The bulk of Joan Smith's output was for Fawcett's traditional Regency line. These were usually thin novels, around 200 pages or so, with more of an emphasis on Regency society and its associated jargon than on sex and sensuality. Smith's writing is particularly noted for its light humor and witty characters.
Early in her career, many of her books would appear first in hardcover, published by Walker & Company, and would subsequently be released in paperback from Fawcett. By 1983, nearly all of her novels were paperback originals with no prior hardcover edition.
Over time, Smith's novels included more mystery elements, culminating in the Regency-mystery hybrid "Berkeley Brigade" series. She also wrote four mystery novels for Jove in 1989 and 1990. And she wrote 27 contemporary romance novels for the Silhouette Romance line from 1983 to 1993.
At the end of 1998, Fawcett cancelled their traditional Regency line, which marked the end of Joan Smith's prolific paperback run. She continued to write novels in e-book format, but this list focuses only on her books that have appeared in print. (This list also doesn't include foreign editions and Large Print versions of her novels.)
Not much is known about Joan Smith herself, but we do know that she is Canadian. This fact helps to distinguish her from other writers with the same name, such as the British feminist author Joan Smith who wrote the "Loretta Lawson" series of mystery novels. (Our Joan wrote mystery novels, too, but not those ones.) Even their publisher once got them mixed up: when Fawcett published a paperback edition of the British Joan Smith's novel A Masculine Ending in 1989, a long list of the Canadian Joan Smith's Regency romances appeared at the beginning of the book, facing the title page, as "Also by Joan Smith."
Note that the FictionDB list of Joan Smith's books includes a couple books written by the aforementioned British Joan Smith like Clouds of Deceit and What Will Survive. Their list also includes a book titled Arabeth by an Australian Joan Smith. An undated book in the list titled The Sipán Jaguar is so obscure that I wouldn't know if it is or isn't by her (I am going with isn't, for now). Our Joan also isn't the Joan Smith who wrote children's books like The Gift of Umtal (even though Goodreads says so, in error). It's a common name, of course, so such confusion is perhaps inevitable.
Here is an "About the Author" page that appeared at the back of her 1983 novel Strictly Business:
I have arranged Joan Smith's novels in chronological order below, according to publication date. I could have arranged them alphabetically instead (like I did for my 1970s Fawcett Regency index), which would make it easier to find a particular book in the list, but I wanted to show the arc of her career and how the covers evolved over time.
A dozen books are repeated here, showing when they were reprinted later. For example, a paperback edition of a hardcover book is shown beneath (and to the right) of the original hardcover edition. Both editions are shown together in the list, placed in the timeline next to each other to make it clear that it's a reprint of the preceding book and not a new novel. I may have missed some later editions, but they can be added to the list when discovered.
The "date" listed below is the date printed inside the book. "Publication date per CCE" is the release date shown for the book in The Catalog of Copyright Entries.
Most of the cover images below are scans that I made from the books in my collection. For books and editions that I don't own, the cover images were taken from FictionDB or online sellers. This page is best viewed in desktop mode.
This post will be updated as more information becomes available. Last updated on September 3, 2026.
Date: 1977
Publication date per CCE: February 15, 1977
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 2-3092-9
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Her first published novel.
Another edition (with same book number) has the phrase "The Canadian Georgette Heyer" printed below her name. (Second printing?)
Date: February 1977 [original date]
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0061-6
Cover image source: Internet Archive.
Note: 3rd Printing. "A Coventry Classic" branding on cover.
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 20393-X
Cover image source: Goodreads.
Note: 4th Printing? The publication date was April 12, 1983 according to Goodreads page.
Date: 1977
Publication date per CCE: July 12, 1977
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 2-3232-8
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: FictionDB lists the publication date as May 1977. Goodreads lists the publication date as May 12, 1977.
Date: 1977
Publication date per CCE: November 15, 1977
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 2-3378-2
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Goodreads lists the publication date as October 12, 1977.
Reprinted as Coventry Romances #10? Another edition #50015?
Date: 1978
Publication date per CCE: March 28, 1978
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Walker & Company
Format: Hardcover
Cover image source: Amazon page.
Note: CCE lists Walker as publisher, which is the hardcover edition of the novel that subsequently was published by Fawcett in paperback (see below). No month given inside the book. Copyright page notes "First published in the United States of America in 1978 by the Walker Publishing Company, Inc. Published simultaneously in Canada by Beaverbooks, Limited, Pickering, Ontario." Library stamp on title page of a copy seen online was February 10, 1978. A Large Print hardcover edition of the novel was published by G. K. Hall & Co. in 1979.
