Officiële naam: Conrad, Helen
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten: Conrad, Helen
Hunt, Jenna
Morgan, Raye
Geboortedatum: 1945-04-11
Geslacht: female
Nationaliteit: USA
Geboorteplaats: Pasadena, California, USA
Korte biografie: Helen Conrad was born on April 11 in Pasadena, California, U.S.A. and grew up between Holland, Guam, and California, and spent a few years in Washington, D.C. as well. She obtained a B.A. in English Literature.

Helen was working toward a Master's in Library Science when she dropped out to have her first son. "One look into those baby blue eyes and I knew it was going to be a long time before I went back to school. But with young ones, you do have time to read, and the more I read, the more I learned about writing". She started writing because she felt guilty about spending so much time reading. "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. Dreams really do come true!"

After 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. She published four more romances for Jove under the name Jena Hunt, then began writing Silhouette Desires. 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. Today, she is concentrating on Silhouette Romance, completely captivated by the breezy fun and touching poignancy of their compact, to-the-point form. 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.

Now, she lives in the Los Angeles area now with Nick, her geologist-computers cientist husband and the two of her four sons who still live at home."Having the boys around helps keep me up on the current trends," she says with a laugh. "But writing helps keep me in touch with the romance that weaves through the everyday lives we all live."
Ontwarringsbericht: Helen Conrad also writes as Jena Hunt and Raye Morgan.

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The Daddy Due Date (Silhouette Desire, No 843) door Raye Morgan

Okay book. Took place in Hawaii but the feel of the island was not really there. Pretty predictable. Teenage lovers meet again after 18 years. He finds out they have a son. Unfolds just as you would expect. Writing not brilliant not poor.

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Luziadovalongo | Jul 14, 2022 |

The Boss's Double Trouble Twins (9 to 5) door Raye Morgan

A typical category romance from Harlequin that I read for a team challenge I was doing.

The Good Stuff and the Bad Stuff: While this was a short and sweet book I wish more of it could have involved the twins as the title would suggest. Although they are talked about frequently their actual presence in the book is pretty minimal which is a shame. The plot of the book appears to only be about reuniting two people and the setting could be anywhere. Darcy and Mitch spend a lot of time working but for most of the book I was clueless as to what they did for a living. The setting and the character's backgrounds (mostly Darcy's) could have been elaborated upon a lot more. I would have given this book another star if it weren't for Darcy's character. She puts a lot of expectations on Mitch and gets mad at him all the time because he doesn't express his love for the twins within a day of finding out about them. Completely unreasonable in my eyes which made it difficult for me to be happy for her when everything was wrapped up in a nice bow at the end. Mitch wasn't a whole lot better though. He went from being a wandering soul to professing his love, devotion, and his promise to never leave Texas in a matter of 2 weeks.

In a Nutshell: My expectations weren't all that high when starting this book but the beginning was good and the ending came quickly. I might read another book by the author if I found a free copy somewhere.… (meer)

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The Rebel Prince door Raye Morgan

Really enjoyed this story and would love to see the sister b able to have her own story!

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phtochic | Aug 15, 2016 |

The Boss, The Baby And Me (Silhouette Romance) door Raye Morgan

rabck box from svoight 11/09; not much of a plot. The Allmans and the McLaughlins have been feuding for generations. Now Jodie's father had hired a McLaughlin into the family Allman business - as her boss! Why did Kurt accept? Or was he trying to pull an insider deal to oust the Allman's? And why did he have to be som handsome?

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