Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Truth about Miss Ashbourne | 2018 | Joanna Barker | Buy |
| 2 | Miss Adeline’s Match | 2019 | Joanna Barker | Buy |
| 3 | Secrets and Suitors | 2019 | Joanna Barker | Buy |
| 4 | Otherwise Engaged | 2020 | Joanna Barker | Buy |
| 5 | A Heart Worth Stealing | 2023 | Joanna Barker | Buy |
| 6 | So True a Love | 2024 | Joanna Barker | Buy |
Joanna Barker’s standalone novels are individual Regency romances, each set in early nineteenth-century England with its own cast of characters. None are connected to her Cartwells series or to each other, so they can be picked up in any order.
The Truth about Miss Ashbourne was her debut in 2018. She followed it with Miss Adeline’s Match and Secrets and Suitors in 2019, then Otherwise Engaged in 2020. After a gap, she returned with A Heart Worth Stealing in 2023, published through Shadow Mountain’s Proper Romance line, and So True a Love in 2024. All six are clean romances with period-appropriate settings and no explicit content.