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Alissa Johnson Books in Order

Alissa Johnson has written 12 books, published between 2008 and 2017. The first book is As Luck Would Have It (2008) and the newest is A Dangerous Deceit (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2008–2017
Pages on record
2,668 in 8 of 12 books
Reading time
44–67 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,668 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Historical romance appears among the recorded subjects for Alissa Johnson, alongside private investigators, women spies, female offenders, arranged marriage, guardians and wards, and revenge. The catalogue holds 12 books from As Luck Would Have It (2008) to A Dangerous Deceit (2017). Johnson's series are Haverston Family and Thief-Takers. A Christmas Ball (2009), McAlistair's Fortune (2009), Nearly a Lady (2011), Practically Wicked (2012) and A Talent for Trickery (2015) are other titles.

How many Alissa Johnson books are there?

Alissa Johnson has 12 books, released between 2008 and 2017. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Alissa Johnson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Alissa Johnson books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of As Luck Would Have It by Alissa Johnson, book 1 of the Providence series (2008)
  2. Cover of A Christmas Ball by Alissa Johnson (2009)
  3. Cover of Tempting Fate by Alissa Johnson, book 2 of the Providence series (2009)
  4. Cover of McAlistair's Fortune by Alissa Johnson, book 3 of the Providence series (2009)
  5. Cover of Destined to Last by Alissa Johnson, book 4 of the Providence series (2010)
  6. Cover of Nearly a Lady by Alissa Johnson, book 1 of the Haverston Family series (2011)
  7. Cover of An Unexpected Gentleman by Alissa Johnson, book 2 of the Haverston Family series (2011)
  8. Cover of Practically Wicked by Alissa Johnson, book 3 of the Haverston Family series (2012)
  9. Cover of A Talent for Trickery by Alissa Johnson, book 1 of the Thief-Takers series (2015)
  1. 1
    As Luck Would Have ItProvidence #12008 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008300
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  2. 2
    A Christmas Ball2009 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009308
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  3. 3
    Tempting FateProvidence #22009 · 307 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009307
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  4. 4
    McAlistair's FortuneProvidence #32009 · 323 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009323
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  5. 5
    Destined to LastProvidence #42010 · 309 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010309
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  6. 6
    Nearly a LadyHaverston Family #12011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  7. 7
    An Unexpected GentlemanHaverston Family #22011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  8. 8
    Practically WickedHaverston Family #32012 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012336
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  9. 9
    A Christmas Dance2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  10. 10
    A Talent for TrickeryThief-Takers #12015 · 411 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015411
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  11. 11
    A Gift for GuileThief-Takers #22016 · 374 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016374
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  12. 12
    A Dangerous DeceitThief-Takers #32017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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Alissa Johnson books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Providence in order

4 books
  1. 1. As Luck Would Have It
  2. 2. Tempting Fate
  3. 3. McAlistair's Fortune
  4. 4. Destined to Last

Haverston Family in order

3 books
  1. 1. Nearly a Lady
  2. 2. An Unexpected Gentleman
  3. 3. Practically Wicked

Thief-Takers in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Talent for Trickery
  2. 2. A Gift for Guile
  3. 3. A Dangerous Deceit

Standalone books

2 books

2 Alissa Johnson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Alissa Johnson books in order?

You only need to read Alissa Johnson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Alissa Johnson

Start with As Luck Would Have It (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Alissa Johnson book?

A Dangerous Deceit (2017) is the newest Alissa Johnson book released so far.

Is there a new Alissa Johnson book coming?

No next Alissa Johnson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Alissa Johnson at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Alissa Johnson title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Alissa Johnson books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,668 pages across the 8 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 316 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alissa Johnson books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Alissa Johnson books are about

10 of the 12 Alissa Johnson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: man-woman relationships is tagged on 6 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.