Anne Avery

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  • Bibliography:
    23 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1993
  • Latest Book:
    October 2025
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About the Author

Anne Holmberg was born on 1938 in Colorado, USA, where her family resides during four generations. She obtained a degree in Engineering from the University of Colorado.

Anne wrote historical romance novels as Anne Avery, contemporary romance novels as Kate Holmes, and fantasy romance novels as Anne Woodard. She has been a four-time nominee for a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times Book reviews.

Full Series List in Order

Amelia Fantastica Misadventures

1 - All I Got Was the Headache (Jun-2017)
2 - If Two Are Dead (Apr-2018)

Book List in Order: 23 titles

  • A Distant Star

    The Runner Pride made her run faster and longer than the others -- traveling swiftly to carry her urgent messages. But hard as she tried, Nareen could never subdue her indomitable spirit -- the passionate zeal all successful runners learned to suppr...

  • All's Fair

    Calista York was a stunning firebrand with a mind of her own; a golden-haired trader who could ward off a pirate attack as easily as a man's unwanted advances. For five long years, Rhys Fairdane has roamed the universe, trying to forget the woman who...

  • Dream Seeker

    in Enchanted Crossings

    On faraway planets, a pilot and a dreamer learn that passion can bridge the heavens, no matter how vast the distance from one heart to another....

  • Far Star

    THE DREAMER... Dayra Smith didn't know a flitter engine from a solar generator, but she was determined to turn a run-down piece of land into a working farmhold. And even though she had to slave day and night, the stubborn beauty refused to ask any...

  • Hidden Heart

    Reluctant heir to the Controllership of the planet Diloran, Tarl preferred the danger of working undercover to the drudgery of attending state functions. Yet he never dared hope that his midnight forays would land him in the room of a beauty who was ...

  • A Dance on the Edge

    in Lovescape

    When interior designer Marlis Jones battles with architect Jack Martin over e-mail, they discover a love powerful enough to blow their circuits....

  • The Snow Queen

    Love Spell: A Faerie Tale - 8

    Once upon a time. . .they lived happily ever after. THE LOVE OF A HEART PURE WILL QUELL THE LONELY FATE OF THE SNOW QUEEN'S SPELL When Boston-bred Hetty Malone arrived at the Colorado Springs train station, she was full of hope that she would s...

  • Summer Fancy

    She's plain... unforgettable... Anything but a typical female, Miss Sophronia Carter is as tall as a beanpole, fiercely independent, and the last woman in Rocky Ford, Colorado, to throw herself at a man. Tumbling down the church steps and landing ...

  • Fortune's Fancy

    When her father dies, a beautiful young woman learned in the art of the scam departs for a famed Colorado hotel in search of a quick fortune. There she will meet a rugged, bored millionaire, a handsome schemer on the prowl for wealthy women, and a go...



  • The Highwayman's Daughter

    Love Spell: Legendary Lovers

    The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding--Riding--riding, The highwayman came riding up to the old inn door. Though her father had been the legendary highwayman who lost his life for the innkeeper...

  • Bartered Bride

    HE BOUGHT HER HAND IN MARRIAGE, BUT HE HAD TO WIN HER LOVE.... From the tower at Colmaine Castle, Lady Alyce Fitzmartin watches the approach of the richly clad stranger, the man she is to wed that very night. The arrogant London tradesman Robert ...

  • Fire and Ice

    Love Spell: Candleglow

    GRAND HOUSE It was a huge old mausoleum, a place where p's and q's mattered more than people did. Kate had escaped it once, though it still haunted her dreams, along with bitter memories of the boy she'd loved. Now she was back to claim a forgotte...

  • The Lawman Takes a Wife

    Harlequin Historical - 573

    Big And Tall -- And Bashful Sheriff DeWitt Gavin was quite an assortment of surprises to merchant Molly Calhan. Saddled with a scandalous past and a giant-size sweet tooth, he also had a truly giving heart. Now if only she could convince him to g...

  • The Bride's Revenge

    Harlequin Historical - 618

    Marriage Should Not Make Headlines... But the day his wife threw his underwear out the window, reporter J. R. Abbott realized their rocky romance was banner news. Caroline Rhodes Abbott might as well have splashed the truth across the front page: ...

  • Merry And Her Gentleman

    When Merry Christmas Doe runs into the neighborhood Scrooge in the midst of Christmas shopping, she just wants to share the Christmas spirit and say, Hi! Geoffrey Winston Hanover III would happily ignore her, but when his Mercedes breaks down and her...

  • All I Got Was the Headache

    Amelia Fantastica Misadventures - 1

    Maxine “Maxie” Peterson had just turned eighteen and life was looking good when a fairy godmother she didn’t know existed, one Amelia Pomeroy Fitzgerald Fantastica, abruptly dropped into her life. Literally. Life, for Maxie, has never been the ...

  • If Two Are Dead

    Amelia Fantastica Misadventures - 2

    Maxie Peterson, owner and sole employee of Maxie Peterson Investigations, has standards. Low, admittedly -- with the state of her bank account, she can’t afford otherwise -- but she does have them! That’s why, when an elderly lady totters through...

  • Happy Hour

    I'd planned two weeks in paradise, lounging on the beach and swilling margaritas. Heaven! Unfortunately, nobody told me kidnapping, death threats, and murder were on the agenda, too!Week one: Learned to golf. Discovered dead body on the beach. Solved...

  • Bay Breeze

    Dead bodies and dirt bags and disasters, oh, my!These days, Brandy's got a cute cottage on the beach, great friends, super neighbors, and a job she loves. The DEA has (reluctantly) returned her car and restored her bank account and credit cards (long...



  • Dutch Courage

    Being a rich widow isn't all it's cracked up to be.I was two days, five hours, and fourteen minutes away from my first appointment with a divorce lawyer I couldn't afford when my husband, not so fondly known as The Jerk, plowed into a tree at high sp...

  • On The Rocks

    Check list for vacation in paradise: Swim suit. Sun hat. Sunscreen. Beach read book that probably won't get read. Dinner dress. Sexy heels. Sexier underwear. Stuff not included on list: Kidnappers. Murderers. All-around general bad guys. Good guys wh...

  • Brandy Sour

    Brandy never dreamed discovering that monstrous old desk would lead to two murders (or is it three?), a lost diamond necklace, a hundred-year-old diary, and hidden family secrets that really should have stayed hidden.Not that she intended to get inv...

  • Hanky Panky

    We can't believe it! There was a murder and you weren't involved?Brandy's friends start her morning with coffee and a lot of good-natured ribbing over Chica Perdida Key's most recent murder, which really doesn't involve her. Until, that is, a local a...

Award-Winning Books by Anne Avery

Summer Fancy
1997 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Americana Romance


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Anne Avery has published 23 books.

Anne Avery does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Brandy Sour, was published in October 2025.

The first book by Anne Avery, A Distant Star, was published in September 1993.

Yes. Anne Avery has 1 series.
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