Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Bride | 2012 | Joan Johnston | Buy |
| 2 | The Alien’s Mail-Order Bride | 2012 | Joan Johnston | N/A |
| 3 | Wyoming Bride | 2012 | Joan Johnston | Buy |
| 4 | Montana Bride | 2013 | Joan Johnston | Buy |
| 5 | Blackthorne’s Bride | 2017 | Joan Johnston | Buy |
| 6 | The Midwinter Mail-Order Bride | 2017 | Joan Johnston | N/A |
The Bitter Creek: Mail-Order Bride series by Joan Johnston combines her Bitter Creek family saga with the mail-order bride concept. Texas Bride (2012) kicks off the series with a Blackthorne family connection, and Wyoming Bride (2012), Montana Bride (2013), and Blackthorne’s Bride (2017) continue the stories of women who travel west to marry men connected to the Bitter Creek families.
The spin-off gives Johnston a way to explore earlier periods in the Blackthorne and Creed family histories while using the popular mail-order bride format. Readers of the main Bitter Creek series will recognize family names and connections, but the books can also stand alone as historical western romances.