New Releases by Karen Rose

A fire department lieutenant and a bold, brash detective must team up to investigate a homicide in this tense and romantic thriller. "In all his years in the Chicago Fire Department, Lieutenant Reed Solliday has never experienced anything like this recent outbreak of house fires -- devastating, vicious, and in one case, homicidal. He has another problem: his new partner, Detective Mia Mitchell. She''s brash, bossy, and taking the case in a direction he never imagined. Mia''s instincts tell her the arsonist is making this personal. And as the infernos become more deadly, one look at the victims'' tortured faces convinces her and Reed that they must work closer to catch the killer. With each new blaze, the villain ups the ante, setting firetraps for the people Reed and Mia love. The truth is almost too hot to handle: This monster''s desire for death and destruction is unquenchable . . . and for Mia he''s started the countdown to an early grave."

Neil Kane arrived at Walnut River General Hospital to invetigate charges of insurance fraud, knowing he''d be greeted as Public Enemy #1. To his surprise, though, he soon discovered an unexpeteced ally in—and an undeniable attraction to—Isobel Suarez. The sexy social worker was unfailingly loyal to the hospital that was being threatened by a hostile takeover—a takeover that Neil was making a reality. Yet the intriguing investigator was a tempation she couldn''t resist, and even by-the-book Neil couldn''t hide from the sparks they generated. But everything changed once Isobel herself was accused of wrongdoing, and Neil had to decide which was more important: his job…or the woman who''d stolen his heart.

Could he be her little boy? Six years ago, Sara Hobart helped a childless couple create their own miracle. Now she needed one of her own. All her instincts were telling her she was Kyle Barclay''s birth mother. Only one thing stood in her way: Kyle''s widowed father. Ever since his wife had died, Nathan had tried to be the best parent he could to five-year-old Kyle. Then this sensual stranger showed up. Legally, Sara had no claim on his son. But how could he keep her from the little boy who already adored her? That went double for Nathan, who was suddenly yearning to go from single dad to devoted family man.…

Steven dropped to his knees next to the paramedic. "Jenna." Her eyes opened and in them he saw shock and tears and guilt. "I''m so sorry, Steven. I should have listened to you." Steven noticed the smears of blood on her worn Duke T-shirt. "Any other wounds?" he asked the paramedic.Only her throat. the blood on her shirt appears to be her own." "We found bloody handprints on the carpet where she crawled from the bedroom," said Uniform Two.Steven''s gut seethed as he pictured her scared and hurt and crawling through her own house like a wounded animal. For that alone, whoever did this to her would pay...

When a murder victim is discovered in a Pennsylvania field, a detective and archaeologist must team up to keep a mysterious killer from carrying out a horrifying plan to fill empty graves. COME TO ME The first victim is found in a snow-covered Philadelphia field. Detective Vito Ciccotelli enlists the aid of archaeologist Sophie Johannsen to determine exactly what lies beneath the frozen ground. Despite years of unearthing things long buried, nothing can prepare Sophie for the matrix of graves dug with chilling precision. The victims buried there haunt her. But the empty graves terrify her-the killer isn''t done yet. SCREAM FOR ME He is cold and calculating, the master of a twisted game. Even with Vito and Sophie hot on his trail, he will not stop. One more empty grave must be filled, and one last scream must be heard-the scream of an archaeologist who is too close for comfort and too near to resist . . . DIE FOR ME

As director of an inner-city woman''s shelter, Dana Dupinsky safeguards many secrets. Some are new identities; some are new addresses; and some are even hidden truths about herself. Passionately dedicated to Hanover House and the women she protects, Dana has always been reluctant to look for love. But now, just as a case puts her and a child in mortal danger, it seems that love has come looking for her. Security expert Ethan Buchanan learned to stalk men in the Afghan desert. Now he vows to track down the ruthless woman who kidnapped his godson-and falling for Dana is not in the plan. Yet her very presence seems to chase away the ghosts that haunt him, and her skillful evasion of personal questions raises his hunting instincts. For there''s a deadly new secret at Hanover House. A brutal killer is weaving a web of revenge with a stolen boy at its center. And Dana is the next victim on the list...

On the surface, Brian and Carrie Summers had a fairy-tale marriage. But their battle with infertility puts a strain on their marriage that neither had expected. Can their love overcome this obstacle?

Her Tycoon Boss by Karen Rose Smith released on May 25, 2001 is available now for purchase.

Be My Bride? by Karen Rose Smith released on Dec 25, 2000 is available now for purchase.

Wealth, Power And A Proper Wife by Karen Rose Smith released on Jul 24, 1998 is available now for purchase.

The journal entries of a compulsive overeater record her feelings of despair, the futile and short-lived attempts to diet that marked her steady increase in weight and the help she finally found with Overeaters Anonymous

Parallels the lives of a Negro youth beginning a possible journey into crime and a white boy uncertain of his self-image in his new neighborhood.