A Precious Gift
by Karen Rose Smith

Experience the power of love as a young couple faces its most difficult challenge. On the surface, Brian and Carrie Summers had a fairy-tale marriage, but a crisis threatened their otherwise perfect union. Carrie had never revealed the dark secrets of her past that caused her infertility, and so, exploring the prospects put a strain on their marriage that neither of them had expected. Brian had had an unhappy childhood and believed he needed a child in order to be truly happy. So when he and Carrie seemed to fight more and more, he wondered whether they were meant to be parents after all. In these tough times, could he see that their love was stronger than any obstacle and that his precious wife as all the family he needed?

Karen Rose Smith's Bio

Karen Rose Smith has sold forty-five books since 1991. She has won New Jersey's Golden Leaf Award in Short Contemporary Romance. Named a finalist in the National Readers' Choice Awards, she also has been nominated for Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for best Silhouette Romance. Her romances have made both the USA TODAY list and the Waldenbooks Bestseller list for Series Romance.

Karen Rose has published with Silhouette Romance and Special Edition, as well as with Meteor/Kismet and Kensington's Precious Gems. A past president of the Central PA Romance Writers, she has given workshops to neighboring chapters and at national conferences. A graduate of Shippensburg University in PA with a BS in English and French secondary education, she earned graduate credits in both English and Counseling. Formerly an English teacher and home decorator, she began writing romances when back surgery interrupted her lifestyle. Karen Rose lives in Pennsylvania with her husband of thirty- one years.