Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strangers on a Train | 1989 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 2 | Summer’s Freedom | 1990 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 3 | Light of Day | 1990 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 4 | A Minute to Smile | 1992 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 5 | Jezebel’s Blues | 1992 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 6 | A Bed of Spices | 1993 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 7 | Breaking The Rules | 1994 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 8 | A Winter Ballad | 1994 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 9 | The Last Chance Ranch | 1995 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 10 | Lucien’s Fall | 1995 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 11 | Dancing Moon | 1996 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 12 | Heart of a Knight | 1997 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 13 | For Christmas, Forever | 1998 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 14 | In the Midnight Rain | 2000 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 15 | No Place Like Home | 2002 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 16 | A Piece of Heaven | 2002 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 17 | The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue | 2004 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 18 | Lady Luck’s Map of Vegas | 2004 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 19 | Madame Mirabou’s School of Love / The Scent of Hours | 2006 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 20 | The Diamond Secret | 2006 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 21 | The Scent of Hours | 2006 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 22 | The Lost Recipe for Happiness | 2008 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 23 | The Secret of Everything | 2009 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 24 | How to Bake a Perfect Life | 2010 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 25 | The Garden of Happy Endings | 2012 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 26 | The Sleeping Night | 2012 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 27 | The All You Can Dream Buffet | 2014 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 28 | The Art of Inheriting Secrets | 2018 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 29 | When We Believed in Mermaids | 2019 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 30 | The Lost Girls of Devon | 2020 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 31 | Write My Name Across the Sky | 2021 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 32 | This Place of Wonder | 2022 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 33 | The Starfish Sisters | 2023 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 34 | Memories of the Lost | 2024 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
| 35 | The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth | 2025 | Barbara Samuel / Barbara O’Neal / Ruth Wind | Buy |
The standalone novels section covers the widest stretch of this combined bibliography. It starts with late-1980s and 1990s romance titles, then gradually moves into broader women’s fiction with family stories, emotional drama, and place-rich contemporary settings.
If you are new to this author record, this is usually the best section to begin with. It offers the clearest sense of the writing range without requiring a commitment to one of the shorter category series.