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Search For Love Boxed Set, Vol 1

search-for-love-boxed-set-1From ***USA TODAY Bestselling Author***KAREN ROSE SMITH

Search For Love series, Books 1, 2 and 3

NATHAN’S VOW, Book 1. Contemporary Paranormal Romance

When Nathan Bradley’s ex-wife disappears with his daughters, he does everything in his power to find them. His private investigator hits a wall and suggests Nathan convince psychic Gilliam Moore to help him. At first, Gillian is reluctant. She’d come to L.A. from Indiana to get lost in the crowd…to escape her gift that sometimes seemed more like a burden. As a manicurist, she is learning to relax again and enjoy life. But when Nathan makes his plea and shows her a picture of his girls, she knows she must help him. However, the spark and sizzle between them becomes a fascinating impediment to her progress. Gillian, who was once burnt by a divorced dad, tries to keep her perspective. But Nathan is a force to be reckoned with. Will her gift lead her to love or heartache once again?

JAKE’S BRIDE, Book 2. Contemporary marriage of convenience, Christmas forgiveness theme

Could Jake ever trust Sara again? Sara Standish knew private investigator Jake Donovan didn’t want children. He’d lost his wife and child and his anguish was obvious. With their wedding only days away, she discovered she was pregnant. Should she marry Jake and trap him with a child he might not want? She loved him too much to do that so she called off their wedding and left Los Angeles without telling him about her pregnancy. Now four years later, a letter from her mother helps her realize she made a terrible mistake. Jake deserves to know he has a son. When Sara tells Jake the truth, she sees the sense of betrayal in his eyes. He will never be able to trust her again. But when he asks her to marry him for the sake of their son, she hopes her love can heal them both.
Although Jake has hardened his heart against Sara’s beauty and gentle nature, he knows he wants to be a father to his son. The only way to do that? Marriage. But he doesn’t expect to be caught in the web of loving Sara again. With Christmas near, can they really become a family? Only if he can leave the past behind. Can the traditions of Christmas make Jake whole? No, but maybe love can.

ALWAYS DEVOTED, Book 3. Contemporary romance/mystery

Single mom, Emma Henderson’s worry about her missing sister threatens to overshadow her life. Media mogul Linc Granger offers Emma help, first by airing a nation-wide interview and then… By suggesting Emma consult with his friend Gillian Bradley who has a “gift” for finding missing persons.
As Emma and Linc walk the beach and she considers his unorthodox suggestion, Emma realizes she feels a sizzle of attraction to this man that she never felt with another–not even her late husband. Linc Granger is out of her league in so many ways. Yet her four-year-old daughter Becky believes he’s her new best friend!
Emma and Linc’s chemistry is impossible to deny as they consult with Gillian and follow leads to find Paige. What happens when their attraction explodes and they do find answers? Will Emma be able to leave the past behind to find a future with Linc?

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Forever After

forever-afterFinding Mr. Right series, Book 2

Darcy Kearn meets sexy attorney Seth Hallaran when his car is towed into her auto shop for repair. His name sounds familiar and she soon realizes he is the lawyer who will be helping her best friend’s ex-husband sue for custody of their little girl. Her attraction to him is potent as is his to her.

When Seth pursues her, Darcy tries to resist. But their attraction and Seth’s kisses test her loyalty to her friend. Until Seth turns down Brad’s case.

Free to give into chemistry, Seth soon learns Darcy is the marrying-kind. But marriage isn’t in his life plan. Hurt by her first love, Darcy doesn’t easily give in to her womanly desires for Seth. But as feelings escalate between them and she reveals a secret she has kept for fear Seth will reject her, desire overtakes them both.

Their dilemma afterward is simple—Darcy believes in love and marriage and Seth doesn’t. How can she convince him that love can conquer all? Can Seth put his past behind him and prove to Darcy he can believe in a love that will last FOREVER AFTER?

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Kit and Kisses

kitt-and-kisses Finding Mr. Right series, Book 1

Kit Saunders is a public relations expert and never turns down a challenge. She never gets involved with clients. But Greyson Corey is both challenging and too hunky for words. Is he as down-to-earth and honest as he seems? Change is difficult for him but Kit is resilient enough to present the facts in a way that nudges him in the right direction. Yet when he turns in her direction and chemistry seems to take over, she stops short and takes a deep breath.

Kit was fooled by a con man who stole her financial well being…but more importantly her sense of trust. Although it’s easy for others to put trust in her—in business, in the volunteer program she started to bring pets together with sick children—her sense of trust in men has been destroyed. She is so attracted to Grey she can hardly see straight. And his first kiss could lead to passion she has only dreamed of. But her barriers are high and strong and the con man lurks in her background. When Grey has commitments that he won’t explain, Kit’s radar senses trouble. She won’t fall in love with a man with secrets.

