Barbara Wood Books In Order

Butterfly Books In Order

  1. Butterfly (1988)
  2. Stars (1992)
  3. Private Entrance (2005)

Novels

  1. Vital Parts (1970)
  2. The Magdalene Scrolls (1978)
  3. Hounds and Jackals (1978)
  4. Yesterday’s Child (1979)
  5. Curse This House (1979)
  6. Night Trains (1979)
  7. Childsong (1981)
  8. The Watch Gods (1981)
  9. Domina (1983)
  10. Vital Signs (1985)
  11. Soul Flame (1987)
  12. Green City in the Sun (1988)
  13. The Gifts of Peace (1989)
  14. The Dreaming (1991)
  15. Virgins of Paradise (1993)
  16. The Prophetess (1996)
  17. Perfect Harmony (1998)
  18. Sacred Ground (2001)
  19. The Blessing Stone (2003)
  20. The Star of Babylon (2005)
  21. Daughter of the Sun (2007)
  22. Woman of a Thousand Secrets (2008)
  23. The Divining (2012)
  24. The Serpent and the Staff (2013)
  25. Rainbows on the Moon (2014)
  26. Land of the Afternoon Sun (2016)
  27. The Far River (2018)

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Barbara Wood Books Overview

Butterfly

Above an exclusive men’s store on Rodeo Drive, there is a private club called Butterfly, where women are free to act out their secret erotic fantasies. Only the most beautiful and powerful women in Beverly Hills are invited to join JESSICA The lawyer, who longs for the days when men were men, and women dressed to please them. TRUDIE The builder, who wants a man who will challenge her all of her with no holds barred. LINDA The surgeon, who uses masks to unmask the desires she hides even from herself. But the most mysterious of them all is the woman who created Butterfly. She has changed her name, her accent, even her face to hide her true identity. And now she is about to reveal everything to realize the dream that has driven her since childhood the secret obsession that will carry her beyond ecstasy, or destroy her and everyone around her! GLAMOUR, WICKEDNESS AND PASSION BUILDS TO A DRAMATIC AND UNEXPECTED CONCLUSION! Publishers Weekly SIZZLING! New York Daily News

Stars

The rich, the glamorous, the powerful all come to Stars to gossip, to make deals and to indulge luxuriously in their most erotic fantasies. At the magnificent and secluded Palm Springs mountaintop resort, bodies and souls are offered up to save fragile careers or are used to extract the final succulent and satisfying drops of sweet retribution. And above it all, manipulating events from the shadows, is the beautiful owner of Stars a woman of great mystery, fleeing the tragedy, disgrace, and scandal of a devastating past that haunts her every moment.

Joan Collins could learn a thing or two from Kathryn Harvey Chicago Tribune

Private Entrance

Abby Tyler is a woman on a mission. For more than thirty years, Abby has been desperately searching for her child an infant stolen at birth before she even had a chance to see it. To locate her child and end years of heartache, Abby formulates a plan that will bring her face to face with a past she has tried to forget.

Elsewhere, three strangers receive word that they ve each won a contest that, oddly, they don t recall entering. None of them are prepared for the luxurious and erotic prize that awaits them a week at The Grove. This exclusive anything goes, no questions asked resort in the Southern California desert is an oasis so remote, that the only way in or out is by airplane. Amid the glamour of movie stars and the super rich, the three strangers Coco, Sissy, and Ophelia find themselves embroiled in a baffling mystery involving the reclusive spa owner, Abby Tyler.

As a deadly sandstorm approaches the resort, a murderer stalks the trapped guests. Someone will die, someone will find love, and all three women will come to astonishing realizations about themselves. From the sensual heat of the desert to the corrupt underworld of Las Vegas, author Kathryn Harvey delivers a stimulating tale with Private Entrance.

