Helena Halme

I write Nordic love stories inspired by real life. I was born in Finland and moved to the UK in my twenties after falling for a British naval officer I met at the British Embassy in Helsinki. We wrote letters for four years—him at sea during the Falklands War, me at university—and our long-distance romance became the inspiration for my first novel, The English Heart, which later grew into the Nordic Heart series.

I’ve always been passionate about books. As a teenager in Stockholm, I devoured every novel I could get my hands on (often before my parents had a chance!). That love of reading led me to writing, and eventually to publishing fiction in 2012 after earning an MA in Creative Writing.

Now I write full-time, drawing on my Nordic roots, love of dramatic landscapes, and belief that stories have the power to connect us. My latest novel, To Melt a Frozen Heart, is an enemies-to-lovers romance set in Lapland, where the Northern Lights blaze and love blossoms against the odds.

You can join my readers group—and get a free story—at my website, Helena Halme Books.