Susan Johnson is a bestselling American author, known for her romance novels written under her own name as well as the pen name C.C. Gibbs. She has earned a place on the New York Times bestseller list, demonstrating her wide appeal to readers. Johnson's work often features "larger than life" characters, with a particular focus on wealthy heroes and strong heroines who challenge them. These engaging characters have helped her books gain popularity in the erotic romance genre and have captivated readers for decades.
Johnson's journey into writing began somewhat unexpectedly. After expressing her frustration with a book she was reading, her husband casually suggested that she write a book herself. Seizing the challenge, she began to write, initially with little understanding of writing techniques and conventions. Over time, she honed her skills, learning about elements such as dialogue, adverb usage, and point of view. Despite these improvements in her technical abilities, Johnson has remained true to the passion she felt during her early writing experiences, taking pleasure in bringing her characters to life through her stories.
In summary, Susan Johnson is a successful American author who has made a name for herself in the romance genre, writing both under her own name and the pseudonym C.C. Gibbs. Her work, characterized by intriguing "larger than life" characters, has captured the attention of readers and critics alike, earning her a spot on the New York Times bestseller list. Johnson's writing career began as a response to her disappointment in a book she was reading, and her dedication to her craft has only grown since then, bringing joy to both herself and her ever-expanding audience.
Braddock-Black Books
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Title
Year
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Amazon
1
Blaze
1986
2
Silver Flame
1988
3
Forbidden
1991
4
Brazen
1995
5
Force of Nature
2003
Bruton Street Bookstore Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Gorgeous As Sin
2009
2
Sexy As Hell
2009
3
Sweet as the Devil
2011
4
Seductive as Flame
2011
Carre Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Outlaw
1993
2
To Please a Lady
1999
Darley Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
When You Love Someone
2006
2
When Someone Loves You
2006
3
At Her Service
2008
Hidden Fantasies Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Hot Spot
2005
Russian/Kuzan Family Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Seized By Love
1978
2
Love Storm
1981
3
Sweet Love, Survive
1985
4
Golden Paradise
1990
St. John-Duras Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Sinful
1992
2
Wicked
1996
3
Taboo
1997
4
A Touch of Sin
1999
5
Legendary Lover
2000
Standalone Novels
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Play
1987
2
Hot Streak
1990
3
Pure Sin
1994
4
Temporary Mistress
2000
5
Tempting
2001
6
Seduction In Mind
2001
7
Again And Again
2002
8
Blonde Heat
2002
9
Hot Pink
2003
10
Pure Silk
2004
11
Hot Legs
2004
12
French Kiss
2006
13
Perfect Kisses
2007
14
Perfect Kisses (With: Sylvia Day, Noelle Mack)
2007
15
Wine, Tarts, & Sex
2007
16
Hot Property
2008
17
A Fine Balance
2016
18
From Where I Fell
2021
Short Story Collections
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Title
Year
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1
Naughty, Naughty
1999
2
Taken By Surprise
2003
3
Strangers In The Night
2004
4
Not Just For Tonight
2005
5
Twin Peaks
2005
6
Twin Peaks (With: Jasmine Haynes)
2005
Haunted America Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Haunted Howard County, Maryland (By: Shelley Davies Wygant)
1970
2
Haunted Florida Love Stories (By: Christopher Balzano)
1970
3
Haunted Plano, Texas (By: Mary Jacobs)
1970
4
Haunted Provincetown (By: Unknown)
2001
5
The Haunting of Louisiana (By: Barbara Sillery)
2001
6
Haunted Charleston (By: Ed Macy)
2005
7
Haunted Harbor: Charleston's Maritime Ghosts and the Unexplained (By: Ed Macy, Geordie Buxton)
2005
8
Ghosts of the South Carolina Upcountry (By: Tally Johnson)
2005
9
Ghosts of Old Wilmington (By: John Hirchak)
2006
10
Asheville Ghosts and Legends (By: Ken Traylor, Delas M. House Jr.)
