Joan Johnston has narrated 12 audiobooks on Listento.it by 1 author, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is The Cowboy.
The Cowboy
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Two ranching families, the Blackthornes and the Creeds, are locked in a bitter century-old feud. In The Cowboy, Johnston brings to life a breathtaking love story between the Blackthornes' oldest son and the Creeds' beautiful daughter - a magnificent novel of passion, vengeance, and star-crossed love. Trace Blackthorne was taught from the cradle to take what he wanted, and he wanted Callie Creed. Trace has come home after 11 years as a ruthless hard-eyed stranger, making Callie an offer she can't refuse: marry him and save her struggling family from financial ruin. But the secrets of the past return to haunt them. And Callie is once again compelled to make an impossible choice - between the family who desperately needs her and the only man she has ever loved.
©2000 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc. (P)2017 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc.
Outcast
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Society bachelor and former army sniper Ben Benedict moves between two worlds - from high-society Washington to the mean city streets, from tuxedos to Glocks. His powerful Virginia family wants him out of harm’s way, but Ben stays on the job, determined to make amends for a past that haunts him. Dr. Anna Schuster is fighting demons of her own when she crosses paths with Agent Benedict. The two become adversaries - and lovers - as they search for an Al Qaeda operative bent on revenge. Ben must fight against time - and his own darkness - to rescue millions of innocents and the woman he loves from a virulent bioweapon in the hands of a dangerous enemy.
©2009 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc. (P)2019 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc.
Hawk's Way: Mac
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The joy of sex.... One minute, Mac Macready was a living legend in Texas - every kid's idol, every man's envy, every woman's fantasy. The next, his fiancée dumped him, his career was hanging in the balance, and his future was looking mighty uncertain. Then, there was the matter of his scandalous secret, which didn't stand a chance of staying secret where he was headed now. So, it was either succumb to Jewel Whitelaw's shocking proposal - or take cold showers for the rest of the long, hot summer....
©1997 Joan Johnston (P)2018 Joan Johnston
The Loner
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The Blackthornes and the Creeds. Two powerful Texas dynasties - and lifelong enemies. Set in the heart of the modern-day West, New York Times best-selling author Joan Johnston brings to passionate life the clash of wills between Blackthorne and Creed...as a man and woman discover a love stronger than the forces trying to tear them apart.
Summer Blackthorne swore she'd never forgive Billy Coburn for running out on her and their future together. But that was before she found out she wasn't Jackson Blackthorne's child - Billy was. And now the "Blackthorne Bastard" has come home for a final day of reckoning...to the town that damned him and the woman he had always wanted.
Only Summer can satisfy the hunger burning deep within him. Only she can help him hold on to his own unwanted son. It will be a marriage of expedience only. Until doubts and mistrust vanish in the heat of passion...and a man and a woman who never stopped loving each other fight bitter blood and impossible odds for a glorious second chance....
©2002 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc. (P)2017 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc.
Shattered
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Nine years ago Kate Grayhawk Pendelton walked into Wyatt Shaw’s life - and out of it the next morning. Now Wyatt’s back - and has the power to shatter Kate’s future with the man she loves.
By reputation, Wyatt Shaw is a brutal killer who always gets what he wants. And he wants Kate and her twin eight-year-old sons.
Texas Ranger Jack McKinley is hot on Wyatt Shaw’s trail. The presumed heir to the D’Amato crime syndicate is threatening to steal the woman he loves.
Holly McKinley is fighting to keep Jack from leaving her for another woman. Now the secret she’s kept for over 20 years may save their son’s life, and cost her the only man she’s ever loved.
©2010 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc. (P)2018 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc.
The Texan
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In this breathtaking novel, New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston weaves a beguiling tale of two feuding families--the Blackthornes and the Creeds--and of two extraordinary people: loner Owen Blackthorne and beautiful, headstrong Bayleigh Creed, irresistibly drawn to each other despite the desperate odds against their love.
Owen Blackthorne is a lone wolf, a man who doesn't need anyone. Then Bayleigh Creed appears on his doorstep, demanding his help in locating her missing brother. Together they head into the desolate West Texas wilderness, a Blackthorne and a Creed, mortal enemies obliged to join forces to survive. Neither counts on the unwanted attraction that draws them together, or the bitter truths that will force them apart--until the ruthless wilderness compels them to make life-and-death choices between family and duty and love.
©2001 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc. (P)2017 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc.
