With One Touch
by Karen Rose Smith

Every time Brooke Pennington's new boss looked at her, she felt a quickening inside. The handsome veterinarian made her wonder if her long-denied dream of home and family could be fulfilled after all. But she knew Dr. Nate Stanton valued the truth above all, and Brooke had secrets that threatened her new job and the future she wanted to claim with him.

Nate tried to keep things between him and Brooke strictly professional. But he couldn't resist her warmth and her winsome ways, not even when the discovery of her special gift — her ability to heal animals with her touch — set up a war between duty and his heart....

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.