre from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1971. She received a law degree (with honors) at the University of Texas at Austin in 1980. For the next five years, Johnston worked as an attorney, serving with the Hunton & Williams firm in Richmond, Virginia, and with Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey in Miami. She has also worked as a newspaper editor and drama critic in San Antonio, Texas, and as a college professor at Southwest Texas Junior College, Barry University, and the University of Miami. Johnston is a member of the Authors Guild, Novelists, Inc., Romance Writers of America, and Florida Romance Writers. She has two children and one grandchild, and divides her time between two homes, in Colorado and Florida. Awards Paperbook Book Club of America's Book Rak Award (twice) Romantic Times' Best Western Historical Series Award (twice) Romantic Times' Best New Western Writer Romantic Times' Best Historical Series Award (twice) The Maggie (twice) Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist for The Disobedient Bride Bibliography Contemporary Romance The Bitter Creek Series "Shameless", 2015 Shattered, 2009 A Strangers Game, 2008 The Next Mrs. Blackthorne, 2005 The Rivals, 2004 The Price, 2003 The Loner, 2002 The Texan, 2001 The Cowboy, 2000 Hawk's Way Hawk's Way: Faron and Garth, 2007 (contains: The Cowboy and the Princess, The Wrangler and the Rich Girl) Hawk's Way Brides, 2005 (contains: The Unforgiving Bride, The Headstrong Bride, The Disobedient Bride) Honey and the Hired Hand, 2004 Hawk's Way Grooms, 2002 (contains: The Virgin Groom, The Substitute Groom) Hawk's Way: The Virgin Groom, 1997 Hawk's Way: The Substitute Groom, 1998 Hawk's Way: Rogues , 2001 (Contains Honey and the Hired Hand, The Cowboy Takes a Wife, The Temporary Groom) Hawk's Way Bachelors, 2000 (contains: The Rancher and the Runaway Bride, The Cowboy and the Princess, and The Wrangler and the Rich Girl) Texas Brides, 2005 (contains: The Rancher and the Runaway Bride and The Bluest Eyes in Texas) Big Sky Country, 2004 (contains: Never Tease a Wolf and A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing) Sisters Found, 2002 Hawk's Way Original Silhouette Desire Publication Order (and Numbers) SD0424 Fit to be Tied (1988) SD0489 Marriage by the Book (1989) SD0652 Never Tease a Wolf (1991) SD0658 A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (1991) SD0710 A Little Time in Texas (1992) SD0746 Honey and the Hired Hand (1992) SD0779 The Rancher and the Runaway Bride (1993) SD0785 The Cowboy and the Princess (1993) SD0791 The Wrangler and the Rich Girl (1993) SD0842 The Cowboy Takes a Wife (1994) SD0878 The Unforgiving Bride (1994) SD0896 The Headstrong Bride (1994) SD0937 The Disobedient Bride (1995) SD1004 The Temporary Groom (1996) - - - - - - The Virgin Groom (1997) - - - - - - "A Hawk's Way Christmas" (1997) (in Lone Star Christmas anthology with Diana Palmer) - - - - - - The Substitute Groom (1998) Category Romance Fit to be Tied, May 1988, Silhouette Desire #424 Marriage by the Book, April 1989, Silhouette Desire #489 Never Tease a Wolf, 1991, Silhouette Desire #652 A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", 1991, Silhouette Desire #658 A Little Time in Texas, May 1992, Silhouette Desire #710 Honey and the Hired Hand, 1992, Silhouette Desire #746 The Rancher and the Runaway Bride, April 1993, Silhouette Desire #779 The Cowboy and the Princess, May 1993, Silhouette Desire #785 The Wrangler and the Rich Girl, June 1993, Silhouette Desire #791 The Cowboy Takes a Wife, March 1992, Silhouette Desire #842 The Unforgiving Bride, September 1994, Silhouette Desire #878 The Headstrong Bride, December 1994, Silhouette Desire #896 The Disobedient Bride, July 1995, Silhouette Desire #937 The Temporary Groom, June 1996, Silhouette Desire #1004 Anthologies "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" in Abduction and Seduction, March 1995 "Taming the Lone Wolf" in Outlaws and Heroes, Sept 1995 "A Hawk's Way Christmas" in Lone Star Christmas, Nov 1997 Other Contemporary Romance The Men of Bitter Creek, 2004 Marriage by the Book, 2003, reprint of Silhouette Desire #489 A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, 2002, reprint of Silhouette Desire #658 Never Tease a wolf, 2001, reprint of Silhouette Desire #652 Heartbeat, 1997 I Promise, 1996 Historical Romance Mail-Order Brides Series Blackthorne's Bride (Mail-Order Brides #4), July 25, 2017 Montana Bride (Mail-Order Brides #3), January 7, 2014 Wyoming Bride (Mail-Order Brides #2), January 1, 2013 Texas Bride (Mail-Order Brides #1), March 27, 2012 The Sisters of the Lone Star Texas Woman, 2003 Comanche Woman, 2002 Frontier Woman, 2001 The Captive Heart Series The Bridegroom, 1999 The Bodyguard, 1998 After the Kiss, 1997 Captive, 1996 Anthologies "One Simple Wish" in Untamed-Maverick Hearts, July 1993 "The Man from Wolf Creek" in To Have and to Hold, June 1994 "The Christmas Baby" in A Christmas Together, Oct 1994 Other Historicals The Inheritance, 1995 Maverick Heart, 1995 Outlaw's Bride, 1993 The Barefoot Bride, 1992 Kid Calhoun, 1993 Sweetwater Seduction, 1991 Colter's Wife, 1985 No Longer a Stranger, 2005 A Loving Defiance, 1985 References External links Joan Johnston Official Website. 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  • Winter Magic synopsis, comments

