Wanted: A Real Family

By Karen Rose Smith

A second shot at love! Two years ago, Sara helped to heal Jase Cramer's injured body. Now, with their home destroyed in a fire, she and her daughter are the ones in need. Jase's offer to stay at his vineyard is help the widowed physical therapist can't refuse, but can she resist the sparks flaring between them? Jase never forgot Sara's tender care – or the attraction that couldn't go anywhere. Now she's back, awakening feelings that bring back memories of heartache. With the help of Sara's little girl and the volunteer group that's transforming their California community, Jase might have found the family he's always wanted!

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Release date: Aug 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781488775192

Karen Rose Smith

Karen Rose Smith was born in Pennsylvania. Although she was an only child, she remembers the bonds of an extended family. She and her parents lived with her grandfather and aunt until she was five, when her parents built a house next door. Since her father came from a family of ten and her mother, a family of seven, there were always aunts, uncles, and cousins visiting on weekends. Family is a strong theme in her books and she suspects her childhood memories are the reason. As a teenager, music became as important to Karen Rose as reading. The Beatles were her favourite group. But she and her cousin took their first sojourn into writing by collaborating on a script for The Monkees television program. They sent that script to every concert venue where the group appeared that summer! In college, Karen Rose began writing poetry and also met her husband-to-be. They both began married life as teachers, but when their son was born, Karen Rose decided to try her hand at a home decorating business. She returned to teaching for a while but changes in her life led her to writing romance fiction. Now she writes full-time. She has had over 30 novels published since 1992. Married to her college sweetheart for almost 30 years, believing in the power of love and commitment, she envisions herself writing romance for a long time to come!