She feels the perfect 'quick read' should make the reader smile, sigh and put the book down feeling better about the state of love in the world. Today, she is concentrating on Silhouette Romance, completely captivated by the breezy fun and touching poignancy of their compact, to-the-point form. A few sales to Bantam Loveswept and Harlequin Romance, Temptationand SuperRomance under the name Helen Conrad followed, as well as to Harpers, Dell Ecstasy, Mills & Boon, and even an historical with Zebra. She published four more romances for Jove under the name Jena Hunt, then began writing Silhouette Desires.

Dreams really do come true!'Īfter years of writing romantic suspense in the style of Mary Stewart and children's books in a lot of styles, she finally sold a romance to Jove's Second Chance at Love and there was celebration all around-at least in her ever-patient family of husband and four boys. 'Through writing I figured I could still immerse myself in the stories I love, but I could actually claim I was working! The amazing thing was when I sold my first book and the excuse was justified. She started writing because she felt guilty about spending so much time reading. But with young ones, you do have time to read, and the more I read, the more I learned about writing'. 'One look into those baby blue eyes and I knew it was going to be a long time before I went back to school.

Helen was working toward a Master's in Library Science when she dropped out to have her first son. and grew up between Holland, Guam, and California, and spent a few years in Washington, D.C. Helen Conrad was born on Apin Pasadena, California, U.S.A.

Royal Wedding Bells by Raye Morgan