Barbara Samuel
(1959 - )aka Barbara O'Neal, Ruth Wind
Barbara Samuel (O'Neal) has won the highly prestigious RITA award from Romance Writers of America 7 times and has been recently inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame. In the tradition of Kristin Hannah, Susan Wiggs, Maeve Binchy, and Barbara Freethy, she writes a highly emotional stories about families, food, dogs, and love. Many of her novels include recipes, and she has been known to cook in response to any stressful situation, learning that cooking is like life--sometimes things go wrong, but if you keep trying, eventually you'll get it right.
She also writes as Barbara O'Neal for Bantam books, where she has penned the award-winning The Lost Recipe For Happiness and How To Bake A Perfect Life, which was a Target Book Club Pick in 2011. She also wrote five titles of romantic women's fiction for Ballantine Books, including No Place Like Home, The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue and Lady Luck's Map of Vegas. Her books have been translated into many languages and published widely around the world, including France, England, Poland, Australia, Italy, Germany, Brazil, and many others.
Barbara lives in the stunningly beautiful city of Colorado Springs with her beloved, a British endurance athlete who vows he'll never loose his accent.
She loves to talk with readers.
Series
Red Creek Brothers (as by Ruth Wind)
1. Marriage Material (1997)
2. Reckless (1997)
3. Her Ideal Man (1997)
4. Beautiful Stranger (2000)
1. Marriage Material (1997)
2. Reckless (1997)
3. Her Ideal Man (1997)
4. Beautiful Stranger (2000)
Sisters of the Mountain (as by Ruth Wind)
1. Juliet's Law (2006)
2. Desi's Rescue (2007)
3. Miranda's Revenge (2007)
1. Juliet's Law (2006)
2. Desi's Rescue (2007)
3. Miranda's Revenge (2007)
Novels
Strangers on a Train (1989) (as by Ruth Wind)
Summer's Freedom (1990) (as by Ruth Wind)
Light of Day (1990) (as by Ruth Wind)
A Minute to Smile (1992) (as by Ruth Wind)
Jezebel's Blues (1992) (as by Ruth Wind)
A Bed of Spices (1993)
Walk in Beauty (1994) (as by Ruth Wind)
Breaking the Rules (1994) (as by Ruth Wind)
A Winter Ballad (1994)
The Last Chance Ranch (1995) (as by Ruth Wind)
Lucien's Fall (1995)
Rainsinger (1996) (as by Ruth Wind)
Dancing Moon (1996)
Heart of a Knight (1997)
For Christmas, Forever (1998) (as by Ruth Wind)
In the Midnight Rain (2000) (as by Ruth Wind)
No Place Like Home (2002)
A Piece of Heaven (2003)
The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue (2004)
Lady Luck's Map of Vegas (2005)
The Diamond Secret (2006) (as by Ruth Wind)
Madame Mirabou's School of Love (2006)
The Sleeping Night (2012)
Summer's Freedom (1990) (as by Ruth Wind)
Light of Day (1990) (as by Ruth Wind)
A Minute to Smile (1992) (as by Ruth Wind)
Jezebel's Blues (1992) (as by Ruth Wind)
A Bed of Spices (1993)
Walk in Beauty (1994) (as by Ruth Wind)
Breaking the Rules (1994) (as by Ruth Wind)
A Winter Ballad (1994)
The Last Chance Ranch (1995) (as by Ruth Wind)
Lucien's Fall (1995)
Rainsinger (1996) (as by Ruth Wind)
Dancing Moon (1996)
Heart of a Knight (1997)
For Christmas, Forever (1998) (as by Ruth Wind)
In the Midnight Rain (2000) (as by Ruth Wind)
No Place Like Home (2002)
A Piece of Heaven (2003)
The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue (2004)
Lady Luck's Map of Vegas (2005)
The Diamond Secret (2006) (as by Ruth Wind)
Madame Mirabou's School of Love (2006)
The Sleeping Night (2012)
Omnibus
Irish Magic (1995) (with Roberta Gellis, Morgan Llywelyn and Susan Wiggs)
Irish Magic II (1997) (with Roberta Gellis, Morgan Llywelyn and Susan Wiggs)
Faery Magic (1998) (with Jo Beverley, Karen Harbaugh and Mary Jo Putney)
Heart of the West (2003) (with Pamela Toth (as by Ruth Wind) )
Lakota Legacy (2003) (with Madeline Baker and Kathleen Eagle (as by Ruth Wind) )
A Mother's Love (2008) (with Janice Kay Johnson and RaeAnne Thayne (as by Ruth Wind) )
Chalice of Roses (2010) (with Jo Beverley, Karen Harbaugh and Mary Jo Putney)
Faerie Lovers (2015)
Irish Magic II (1997) (with Roberta Gellis, Morgan Llywelyn and Susan Wiggs)
Faery Magic (1998) (with Jo Beverley, Karen Harbaugh and Mary Jo Putney)
Heart of the West (2003) (with Pamela Toth (as by Ruth Wind) )
Lakota Legacy (2003) (with Madeline Baker and Kathleen Eagle (as by Ruth Wind) )
A Mother's Love (2008) (with Janice Kay Johnson and RaeAnne Thayne (as by Ruth Wind) )
Chalice of Roses (2010) (with Jo Beverley, Karen Harbaugh and Mary Jo Putney)
Faerie Lovers (2015)
Collections
Novellas
Series contributed to
Athena Force
10. Countdown (2005) (as by Ruth Wind)
Athena Force: Books 7-12 (omnibus) (2006) (with Harper Allen, Carla Cassidy, Cindy Dees and Evelyn Vaughn (as by Ruth Wind) )
10. Countdown (2005) (as by Ruth Wind)
Athena Force: Books 7-12 (omnibus) (2006) (with Harper Allen, Carla Cassidy, Cindy Dees and Evelyn Vaughn (as by Ruth Wind) )
Whitehall Season One
3. On His Blindness (2016)
7. Imperfect Enjoyment (2016)
9. The Marriage of True Minds (2016)
Whitehall: Season One Volume One (omnibus) (2016) (with Liz Duffy Adams, Mary Robinette Kowal, Madeleine E Robins, Delia Sherman and Sarah Smith)
Whitehall: Season One Volume Two (omnibus) (2016) (with Liz Duffy Adams, Mary Robinette Kowal, Madeleine E Robins, Delia Sherman and Sarah Smith)
3. On His Blindness (2016)
7. Imperfect Enjoyment (2016)
9. The Marriage of True Minds (2016)
Whitehall: Season One Volume One (omnibus) (2016) (with Liz Duffy Adams, Mary Robinette Kowal, Madeleine E Robins, Delia Sherman and Sarah Smith)
Whitehall: Season One Volume Two (omnibus) (2016) (with Liz Duffy Adams, Mary Robinette Kowal, Madeleine E Robins, Delia Sherman and Sarah Smith)
Awards
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