Hounds and Jackals

Barbara wood is an entertainer. Washington Post Book World From highly acclaimed novelist Barbara Wood comes an exciting thriller teeming with adventure and suspense about two sisters caught in a deadly international game. It’s been four years since Lydia Harris last spoke to her elder sister, Adele. When Adele telephones from Rome and interrupts Lydia s work as a nurse at the Santa Monica Emergency Hospital, she s more than a little surprised and curious. Adele explains that she sent a parcel to Lydia, and after Lydia receives it, she must come to Rome at once. Disturbed by her sister s cryptic message, Lydia is further puzzled when the parcel arrives containing a beautiful Egyptian gaming piece in the form of a jackal. When Lydia s apartment is suddenly burglarized, she s astonished that the only thing stolen is the wrapping paper in which the jackal was mailed. Deeply concerned about her sister s fate, Lydia determines to track her down, flying first to Rome and then to Cairo. But the deeper she becomes involved in her search, the further she leaves behind the comfortable world of her hospital and the undeclared love of a handsome doctor. Drawn into a lethal battle of wits, Lydia confronts murder, mysterious strangers, and death threats. But in a final confrontation in the Valley of the Kings, Lydia just might face her worst nightmare.

Yesterday’s Child

An accomplished storyteller.
John Jakes, New York Times bestselling author

Brim*ming with the passion and suspense Barbara Wood’s fans have come to expect, this magnificent novel portrays two lovers separated by deadly secrets and trapped in the fateful hourglass of time.

Beautiful young Andrea travels from Los Angeles to her ancestral home in England to meet her relatives and confront her mysterious heritage. But from the first moment she steps foot in her grandmother s cold Victorian house in Warrington, she senses an awesome, unsettling presence. She knows that a rendezvous awaits her: a terrifying journey into the past, and a shattering encounter that will mark her and change her forever.

Andrea soon learns how terribly right her instincts have been. Waiting for her is Victor Townsend, a man who reaches out to embrace her from beyond the grave, a man for whom she hungers even though she knows of his past evil deeds. But Andrea also discovers the lingering horrors of the old house, its carefully buried secrets, and a timeless, tragic passion still burning within its aging walls.

Curse This House

Wood makes her fiction come alive with authentic detailing and highly memorable characters. Booklist Acclaimed novelist Barbara Wood delivers a gripping story of family secrets, madness, and suspense in nineteenth century England. After her mother’s death in 1857, Leyla s only links with her heritage and family are a letter and her last name Pemberton. Resolved to seek out her past, she travels from London to the brooding countryside mansion of Pemberton Hurst. Leyla longs to find a loving family, but more importantly, she needs to uncover the truth of her past. But the Pembertons seem strangely reluctant to discuss family history, and the house feels smothered by the weight of untold secrets. Increasingly torn between the safety of life with her sophisticated fianc in London and a new, dangerous love, Leyla is no longer sure where to turn and whom to trust. Then terror strikes. A murderer roams the corridors of Pemberton Hurst, and Leyla is suddenly thrown into a maelstrom of deceit, madness, and horror. With her life in jeopardy, Leyla must uncover the truth of her past before it destroys her.

Night Trains

From master storytellers Barbara Wood and Gareth Wootton comes the unforgettable account of how an entire town in Poland resists the devastating blow of the occupying Na*zi forces, using wit, courage, and determination as its only weapons. Occupied by the Germans, the strategically located town of Sofia, Poland, stands on the brink of annihilation in 1941. As every arrest and execution brings total obliteration closer to reality, two medical doctors devise an ingenious plan to stage a typhus epidemic that will force the Na*zis to evacuate. The locals and their enemy swiftly become enmeshed in what soon becomes the most daring act of resistance in World War II. Jan Szukalski A brilliant doctor, he masterminds the hoax with his partner, Maria Duszynska, whose work binds them together more strongly than love itself. Maximillian Hartung A German officer, he is ruthless in his lust for personal power and determined to win Hitler’s personal attention by breaking the resistance in Sofia. David Ryz A young Jewish leader of a zealous band of partisans, he helps incite the town to violence and unwittingly puts the medical hoax in jeopardy. Gripping and powerful, Night Trains brilliantly illuminates the classic conflict between active and passive resistance in one town s fight for survival.

