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Barbara Samuel


USA flag (b.1959)

aka Barbara O'Neal, Ruth Wind

Barbara Samuel (also known as Barbara O’Neal) is the bestselling author of more than 40 books. In 2012, she was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall Of Fame, and she has won seven RITA awards. Her books have been published in more than a dozen countries, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Brazil, and Australia/New Zealand. One of her recent women’s fiction titles, The Lost Recipe for Happiness (written as Barbara O’Neal) went back to print eight times, and her book How to Bake a Perfect Life was a Target Club pick in 2011.
 

Genres: Romance, Romantic Suspense, Historical Romance
 
Series
Red Creek Brothers (as by Ruth Wind)
   1. Marriage Material (1997)
   2. Reckless (1998)
   3. Her Ideal Man (1997)
   4. Beautiful Stranger (2000)
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Men of the Land (as by Ruth Wind)
   1. Meant to Be Married (1998)
   2. Rio Grande Wedding (1999)
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St. Ives Family
   1. The Black Angel (1999)
   2. Night of Fire (2000)
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Sisters of the Mountain (as by Ruth Wind)
   1. Juliet's Law (2006)
   2. Desi's Rescue (2007)
   3. Miranda's Revenge (2007)
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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)
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Collections
   Dragon Lovers (2007) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Series contributed to
Firstborn Sons
   6. Born Brave (2001) (as by Ruth Wind)
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Athena Force
   10. Countdown (2005) (as by Ruth Wind)
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Omnibus editions show
 
Awards
Rita Awards Best Novel winner (1998) : Heart of a Knight
Rita Awards Best Novel winner (2003) : No Place Like Home
Rita Awards Best Novel winner (2006) : Lady Luck's Map of Vegas


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