“This wholesome and spirited read is hopefully the start of a promising career for a talented writer. Her settings are realistic and the action non stop. The writing is both original and pays homage to classic devices.” — Amanda Kilgore, Huntress Reviews

Six years ago John Garrett left home, swearing he would never return. But his father is in trouble. Their neighbor, Tim Hostetter has been murdered. His riders are gone and Garrett cattle are grazing his range. One of Russ Blaine’s riders is killed, and another is wounded. Mason Garrett and Rafe Willis are pushing Blaine hard to sell Silver Creek. They need the water. Would Garrett kill to get it?

Heading home, John shoots a bully in a desperately poor town and is wounded escaping the sheriff’s posse.

Watching the hills for bushwhackers, Andrea Blaine finds John and helps him hide on the mountain. John joins Del Ketchum, cattleman turned deputy sheriff, to search for the real killers and try to clear his father’s name.

Anne Haw Holt grew up near Richmond, Virginia. She graduated from Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, and Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia. Anne now lives in Tallahassee, Florida, where she is a candidate for a doctorate in History at Florida State University. Her dissertation is on the history of Florida Prisons. Her interests include reading and collecting books, student rights, intellectual property rights, writing, and spending time with her family.

Silver Creek is Anne’s first novel for AVALON.


Avalon Westerns by A.H. Holt:
BLOOD REDEMPTION
RIDING FENCE
BLANCO SOL
KENDRICK
SILVER CREEK