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.

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Publication Order of The Red Creek Brothers / Last Roundup Books

(as Ruth Wind)

Publication Order of Men of the Land Books

(as Ruth Wind)

Meant To Be Married(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rio Grande Wedding(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Rainsinger Books

(as Ruth Wind)

Publication Order of St. Ives Family Books

Publication Order of Sisters of the Mountain Books

(as Ruth Wind)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Strangers on a Train (As: Ruth Wind)(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Summer's Freedom (As: Ruth Wind)(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Light of Day(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Minute to Smile (As: Ruth Wind)(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Jezebel's Blues (As: Ruth Wind)(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Bed of Spices(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Breaking The Rules (As: Ruth Wind)(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Winter Ballad(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Chance Ranch (As: Ruth Wind)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lucien's Fall(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dancing Moon(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Heart of a Knight(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
For Christmas, Forever (As: Ruth Wind)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
In the Midnight Rain(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
No Place Like Home(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Piece of Heaven(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lady Luck's Map of Vegas(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Madame Mirabou's School of Love / The Scent of Hours(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Diamond Secret (As: Ruth Wind)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Scent of Hours (As: Barbara O'Neal)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lost Recipe for Happiness (As: Barbara O'Neal)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Secret of Everything (As: Barbara O'Neal)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
How to Bake a Perfect Life(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Garden of Happy Endings(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sleeping Night(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The All You Can Dream Buffet(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Art of Inheriting Secrets (As: Barbara O'Neal)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
When We Believed in Mermaids (As: Barbara O'Neal)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lost Girls of Devon (As: Barbara O'Neal)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Write My Name Across the Sky (As: Barbara O'Neal)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
This Place of Wonder (As: Barbara O'Neal)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Starfish Sisters (As: Barbara O'Neal)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Memories of the Lost (As: Barbara O'Neal)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The True Story of Mattie Groves(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dog Heart(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Faerie Lovers(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Care and Feeding of The Girls in The Basement(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Celebration Book(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Writing Romantic Fiction(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Firstborn Sons Books

Born Brave (As:Ruth Wind)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Born a Hero (By: Paula Detmer Riggs)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Born To Protect (By: Virginia Kantra)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Born Royal (By: Alexandra Sellers)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of Athena Force Books

Proof (By: Justine Davis)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Alias (By: Amy J. Fetzer)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Exposed (By: Katherine Garbera)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Promise (By: Debra Webb)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Double-Cross (By: Meredith Fletcher)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pursued (By: Catherine Mann)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Justice (By: Debra Webb)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Countdown (As: Ruth Wind)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Deceived (By: Carla Cassidy)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Contact (By: Evelyn Vaughn)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Payback (By: Harper Allen)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Target (By: Cindy Dees)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Checkmate (By: Doranna Durgin)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Flashback (By: Justine Davis)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Look-Alike (By: Meredith Fletcher)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pawn (By: Carla Cassidy)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Comeback (By: Doranna Durgin)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Line of Sight (By: Rachel Caine)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Good Thief (By: Judith Leon)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Charade (By: Kate Donovan)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vendetta (By: Meredith Fletcher)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stacked Deck (By: Rachel Caine,Terry Watkins)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Moving Target (By: Lori A. May)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Breathless (By: Sharron McClellan)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Flashpoint (By: Connie Hall)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beneath the Surface (By: Meredith Fletcher)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Disclosure (By: Nancy Holder)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Untouchable (By: Stephanie Doyle)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Without a Trace (By: Sandra K. Moore)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Exclusive (By: Katherine Garbera)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of Anthologies

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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.

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