Childsong

Barbara Wood is an entertainer. Washington Post Book World From master storyteller Barbara Wood comes an engrossing suspense novel about a young girl caught between the possibilities of science and the mysteries of faith. According to the doctors, seventeen year old Mary McFarland is pregnant. But Mary knows she is a virgin, despite her strange symptoms. In 1960s America, a woman’s worst social disgrace is to become pregnant out of wedlock. A good Catholic high school girl, Mary suddenly finds herself at the center of a scandal, rejected and ostracized by family, friends, and even her priest. At first she doesn t accept what people say and thinks something else is wrong with her. But no one will believe her or try to help. When a doctor begins to wonder if Mary s claim to innocence could possibly be justified, he begins to investigate. The scientific theory he develops to explain her pregnancy is so bizarre and such a medical oddity that he knows the McFarland family, the church and the world will very likely refuse to accept it. But if he is right, what kind of child is Mary carrying? Mary and her family are suddenly trapped in a chilling conflict between the possibilities of science and the mysteries of faith.

The Watch Gods

An accomplished storyteller. John Jakes, New York Times best selling author From acclaimed novelist Barbara Wood comes the powerful tale of an Egyptologist determined to find a mythic treasure buried in the desert sand even if it costs him his life. After losing a chance to be an assistant professor, Dr. Mark Davison is saved from unemployment by a stroke of extraordinary good fortune. A stranger arrives on his doorstep with an item any historian would envy the journal of a Victorian Egyptologist who disappeared while looking for the legendary tomb of King Akhnaton. Mark accepts the offer to dig in the fabled sands of Tel el Amarna to discover the grave and a treasure that has eluded every seeker thus far. But Mark didn t bargain for the seven curses of The Watch Gods. Silent and stone faced, the seven gigantic carved figures have stood sentinel at the entrance to the tomb for more than three thousand years, created by a fearful priesthood who knew that what they kept in everlasting quarantine must never be let loose. The guardians were charged with an evil power that could bring to life the oldest, most dreadful nightmares of mankind nightmares that could annihilate the expedition that dares to disturb the tomb. But not even danger, myth, or legend will keep Mark from making the discovery of a lifetime.

Domina

Domina is an impressively researched and emotionally involving saga of one of the first woman doctors and a fascinating look back into the dark ages of medicine a century ago. The strong feminine point of view is compelling and passionate A book that inspires.

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, author of A Woman of Independent Means

Set in London, New York, and San Francisco from the late nineteenth century through the first decades of the twentieth, Domina is the inspiring saga of one woman’s personal and professional triumph against the prejudices of her time.

Beautiful and courageous, Samantha Hargrave dares to dream that she will become one of the first female doctors and surgeons in America. Born in the slums of London and possessing a special gift for healing, Samantha struggles to enter the all male medical profession. When her ambition meets with hostile rejection in England, she sails to America, where she meets an eccentric doctor who takes her on as an apprentice. But at the high profile Astor Ball in New York, Samantha is introduced to the second of the three men who will change her life forever and love just might interfere with her ambition.

Acclaimed novelist Barbara Wood reveals her remarkable talent by capturing Samantha s indomitable spirit, making Domina a literary triumph.

Vital Signs

Mixing medicine and romance in absolutely riveting combinations is getting to be a habit with Barbara Wood. The Philadelphia Inquirer Entertainment fiction at its best. Booklist A winning combination of medicine and romance. Library Journal Moving through the exotic settings of California, Hawaii, and Africa, acclaimed novelist Barbara Wood weaves a rich and compelling story of three women’s lives and the challenges they face in their careers and in their relationships. In the late 1960s, these bright, ambitious women struggling to make a place in a man s world meet in medical school. Each has a past she wants to forget, and each has a dream she needs to fulfill. Mickey Long Disfigured from birth, Mickey turns to plastic surgery to heal herself and others afflicted with her special pain. Sondra Mallone Abandoned by her natural parents, Sondra becomes a missionary doctor to forgotten souls crying out for love. Ruth Shapiro After discovering the miracle of motherhood, Ruth opens a pioneering fertility clinic that offers new hope to those who once had none. In the years that lie ahead years of triumph and tragedy, joy and sorrow, love and loneliness each woman will find, in their unique bond of friendship, the courage and strength to succeed.

