Author: helenahalme
After a devastating tragedy, Alicia returns to her island home to take care of her mother. There, she finds herself torn between duty and happiness — and unearths long-buried family secrets that upend her world…
After their son’s tragic death, Alicia and her husband travel to the Nordic islands where Alicia was raised. As secrets are revealed, can she find a way to embrace life once more? Book one in a poignant series.
Kaisa has her future planned out — until a chance encounter with a naval officer changes her life forever. Follow Kaisa’s journey in this sweeping box set filled with secrets, love, and second chances!
‘Wonderfully intimate and honest.’ – Pauliina Ståhlberg, Director of The Finnish Institute in LondonShe’s just fourteen. He’s twenty-one and a grown man. Is she too young to fall in love? Finland 1974. Kaisa is the new girl in town – again. When a messy divorce forces Kaisa’s mother to move to a small flat in an island suburb of Helsinki, Kaisa isn’t looking forward to another new school. But … forward to another new school. But soon she meets Vappu Noren and begins to spend all her days in Vappu’s large, chaotic house, filled with her three unruly siblings and…
From the acclaimed Finnish author Helena Halme comes a new book featuring her fascinating heroine of The Nordic Heart Series, Kaisa Williams.It’s 1990 and Kaisa is now living in London, happy in her prestigious job at the BBC and her Notting Hill home together with Navy Officer Peter – when he’s not away at sea. The only blot on the horizon apart from constantly missing her submariner husband is … her submariner husband is her inability to keep hold of a baby. When Kaisa suffers a third miscarriage, she thinks her world is collapsing, but worse is to come. Her…
Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Elin Hilderbrand and Liane Moriarty.‘Another page-turner from Helena Halme!’ – Elena Sapsford, Pikku PublishingShe has betrayed him. He is facing a Court Martial. Can they love each other again?Kaisa knows she’s to blame. It’s her fault the relationship with the handsome Englishman, Navy Officer Peter, has ended. What can she do but move back to her native … she do but move back to her native Finland? But sleeping on her sister’s sofa bed thousands of miles away from her beloved Peter won’t bring him back, so when Kaisa is offered a job in…
She has her life planned out. He lets the wind guide his sails. As the Cold War heats up, can they keep love alive on either side of the iron curtain?Finland, 1980. Kaisa has never been a risk taker. After graduation, she plans to marry the dependable older man who helped to pay for her classes and kept a roof over her head. But when she accepts an invitation to a party at the British Embassy, a … British Embassy, a handsome naval officer makes her want to throw caution to the wind. She surprises herself when they share a…
For fans of Liane Moriarty, Elin Hildebrand and Jojo Moyes. Where would you go if you were lonely, displaced and desperately unhappy? Into the arms of the first man that offers to hold you?Newly married to her dreamy Navy Officer husband, Kaisa’s happiness is shattered when she discovers her hard-fought degree from Finland is less than useless in Britain. She’s faced with a lonely life in the … her hard-fought degree from Finland is less than useless in Britain. She’s faced with a lonely life in the shadow of Peter’s brilliant career, which takes him away to sea, unreachable during…