The "Delaneys of Killaroo" series is a spinoff of the Shamrock tales, focusing on three sisters in the Australian branch of the Delaney family. Although not officially part of the Delaney series, the novel
This Fierce Splendor deals with a male character who is a Delaney. The trio of authors contributing to the trilogy also wrote a Christmas book,
The Delaney Christmas Carol, in which each writer contributed a novella.
Well-Paced Historical Dramas
Johansen wrote the novels comprising the "Wind Dancer" trilogy of 1991, the first two volumes of which received considerable acclaim from romance reviewers. The novels, spanning much of European history, deal with the Andreas family's quest for a legendary golden statue called the Wind Dancer. The first novel, The Wind Dancer, is set in sixteenth-century Italy, and the second, Storm Winds, in France during the Reign of Terror near the end of the eighteenth century. The Wind Dancer, which had a first printing of 700,000 copies, is "a lively and imaginative blend of romance and adventure," according to Publishers Weekly; that magazine's reviewer also applauded the character of Lorenzo Vasaro, the hero's friend, who is "an unlikely but likable character . . .[,] a worldly-wise and intriguing blend of ruthlessness and charm."
Peggy Kaganoff, another Publishers Weekly reviewer, called Storm Winds "a diverting romance" with "plot twists worthy of a mystery novel." However, Kaganoff felt that the concluding segment of the trilogy, Reap the Wind, suffered under the weight of the author's apparent aspiration to make it a contemporary spy novel involving the CIA and the KGB.