Soul Flame

Barbara Wood is an entertainer. Washington Post Book World Acclaimed novelist Barbara Wood combines her superb storytelling gifts with medical and historic fact to create the epic adventure of an unusual and gifted young woman seeking her destiny in the ancient healing arts. Born into the tumultuous world of ancient Antioch, Selene is orphaned at birth. But before her father dies, he leaves a puzzling clue to her heritage: she has come from the gods and has a special destiny to fulfill. In the coming years, Selene studies the primitive healing arts with Mera, the healer woman who adopts her. She learns how to lower fevers by brewing Hecate’s Cure from the willow tree, how to apply green mold to an open wound to prevent infection, and most importantly, how to calm a patient by summoning the inner power of the Soul Flame. But on her sixteenth birthday, Selene falls in love with Andreas, a passionate and troubled surgeon. When fate cruelly separates them, Selene s search for Andreas takes her to the great centers of civilization in the ancient world Egypt, Babylon, and Rome. Desperate to find Andreas, Selene is torn between love and her dreams of healing when a revolutionary vision brings her to the fulfillment of her destiny and the dawn of modern medicine.

Green City in the Sun

Tremendous a reader pleaser in every way The people, places, and times that Wood evokes so movingly, so vividly, will haunt me long after I ve put the book aside Such a moving ending and exactly right.

Phyllis Whitney, New York Times best selling author

Acclaimed novelist Barbara Wood delivers a magnificent saga of two proud and powerful families one British, one African and their battle over Kenya’s destiny in the twentieth century.

In 1917, Dr. Grace Treverton arrives in Kenya, determined to bring modern medicine to the African natives. Her brother, Sir Valentine Treverton, has his own dream for the British protectorate: to establish an agricultural empire to rival any in England.

The aspirations of the wealthy Trevertons collide with those of the Mathenge tribe, an African family that has lived on the land for years. Grace soon finds a deadly rival in Mama Wachera, an African medicine woman who fights to maintain native traditions against the encroaching whites. After Wachera curses the Trevertons, a series of tragedies threatens to destroy what the once great family fought to create. But the fates of future generations of these two remarkable families are inextricably bound.

A bold and brilliant achievement, Green City in the Sun brims with all the drama, violence, and fierce beauty of the Kenyan landscape.

The Dreaming

Absolutely splendid it sweeps you away. Cynthia Freeman, New York Times bestselling author Set in the untamed landscape of mid nineteenth century Australia, The Dreaming is a rich and potent tale of hidden passion and broken taboo from acclaimed novelist Barbara Wood. Australia, 1871 Following her mother’s sudden death, Joanna Drury sets sail from India and arrives in Melbourne to claim the property left to her by her mother and to trace the mysteries of her family s past. From her first steps on shore, Joanna becomes entangled with a lost boy who leads her to the fascinating Hugh Westbrook. She agrees to look after the child, Adam, in exchange for Hugh s help in finding her inheritance. But she falls deeply in love with Hugh and with life at his sheep station, Merinda. When strange nightmares begin to plague her the same that tormented her mother Joanna starts to notice the Aborigines strange reaction to her. Delving into Australia s past, she searches out the tragic events that have marked her family s destiny and her own life, events that happened long ago in the time the Aborigines call The Dreaming . Full of intriguing historical detail, Wood s compelling story brings the clash of immigrant and Aboriginal cultures to stunning life, capturing the danger, mystery, and romance of an emerging country.

Virgins of Paradise

A master storyteller. She never fails to leave the reader enthralled. Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, author of A Woman of Independent Means From master storyteller Barbara Wood comes a magnificent saga about two sisters from a rich, aristocratic Egyptian family who come of age in postwar Cairo. Inside a beautiful mansion on Virgins of Paradise Street in post World War II Cairo, Jasmine and Camelia Rasheed grow to womanhood under the watchful eyes of their grandmother and the other women of the prominent Rasheed family. Despite the glamour and elegance of the city, women still wear the veil and live in harems. But as Egypt begins to change, so do Jasmine and Camelia. Rebelling against a society in which the suppression of women is assumed, Jasmine and Camelia embark on turbulent personal and professional voyages of discovery. Cast out of the family, Jasmine travels to America to become a doctor while Camelia sets out to become one of the foremost beledi dancers in the Middle East. Sensuous, spicy, and romantic, Virgins of Paradise is a spellbinding novel set in an exotic and erotic culture. Brilliantly portraying two sisters search for identity amidst historic change, Wood also conveys a portrait of an ancient nation emerging into the modern era while mired in superstition, magic, and mythology.