Other editions:
Date: 1978
Publication date per CCE: September 13, 1978
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 2-3663-3
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Goodreads lists the publication date as September 12, 1978.
Date: 1978
Publication date per CCE: March 15, 1978
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 2-3490-8
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Goodreads lists the publication date as February 1, 1978.
Date: 1978
Publication date per CCE: N/A (see note)
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Walker & Company
Format: Hardcover
Cover image source: Online seller.
Note: The CCE gives May 20, 1980 as the publication date, although notes that a Walker edition was from 1978. No month given inside the book. Copyright page notes "First published in the United States of America in 1978 by the Walker Publishing Company, Inc. Published simultaneously in Canada by Beaverbooks, Limited, Pickering, Ontario." Subsequently published in paperback by Fawcett (see below).
Date: 1978 [actually 1979]
Publication date per CCE: N/A (see note)
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 2-3968-3
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Goodreads lists the publication date as May 12, 1979. The CCE gives May 20, 1980 as the publication date, although doesn't mention Fawcett. It does refer to a Walker edition from 1978 (see above). Based on Fawcett's book numbering, the paperback was published in 1979 between Sweet & Twenty (#2-3818-0) and Talk of the Town (#2-4137-8).
Date: 1979
Publication date per CCE: January 15, 1979
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 2-3818-0
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Goodreads lists the publication date as January 12, 1979.
Date: 1979
Publication date per CCE: June 15, 1979
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Walker & Company
Format: Hardcover
Book number: ISBN 0-8027-0622-3
Cover image source: Photo on Amazon page.
Note: This is the hardcover edition of the novel that subsequently was published by Fawcett in paperback (see below). No month given inside the book. Copyright page notes "First published in the United States of America in 1979 by the Walker Publishing Company, Inc. Published simultaneously in Canada by Beaverbooks, Limited, Pickering, Ontario." A Large Print hardcover edition of the novel was later published by G. K. Hall & Co..
Other editions:
Date: 1979
Publication date per CCE: August 21, 1979
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 2-4137-8
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Goodreads lists the publication date as September 12, 1979.
Date: December 1979
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 2-4210-2
Cover image source: Photo from online seller.
Note: Fantastic Fiction site gives December 12, 1979 as the publication date.
Date: January 1980
Publication date per CCE: January 1, 1980
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0020-9
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Written as Jennie Gallant. Published as Coventry Romances #19.
Date: February 1980
Publication date per CCE: February 1, 1980
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0023-3
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Published as Coventry Romances #22. Later reissued by Fawcett circa 1986 (see below). A Large Print hardcover edition of the novel was published by G. K. Hall & Co. in 1980.
Date: May 1986?
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21142-8
Cover image source: Found online.
Note: Reprint of Coventry Romances #22.
Date: April 1980
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0040-3
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Written as Jennie Gallant. Published as Coventry Romances #37.
Date: ____
Publication date per CCE: April 30, 1980
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Walker & Company
Format: Hardcover
Cover image source: ____
Date: February 1981
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0160-4
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Published as Coventry Romances #93.
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0160-4
Cover image source: Found online.
Note: Reprint of Coventry Romances #93.
Date: June 1980
Publication date per CCE: June 1, 1980
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0051-9
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Published as Coventry Romances #47.
Date: September 1980
Publication date per CCE: September 1, 1980
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0097-7
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Written as Jennie Gallant. Published as Coventry Romances #66.
Date: October 1980
Publication date per CCE: October 1, 1980
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0105-1
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Published as Coventry Romances #69.
Date: October 1980
Publication date per CCE: November 25, 1980
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Publication Enterprises, Inc.
Format: Magazine
Cover image source: Online seller.
Note: The novel originally appeared in shorter form in Cameo: The Magazine of Romantic Fiction (Oct. 1980; Vol. 1, #5); cover illustration by Franco Accornero. The CCE date is possibly in error, since the cover-dated October issue likely would have appeared in September or October. Novel subsequently published in hardcover by Walker and in paperback by Fawcett as Coventry Romances #111 (see below).
Other editions:
Date: 1980
Publication date per CCE: November 25, 1980
Publisher: Walker & Company
Format: Hardcover
Cover image source: ____
Note: This is the hardcover edition of the novel published by Walker. The novel originally appeared in shorter form in Cameo: The Magazine of Romantic Fiction (Oct. 1980; Vol. 1, #5), see above. Novel later published in paperback by Fawcett as Coventry Romances #111 (see below).
Date: May 1981
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0179-5
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Published as Coventry Romances #111. Originally published in hardcover by Walker in November 1980. Later reissued by Fawcett.
