New Books at HPL

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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Coyote Trail By Nesbitt, John D. 2000-01 - Leisure Books 9780843946710 Check Our Catalog Travis Quinn doesn't have much luck picking friends. First, a friend gets him fired from a ranch. Then he heads down the Powder River, meeting another "friend" who puts in a good word and gets him hired at the Lockhart Ranch. And, if the rumors are true, this friend might just get Travis killed. …More

Instructions for a Heatwave By O'Farrell, Maggie 2013-06 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780385349406 Check Our Catalog A sweeping family drama set in London during the summer of 1976. The disappearance of a family patriarch forces three adult siblings to gather together to find him and to confront what they really know about their father and themselves. …More

The Body in the Piazza By Page, Katherine Hall 2013-04 - William Morrow & Company 9780062065506 Check Our Catalog Faith Fairchild is celebrating her wedding anniversary in Italy, where murder and mayhem mix with pecorino, panna cotta, and prosecco in the latest entry in this "highly entertaining mystery series [that] effectively mixes modern-day moral dilemmas with charm, warmth, and humor" ("Booklist"). …More

Second Honeymoon By Patterson, James Author Roughan, Howard 2013-06 - Little Brown and Company 9780316211222 Check Our Catalog FBI Agent John O'Hara is deep into solving the case of a honeymoon killer, while Special Agent Sarah Brubaker is hunting another serial killer, whose victims all have one chilling thing in common. As wedding hysteria rises to a new level, John and Sarah work together to decipher the logic behind two rampages. …More

The Quarryman's Bride By Peterson, Tracie 2013-06 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764206207 Check Our Catalog The latest installment in Peterson's series finds Emmalyne and Tavin separated by duty, yet bonded by love. Can they dare to dream that God could change the hearts of those keeping them apart? …More

The Lemon Orchard By Rice, Luanne 2013-07 - Pamela Dorman Books 9780670025275 Check Our Catalog Five years after the death of her daughter, Julia comes to Malibu to house-sit and is drawn to the overseer of the orchard property, an illegal immigrant who has his own tragic past. …More

Blood Royal By Robbins, Harold With Podrug, Junius 2005-09 - Forge 9780765308115 Check Our Catalog After shooting her husband, the Princess of Wales reaches across the Atlantic to hire an attorney with no ties to the Crown. The explosive tale exposed in the courtroom is one of sexual deceit by one of the most powerful men on earth and the bloody revenge enacted by a woman scorned. …More

Going Home By Roberts, Nora 2008-07 - Silhouette Books 9780263867329 Check Our Catalog Three classic full-length novels by Roberts, describing how three women must rediscover the love of family before they can give their hearts to others, are collected in one volume. Includes "Unfinished Business, Island of Flowers," and "Mind Over Matter." …More

Treasures: Secret Star/Treasures Lost, Treasures Found By Roberts, Nora 2008-02 - Silhouette Books 9780373285655 Check Our Catalog Two jewels of romantic suspense by a #1 "New York Times" bestselling author are collected for this volume. Includes "Secret Star," the final book in the Stars of Mithra trilogy, and a special bonus book, "Treasures Lost, Treasures Found." Reissue. …More

Sparta By Robinson, Roxana 2013-06 - Sarah Crichton Books 9780374267704 Check Our Catalog Conrad has just returned home to Westchester after four years in Iraq, and something is very wrong. As he attempts to reconnect with his girlfriend and find his footing in the civilian world, he has an impossible time adjusting. As weeks turn into months, his estrangement increases. …More

The Doomsday Key By Rollins, James 2010-05 - Harper 9780061231414 Check Our Catalog A "New York Times"-bestselling author sends Sigma Force to solve a centuries-old secret coded in prophecies of doom. Rollins combines real-world science with high-octane action.--"Chicago Sun-Times." Available in a tall Premium Edition. …More

The Eye of God: A SIGMA Force Novel By Rollins, James 2013-06 - William Morrow & Company 9780061784804 Check Our Catalog Commander Gray Pierce and SigmaNjoined by a pair of Vatican historiansNrace to uncover a truth tied to the fall of the Roman Empire, to a mystery bound in the roots of Christianity's origins, and to a weapon hidden for centuries that holds the fate of humanity. …More

The Tehran Initiative By Rosenberg, Joel C. 2012-04 - Tyndale House Publishers 9781414319360 Check Our Catalog Millions of Muslims around the world are convinced their messiah has just arrived on earth. Israeli leaders fear a nuclear attack that could bring about a second Holocaust. With the stakes high, the U.S. president orders CIA operative David Shirazi to track down Iran's nuclear warheads. …More

Sins & Secrets By Sanders, Carolyn Chambers 2005-08 - Warner Books 9780446693851 Check Our Catalog An "Essence" bestseller from the author of "Sins, Secrets & Success." Candice, Amber, and Toi are three young black women who have risen above life on the streets. Successful entrepreneurs, they are at the top of their game, but they will soon find that money does not always equal happiness. …More

Sisterland By Sittenfeld, Curtis 2013-06 - Random House 9781400068319 Check Our Catalog Born with peculiar psychic abilities, Kate and her identical twin, Violet, knew from an early age that they were unlike everyone else. Though Vi embraced her visions, Kate did her best to hide them. Years later, their different paths are about to collide through a devastating premonition. …More

Unseen By Slaughter, Karin 2013-07 - Delacorte Press 9780345539472 Check Our Catalog Karin Slaughter's "New York Times" bestselling novels featuring detective Will Trent are utterly riveting and masterfully drawn. Her latest thriller, "Unseen," pits detectives, lovers, and enemies against one another in an unforgettable standoff between righteous courage and deepest evil. …More

The Soldier's Newfound Family By Springer, Kathryn 2012-10 - Love Inspired 9780373877768 Check Our Catalog …More

First Sight By Steel, Danielle 2013-07 - Delacorte Press 9780385338301 Check Our Catalog Paris, L.A., and the world of ready to wear fashion provide rich backdrops for Danielle Steel's deeply involving story of a gifted designer whose talent and drive have brought her everything--except the ability to erase her past and trust relationships. …More

The Widow's Strike By Taylor, Brad 2013-07 - Dutton Books 9780525953111 Check Our Catalog Terrorists seek to cause mass devastation using a virus as a bio-weapon in bestseller Taylor's entertaining fourth Pike Logan thriller (after Enemy of Mine). …More

An Irish Country Girl By Taylor, Patrick 2012-09 - Forge 9780765369277 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"-bestselling author Taylor returns to the world of Mrs. Kinky Kincaid, the unflappable housekeeper who looks after two frequently frazzled town doctors in the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. …More

Foreign Influence By Thor, Brad 2011-05 - Pocket Books 9781416586609 Check Our Catalog Recruited as a field operative, Scot Harvath has just returned from his first assignment abroad when a bombing in Rome kills a group of American college students. The evidence points to a dangerous colleague from Harvath's past and a plan for further attacks on an unimaginable scale. …More

Full Black: A Thriller By Thor, Brad 2012-01 - Pocket Books 9781451675245 Check Our Catalog Counterterrorism operative Scott Harvath returns in this latest blockbuster from a #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author--and this time, Harvath is targeted as an American deemed to dangerous to live. …More

The Fall of Arthur By Tolkien, J. R. R. Editor Tolkien, Christopher 2013-05 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) 9780544115897 Check Our Catalog The only venture by Tolkien into the legends of Arthur, King of Britain, may well be regarded as his finest and most skillful achievement in the use of the Old English alliterative meter, but it depicts adventure only as Tolkien could have written. Edited by his son Christopher, who also provides detailed commentary and notes. …More