Grey has his own walls to climb. His sister has special needs. Although she is now living in a group home, he is responsible for her. He loves Deedee and will protect her until his dying day. A previous relationship ended because the woman he dated couldn’t accept Deedee’s role in his life. How can he trust that Kit will be any different?
Two people search for the meaning of love in a real world. Can a few mind-boggling kisses lead to happily-ever-after? Only if they can trust as well as love.

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Finding Mr. Right Boxed Set, Vol. 2

finding-mr-right-boxed-set-2From***USA TODAY Bestselling Author***KAREN ROSE SMITH
Finding MR. RIGHT BOXED SET, Vol. 2, Books 5, 6, 7 and 8. Emotional contemporary romances

TOYS AND BABY WISHES, Finding Mr. Right series, Book 5.

In Toys And Baby Wishes, Joshua is attracted to Alexandra, his aunt’s new “friend” and doesn’t want to be. But pretty Lexa teases his libido until he realizes he could lose his heart to her. He’s playing for keeps but is she? Lexa has a secret that could destroy their chance at happiness. Can she trust Josh enough to find everlasting love?

First edition published as Toys And Wishes.

LOVE IN BLOOM, Finding Mr. Right series, Book 6

Dr. Paige Conrad needs Clay Reynolds’ help. However, he can’t give it because she and the rest of the town of Langley, Maryland, might discover his secret. Clay has no memory of the first twenty-five years of his life. The past and his father’s rejection is behind him. Digging it up brings back nightmares he has fought for ten years to control.

After spending three years in underdeveloped countries following her parents’ vision of healing, Paige has come to Langley to gain perspective on her life and help an old friend with his medical practice. Learning Clay was involved in a rock climbing accident and went through the rehabilitation process, she wants him to share his experience with a trouble teenager to give the boy hope.

Paige and Clay are inexorably drawn to each other. But can Clay trust Paige and share his secret? Can Paige dare to follow her own dreams?

Love In Bloom was first published with Meteor/Kismet.

RIBBONS AND RAINBOWS, Finding Mr. Right series, Book 7

An intimate relationship has been missing from Zack Clark’s life for years. He focuses all of his attention on his son. Divorced, he learned the hard way that happily-ever-after is only for dreamers. Then he meets massage therapist Skye Delaney and falls under her spell. When she dismisses him as a client because of their mutual attraction, he begins to believe she is very different from the wife who left him…very different and very desirable. Can a caring touch lead to love and passion for a lifetime?

Skye Delaney also learned that marriage doesn’t always live up to expectations. Her ex-husband hadn’t even found time to be by her side after her miscarriage let alone try to understand their loss. When she first meets Zack at her massage practice, she believes he’s the same type of man. Yet Zack loves his eight-year-old like a dad should. And as a man…he shakes her calm and makes her believe dreams can come true.

First edition published with Kensington Precious Gems.

WISH ON THE MOON, Finding Mr. Right series, Book 8

Laura Applegate Sanders’ world is turned upside down when Mitch Riley appears on her doorstep with the news her estranged father is about to undergo heart bypass surgery. For the past few years, Mitch has been her father’s partner in the jewelry business Laura once dreamed of sharing–until her father disowned her when she married Doug Sanders, an artist with no money and few prospects.

Mitch loves and respects Laura’s father as he never could his own. His dad was a drunkard and a gambler who died leaving his wife and two sons destitute when Mitch was fourteen. Knowing how much it would mean to Ray Applegate to see his daughter again, Mitch takes it upon himself to travel to Ohio to ask Laura to come home. To his surprise, he learns she is a widow with a four-year-old daughter, Mandy.

Mitch is prepared to dislike Ray’s rebellious daughter because of the pain she caused Ray. But when he meets her, she surprises him. So does the sizzle between them. But Mitch has been betrayed in the past. His lack of trust in Laura causes him to back away to the old life that has left him alone. Can he forget the past and reach for true love?

First edition published with Silhouette Books.
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From Doctor…To Daddy

from-doctor-to-daddy Ever since Dr. Dillon Traub arrived at Thunder Canyon Resort, tongues have been wagging about the chemistry zinging between the Texas oil tycoon and his new receptionist. Those broad shoulders of his may be awfully tempting…but single mom Erika Rodriguez knows better than to give in to her attraction to the handsome bachelor doctor.

So why is the sought-after playboy going out of his way to prove to the love-burned Erika that he’d make the ideal husband—and perfect father to her adorable baby girl? Stay tuned, dear readers, to see if the town’s favorite new physician will be heading back home. Or if this Dr. Daddy is writing a prescription for lifetime happiness!

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