Date: January 1981
Publication date per CCE: December 24, 1980
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0155-8
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Written as Jennie Gallant. Published as Coventry Romances #89.
Date: April 1981
Publication date per CCE: March 26, 1981
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0173-6
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Published as Coventry Romances #105.
Date: July 1981
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0193-0
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Published as Coventry Romances #123.
Date: July 1981
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 2-4424-5
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Written as Jennie Gallant.
Date: October 1981
Publication date per CCE: September 26, 1981
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0213-9
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Published as Coventry Romances #141. Apparently reissued by Fawcett on February 12, 1987.
Date: _____
Publication date per CCE: November 30, 1981
Genre: Historical (Georgian)
Publisher: Walker & Company
Format: Hardcover
Cover image source: ____.
Note: CCE lists Walker as publisher. This was a hardcover edition of the novel that subsequently was published by Fawcett in paperback (see below). No month given inside the book. Copyright page notes "First published in the United States of America in 1981 by the Walker Publishing Company, Inc. Published simultaneously in Canada by John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited, Rexford, Ontario."
Date: September 1982
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 50311-9
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Published near the end of the Coventry Romances line's existence; no series number on cover.
Date: January 1982
Publication date per CCE: December 26, 1981
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0232-5
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Published as Coventry Romances #159.
Date: March 1982
Publication date per CCE: February 26, 1982
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0272-4
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Published as Coventry Romances #171.
Date: April 1982
Publication date per CCE: March 26, 1982
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0280-5
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Written as Jennie Gallant. Published as Coventry Romances #179.
Date: April 1982
Publication date per CCE: March 26, 1982
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0284-8
Cover image source: FictionDB (since my own copy has some cover damage.)
Note: Published as Coventry Romances #182.
Date: April 1982
Publication date per CCE: June 1, 1982
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Walker & Company
Format: Hardcover
Cover image source: ______
Note: Hardcover edition published by Walker.
Date: June 1983
Publication date per CCE: April 19, 1983
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 20121-X
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Paperback edition of a novel previously published in hardcover by Walker in 1982 (see above).
Date: July 1982
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 5-0298-8
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Published as Coventry Romances #195.
Date: March 1983
Publication date per CCE: January 18, 1983
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 20092-2
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Available to read on the Internet Archive.
Date: July 1983
Publication date per CCE: June 6, 1983
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Golden Apple Publishers (Bantam)
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Her first contemporary romance novel. Some Dawnstar editions (like the book shown here) were apparently K-Mart exclusives, with a white K-Mart price box printed onto the top right corner of the front cover. Other (non-K-Mart) editions do not have that white box in the corner.
Date: July 1983
Publication date per CCE: July 1, 1983
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #234. Her first book for Silhouette Books.
Date: September 1983
Publication date per CCE: August 2, 1983
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 20340-9
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Available to read on the Internet Archive.
Date: October 1983
Publication date per CCE: October 1, 1983
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #255.
Date: January 1984
Publication date per CCE: November 17, 1983
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 20404-9
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Available to read on the Internet Archive.
FROM NOW ON
Date: January 1984
Publication date per CCE: January 1, 1984
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #269.
Date: April 1984
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #288.
Date: June 1984
Publication date per CCE: June 1, 1984
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #302.
Date: August 1984
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #315.
Date: October 1984
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #325.
Date: February 1985
Publication date per CCE: December 14, 1984
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number 20501-0
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: February 1985
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #343.
Date: April 1985
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: eBay photo.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #354.
Date: July 1985
Publication date per CCE: May 15, 1985
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 20637-8
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: October 1985
Publication date per CCE: August 16, 1985
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 20777-3
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: February 1986
Publication date per CCE: December 12, 1985
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 20842-7
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: May 1986
Publication date per CCE: March 17, 1986
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 20899-0
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: May 1986
Publication date per CCE: May 1, 1986
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Goodreads.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #430.
Date: August 1986
Publication date per CCE: August 1, 1986
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #452.
Date: October 1986
Publication date per CCE: August 18, 1986
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 20761-7
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: April 1987
Publication date per CCE: February 16, 1987
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21087-1
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: July 1987
Publication date per CCE: May 15, 1987
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 20955-5
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: October 1987
Publication date per CCE: August 13, 1987
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21161-4
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: December 1987
Publication date per CCE: October 19, 1987
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21424-9 [out of sequence]
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: January 1988
Publication date per CCE: November 18, 1987
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21261-0
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: December 1987
Publication date per CCE: December 1, 1987
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #546.
