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HelenKay Dimon

HelenKay Dimon spent the years before becoming a romance author as a divorce attorney—not the usual career transition. Now she writes full-time and she’s much happier. The author of more than thirty novels, novellas, and short stories that have twice been named “Red-Hot Reads” and excerpted in Cosmopolitan, she’s on the board of directors of the Romance Writers of America and teaches fiction writing at UC San Diego and MiraCosta College.
Dirty Games
Dirty Deeds
Guarding Mr. Fine
The Talented Mr. Rivers
Mr. and Mr. Smith
Mine
Taken
Too Far Gone
Only
Long Way Home
Mercy
A Simple Twist of Fate
No Turning Back
The Gift of Love

Author HelenKay Dimon on writing romantic suspense and research | Author Shorts

Books

Dirty Games
Dirty Deeds
Guarding Mr. Fine
The Talented Mr. Rivers
Mr. and Mr. Smith
Mine
Taken
Too Far Gone
Only
Long Way Home
Mercy
A Simple Twist of Fate
No Turning Back
The Gift of Love

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Author HelenKay Dimon on writing romantic suspense and research | Author Shorts

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