2006
11
Haunted Virginia Beach (By: Alpheus J. Chewning)
2006
12
Washington's Haunted Past (By: Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell)
2006
13
Haunted Pubs of New England (By: Roxie J. Zwicker)
2007
14
Ghosts of the South Carolina Midlands (By: Tally Johnson)
2007
15
Haunted Portsmouth (By: Roxie J. Zwicker)
2007
16
Haunted Richmond: The Shadows of Shockoe (By: Scott Bergman, Sandi Bergman)
2007
17
Roswell (By: Dianna Avena)
2007
18
Ghosts of Newport (By: John Brennan)
2007
19
Charleston Mysteries (By: Cathy Pickens)
2007
20
Historic Haunts of Winchester (By: Mac Rutherford)
2007
21
Haunted Daytona Beach (By: Dusty Smith)
2007
22
Nashville Ghosts and Legends (By: Ken Traylor, Delas M. House Jr.)
2007
23
Ghost Stories and Legends of Eastern Connecticut (By: Donna Kent)
2007
24
Haunted Portland (By: Roxie J. Zwicker)
2007
25
Lewisboro Ghosts (By: Maureen Koehl)
2007
26
Ghost Stories of St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Pinellas County (By: Deborah Frethem)
2007
27
Hauntings of the Hudson River Valley (By: Vincent T. Dacquino)
2007
28
Haunted Providence (By: Rory Raven)
2008
29
Haunted Austin: History and Hauntings in the Capital City (By: Jeanine Plumer)
2008
30
Ghosts of Mount Holly:: A History of Haunted Happenings (By: Jan Lynn Bastien)
2008
31
Haunted Fort Lauderdale (By: John Marc Carr)
2008
32
Haunted Yarmouth (By: Paul Cote)
2008
33
Haunted Rochester: A Supernatural History of the Lower Genesee (By: Tim Shaw, Mason Winfield, John Koerner, Rob Lockhart)
2008
34
Ghosts of Atlanta: Phantoms of the Phoenix City (By: Reese Christian)
2008
35
Ghosts of Central Jersey: Historic Haunts of the Somerset Hills (By: Loyd Auerbach, Gordon Thomas Ward, Garrett Husveth, Al Rauber)
2008
36
Haunted DeLand and the Ghosts of West Volusia County ( By: Dusty Smith)
2008
37
Ghosts and Legends of Alcatraz (By: Brian Clune, Bob Davis, Foreword by Janice Oberding)
2008
38
Haunted Kingsport: Ghosts of Tri-City Tennessee (By: Pete Dykes)
2008
39
New Orleans Vampires (By: Marita Woywod Crandle)
2008
40
Haunted Birmingham (By: Alan Brown)
2009
41
Ghosts of the North Carolina Piedmont (By: Frances Harding Casstevens)
2009
42
Ghost Stories and Legends of Southwestern Connecticut (By: Donna Kent)
2009
43
Haunted History of Kalamazoo (By: Nicole Bray, Robert DuShane)
2009
44
Ghosts of Manhattan (By: Philip Ernest Schoenberg)
2009
45
Ghosts of the Pee Dee (By: Tally Johnson)
2009
46
Ghosts and Legends of Michigan's West Coast (By: Amberrose Hammond)
2009
47
Massachusetts Book of the Dead (By: Roxie J. Zwicker)
2009
48
Haunted Stark County (By: John B. Kachuba, Sherri Brake)
2009
49
Ghosts of the Yadkin Valley (By: R.G. Absher)
2009
50
Haunted Mobile: Apparitions of the Azalea City (By: Elizabeth Parker)
2009
51
Ghosts of the Triangle: Historic Haunts of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill (By: Richard Jackson)
2009
52
Haunted Burlington: Spirits of Vermont's Queen City (By: Thea Lewis)
2009
53
Haunted Buffalo: Ghosts in the Queen City (By: Dwayne Claud, Cassidy O'Connor, Richard J. Kimmel)
2009
54