Date: March 1988
Publication date per CCE: March 1, 1988
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #562.
Date: May 1988
Publication date per CCE: March 16, 1988
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21329-3
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: 1988
Publication date per CCE: June 1, 1988
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Leisure Books
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: August 1988
Publication date per CCE: June 20, 1988
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21372-2
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: July 1988
Publication date per CCE: July 1, 1988
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #591.
Date: November 1988
Publication date per CCE: September 20, 1988
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21500-8
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: January 1989
Publication date per CCE: November 17, 1988
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21588-1
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: 1988
Publication date per CCE: December 1, 1988
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Leisure Books
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: December 1988
Publication date per CCE: December 1, 1988
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #617.
Date: February 1989
Publication date per CCE: February 1, 1989
Genre: Mystery
Publisher: Jove
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: March 1989
Publication date per CCE: March 1, 1989
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #635.
Date: May 1989
Publication date per CCE: March 18, 1989
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21610-1
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: April 1989
Publication date per CCE: April 1, 1989
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Leisure Books
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: The CCE has an entry for a screenplay by Ramona Macdonald & Catherine Hohensee, based on the Joan Smith novel. The registration date was October 18, 1989 and the Copyright Claimant was Doomsday Studios, Ltd. The January 1988 issue of Cinema Canada noted that the film was in pre-production, under the title Sand and Water, and was "shooting in November '87."
Date: April 1989
Publication date per CCE: April 3, 1989
Genre: Mystery
Publisher: Jove
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: First book in the Cassie Newton mystery series.
Date: June 1989
Publication date per CCE: June 1, 1989
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #656.
Date: September 1989
Publication date per CCE: July 20, 1989
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21636-5
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: August 1989
Publication date per CCE: August 1, 1989
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #669.
Date: January 1990
Publication date per CCE: November 17, 1989
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21695-0
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: March 1990
Publication date per CCE: March 1, 1990
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #711.
Date: May 1990
Publication date per CCE: March 20, 1990
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21784-1
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: 1990
Publication date per CCE: April 1, 1990
Genre: Gothic
Publisher: Centurion Books
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: No month given inside the book. FictionDB lists the publication date as April 1990.
Date: May 1990
Publication date per CCE: May 1, 1990
Genre: Mystery
Publisher: Jove
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Second book in the Cassie Newton mystery series.
Date: September 1990
Publication date per CCE: July 25, 1990
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21785-X
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: August 1990
Publication date per CCE: August 1, 1990
Genre: Mystery
Publisher: Jove
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: December 1990
Publication date per CCE: October 19, 1990
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21786-8
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: November 1990
Publication date per CCE: November 1, 1990
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #755.
Date: February 1991
Publication date per CCE: December 17, 1990
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21660-8 [out of sequence]
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: April 1991
Publication date per CCE: February 21, 1991
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21729-9
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: May 1991
Publication date per CCE: May 1, 1991
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #795.
Date: July 1991
Publication date per CCE: May 28, 1991
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21846-5
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: October 1991
Publication date per CCE: August 26, 1991
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21948-8
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: December 1991
Publication date per CCE: October 31, 1991
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Book number: 21844-9
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Available to read on the Internet Archive.
Date: January 1992
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #838.
Date: March 1992
Publication date per CCE: January 14, 1992
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: May 1992
Publication date per CCE: March 12, 1992
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: August 1992
Publication date per CCE: June 12, 1992
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: July 1992
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Amazon.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #879.
Date: October 1992
Publication date per CCE: August 13, 1992
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: January 1993
Publication date per CCE: November 13, 1992
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: January 1993
Publication date per CCE: November 13, 1992
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Written as Jennie Gallant.
Date: February 1993
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Amazon.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #919.
Date: June 1993
Publication date per CCE: April 14, 1993
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: May 1993
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #935.
THE SAVAGE LORD GRIFFIN
Date: September 1993
Publication date per CCE: July 27, 1993
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: August 1993
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #956. Available to read on the Internet Archive.
Date: October 1993
Publication date per CCE: August 25, 1993
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Anthology of four tales, by Barbara Metzger, Patricia Veryan, Leslie Lynn and Joan Smith. Smith's story is titled "Petticoat Hall."
Date: November 1993
Publication date per CCE: September 22, 1993
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Reviews: Romantic Times #116 (Nov. 1993) rated the book two out of five stars: "Although the romance is minimal and observance of Regency social conventions inconsistent, a bevy of quirky characters provide nice entertainment."
Date: November 1993
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Silhouette
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Published as Silhouette Romance #972. Her final book for Silhouette.
