Helen Brenna

Helen Brenna



About Helen Brenna

I was born and raised in a small town in dead center Minnesota, the seventh of eight children. While growing up, I usually left the story-telling to my four brothers and pretty much kept my nose clean between the covers of books. My brothers would likely have another story to tell, but since this isn't their website ...

Several years into an accounting career and a couple children later, I started putting fingers to the keyboard at every free moment. Writing books. How cool is that?

I wrote four manuscripts, finalled three times in Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart and won numerous other regional contests before Harlequin bought my third book, entitled TREASURE which was nominated in two categories for Romance Writer's of America's most prestigious award, the RITA. Now I can't imagine doing anything else.

Though I sometimes dream (usually in February) of living somewhere with less snow and more moderate temperatures, I still live happily ever after in Minnesota with my family.



AWARD HIGHLIGHTS:
Romance Writers of America's RITA for Best Contemporary Series Romantic Suspense
Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award

WisRWA's Write Touch Award
OCC's Book Buyer's Best Award

Virginia Romance Writers' HOLT Medallion

Midwest Fiction Writer' of the Year

CataRomance Reviewer's Choice Award

Midwest Fiction Writers' Rising Star

Georgia Romance Writers' Maggie

Smoky Mountain Romance Writers' Laurie

Helen Brenna - Finding Mr Right

Mr. Okay...for now?

Maggie Dillon has never relied on anyone. She raised her two sisters and built a successful computer business all on her own. So when she's forced to hire Nick Ballos to negotiate an important contract with the Greek government, she's prepared to dislike him on sight.

Unfortunately for Maggie, Nick gets under her skin. Plus, her gorgeous new hire is definitely hiding something. And it soon becomes apparent that Nick has his own reasons for taking the job. Is Maggie ready to trust this man, who lives by his own code of honor?

And when it comes time to choose between his quest for justice and a future with Maggie, will Nick make the right decision?

Helen Brenna - Peak Peformance

Rachel Murphy always puts family first. Well, sometimes family and work--as a female NASCAR engine specialist, she has a lot to prove! She's got no time for romantic entanglements. Besides, having been orphaned at a young age, she's had enough abandonment to last a lifetime.

For mountain-climber-turned-sportscaster Payton Reese, risk is what makes everything worthwhile. That is, until an encounter with Rachel makes Payton compromise his "play hard, don't get tied down" rule. Suddenly he finds himself strangely captivated by a beauty in coveralls...and wanting to teach her a thing or two about living life for herself!

But how can he be what she really needs...without changing his course?


awards
2008 RT Reviewers' Choice -- Harlequin NASCAR

Helen Brenna - From The Outside

With rumors that he has a mistress in every major city, rookie NASCAR driver Roberto Castillo is the quintessential playboy. That is, until Cargill Motorsports orders him to clean up his act. Fortunately, he's found just the girl to put a shine on his tarnished public image....

There's not a girl in America who could out-wholesome pretty actress Mallory Dalton. When Roberto suggests they date--for appearances only--Mallory knows that Roberto's bad-boy reputation could just as easily ruin her good-girl image. But the plan seems to have backfired...because now she really is falling in love with him!