HPL's New Books

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Hell House: Reality TV Drama By Hampton, Brenda 2013-10 - Strebor Books 9781593095369 Check Our Catalog …More

Ghost Gone Wild By Hart, Carolyn 2013-10 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425260753 Check Our Catalog Bailey Ruth loves to return to earth as an emissary from Heaven's Department of Good Intentions. Problem is, she's a bit of a loose cannon as far as ghosts go--forgetting to remain invisible, alarming earthly creatures. …More

The Perfect Match By Higgins, Kristan 2013-10 - Harlequin 9780373778195 Check Our Catalog Honor Holland has just been unceremoniously rejected by her lifelong crush. And now--a mere three weeks later--Mr. Perfect is engaged to her best friend. Charming, handsome British professor Tom Barlow just wants to do right by his unofficial stepson, Charlie, but his visa is about to expire. Now Tom must either get a green card or leave the States--and leave Charlie behind. In a moment of impulsiveness, Honor agrees to help Tom with a marriage of convenience--and make her ex jealous in the process. As sparks start to fly between Honor and Tom, they might discover that their pretend relationship is far too perfect to be anything but true love. …More

A Brother's Honor By Jackson, Brenda 2013-11 - Thorndike Press 9781410462299 Check Our Catalog The first title in a new family saga. The Granger brothers left behind their family's Virginia estateNand the bad memories it holdsNyears ago. But their dying grandfather's request brings them home: to a failing business, a legacy of secrets, and a deathbed promise to make things right. Original. …More

Someone Else's Love Story By Jackson, Joshilyn 2013-11 - William Morrow & Company 9780062105653 Check Our Catalog Someone Else's Love Story is beloved and highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Joshilyn Jackson's funny, charming, and poignant novel about science and miracles, secrets and truths, faith and forgiveness; about falling in love, and learning that things aren't always what they seem--or what we hope they will be. …More

Dead Man's Time By James, Peter 2013-10 - Minotaur Books 9781250030184 Check Our Catalog In "Dead Man's Time," the latest from international bestselling author Peter James, Roy Grace finds himself up against that most dangerous of all adversaries--a man with fury in his heart who has nothing to lose. …More

Before I Met You By Jewell, Lisa 2013-10 - Atria Books 9781476702940 Check Our Catalog …More

Lighthouse Island By Jiles, Paulette 2013-10 - William Morrow & Company 9780062232502 Check Our Catalog Paulette Jiles's novels have been called "beautiful," "unforgettable," "impeccable," "pitch perfect," "life-affirming," "deeply relevant," "Homeresque," "remarkably engaging," "glorious." Now the acclaimed poet and New York Times bestselling author of The Color of Lightning, Stormy Weather, and Enemy Women limns new territory with this captivating and atmospheric story set in the far future--a beautiful and engaging literary dystopian tale resonant with love and hope. …More

Last Bitch Standing By King, Deja 2009-12 - King Productions 9780975581186 Check Our Catalog In the final installment of the Bitch Series, Precious Cummings only has one agenda and that is to destroy her most conniving enemy yet, Maya. Precious has no doubt that she can get the job done, the only problem is locating her nemesis who has disappeared with her husband, Supreme and daughter, Aaliyah. …More

True Colors By Krentz, Jayne Ann 2013-11 - Severn House Publishers 9780727883254 Check Our Catalog A summer romance left Jamie Garland in love with Cade Santerre, but his involvement in a scandal close to Jamie left her feeling shattered and used, unable to trust him again. Now, before they can consider a future, Cade must track down a crook gone mysteriously missing, and Jamie must find out if the man she's fallen in love with really exists. …More

The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow By Leganski, Rita 2013-02 - Harper Paperbacks 9780062113764 Check Our Catalog A lyrical debut novel set in historic New Orleans that follows a mute boy whose gift of magical hearing reveals family secrets and forgotten voodoo lore, and exposes a murder that threatens the souls of those who love him. …More

South Sea Tales By London, Jack Editor Gair, Christopher Introduction by Horwitz, Tony 2002-03 - Modern Library 9780375759291 Check Our Catalog Like the celebrated "Klondike Tales, the stories that comprise "South Sea Tales derive their intensity from the author's own far-flung adventures, conveying an impassioned, unsparing vision borne only of experience. The powerful tales gathered here vividly evoke the turn-of-the-century colonial Pacific and its capricious tropical landscape, while also trenchantly observing the delicate interplay between imperialism and the exotic. And as Tony Horwitz asserts in his Introduction, "When London's stories click, we are utterly there, at the edge of the world and the limit of human endurance." …More

