Holly Martin Books in Order

Fourteen years after leaving Apple Hill Bay and her best friend behind, Roo Clarke returns to take a new job and move into a quirky seaside cottage. Finding Theo still there, and still under her skin, forces them to confront the feelings they never voiced as teenagers.

Iris McKenzie is determined to reclaim her grandmother’s stolen locket, even if using magic she has always kept hidden draws trouble. Witch Lynx Oakwood is hunting the same powerful heirloom for Midnight’s safety, and their battle of wills quickly turns into something far more dangerous to their hearts.

Orla Kennedy has loved her best friend Shay Lucas in secret since they were fourteen, sharing dreams under the stars at Cranberry Cove. When a crisis threatens to tear them apart, a snow filled Christmas in Apple Hill Bay finally pushes buried feelings into the open.

After a cursed cake nearly kills a celebrity critic, magical baker Star Brightheart flees London to the hidden village of Midnight. There she finds a town of witches, a decades old curse and grumpy young mayor Wolf Oakwood, who may be her greatest danger and safest refuge.

Artist Fern Lucas has built a dream life in a beach hut at Apple Hill Bay, painting by day and walking the sand with her dog. A mural competition pairs her against charismatic Fletcher Harrison, and their whirlwind romance is tested when the secrets he hides finally surface.

Wedding planner Meadow returns to Wishing Wood and to Bear Brookfield, the man she has loved from afar for years. Working together among lantern lit treehouses and trailing wisteria, they must confront past misunderstandings if they are ever to claim the future both secretly want.

Drifting from town to town in her red caravan, Evergreen Winter takes a short term job as Mrs Christmas at Wishing Wood’s treehouse resort. Playing festive wife to handsome Heath Brookfield shows her the family life she has never allowed herself to want.

Indigo Bloom travels to Wishing Wood to tell River Brookfield he is going to be a father after their one unforgettable night. When he fails to recognise her, she keeps her identity secret, taking a job at the treehouse resort while their undeniable connection slowly grows again.

Lyra Thomas moves to Jewel Island for her dream job and a cottage by the sea. A bike mishap throws her into the arms of Nix Sanchez, a man she feels she has known forever. One magical night together leaves her chasing both her new life and a love she cannot forget.

Artist Zoey Flynn escapes a cancelled Christmas Eve wedding by retreating alone to Jewel Island. Renting a cottage near Moonstone Lake and a stall at the festive market, she plans to mend her heart, until meeting kind, attentive Kit Lewis makes her question every promise she meant to keep.

On Jewel Island, Skye Philips runs an ice cream parlour beside the family hotel and keeps things strictly friendly with her ex husband and best friend, Jesse. When he returns from Canada for the Pudding Parade, old wounds and sizzling chemistry resurface, forcing them to face unfinished business.

This charity anthology gathers short, uplifting stories about small acts of kindness from many writers, including Holly Martin. Designed to be dipped into over time, it offers hopeful, comforting snapshots that celebrate generosity and the quiet ways people help one another.

On Jewel Island, Aria Philips fights to keep her family’s crumbling Sapphire Bay Hotel afloat. When resort turnaround specialist Noah Campbell arrives with orders to fix or close it, professional tension and undeniable chemistry force them to choose between safe plans and risky happiness.

Dance teacher Clover Philips has sworn off love after a brutal betrayal. Back on Jewel Island, she asks charming chef Angel Mazzeo for a casual fling to rebuild her confidence, but golden autumn days and stolen moments around Ruby Falls soon make it hard to keep emotions out of it.

Cautious cover designer Eva Blue discovers a list of adventures her late mother never achieved and decides to complete them in her place. Travelling the world with infuriatingly handsome guide Thor Anderson, she is pushed far outside her comfort zone and into a life, and love, she never expected.

Stung by a breakup, Willow McKay accepts an offer of a free home in the rundown seaside village of Happiness. Teaming up with dedicated estate manager Andrew Harrington, she throws herself into schemes to revive the town and discovers that rebuilding a place might heal her too.

Ruby Marlowe moves her beloved Christmas shop to the village of Happiness, hoping for a clean slate. Instead she finds Jacob Harrington, the summer fling who once came closest to unlocking her guarded heart, and a festive village determined to show her that love is worth risking again.

Grieving and exhausted, Tori Graham escapes to Blossom Cottage in Sandcastle Bay to heal. There she reconnects with old friend Melody, meets guarded caretaker Aidan Jackson and slowly finds that this quirky, welcoming seaside village might be the fresh start her heart needs.

Jewellery maker Melody Rosewood adores her bright yellow cottage and new life in Sandcastle Bay, but romance is missing. Opposite her shop works sculptor Jamie Jackson, whose easy charm hides old wounds. A string of disastrous dates and near misses tests whether they can finally get it right.

