Anne Avery: 12 books

In defiance of Imperial law, Jerrel bn’Hadar, mercenary and trader, has come to the primitive world of Errandane in search of his brother Santar, who disappeared while on a mission for the Imperial Rediscovery Service. Jerrel expected to find danger in Errandane’s rugged mountains. He didn’t...

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 battered VW Bug, Mehetable, is the only transportation...

The King of Avalon had sworn to marry the first woman he met who didn't talk his ears off. He'd made the vow in jest, but then he'd taken refuge in that cottage in the Dark Woods and found the woman of his dreams. Young, beautiful...and silent! What more could a man ask for? With an absent-minded...

Abandoned as a child to what should have been a short, miserable life on the streets of Dantares, Calee was rescued when it was discovered that she was one of the precious, gifted few — a Dreamer, a psychic capable of guiding star ships through the amorphous darkness of within by following the songs...

Ever since she escaped from the brutal slavery into which she was born, Calista York has roamed the universe, burying the secret of her past deeper and deeper even as she builds her reputation as a crafty, ferociously independent trader unafraid of taking on the toughest deals or the most dangerous...

At her mother’s death, Dayra Smith fled the Empire and her powerful, sadistic step-father, driven by her dream of building a new life for herself and her half-brother and sister on the raw frontier world of Far Star. Clawing a living from the land isn’t easy, but Dayra is determined to make a...

Quiet, shy Zeke Jeffries is working hard to turn his run-down property into the best watermelon farm in Colorado. The last thing on his mind is finding himself a wife. Unfortunately, the match-making mamas of Rocky Ford have other plans for the handsome bachelor, and they aren’t at all shy about...

Tarl Grisaan, reluctant heir to the Controllorship of the planet Diloran, is already dealing with a murderous uncle, a rebel faction that wants him as its leader, and a strong desire to escape to his old life as a Galactic Marine where he at least knows who his enemies are. Tarl can cope with the...

Though her father was the legendary highwayman who sacrificed his life in a futile attempt to save the woman he loved, down-to-earth Lizzie Tynsdale has no use for romance. She has enough to do running the inn she's inherited without falling for a handsome face or a pair of broad shoulders. But when...

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 give his heart to her…! Witt Gavin had enough to handle, being the new lawman...

Lie. Cheat. Bargain. Fight. Accept. Bribe. Conquer. Evade.   No matter what humanity tries, Death always wins.  Or does it?   Discover the answer in The Death of All Things, where twenty-two...

Twenty stories of the best erotic science fiction and fantasy published by Circlet Press, collected together.  Funded through a Kickstarter campaign run in 2017-- the year of Circlet's 25th anniversary-- Superlative Speculative Erotica features stories voted on by the Kickstarter and Patreon...