Order of Bitter Creek Books
American romance author Joan Johnston's Bitter Creek series brings readers to modern-day Texas, where a generations-old feud between the Blackthorne and Creek families has raged for nearly one hundred years. Yet even amid this bitter rivalry, love finds a way to bloom across enemy lines, creating passionate romances between members of the warring clans.
Johnston launched this captivating contemporary romance series in 1999 with The Cowboy, and continues to expand the saga today. The series has also spawned the Mail-Order Brides spin-off series. The following list presents Joan Johnston's Bitter Creek novels in their original publication sequence, which follows the same order as the story's chronology:
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Texas Bride | 2012 | |
| 1 |  The Cowboy | 2000 | |
| 1 |  The Men of Bitter Creek | 2019 | |
| 2 |  Wyoming Bride | 2012 | |
| 2 |  The Texan | 2001 | |
| 3 |  Montana Bride | 2013 | |
| 3 |  The Loner | 2002 | |
| 4 |  The Price | 2003 | |
| 4 |  Blackthorne's Bride | 2017 | |
| 5 |  The Rivals | 2004 | |
| 6 |  The Next Mrs. Blackthorne | 2005 | |
| 7 |  A Stranger's Game | 2008 | |
| 8 |  Shattered | 2009 | |
| 9 |  A Bitter Creek Christmas | 2013 | |
| 10 |  Sinful | 2014 | |
| 11 |  Shameless | 2015 | |
| 12 |  Surrender | 2018 | |
| 13 |  Sullivan's Promise | 2019 | |
| 14 |  Winter Magic | 2020 |