On Friday, the last but one day of our week-long holiday to the Åland Islands we joined my family to celebrate a 75th Birthday by visiting a remote island restaurant, The Glada Laxen, near Kumlinge in Bärö. This restaurant belongs to a number of establishments listed in The Best of the … [Read more...]
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A little bit of Sicily in Åland
Rosario Brancato of Belissimo Glassbar Åland islands (where we go on our summer holidays) has always been culturally a funny sort of a place. It's closer to Sweden than Finland, yet is an autonomous part of Finland. It has a rich history of seafaring; it even played a role in the Crimean war when … [Read more...]
An Island Christmas: A Wintry Tale of Love, Family and Impossible Choices
An Island Christmas, the stand-alone sequel to my novel, The Island Affair, is inspired by my favourite holiday destination, the Åland Islands. The Åland Islands The Åland Islands lie in the waters between Finland and Sweden. Although a self-governing region of Finland, the Islands remain … [Read more...]
Love on the Island Books 4-6
Love on the Island Books 4-6 by the ‘brilliant author’ Helena Halme are now compiled into a new boxed set. This series, a sweeping saga set on a small group of Nordic islands filled with tourists in the summer and snow and ice in the winter, has captured the readers' hearts. Reviews Here are just … [Read more...]
A Reading from An Island Heatwave
Would you like to watch a reading from An Island Heatwave, my latest release? To celebrate the launch of the title last week, I recorded a reading from the novel. An Island Heatwave is the story of three women, whose relationships come close to meltdown in the heatwave that has hit the Scandinavian … [Read more...]
Books Set in Scandinavia
I love books set in Scandinavia – or the Nordic countries if you include Finland and are pedantic about your geography. You couldn't set a book anywhere more beautiful than my native land. I may be a little biased, of course. But having just made a quick visit to the Åland Islands, situated … [Read more...]
Would You Like A Sneak Peek into An Island Heatwave?
I’m afraid I've had to postpone the publication of An Island Heatwave, Book 6 in the Love on the Island series. The good news is that you can now take a sneak peek into the forthcoming novel. Scroll down to find out more. Why I Postponed the Publication Date Some of you may know that I recently … [Read more...]
Obsessed with Russia?
Russia is in the news a lot lately with the terrible events in Ukraine, and I have begun to wonder if I'm obsessed with the country. A Child of the Cold War When I was growing up in Finland during the Cold War, I was taught to be afraid of the Big Russian Bear next door. We had to be careful … [Read more...]
Free books!
You can now download free books when you sign up for my mailing list. Naturally, you can unsubscribe at any time. The first book, The Young Heart, is a prequel novella to The Nordic Heart series of military romances. The second, The Day We Met, is a short story, which introduces the characters in … [Read more...]
Sneak Peek into New Book: Andrei and Frida
I'm having such fun writing An Island Heatwave, Book 6 in the Love on the Island series, that I thought I'd share a sneak peek into the new book with you today. Frida You may remember Frida from the first book in the series, The Island Affair? In this short clip from the novel, Alicia, who is … [Read more...]
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