A Guide to Haunted New England: Tales from Mount Washington to the Newport Cliffs (By: Thomas D'Agostino)
2009
55
Haunted Lafayette (By: , Dorothy Salvo Davis)
2009
56
Ghosts and Legends of the Merrimack Valley (By: C.C. Carole)
2009
57
Haunted Eastern Shore: Ghostly Tales from East of the Chesapeake (By: Mindie Burgoyne)
2009
58
Haunted Memphis (By: Laura Cunningham)
2009
59
Ghosts of Genesee Country: From Captain Kidd to the Underground Railroad (By: Ralph Esposito)
2009
60
Haunted Kenosha (By: Candice Shatkins)
2009
61
Supernatural Saratoga: Haunted Places and Famous Ghosts of the Spa City (By: Mason Winfield)
2009
62
Ghosts of Cincinnati (By: Dan Smith, Teri Casper)
2009
63
Haunted Flint (By: Roxanne Rhoads, Joe Schipani)
2010
64
The Haunted History of the Ohio State Reformatory (By: Sherri Brake)
2010
65
Haunted Macomb (By: Garret Moffett)
2010
66
Haunted Marietta (By: Lynne Sturtevant)
2010
67
Ghosts and Legends of Lake Erie's North Coast (By: Victoria King Heinsen)
2010
68
Haunted Natchez (By: Alan Brown)
2010
69
Ghosts of St. Charles (By: Michael Henry)
2010
70
Haunted Hannibal (By: Ken Marks, Lisa Marks)
2010
71
Haunted New Orleans (By: Troy Taylor)
2010
72
Historic Haunts of Shreveport (By: Gary D. Joiner, Cheryl H. White PhD)
2010
73
Haunted St. Paul (By: Chad Lewis)
2010
74
Ghosts and Mysteries of Broward County (By: , Dorothy Salvo Davis)
2010
75
Ghosts of Alexandria (By: Michael Lee Pope)
2010
76
Ghosts of Southwestern Pennsylvania (By: Thomas White)
2010
77
Haunted North Alabama (By: Jessica Penot)
2010
78
Haunts of Virginia's Blue Ridge Highlands (By: Joe Tennis)
2010
79
Haunted Vicksburg (By: Alan Brown)
2010
80
Ghosts of Bristol: Haunting Tales from the Twin Cities (By: V.N. Bud Phillips)
2010
81
Missouri's Haunted Route 66 (By: Janice Tremeear)
2010
82
A History of Vampires in New England (By: Thomas D'Agostino)
2010
83
Haunted Tales from The Region: Ghosts of Indiana's South Shore (By: Dorothy Salvo Davis)
2010
84
Ghosts of New Hampshire's Lakes Region (By: Katie Boyd, Beckah Boyd)
2010
85
Ghosts of Historic Delaware, Ohio (By: John B. Ciochetty)
2010
86
Haunted Green Bay (By: Timothy Freiss)
2010
87
Haunted Pensacola (By: Alan Brown)
2010
88
Ghosts of the SouthCoast (By: Jeff Belanger)
2010
89
Haunted Willoughby, Ohio (By: Cathi Weber, David E. Anderson)
2010
90
Haunted Miami Valley (By: Jennifer Eblin)
2010
91
Haunted Aurora (By: Diane A. Ladley)
2010
92
Haunted York County (By: Roxie J. Zwicker)
2010
93
The Haunted Heart of Denver (By: Kevin Pharris)
2011
94
Haunted Etowah County, Alabama (By: Mike Goodson)
2011
95
Haunted Meridian, Mississippi (By: Alan Brown)
2011
96
Haunted Marion, Ohio (By: Joshua Simpkins)
2011
97
Haunted Akron (By: John Holland, Ken Summers, Jeri Holland)
2011
98
Haunted Monticello, Florida (By: Betty Davis, Big Bend Ghost Trackers)
2011
99
Ghosts of Virginia's Tidewater (By: L.B. Taylor Jr.)
2011
100
Haunted Southern Tier (By: Elizabeth Tucker)
2011
101
A Haunted History of Columbus, Ohio (By: Nellie Kampmann)
2011
102
Haunted Wausau: The Ghostly History of Big Bull Falls (By: Shawn Blaschka, Anji Spialek, Sharon Abitz)