Hawk's Way: Garth
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Candy Baylor is determined to learn how to train horses and nothing - not even the bullheaded, ruggedly handsome Garth Whitelaw - is going to stop her. When he finally agrees to teach her, Candy is surprised by his sudden change in attitude. However, she wasn’t about to look a gift horse in the mouth. Besides, her instructors in school had never been so ruggedly handsome as this wrangler...and she wouldn’t mind engaging in some horseplay! Was she crazy? Garth Whitelaw didn’t have time to hold Candy Baylor’s hand and drag her around his ranch. And why on earth would the rich Texas debutante want to train horses, anyway? But she sure looked sexy in tight, worn jeans and with hay in her hair, so maybe it wasn’t such a bad deal, after all.... Hawk's Way - where the Whitelaws of Texas run free 'til passion brands their hearts.
©2016 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc. (P)2020 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc.
Hawk's Way: Colt
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His marriage proposal wasn't shocking. His motive was. But she had her own secret.... All of Jennifer Wright's hopes and dreams had rested on her summer wedding - until a single moment changed everything. Including the groom. Suddenly, Jennifer agrees to marry her fiance's best friend, a darkly handsome Texan she needed - and desperately wanted - almost against her will. But US Air Force Major Colt Whitelaw had sacrificed too much to settle for a marriage of convenience, and that made hiding her passion all the more difficult. And hiding her biggest secret downright impossible....
©1998 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc. (P)2018 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc.
Hawk's Way: Sisters
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Return to Texas with this fan-favorite story by number-one New York Times best-selling author Joan Johnston. Twin sisters Hope and Faith are delighted to finally find their long-lost triplet, Charity. As their family gathers for a party at Hawk's Pride, the three sisters must each untangle their own lives and loves. Will there be a happily ever after for each of them?
©2002 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc. (P)2018 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc.
Hawk's Way: Adam
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With three bossy, overprotective brothers looking over her shoulder, Tate Whitelaw was finding it impossible to become a woman. They still thought of her as a pigtailed little girl. So Tate hightailed it off the homestead - right into the manly arms of Adam Philips. She’d show everyone just how grown-up she was! The last thing that hardened rancher Adam Philips was looking for was a damsel in distress. He’d had enough of stray women! But his protective urges overrode his instincts to run. Soon he was comforting Tate in his arms...and his bed. And when her brawny brothers came a-calling with shotguns in hand, getting hitched suddenly seemed like a good idea. Hawk’s Way - where the Whitelaws of Texas run free till passion brands their hearts.
©1993 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc. (P)2020 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc.
Maverick Heart
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In a novel of high-riding adventure and long-simmering desire, New York Times best-selling author Joan Johnston brings to life a sweeping story of lost love, shattering secrets, and a passion waiting to be reclaimed.
More than 20 years ago, young Verity Talbot made the ultimate sacrifice to protect the man she loved: She married the brute who'd threatened to kill him. Verity, now the Countess of Rushland, also kept a shattering secret, allowing the son of Miles Broderick, Viscount Linden, to be raised as another man's heir. Now a widow, Verity and her grown son, Rand, arrive in the Wyoming Territory to begin a new life - only to face a reckoning.
When Miles makes the stunning realization that he's just saved the life of the only woman he has ever loved - who chose to marry another man - he is torn between anger at her betrayal and uncontrolled desire. Miles is shattered and rages against fate when he learns the truth about the son he never knew existed - until Rand is captured by a Sioux warrior. Suddenly, Miles realizes that the only future worth living is one with Verity - as they race to rescue their son and fulfill their dreams.
©1995 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc. (P)2017 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc.
Jesse
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New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Joan Johnston has captivated listeners with her irresistible Hawk's Way series. Discover the book that started it all! Sometimes love needs a helping hand.... Honey hasn't been the same ever since her husband, a Texas Ranger, died on the job. Juggling the ranch, raising her two teenage children, and nursing a wounded heart has left her at the end of her rope. So when cowboy Jesse Whitelaw turns up on her doorstep looking for work, he seems like the answer to her prayers. But Honey is used to working on her own terms, and isn't ready for the feelings he's stirring in her heart. Jesse longs to be the man in Honey's life, but he'll do anything to keep his secret hidden. She doesn't know he's really a Ranger himself, and is undercover investigating a cattle-rustling ring. But as they grow closer, it becomes tougher for Jesse to pretend. Can he and Honey obey the law of their own hearts? Previously published as Honey and the Hired Hand.
©2016 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc. (P)2020 Joan Mertens Johnston, Inc.