Joan Johnston Reading Order

4 books (1995–2010)

Start with Abduction & Seduction, the first of 4 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Abduction & Seduction 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	Hawk's Way Brides 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	One Hot Summer 2007Buy 🇺🇸
4	More Than Words, Volume 6 2010Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2009–2014)

Start with Outcast, the first of 4 books in the Benedict Brothers series.

#	Title
1	Outcast 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	Invincible 2010Buy 🇺🇸
3	Watch Out for My Girl 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	Unforgettable 2014Buy 🇺🇸

14 books (2000–2020)

Start with The Cowboy, the first of 14 books in the Bitter Creek series.

#	Title
1	The Cowboy 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Texan 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Loner 2002Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Price 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Rivals 2004Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Next Mrs. Blackthorne 2005Buy 🇺🇸
7	A Stranger's Game 2008Buy 🇺🇸
8	Shattered 2009Buy 🇺🇸
9	A Bitter Creek Christmas 2013Buy 🇺🇸
10	Sinful 2014Buy 🇺🇸
11	Shameless 2015Buy 🇺🇸
12	Surrender 2018Buy 🇺🇸
13	Sullivan's Promise 2019Buy 🇺🇸
14	Winter Magic 2020Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2019–2019)

4 books (2012–2017)

Start with Texas Bride, the first of 4 books in the Bitter Creek: Mail-Order Bride series.

#	Title
1	Texas Bride 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Wyoming Bride 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	Montana Bride 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Blackthorne's Bride 2017Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1996–1999)

Start with Captive, the first of 4 books in the Captive Hearts series.

#	Title
1	Captive 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	After the Kiss 1997Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Bodyguard 1998Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Bridegroom 1999Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1995–1995)

Start with Maverick Heart and read in order.

#	Title
1	Maverick Heart 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Inheritance 1995Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (1992–2002)

Start with A Little Time in Texas / Dallas, the first of 13 books in the Hawk's Way series.

#	Title
1	A Little Time in Texas / Dallas 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	Honey and the Hired Hand / Jesse 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Cowboy and the Princess / Faron 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Rancher and the Runaway Bride / Adam 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Wrangler and the Rich Girl / Garth 1993Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Cowboy Takes a Wife / Carter 1994Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Headstrong Bride / Callen 1994Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Unforgiving Bride / Falcon 1994Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Disobedient Bride / Zach 1995Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Temporary Groom / Billy 1996Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Virgin Groom / Mac 1997Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Substitute Groom / Colt 1998Buy 🇺🇸
13	Sisters Found / Sisters / Breathless Seduction 2002Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1991–1993)

Start with The Barefoot Bride and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Barefoot Bride 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Outlaw's Bride 1993Buy 🇺🇸

49 books (1983–1999)

Start with Captive of Fate(By: Lindsay McKenna), the first of 49 books in the Men at Work series.

#	Title
1	Captive of Fate(By: Lindsay McKenna) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Perfect Match(By: Ginna Gray) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Season for Butterflies(By: Laurie Paige) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
4	MacKenzie's Lady(By: Dallas Schulze) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
5	Sound Of Summer(By: Annette Broadrick) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
6	Undercover(By: Jasmine Cresswell) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
7	A Fragile Beauty(By: Lucy Gordon) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
8	Playing for Time(By: Barbara Bretton) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
9	Something Worth Keeping(By: Kathleen Eagle) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Heart Club(By: Margaret St. George) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
11	Windstorm(By: Katherine Sutcliffe) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
12	A Classic Encounter(By: Emilie Richards) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
13	All My Tomorrows(By: Karen Young) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
14	Healing Sympathy(By: Gina Wilkins) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
15	Knight Sparks(By: Mary Lynn Baxter) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
16	Silver Noose(By: Patricia Gardner Evans) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
17	Something New 1988Buy 🇺🇸
18	Confidentially Yours(By: Helen Myers) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
19	Could It Be Magic(By: Gina Wilkins) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
20	Destinations South(By: Elizabeth Bevarly) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
21	Expiration Date(By: Aimée Thurlo) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
22	Fear Familiar(By: Caroline Burnes) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
23	Glass Houses(By: Anne Stuart) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
24	Hoodwinked(By: Diana Palmer) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
25	Miss Liz's Passion(By: Sherryl Woods) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
26	Night of the Hunter(By: Jennifer Greene) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
27	Angel Vs. Maclean(By: Cait London) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
28	Body and Soul(By: Janice Kaiser) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
29	Handsome Devil(By: Joan Hohl) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
30	Hotshot(By: Kathleen Korbel) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
31	It's Only Temporary(By: Cathy Gillen Thacker) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
32	Magic & Moonbeams(By: Margot Dalton) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
33	Stormwalker(By: Bronwyn Williams) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
34	The Forever Rose(By: Curtiss Matlock) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
35	A Rebel at Heart(By: Gina Wilkins) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
36	Dillon After Dark(By: Leandra Logan) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
37	Valentine's Knight(By: Renee Roszel) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
38	Defying Gravity(By: Rachel Lee) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
39	The Cowboy's Mistress(By: Cathy Gillen Thacker) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
40	Under The Covers(By: Roseanne Williams) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
41	Dance with a Dynasty(By: JoAnn Ross) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
42	More Than Friends(By: Susan Mallery) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
43	Only in the Moonlight(By: Vicki Lewis Thompson) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
44	To Die For(By: M.J. Rodgers) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
45	An Irritating Man(By: Lass Small) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
46	Heaven Shared(By: Cathy Gillen Thacker) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
47	The Miracle(By: Muriel Jensen) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
48	We Give Thanks(By: Linda Randall Wisdom) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
49	Stark Lightning(By: Elaine Barbieri) 1999Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1993–1993)

7 books (1994–2006)

Start with A Christmas Together, the first of 7 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	A Christmas Together 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	To Have and to Hold 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	Outlaws and Heroes 1995Buy 🇺🇸
4	Breathing In 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	Hot Pursuit 1999Buy 🇺🇸
6	Spouse for Hire 1999Buy 🇺🇸
7	Under the Mistletoe 2006Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1988–1989)

Start with Frontier Woman and read in order.

#	Title
1	Frontier Woman 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Comanche Woman 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	Texas Woman 1989Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1985–2015)

Start with A Loving Defiance, the first of 10 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	A Loving Defiance 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Colter's Wife 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	Fit to Be Tied / Something New 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	Marriage by the Book 1989Buy 🇺🇸
5	Sweetwater Seduction 1990Buy 🇺🇸
6	Kid Calhoun 1993Buy 🇺🇸
7	I Promise 1996Buy 🇺🇸
8	Heartbeat 1997Buy 🇺🇸
9	No Longer a Stranger 2005Buy 🇺🇸
10	Taming the Lone Wolf 2015Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1991–2004)

Start with A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing / Hazard Ranch and read in order.

#	Title
1	A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing / Hazard Ranch 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Never Tease a Wolf 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Big Sky Country 2004Buy 🇺🇸