    Winter Magic

    Joan Johnston

    In the five years since Mike Sullivan's face was destroyed by a grizzly, he's become a lone wolf, working on his family's Montana ranch by day and retreating to a log c...

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    Something New

    Joan Johnston

    PROJECT: Tie an oldfashioned hunky guy to one end of a tenfoot rope with a svelte, longlegged femme fatale on the other endno touching allowed! OBJECTIVE: Spend 30 temptationfilled...

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    Second Chances

    Joan Johnston

    Second Chances is Two Novellas: One Simple Wish and A Bitter Creek Christmas One Simple Wish The lady . . . and the blacksmith . . . Everyone in Fredericksburg, Texas, believes the...

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    Invincible

    Joan Johnston

    An old flame rekindles in this fanfavorite tale from New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston…Wealthy aristocrat Bella Benedict has one last wish: to see her five estranged ...

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    Unforgettable

    Joan Johnston

    Haunted by war wounds and the woman who left him, ExDelta Army Sergeant Joe Warren is a man scarred body and soul. His life as he knew it is over, and he has no idea where to go fr...

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    Outcast

    Joan Johnston

    Society bachelor and former army sniper Ben Benedict moves between two worldsfrom highsociety Washington to the mean city streets, from tuxedos to Glocks. His powerful Virginia fam...

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    The Inheritance

    Joan Johnston

    Daisy knew that someday, somehow, she would pay for wanting what no proper woman wanted…The ravishing Duchess Daisy vowed to save Severn Manor by marrying Nicholas Calloway, a Texa...

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    One Simple Wish

    Joan Johnston

    <br> Everyone in Fredericksburg, Texas, believes their newest resident, Alyssa Moreland, is a “true lady.” So they don’t understand why she’s willing to be courted by the loc...

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    Two Brothers

    Linda Lael Miller

    The bestselling classic from New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller about a rugged pair of twin brothersthe lawman and the gunslingerand how they find the ladies of th...

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    A Bitter Creek Christmas

    Joan Johnston

    Five couples celebrating the holidays at the Bitter Creek Ranch in Texas share stories of their most memorable Christmas gift while awaiting the arrival of a longlost brother.

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    Never Tease A Wolf

    Joan Johnston

    A threetoed wolf was terrorizing Luke Granger’s sheep, and he was determined to put an end to itthat is, until Abigail Dayton, showed up from Fish & Wildlife, ranting about how...

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    Falling for Jillian

    Kristen Proby

    From New York Times bestselling author Kristen Proby comes the third romance in the Love Under the Big Sky series, featuring a veteran struggling with PTSD and the one woman who ca...

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    Home by Morning

    Kaki Warner

    The awardwinning author of Where the Horses Run makes her eagerly anticipated return to Heartbreak Creek for the final book in a trilogy of soulstirring historical romance.Thomas R...

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    Mistletoe and Holly

    Janet Dailey

    A heartwarming tale of Christmastime romance by one of America's alltime bestselling authors. With one leg in a cast and a heart hardened by bitter holiday memories, Leslie wanted ...

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    Angel Creek

    Linda Howard

    Desire came like a wildfire to the Colorado hills to claim a woman’s property...and her heart. From the New York Times bestselling author of A Lady of the West. For five years afte...

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    The Rivals

    Joan Johnston

    New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston brings to life an unforgettable love story between two strongwilled people from different worlds in her thrilling new novel featurin...

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    Marriage By the Book

    Joan Johnston

    HER BOOK:  “SexDon’t Jump the Gun.” After sixtythree disappointing dates, Megan Padget has given up on finding love again. Her children think she should give it one more tryso...

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    Hazard Ranch

    Joan Johnston

    A fan favorite from New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston, previously published as A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing.After inheriting her uncle’s ranch, Harriet Alistair moves w...