Call Me Mrs. Miracle By Macomber, Debbie 2010-09 - Mira Books 9780778328193 Check Our Catalog From a #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author. While working in the toy department of a family-run department store in New York City, Mrs. Miracle seizes the opportunity to connect Holly, who is searching for the perfect robot for her nephew, with Jake, the store owner's son. …More

Starry Night: A Christmas Novel By Macomber, Debbie 2013-10 - Ballantine Books 9780345528896 Check Our Catalog Carrie Slayton is a successful gossip columnist, but her dream is to become a serious journalist. Finnegan Dalton is a notorious recluse whose book about living in the Alaskan wilds skyrocketed to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Recognizing a golden opportunity, Carrie uses a little guile in tracking down Finn's whereabouts in the snowy Alaskan wilderness outside of Fairbanks, only to discover that he truly is as mysterious and withdrawn as his reputation suggests. As she grows closer to finding out who Finn really is, Carrie will have to decide whether to respect his wishes by abandoning the story that would make her career, and Finn will have to decide whether he can open his heart again. …More

A Storm of Swords By Martin, George R. R. 2003-03 - Bantam 9780553573428 Check Our Catalog Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin's stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction. A Storm of Swords Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King's Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world.... But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others--a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in averitable storm of swords. . . …More

Three Can Keep a Secret: A Joe Gunther Novel By Mayor, Archer 2013-10 - Minotaur Books 9781250026132 Check Our Catalog Archer Mayor's "New York Times" bestselling Joe Gunther series returns with a complex case involving two corpses, one escaped mental patient, and a long-held secret that binds them together. …More

The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon By McCall Smith, Alexander 2013-11 - Pantheon Books 9780307378415 Check Our Catalog In the latest book in the series of mysteries set in Botswana, Mma Ramotswe is asked to help the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, who is having trouble with her business. The salon has suffered some unfortunate events, including face cream that burns the skin. Could someone be trying to put the salon out of business? Meanwhile, on the home front, Mma Makutsi is going to have a baby. But in Botswana--a land where family has always been held above all else but which is on the crossroads between old and new--this may be cause for as much controversy as celebration. …More

Lawd, Mo' Drama By McKinney, Tina Brooks 2007-04 - Strebor Books 9781593090524 Check Our Catalog Tina Brooks McKinney is back with the hotly anticipated sequel to "All That Drama"--with Leah and Sammie returning with ten times more problems and issues than before. Leah and Sammie are two friends just trying to make it. They try their best to avoid drama, but somehow it alwys returns--and each other. Leah thought she had found, and married, "The Good Man." Now, after a few years of marriage and three small children, her "good man" has eyes that are constantly roaming. Her bad turns to worse when she finds out that one of her children is autistic, and her house is soon to be foreclosed upon. In her lowest moment, she calls someone she knows will understand her plight--Sammie. Sammie hasn't changed much since Marie passed away--she's still looking for love in all the wrong places. Knee-deep in drama, Leah and Sammie finally realize that they can only count on themselves--and each other. Brimming with juicy drama, betrayal, and family secrets, "Lawd, Mo' Drama" is funny and moving, heartbreaking and hopeful. Ultimately it offers a moving look at women's issues and the sisterhood that can also sustain us through life's toughest times. …More

Christmas Carol Murder By Meier, Leslie 2013-09 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758277015 Check Our Catalog …More

Mirror, Mirror By Robb, J. D. Author Blayney, Mary Author Fox, Elaine 2013-09 - Jove Books 9780515154078 Check Our Catalog …More

Silent Night By Parker, Robert B. With Brann, Helen 2013-10 - Putnam Adult 9780399157882 Check Our Catalog It's December in Boston, and Spenser, busy preparing his menu for Christmas dinner, has a confrontation with a young homeless boy whose predicament becomes the famous PI's newest case. …More

Gone By Patterson, James Author Ledwidge, Michael 2013-09 - Little Brown and Company 9780316210980 Check Our Catalog A crime lord has declared war on America. Only Detective Michael Bennett knows why. Manuel Perrine doesn't fear anyone or anything. A charismatic and ruthless leader, Perrine slaughters rivals as effortlessly as he wears his trademark white linen suit. Detective Michael Bennett once managed to put Perrine behind bars, the only official in the US ever to accomplish that. But now Perrine is out, and he has sworn to find and kill Bennett and everyone dear to him. …More

A Christmas Hope By Perry, Anne 2013-11 - Ballantine Books 9780345530752 Check Our Catalog Anne Perry's "vastly entertaining" ("The Star-Ledger") holiday novels are "as delicious as mince pie and plum pudding" (Milwaukee "Journal Sentinel"). "A Christmas Hope" is just as delectable--the gripping story of an unforgettable battle between goodness and evil in Victorian London--and a lonely woman's search for meaning in her life. …More