Author Guest Post & Giveaway: Everything You Need to Know – HelenKay Dimon

We have HelenKay Dimon with us today chatting about her latest release, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.  Help me in welcoming HelenKay back to Cocktails and Books.

Thank you so much for having me here today to talk about my newest release, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. This is one of the launch books for the new Cosmo Red-Hot Reads by Harlequin line.

People have asked if the book is more like of the story headlines on a cover of Cosmo or like Sex In The City.  The answer: neither. My goal for the book went like this: add a sexy, serious hero + a strong, independent heroine + a juicy little secret = two people who fight the attraction but when they give in it is sooo good.

The heroine, Jordan, tries to ignore what she feels for Forest (the hero) because she thinks he isn’t her type.  She makes some assumptions about who he is based on the way he’s portrayed in public, but she quickly figures out the man underneath is pretty compelling. Take a peek:

He waited until the coffee hit the cups and she started humming before he shifted off their bizarre conversation to one he could handle better, but only slightly. “For the record, the interest isn’t over.”

She eyed him over the top of the mug. “What are you talking about?”

“You said I was all about the chase. Well, I felt pretty caught last night and I’m not going anywhere.” It was tempting to call in sick for the first time in his adult life.

A soft pink stained her cheeks as she fiddled with the edge of the placemat under her elbows. “What about the agreement?”

He took a sip of coffee, because at six in the morning he was already a half hour behind on his usual daily caffeine intake. “Should I know what that means?”

“The confidentiality agreement.”

Between the words and her sudden refusal to give him eye contact, he stilled with the cup halfway to his mouth. “Excuse me?”

“According to the rumors, you make your bed partners sign a piece of paper promising not to talk.” She closed one eye and wrinkled her nose. “That’s not on the site, by the way. Just whispers around the ladies’ locker room.”

He was pretty sure she’d lost her mind. “An agreement in exchange for sex?”

“I’m not sure I’d phrase it that way.”

He searched his mind for anything that could fit. The only time a woman he had sex with signed an agreement it was part of a separate business deal and unrelated to the bedroom activities. He had no idea how that news got around or how it got so tangled up.

Not that he was surprised. This sort of thing happened when rumors ran the day. “Well, call it whatever you want, but it sounds nuts.”

Jordan nodded. “I agree.”

When she continued to stand there, he decided to be as clear as possible. “And I don’t have that requirement.”

“Can’t lie, that’s something of a relief.”

“Yet, even with the possibility out there, you slept with me anyway.” That was the only part of this discussion he found interesting.

“Like you said yesterday, information is fine, but it’s better to find out the truth for yourself.”

How could a woman not be reeled in by a guy who turns out to be even better than she hoped? 🙂

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From the award winning author of romance and romantic suspense, HelenKay Dimon comes a sizzling new story from Cosmo Red-Hot Reads from Harlequin.

Welcome to Need to Know—Because a Woman Can’t Be Too Informed
Dating in D.C. is like navigating an apocalyptic wasteland populated by men in expensive suits with zero mating potential. Need to Know provides all the information a savvy single woman like you needs to avoid dating disasters.
By night, Jordan McAdam is the proprietor of a popular website that rates D.C.’s hottest bachelors—everything from how quick they are email you back to their skills in the sack. She’s been burned once too often to accept any man at face value. By day, her job as an office temp puts her in the perfect position to do a little fact checking on her rich and powerful subjects. When her latest assignment brings her face to face with the sexy but mysterious Forest Redder, Jordan decides to do a little “hands on” research of her own. To Jordan, he seems like the perfect man – but she knows there is no such thing. Moreover, there’s a big problem: Forest knows Jordan’s the woman behind the scandalous site—and Jordan knows he knows. Will he expose her secret—or find his own posted on Need to Know?

 

 HelenKay Dimon spent the last twelve years in the most unromantic career ever – divorce lawyer. After dedicating all that time and effort to helping people terminate relationships she is thrilled to write romance novels full time. Her books have earned praise, appeared on besteller lists and won numerous awards. Her first single title, YOUR MOUTH DRIVES ME CRAZY, was featured in Cosmo as a “Red-Hot Read” for August ’07 and spotlighted at E! Online. Her novella, “It’s Hotter At Christmas” from the KISSING SANTA CLAUS anthology, was featured in Cosmo as a “Red-Hot Read” for November ’09.