by Helena Halme
She made herself a cup of coffee, sat on the uncomfortable sofa and began sifting through the job applications. She wanted to start earning money – even though Peter had a good salary, it would make their life easier if they had two pay packets coming in. But Kaisa didn’t want to take any job – she was a graduate after all, with a Master’s degree from a reputable school of economics, not just any three-year qualification in business administration from a polytechnic, or a diploma from a secretarial college. She wanted a job that would lead to a career, just like Peter’s Navy career. Kaisa thought about Peter and how handsome he looked in his white shirt, tie, black trousers, shiny black shoes, and naval officer’s cap, as he bent over her on the bed each morning to give her a long kiss goodbye. His black hair was often wet from the shower, and he smelled of the coconut shaving foam she so adored. More than once, if she was fully awake, she’d pull him into bed and they’d make love hurriedly. Peter had told her how on those mornings he could hardly concentrate during his first lectures for thinking about her, still warm and naked in their bed. Kaisa smiled and sighed. She hadn’t realised that anyone could ever be this happy.
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About the Author
Helena Halme grew up in Tampere, central Finland, and moved to the UK via Stockholm and Helsinki at the age of 22. She is a former BBC journalist and has also worked as a magazine editor, a bookseller and, until recently, ran a Finnish/British cultural association in London.
Since gaining an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, Helena has published seven fiction titles, including five in The Nordic Heart Romance Series.
Helena lives in North London with her ex-Navy husband and an old stubborn terrier, called Jerry. She loves Nordic Noir and sings along to Abba songs when no one is around.
You can read Helena’s blog at www.helenahalme.com, where you can also sign up for her Readers’ Group.
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Acknowledgments
This novel would not have been possible without firstly, the patience of my family: my wonderful husband David, and my children Markus and Monika.
I must also thank my editor, Dorothy Stannard, without whose efficient professionalism I would simply have been lost.
Last but by no means least, I want to extend my thanks to the many wonderful people who have read and commented on my blog, because without you this story would never have been written. Week after week, when I posted chapters online, I was spurred on by you, and I can honestly say I would have given up writing long ago had it not been for the encouragement from all of you.
Although this novel began life as a series of blog posts, all characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Copyright
The English Heart ©2017 Helena Halme
Published worldwide 2017 by Newhurst Press
Second e-book edition 2017
Previously published as The Englishman
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No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
e-ISBN: 978-1-9998929-0-6
All characters and events featured in this book are entirely fictional and any resemblance to any person, organisation, or thing living for dead, is purely co-incidental and completely
Cover design © Jessica Bell
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
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