HPL's New Books

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for: 2013.  To see new books from other years try:  2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

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Choke By Ford, Darnella 2006-06 - St. Martin's Griffin 9780312348038 Check Our Catalog The one bright spot in Vanessa's life is her daughter, Kennedy, and her love for the piano. Kennedy is practicing to audition for an esteemed music academy that Vanessa can no way afford, but Vanessa will do anything to help her daughter succeed even if it means sacrificing her own chances for a better life. …More

Becoming Tara By Fournier, Tammy 2010-09 - Urban Books 9781601622815 Check Our Catalog This page-turning sequel to the bestseller "P.I.E.C.E.S.: A Booster's Story," which was based o the author's own gritty true story, picks up right where the romantic thriller leaves off, and continues the saga as Tara and Julio enter prison. …More

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald By Fowler, Therese Anne 2013-03 - St. Martin's Press 9781250028655 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title When beautiful, reckless Southern belle Zelda Sayre meets F. Scott Fitzgerald at a country club dance in 1918, she is 17 years old and he is a young army lieutenant. Before long, the "ungettable" Zelda has fallen for him despite his unsuitability: Scott isn't prominent or even a Southerner, and keeps insisting that his writing will bring him both fortune and fame. …More

Her Brother's Keeper: A Joan Spencer Mystery By Frommer, Sara Hoskinson 2013-04 - Perseverance Press 9781564745255 Check Our Catalog …More

Baby Momma 2 By Genovese, Ni'chelle 2013-02 - Urban Books 9781601625380 Check Our Catalog …More

Whoreson: The Story of a Ghetto Pimp By Goines, Donald, Jr. 2007-07 - Holloway House Publishing Company 9780870679711 Check Our Catalog …More

When Darkness Falls By Graham, Heather 2013-04 - Zebra Books 9781420131468 Check Our Catalog …More

Booty Call *69 By Gray, Erick S. 2006-12 - Augustus Publishing, Inc. 9780975945346 Check Our Catalog Taking urban erotica to dizzying heights and culminating in an earth-shattering climax, Erick S Gray spins a sexually charged, coming of age tale. The drama in "Booty Call *69" revolves around a promiscuous young woman, Shana, who is so seductive she easily captures any man she glances at. After breaking up with the equally self-indulgent boy-toy, Jakim who is too busy hunting for additional sexual pleasures. Shana finds she's rapidly falling for his best friend, Tyrone and ignores Jakim's attempts at reconciliation. A man will do anything when he loves a woman and will try his best to hold on to what he thinks he needs. But does that mean he has to keep going down the road of mistrust? If you love someone set them free and if the love's meant to be then... In a hot remix of his "Booty Call" debut, Erick S Gray shows how unconditional love can be and how grimy trusted friends can get in "Booty Call *69." …More

It's Like Candy: An Urban Novel By Gray, Erick S. 2007-03 - St. Martin's Griffin 9780312349974 Check Our Catalog Sisters River and Starr leave home in their early teens to escape the abuse of a drug-addicted mother. River joins a gang and Starr is working for a pimp by the time she's 16. Eager to get off the streets and change their lives, both girls realize they cannot get out of the game so easily. 25,000. …More

Nasty Girls: An Urban Novel By Gray, Erick S. 2006-05 - St. Martin's Griffin 9780312349967 Check Our Catalog Camille, Jade, and Shy are best friends who have always had each others' backs until their drug-dealing boyfriends get caught up in a shooting that sends one boyfriend to jail. Jealousy, greed, revenge, and betrayal test the bonds of their friendship. …More

Family Pictures By Green, Jane 2013-03 - St. Martin's Press 9780312591830 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"-bestseller Green delivers a riveting novel about two women whose lives intersect when a shocking secret is revealed. From the author of "Another Piece of My Heart" comes the gripping story of two women who live on opposite coasts but whose lives are connected in ways they never could have imagined. …More

All You Could Ask for By Greenberg, Mike 2013-04 - William Morrow & Company 9780062220752 Check Our Catalog A tender and wonderfully insightful story of friendship, love, heartbreak and renewal, played out in the lives of three unforgettable women, from an extraordinary--and unexpected--debut novelist: ESPN talk show host Greenberg. …More

The Kingmaker's Daughter By Gregory, Philippa 2012-08 - Touchstone Books 9781451626070 Check Our Catalog Number-one "New York Times"-bestselling author Gregory presents a novel of conspiracy and a fight to death for love and power at the court of King Edward IV of England. In this novel, her first sister story since "The Other Boleyn Girl," Gregory explores the lives of two fascinating young women. …More

Calico Joe By Grisham, John 2013-03 - Bantam 9780345536648 Check Our Catalog …More

No Way Back By Gross, Andrew 2013-04 - William Morrow & Company 9780061655982 Check Our Catalog "No Way Back" is a thrilling page-turner from Gross, the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "15 Seconds" and "The Blue Zone." One woman is framed for a horrific crime, and desperate to prove her innocence. A chance meeting with a stranger in a hotel ends in a shocking murder. …More

Naughty No More By Hampton, Brenda 2012-11 - Urban Books 9781601623706 Check Our Catalog "Essence"-bestselling author Hampton delivers a riveting sequel to "Naughty," in which Jaylin and Nokea Rogers struggle to keep their marriage together as each of their infidelities comes back to haunt them. …More

Deadlocked: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel By Harris, Charlaine 2013-03 - Ace Books 9780425256381 Check Our Catalog With Felipe de Castro, the Vampire King of Louisiana, in town, it's the worst possible time for a body to show up in Eric Northman's front yardNespecially the body of a woman whose blood he just drank. …More

Jennifer: An O'Malley Love Story By Henderson, Dee 2013-05 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764211126 Check Our Catalog After finding God and falling in love, life is good for Dr. Jennifer O'Malley. But can her faith--and her family--survive the challenges ahead? HPL patron:  I couldn't put this book down-great read! …More

A Dual Inheritance By Hershon, Joanna 2013-05 - Ballantine Books 9780345468475 Check Our Catalog Hershon writes an engrossing novel of passion and friendship--and their reverberations across generations. Two young men form an unlikely friendship, bolstered by a fierce shared desire to transcend their circumstances. But their paths diverge--one rising on Wall Street, the other becoming a kind of global humanitarian--testing their friendship. …More

The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) a Novel By Hesse, Hermann Translator Winston, Richard Translator Winston, Clara 2002-12 - Picador USA 9780312278496 Check Our Catalog Setting his story in the distant, post-Holocaust future, Hesse tells of an elite cult of intellectuals occupying themselves with an elaborate game that employs all the cultural and scientific knowledge of the ages. The most imaginative and prophetic of Hesse's works. …More

Summerland By Hilderbrand, Elin 2013-03 - Reagan Arthur Books 9780316099899 Check Our Catalog What begins as a graduation night celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver dead and her twin brother in a coma. As summer unfolds, startling truths are revealed about the survivors and their parents--secrets kept, promises broken, hearts betrayed. …More

Nos4a2 By Hill, Joe 2013-04 - William Morrow & Company 9780062200570 Check Our Catalog A spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Hill, the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Heart-Shaped Box" and "Horns." Victoria and Charles can both go to secret worlds, from a secret bridge to a terrifying playground of amusements. Their paths have crossed before, and one is looking for revenge. …More

Against the Law: A Western Duo By Hogan, Ray 2013-05 - Five Star (ME) 9781432826314 Check Our Catalog …More