The Prophetess

The time is December 1999. Millennial fever holds the world in its grip stirring ancient and terrible fears that the apocalypse is at hand. In the Sinai desert, archeologist Catherine Alexander just unearthed a cache of six ancient papyrus scrolls that point to the millennium’s most transforming secret. Discovered inside the legendary Well of Miriam, a site named after the ancient prophetess who was the sister of Moses, the scrolls reveal a hidden history of the world and its religions a series of shattering revelations that governments will do anything to suppress, and that an enigmatic billionaire named Miles Havers will do anything to possess. But there is more: a seventh scroll that contains a secret of almost unimaginable power. It is a secret that may cost Catherine her life as she dodges government agents, Vatican operatives, and cyberspace perils in her race to translate the scrolls and release their powers to the world. Aided by two very different and compelling men, Dr. Julius Voss and Father Michael Garibaldi, Catherine finds herself caught up in the adventure of a lifetime and a struggle that she must win.

Perfect Harmony

Three people are dead after taking a Chinese herbal remedy manufactured by the Harmony Biotech Company. The killer sends an ultimatum demanding that Charlotte, the CEO, make a public ‘confession’, in effect destroying her company, or thousands will die. With the help of a computer crime expert, she tracks the killer on the Internet discovering shocking revelations about her own true identity.

Sacred Ground

For millions of readers around the globe, a Barbara Wood novel means superb storytelling, vividly created characters and settings, and sheer entertainment. Already a bestseller in twelve countries, Sacred Ground will sweep you away to another time and place, and hold you enthralled until the last page is turned. Two thousand years ago, there was a great bay and a peaceful land filled with sage, citrus trees, and pine. And there was a tribe called the Topaa. Marimi, a healer in her tribe, is unprepared for what fate holds in store for her. Without her knowledge, her actions place her under the watchful, suspicious gaze of a rival…
and Marimi’s family is placed under a curse that impacts how their legacy unfolds. From prehistoric California to the days of Spanish explorers, from the time of California colonialism to the swashbuckling cowboy days of early Los Angeles and right up to the present day, Sacred Ground tells the story of the female descendants of Marimi. It tells of their loves, their betrayals, their losses, their families, and their ruthless ambition that would forge a new country…
AUTHORBIO: BARBARA WOOD is the internationally bestselling author of eighteen novels, including The Dreaming, The Prophetess, and Perfect Harmony. She lives in Riverside, California.

The Blessing Stone

Millions of years ago, a meteorite fell to earth and a beautiful blue stone shattered from it. One hundred thousand years ago, a girl named Tall One found the crystal on the African plain and it formed her destiny, as well as the destinies of generations to come. From ancient Israel to Imperial Rome, from medieval England to fifteenth century Ger many, from the eighteenth century Caribbean to the nineteenth century American West, the destiny of the stone and the his tory of the world unfolds. Each story is full of the betrayals and obsessions of the human heart, and the quests of the human spirit. In The Blessing Stone, Barbara Wood has told the intimate details of her characters’ lives and created a compelling narrative of the epic sweep of human history. Barbara Wood fans will find The Blessing Stone is like nothing they’ve read before new readers will discover a writer to treasure.