After her brother’s death, Isla Rosewood becomes guardian to her young nephew Elliot and returns to their cosy family cottage in Sandcastle Bay. Sharing childcare with Elliot’s fun loving godfather Leo Jackson, she begins to wonder if their shared grief could grow into a future together.

On Buttercup Beach, glass artist Freya has spent years secretly in love with her best friend and business partner, Rome. As they expand their seaside workshop together, shared losses and simmering chemistry force them to decide if they dare risk friendship for something deeper.

Kind hearted Bella, recently fired for whistleblowing, shelters a homeless man who later turns out to be Isaac, the new boss at the charity where she desperately needs a job. On beautiful Hope Island, secrets, second chances and a fierce attraction test whether she can trust again.

Eden Lancaster has wished on Hope Island’s Mistletoe Cove since childhood, always for the same thing, her best friend Dougie to love her back. When he moves home from New York just before Christmas, long buried feelings, island traditions and a little festive magic collide.

In the final chapter of the Sentinel saga, Eve faces the ultimate choice between her own life and the fate of the world. With enemies closing in and loyalties shifting, she must unite fractured allies, confront the Oraculum’s darkest plans and decide what kind of hero she will be.

Darcy Davenport moves to White Cliff Bay for a fresh start and falls for the dilapidated lighthouse on Rose Island, and its solitary keeper Riley. Campaigning to save the lighthouse pulls Darcy into village life and into Riley’s guarded world, where old hurts battle new hope.

Hotel reviewer Piper Chesterfield arrives on snowy Juniper Island to secretly assess a new resort, only to find it run by Gabe, the childhood sweetheart she once vanished from. As Christmas magic builds at Stardust Lake Hotel, past heartbreak collides with the chance to come home.

Neve Whitaker loves managing the Stardust Lake Hotel on Juniper Island but has never forgotten Oakley, the man she urged to chase his dreams abroad. When he returns for Christmas, buried feelings, a life changing secret and a picture perfect winter wonderland force them to face the past.

Izzy is accidentally kidnapped by Ethan Chase, whose business stages fantasy abductions for couples. Instead of panicking she talks her way into a job, soon finding herself tangled in fake snatches, complicated clients and an inconvenient attraction to her infuriating new boss.

After the Oraculum orders Eve’s execution, she goes on the run while a new Sentinel, her embittered half brother Adam, takes her place. As he leads Guardians with ruthless intent, Eve must decide whether to fight him or risk trusting the one person created to destroy her.

Romance novelist Libby Joseph can write love stories but no longer believes in them. Teaming up with best friend George to stage pretend dates around White Cliff Bay for inspiration, she slowly realises the man she is teaching to woo others might be the one she wants herself.

Hopeless romantic Milly Rose is hired to research the history of a crumbling castle in the village of Clover’s Rest. There she finds turrets, a moat and brooding owner Cameron Heartstone, and together they uncover secrets that may give them their own happily ever after.

Ice carver Penny Meadows adores her cosy cliff top cottage in White Cliff Bay but her love life is frozen. When handsome Henry and his teenage daughter rent her annex before Christmas, shared celebrations, an ice sculpting contest and one very nosy town thaw Penny’s guarded heart.

Now aware she is the Sentinel, Eve’s strength and visions are growing, but so are the dangers surrounding her. Summoned before the mysterious Oraculum, she uncovers rifts within the council and prophecies that suggest saving the world may cost everyone she loves.

Widowed landlady Annie Butterworth runs a seaside holiday cottage where each guest leaves secrets and confessions in a leather bound guestbook. When her first love, now a celebrity crime writer, returns to stay, the scribbled messages begin to rewrite Annie’s own future.

Best friends Suzie and Harry run a business creating dream marriage proposals. To boost their profile, Harry spends one hundred days proposing to Suzie in outrageous ways, never realising she is secretly in love with him and that every mock proposal cuts a little deeper.

In snow dusted London, Suzie and Harry’s company vows to organise one hundred proposals in December. Juggling demanding clients, festive chaos and interfering relatives, the couple start to wonder if their own whirlwind engagement is as perfect as the fairy tale they sell.

Restless globe trotter Joy Cartier settles in the pretty village of Bramble Hill, only to find frosty neighbours and a reclusive movie star living next door. As hostility in the village escalates, Joy and brooding Finn Mackenzie are pushed together to decide what home really means.

After surviving a horrific coach crash, Eve discovers her teachers, neighbours and even friends are super strong Guardians sworn to protect her. As she unlocks frightening new powers, she must uncover why she is so important before enemies close in.