Janice Kay Johnson is the author of over a hundred books for children and adults. Her first four published romance novels were coauthored with her mother, also a writer who has since published mysteries and children's books on her own. These were "sweet" romance novels, the author hastens to add; she isn't sure they'd have felt comfortable coauthoring passionate love scenes! Janice graduated from Whitman College with a B.A. in history and then received a master's degree in library science from the University of Washington. She was a branch librarian for a public library system until she began selling her own writing. She has written six novels for young adults and one picture book for the read-aloud crowd. Rosamund was the outgrowth of all those hours spent reading to her own daughters, and of her passion for growing old roses. Two more of her favorite books were historical novels she wrote for Tor/Forge. The research was pure indulgence for someone who set out intending to be a historian! Janice is divorced and has raised her two daughters in a small, rural town north of Seattle, Washington. She's an active volunteer and board member for Purrfect Pals, a no-kill cat shelter, and foster kittens often enliven a household that already includes a few more cats than she wants to admit to! Janice loves writing books about both love and family—about the way generations connect and the power our earliest experiences have on us throughout life. Her Superromance novels are frequent finalists for Romance Writers of America RITA® awards. Along with her books for Harlequin, Janice has written the Cape Trouble series of romantic suspense novels, and is about to launch a new series, Desperation Creek, set in rural eastern Oregon.
Series
Books
Bringing Maddie Home
2013
This Good Man
2014
Kids by Christmas
2006
Revelations
2004
Hide the Child
2018
Yesterday's Gone
2015
The Last Resort
2020
Mommy Said Goodbye
2004
Match Made in Court
2010
The Hunting Season
2020
Jack Murray, Sheriff
2000
Shroud of Fog
2014
The Woman in Blue
1999
Dead in the Water
2021
A Hometown Boy
2013
The Miracle Baby
1997
Home Deadly Home
2018
The Closer He Gets
2016
To Love a Cop
2015
With Child
2005
Snowbound
2007
Born in a Small Town
2000
Where It May Lead
2013
Lost Cause
2006
All That Remains
2011
No Matter What
2012
His Partner's Wife
2001
Open Secret
2006
All the Lost Little Horses
2018
Turning Home
2020
Anything for Her
2013
The Baby He Wanted
2016
Cop by Her Side
2014
High Mountain Terror
2023
A Mother's Claim
2016
Trusting the Sheriff
2019
From Father to Son
2012
Taking a Chance
2003
The Man Behind the Cop
2008
Whisper of Revenge
2016
Bone Deep
2011
In Hope's Shadow
2015
Mustang Creek Manhunt
2022
Finding Hope
2021
Plain Refuge
2017
Christmas Presents And Past
2007
Finding Her Dad
2011
The Word of a Child
2001
What She Wants for Christmas
1996
Home Field Advantage
1991
Beauty & the Beasts
1997
Maternal Instinct
2002
The Gift of Christmas
2002
Someone Like Her
2009
The Island Snatchers
1997
More Than Neighbors
2015
Dead Wrong
2006
A Message for Abby
1999
Trigger Words
2017
Through the Sheriff's Eyes
2010
Her Sister's Baby
1995
Between Love and Duty
2012
Brace For Impact
2019
Crime Scene Connection
2023
The Sheriff's to Protect
2024
The Family Next Door
Count on a Cop
1998
The Daughter Merger
2000
Because of a Girl
2016
Whose Baby?
2000
Everywhere She Goes
2014
From This Day On
2013
Charlotte's Homecoming
2010
The Call of Bravery
2012
Mending Hearts
2021
The Perfect Mom
2003
All Through the House
1992
The Hero's Redemption
2017
Making Her Way Home
2012
First Comes Baby
2007
One Frosty Night
2014
The Baby Agenda
2010
All a Man Is
2014
The New Man
2003
See How She Runs
2014
Twisted Threads
2015