Date: February 1994
Publication date per CCE: December 20, 1993
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Reviews: Romantic Times #119 (Feb. 1994) rated the book two out of five stars: "Although the romance is only minimally developed, readers will be well entertained by a delicious gaggle of eccentric characters."
Date: March 1994
Publication date per CCE: March 18, 1994
Genre: Historical / Mystery
Publisher: St. Martin's
Format: Hardcover
Cover image source: eBay photo.
Note: Hardcover edition published by St. Martin's.
Date: April 1995
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Paperback edition of the novel previously published in hardcover by St. Martin's in 1994 (see above).
Date: February 1994
Publication date per CCE: March 23, 1994
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Reviews: Romantic Times #122 (May 1994) rated the book three out of five stars, meaning "Very Good": "Readers will revel in the supernatural delights of this merry romp."
Date: August 1994
Publication date per CCE: June 23, 1994
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Reviews: Romantic Times #125 (August 1994) rated the book three out of five stars: "Ms. Smith once again tickles our funny-bones with her irreverent wit and piquant romance."
Date: October 1994
Publication date per CCE: August 19, 1994
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: November 1994
Publication date per CCE: September 19, 1994
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: FictionDB.
Note: Anthology of four tales, by Barbara Metzger, Leslie Lynn and two stories by Joan Smith (one under her Jennie Gallant pseudonym). The Joan Smith story is titled "Love a la Carte" and the Jennie Gallant story is titled "Home for Christmas."
Date: November 1994
Publication date per CCE: September 21, 1994
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: February 1995
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: July 1995
Publication date per CCE: May 22, 1995
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: September 1995
Publication date per CCE: July 21, 1995
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: December 1995
Publication date per CCE: October 20, 1995
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: January 1996
Publication date per CCE: November 20, 1995
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Available to read on the Internet Archive.
Date: June 1996
Publication date per CCE: April 22, 1996
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: June 1996
Publication date per CCE: July 9, 1996
Genre: Historical / Mystery
Publisher: St. Martin's
Format: Hardcover
Cover image source: Stock photo on eBay.
Note: Book #1 in the Berkeley Brigade series. Hardcover edition published by St. Martin's.
Date: September 1997
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Paperback edition of the novel previously published in hardcover by St. Martin's in 1996 (see above).
Date: November 1996
Publication date per CCE: September 19, 1996
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: January 1997
Publication date per CCE: November 18, 1996
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: April 1997
Publication date per CCE: February 19, 1997
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: July 1997
Publication date per CCE: May 19, 1997
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: October 1997
Publication date per CCE: August 20, 1997
Genre: Traditional Regency / Mystery
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Book #2 in the Berkeley Brigade series.
Date: January 1998
Publication date per CCE: November 17, 1997
Genre: Traditional Regency / Mystery
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Book #3 in the Berkeley Brigade series.
Date: April 1998
Publication date per CCE: February 17, 1998
Genre: Traditional Regency / Mystery
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Book #4 in the Berkeley Brigade series.
Date: May 1998
Publication date per CCE: March 18, 1998
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Date: July 1998
Publication date per CCE: May 18, 1998
Genre: Traditional Regency
Publisher: Fawcett
Format: Paperback
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Her final book for Fawcett.
This completes the chronological list of Joan Smith's novels published in the 20th century. Her subsequent novels that are known are listed below. These are all apparently e-books, published by Belgrave House and Regency Reads.
OH, MIRANDA! (January 2001)
(Note: FictionDB also gives dates of Sept. 2006 and Aug. 2010.)
MOON LOVE (January 2009)
(Note: FictionDB also gives dates of Jan. 2010 and Oct. 2010.)
LET'S TALK OF MURDER [Berkeley Brigade book #5] (April 2012)
TO MOURN A MURDER [Berkeley Brigade book #6] (August 2012)
MURDER AT NEWSTEAD ABBEY [Berkeley Brigade book #7] (May 2013)
MURDER'S SAD TALE [Berkeley Brigade book #8] (January 2014)
MURDER ON CHARING CROSS ROAD [Berkeley Brigade book #9] (February 2015)
SHADOW OF MURDER [Berkeley Brigade book #10] (August 2015)
(Note: FictionDB also gives date of Dec. 2009.)
MURDER IS COME AGAIN [Berkeley Brigade book #11] (December 2015)
LADY LORNA (June 2016)
IT TAKES A LADY (September 2016)
MURDER ON IRONMONGER LANE [Berkeley Brigade book #12] (October 2016)
If any additional information comes to light, I will include it in the lists above. Thanks for reading!
