Helia Press

Shadow is strong. Is courage stronger?It’s been four years since Giacomo, bodyguard to Prince Luca of Fiori, followed his charge down into the shadowy world of forbidden magic. When Luca disappears once again, Giaco must cast aside his disbelief and...

Doctor Rowena Halley signed up to be a professor, not a cop. Now she may have to be judge, jury, and executioner as well.When a student with a hijab and a strong Chechen accent confides in Rowena about a tricky sexual assault case and asks for her...

“Stark remains a brilliant observer of the academia scene”—The Prairies Book ReviewIf you like Stephanie Plum’s wit, Kinsey Millhone’s grit, or Spenser’s wry take on academia, you’ll love the Doctor Rowena Halley series!Loves hurts. Sometimes it...

Sometimes summer flings turn deadly serious.Russian professor Rowena Halley’s life finally seems to be taking a turn for the better. She has a job for the summer AND the fall, her family dramas of the past spring have settled down, and she’s got a...

The shadows are speaking. Can their riddle be unraveled?Eleven years ago, Royal bodyguard Giacomo da Prado first followed young Prince Luca into the shadows. Plunged against his will into a world of illicit magic, Giaco has tried to hold onto the...

They say knowledge is power. For newly minted PhD Rowena Halley, all her book learning isn’t enough to keep her safe. She’ll have to rely on her Moscow-honed street smarts instead.Get the first four books in the Doctor Rowena Halley series and three...

Few men walk into shadow. Fewer walk out.Giaco, famed battle hero turned bodyguard, is a Reborn man. He believes in reason, harmony, and intellect, and leaves magic for the foolish and superstitious. But when his charge, young Prince Luca, is stolen...

“A passionate coming-of-age story.”—Kirkus ReviewsDistinguished Favorite, Audiobook-Fiction, Independent Press Awards 2023Finalist, Indies Today Book Awards 2022Finalist, Fantasy, Book Excellence Awards 2022All magical gifts are wild. The seer’s gift...

“A rollicking good fantasy worthy of both leisure reading and study.”—D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book ReviewBlood magic is dark and dangerous. Is it Dasha’s only hope?When Dasha, Tsarinovna of all of Zem’, began a dalliance with her...

Blood binds spirit and flesh. Love binds souls—or burns them to ash.Dasha’s mission of peace has taken a decidedly warlike turn. On the run from the Rutsi, she ends up in the village of Taikakylä, where magic flows strongly between sea, sky, and...

Sometimes lightning strikes twice.Doctor Rowena Halley was really hoping that a summer in California would help her heal from the previous semester’s injuries, mental and physical. Instead, it might throw her into the greatest danger she’s faced...

When does freedom go too far?Doctor Rowena Halley has finally found a job that pays enough to live on. Too bad it’s a continent away from one of the men in her life, and an ocean away from the other. Plus, the campus she’s teaching at is not the...

Doctor Rowena Halley hits rock bottom. Then she ends up on a terrorist hit list.August 2016. Rowena Halley, PhD, is nursing a busted knee and a busted heart. Plus, her career path is on a toilet trajectory and the divisive politics of a particularly...

Some wolves hunger for more than meat.When Urho Kivinieminen, unwilling Seumi tracker for the Rutsi army that has conquered his country, is sent to scout Wolf Island, he doesn’t have much choice. The Rutsi have captured his homeland, and now they want...