Barbara Samuel is an American author who also writes books under the names of Barbara O’Neal and Ruth Wind. Samuel is a multiple time winner of the prestigious RITA award from the Romance Writers of America and is also an inductee of the RWA Hall of Fame.

Barbara Samuel also includes recipes in many of her books and she loves to cook in her own life. Barbara is married to a British endurance athlete and hopes that he never loses his accent. They live in the beautiful state of Colorado in the city of Colorado Springs.

Publication Order of The Red Creek Brothers / Last Roundup Books

(as Ruth Wind)

Marriage Material (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Reckless (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Her Ideal Man (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Beautiful Stranger (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Men of the Land Books

(as Ruth Wind)

Meant To Be Married (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Rio Grande Wedding (1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Rainsinger Books

(as Ruth Wind)

Walk In Beauty (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Rainsinger (1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of St. Ives Family Books

The Black Angel (1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Night of Fire (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Sisters of the Mountain Books

(as Ruth Wind)

Juliet's Law (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Desi's Rescue (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Miranda's Revenge (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Strangers on a Train (As: Ruth Wind) (1989)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Summer's Freedom (As: Ruth Wind) (1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Light of Day (With: Ruth White) (1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Minute to Smile (As: Ruth Wind) (1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Jezebel's Blues (As: Ruth Wind) (1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Bed of Spices (1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Breaking The Rules (As: Ruth Wind) (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Winter Ballad (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Last Chance Ranch (As: Ruth Wind) (1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Lucien's Fall (1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dancing Moon (1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Heart of a Knight (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
For Christmas, Forever (As: Ruth Wind) (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
In the Midnight Rain (As: Ruth Wind) (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
No Place Like Home (2002)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Piece of Heaven (2002)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Lady Luck's Map of Vegas (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Madame Mirabou's School of Love / The Scent of Hours (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Diamond Secret (As: Ruth Wind) (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Scent of Hours (As: Barbara O'Neal) (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Lost Recipe for Happiness (As: Barbara O'Neal) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Secret of Everything (As: Barbara O'Neal) (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
How to Bake a Perfect Life (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Garden of Happy Endings (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Sleeping Night (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The All You Can Dream Buffet (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Art of Inheriting Secrets (As: Barbara O'Neal) (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
When We Believed in Mermaids (As: Barbara O'Neal) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Lost Girls of Devon (As: Barbara O'Neal) (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Write My Name Across the Sky (As: Barbara O'Neal) (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
This Place of Wonder (As: Barbara O'Neal) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Starfish Sisters (As: Barbara O'Neal) (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The True Story of Mattie Groves (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dog Heart (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Faerie Lovers (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Care and Feeding of The Girls in The Basement (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Celebration Book (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Writing Romantic Fiction (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Firstborn Sons Books

Born Brave (As:Ruth Wind) (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Born a Hero (By: Paula Detmer Riggs) (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Born To Protect (By: Virginia Kantra) (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Born Royal (By: ) (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Athena Force Books

Proof (By: Justine Davis) (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Alias (By: ) (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Exposed (By: Katherine Garbera) (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Promise (By: Debra Webb) (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Double-Cross (By: Meredith Fletcher) (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Pursued (By: Catherine Mann) (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Justice (By: Debra Webb) (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Countdown (As: Ruth Wind) (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Deceived (By: Carla Cassidy) (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Contact (By: Evelyn Vaughn) (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Payback (By: Harper Allen) (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Target (By: Cindy Dees) (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Checkmate (By: Doranna Durgin) (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Flashback (By: Justine Davis) (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Look-Alike (By: Meredith Fletcher) (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Pawn (By: Carla Cassidy) (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Line of Sight (By: Rachel Caine) (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Good Thief (By: ) (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Charade (By: ) (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Vendetta (By: Meredith Fletcher) (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Stacked Deck (By: ) (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Moving Target (By: ) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Moving Target (By: ) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Breathless (By: ) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Flashpoint (By: ) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Flashpoint (By: ) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Beneath the Surface (By: Meredith Fletcher) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Disclosure (By: Nancy Holder) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Untouchable (By: ) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Without A Trace (By: ) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Without a Trace (By: ) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Comeback (By: Doranna Durgin) (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Exclusive (By: Katherine Garbera) (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Anthologies

Faery Magic(1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Mother's Love(2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Chalice of Roses(2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

If You Like Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind Books, You’ll Love…

One of Barbara’s most popular books is How to Bake a Perfect Life: A Novel. The book introduces to a professional baker named Romana Gallagher. She is a good baker, but is going through a rough time and is one more disaster away from losing her business and everything that she’s worked so hard for. She had a daughter when she was fifteen, but she’s grown now and her soldier husband has been wounded in Afghanistan. She rushes over to be by his side, but leaves her daughter with Ramona. The young girl is rebellious and reminds Ramona of her young self. She shares her love of baking with her and begins to form a bond. While a man from her past comes around offering a much different type of bond.

The Garden of Happy Endings is another popular book by Barbara O’Neal. This book sees Reverend Elsa Montgomery suffering a crisis of faith and returning to her hometown of Pueblo, Colorado. She takes a job at a soup kitchen to try and ease her heavy heart. While her sister is going through her own troubles when she realizes her husband is a criminal. The two decide to pour themselves into a community garden which helps to renew and cleanse the two of them.

Order of Books » Authors » Order of Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind Books

Leave a Reply