The Star of Babylon

A fast moving tale of intrigue and romance from the author of The Blessing Stone One stormy night archaeologist Candice Armstrong is summoned to the bedside of her old professor, John Masters, who is ill and is asking for her. The dying man begs her, incoherently, to go to his house, mentioning The Star of Babylon and a mysterious key. She is accompanied there by Glen Masters, the professor’s estranged son, who is desperate to find out who would want to harm his father. Meanwhile, Philo Thibodeau, maverick member of an ultra secret sect known as the Alexandrians, has become obsessed with collecting rare religious writings for his own nefarious purposes, in order to hasten the coming of God and the Luminance’, a sacred light that has inspired members of the sect through the ages. Candice and Glen who is also an Alexandrian, through his mother, Lenore must race against time to reach The Star of Babylon before Philo does.

Daughter of the Sun

Seventeen year old Hoshi’tiwa had a simple life: The daughter of a humble corn grower, she planned to marry a storyteller’s apprentice. But her world is turned upside down when she is captured by the powerful and violent ruler of an infamous city with legends of untold wealth and unspeakable acts of violence to its name. Hoshi’tiwa is suddenly thrown into the court of the Dark Lord, and as she struggles for power, she begins an illicit affair with the one man who has the ability to destroy her. Bestselling author Barbara Wood has crafted a sweeping saga of one woman’s struggle to survive within the dangerous and exotic world of the Toltec court. Set against the backdrop of Chaco Canyon and the mysterious Anasazi people, Daughter of the Sun is an unforgettable novel of power, seduction, murder, and betrayal.

Woman of a Thousand Secrets

The Bestselling Author of The Blessing Stone and Daughter of the Sun. She came to them from the sea, and to the sea they returned her…
. A story of sacrifice and survival in the New World. Tonina lives an idyllic life on a small island in the Caribbean hundreds of years before Europeans discovered it. But she has always been an outsider among her people. Unlike them, Tonina is tall and lean and light skinned, and her origins remain a mystery. Her adoptive parents had found her floating in a basket in the sea a sacrifice? A shipwreck? No one knows. When Tonina turns nineteen, her parents know she must return to the sea so that the gods don t become angry with the village for keeping something that is not theirs. Under the guise of finding a medicinal plant, they send Tonina to the mainland, a terrifying place she can t even imagine. They know, however, that they will never see her again. And here is where her adventure begins. It is a tale of survival and sacrifice, of luck, magic, intrigue, and danger, romance and betrayal, an epic filled with ancient lore, tales of bearded white men who sailed to this shore in giant ships, and discoveries of medicinal miracles in faraway places. But most of all, it’s the story of one woman s quest to discover where and to whom she really belongs. This sweeping story of the undiscovered world before the time of Columbus is Barbara Wood at her very best.

The Divining

Ancient Rome: 54 C.E. Nineteen year old Ulrika is plagued with strange visions and dreams. In order to discover the truth behind her past and her unusual powers, Ulrika embarks on a dangerous journey to her father’s homeland, Germania. There, she discovers her calling, a rare gift known as The Divining. Sent on a quest to find her destiny, she travels far and wide, from ancient Germania to the vast and exotic countries of Syria, Babylon, and Persia. Along the way she meets wise spiritual guides men, women, and spirits alike who teach her to harness her ability to heal and protect others. Ulrika’s journey also brings her close to the handsome trader Sebastianus Gallus, who must depart for his own quest to the Far East to gain riches for the powerful emperor Nero. But can Ulrika reunite with the man she loves, fulfill her profound destiny, and usher in a new era in Rome under the threatening rule of Nero? A powerful, spiritual story of romance, betrayal, faith, and courage, The Divining stunningly brings to life one young woman’s daring role in shaping the entire ancient empire of Rome. An accomplished storyteller. John Jakes, New York Times bestselling author Wood shows herself a wizard at juggling action and romance, maintaining the momentum and sparkle of both. Kirkus Reviews Wood makes her fiction come alive with authentic detailing and highly memorable characters. Booklist Barbara Wood is an entertainer. Washington Post Book World Wood crafts vivid sketches of women who triumph over destiny. Publishers Weekly Entertainment fiction at its best. Booklist Absolutely splendid. Cynthia Freeman, New York Times bestselling author Wood creates genuine, engaging characters whose stories are fascinating. Library Journal A master storyteller. Tulsa World Wood never fails to leave the reader enthralled. Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, author of A Woman of Independent Means

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