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Joan Wolf Books in Order

Joan Wolf has written 55 books, published between 1980 and 2023. The first book is The Counterfeit Marriage (1980) and the newest is A Hasty Marriage (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
55
Published
1980–2023
Confirmed
1 of 55 titles
Pages on record
10,474 in 35 of 55 books
Reading time
175–262 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,474 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 35 of 55 titles with a page count on record.

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Joan Wolf, born in 1951 in the Bronx, New York, is an American writer of romance novels. Wolf studied for a bachelor's degree at Mercy College on a full scholarship, then earned a Master's in English and Comparative Literature at Hunter College. Before beginning a writing career, Wolf taught at Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx. The catalogue lists 55 books from 1980 to 2023, beginning with A Kind of Honor and The Counterfeit Marriage (1980). Subjects include Regency and historical romance, contemporary romance, prehistoric peoples and France. Series are Dark Ages of Britain, Reindeer Hunters and Medieval Mysteries.

How many Joan Wolf books are there?

Joan Wolf has 55 books, released between 1980 and 2023. They include 3 series and 46 titles listed outside any series.

Joan Wolf Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 55 Joan Wolf 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 The Counterfeit Marriage by Joan Wolf (1980)
  2. Cover of Margarita / Margarita and the Earl by Joan Wolf (1982)
  3. Cover of His Lordship's Mistress by Joan Wolf (1982)
  4. Cover of Summer Storm by Joan Wolf (1983)
  5. Cover of Change of Heart by Joan Wolf (1983)
  6. Cover of Beloved Stranger by Joan Wolf (1984)
  7. Cover of The Rebellious Ward by Joan Wolf (1984)
  8. Cover of Affair of the Heart by Joan Wolf (1984)
  9. Cover of Fool's Masquerade by Joan Wolf (1984)
  10. Cover of Portrait of a Love by Joan Wolf (1984)
  11. Cover of A Fashionable Affair by Joan Wolf (1985)
  12. Cover of Wild Irish Rose by Joan Wolf (1985)
  13. Cover of The Rebel and the Rose by Joan Wolf (1986)
  14. Cover of Born of the Sun by Joan Wolf, book 2 of the Dark Ages of Britain series (1989)
  15. Cover of The Edge of Light by Joan Wolf, book 3 of the Dark Ages of Britain series (1990)
  16. Cover of Daughter of the Red Deer by Joan Wolf, book 1 of the Reindeer Hunters series (1991)
  17. Cover of The Horsemasters by Joan Wolf, book 2 of the Reindeer Hunters series (1993)
  18. Cover of The Deception by Joan Wolf (1996)
  19. Cover of The Gamble by Joan Wolf (1998)
  20. Cover of No Dark Place by Joan Wolf, book 1 of the Medieval Mysteries series (1999)
  21. Cover of The Pretenders by Joan Wolf (1999)
  22. Cover of Golden Girl by Joan Wolf (1999)
  23. Cover of The Poisoned Serpent by Joan Wolf, book 2 of the Medieval Mysteries series (2000)
  24. Cover of Someday Soon by Joan Wolf (2000)
  1. 1
    The Counterfeit Marriage1980 · 204 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980204
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  2. 2
    A Kind of Honor1980 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980224
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  3. 3
    A Difficult Truce1981 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981224
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  4. 4
    A London Season1981 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981224
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  5. 5
    Margarita / Margarita and the Earl1982 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982224
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  6. 6
    The Scottish Lord1982 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19821
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  7. 7
    His Lordship's Mistress1982 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982215
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  8. 8
    The American Duchess1982 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19821
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  9. 9
    Summer Storm1983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983–
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  10. 10
    Change of Heart1983 · 187 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983187
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  11. 11
    Lord Richard's Daughter1983 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983220
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  12. 12
    A Double Deception1983 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19831
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  13. 13
    Beloved Stranger1984 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984182
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  14. 14
    The Rebellious Ward1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  15. 15
    Affair of the Heart1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  16. 16
    Fool's Masquerade1984 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984224
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  17. 17
    Portrait of a Love1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  18. 18
    A Fashionable Affair1985 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19851
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  19. 19
    Wild Irish Rose1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985–
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  20. 20
    The Rebel and the Rose1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  21. 21
    Highland Sunset1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  22. 22
    The Road to AvalonDark Ages of Britain #11988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988–
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  23. 23
    Born of the SunDark Ages of Britain #21989 · 512 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989512
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  24. 24
    The Edge of LightDark Ages of Britain #31990 · 512 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990512
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  25. 25
    Daughter of the Red DeerReindeer Hunters #11991 · 468 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991468
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  26. 26
    The HorsemastersReindeer Hunters #21993 · 443 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993443
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  27. 27
    The Reindeer HuntersReindeer Hunters #31994 · 460 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994460
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  28. 28
    The Deception1996 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996352
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  29. 29
    The Guardian1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  30. 30
    The Arrangement1997 · 372 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997372
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Joan Wolf 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.

Dark Ages of Britain in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Road to Avalon
  2. 2. Born of the Sun
  3. 3. The Edge of Light

Reindeer Hunters in order

3 books
  1. 1. Daughter of the Red Deer
  2. 2. The Horsemasters
  3. 3. The Reindeer Hunters

Medieval Mysteries in order

2 books
  1. 1. No Dark Place
  2. 2. The Poisoned Serpent

Mira in order

1 book
  1. 18. White Horses

Standalone books

46 books

46 Joan Wolf titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Joan Wolf books in order?

You only need to read Joan Wolf books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Joan Wolf

Start with The Counterfeit Marriage (1980), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joan Wolf book?

A Hasty Marriage (2023) is the newest Joan Wolf book released so far.

Is there a new Joan Wolf book coming?

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

Joan Wolf at a glance

Paused
No new Joan Wolf title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Joan Wolf books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
10,474 pages across the 35 of 55 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joan Wolf books, 23 of 55, were published in the 1980s.

What the Joan Wolf books are about

45 of the 55 Joan Wolf books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 11 of 45. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.