Barbara Wood

Fleeing a possible murder charge, a naive doctor's daughter boards a ship bound for Melbourne where she hopes to practice as a midwife. Once there, amid the turmoil of 1840s Australia, she meets and falls for two men, one an American photographer starting a new life in a new land, and the other a rough-and-tumble outlaw.

For as long as anyone could remember, the Schallers and the Newmans had been enemies. When the skeletal remains of a victim of foul play are discovered at the Schaller estate, a decades-old feud between the rival winemaking families is reignited and dark secrets begin to see the light of day. Set against the lush backdrop of the rolling hills of California's Central Coast, The New York Times best-selling author Barbara Wood's thirtieth novel is a...

Arriving in Australia in 1871 to claim an inheritance, and unravel a haunting aboriginal heritage, Joanna Drury falls for Hugh Westbrook and struggles to build a frontier empire despite mysterious reversals.

" Ugarit, Syria, 1450 B.C.E. Eighteen-year-old Leah, the eldest daughter of a wealthy winemaker, is past the traditional age of betrothal. Vowed to wed the wealthy but cruel shipbuilder Jotham, Leah declines his offer of marriage after discovering that he and his family suffer from "the falling sickness." Enraged by her refusal and his ruined reputation, he blackmails Leah's father, a punishment forgiven only by offering Leah's hand in marriage. With...

The story of Samantha Hargrove, a woman who dares to dream of becoming one of the first women doctors in America.

Mickey, Cassie, and Ruth, three women doctors who have been friends since medical school in the 1960s, each go on to become pioneers in different fields of medical specialization.