Tied Up with Love

Amelia Thorne is a pen name of British romance author Holly Martin. Tied Up with Love, first published under the Amelia Thorne name in 2015, was later reissued under Martin's own name; by her own account the pen name was used because that book was "a little sexier" than her other work at the time, though it is the same story either way. Martin was born in Birmingham and has since lived in Bedfordshire and, more recently, on the Devon coast. She is a bestselling author of romantic comedy whose bo...

Holly Martin is a British author of cosy, contemporary romance novels, many set in fictional English seaside and village communities (the White Cliff Bay, Hope Island and Sandcastle Bay series among them). Before writing full time she studied media at university and worked as a hotel receptionist, in banking, and as a teacher, later running history workshops around the UK. She is published by Bookouture and HarperCollins UK; her debut novel, The Guestbook, won the Carina Valentine's competition...