HPL's New Books

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for 2014.  To see new books from other years try: 2013 , 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

Lost Lake By Allen, Sarah Addison 2014-01 - St. Martin's Press 9781250019806 Check Our Catalog Suley, Georgia, is home to Lost Lake Cottages and not much else. Which is why it's the perfect place for newly-widowed Kate and her eccentric eight-year-old daughter Devin to heal. Kate spent one memorable childhood summer at Lost Lake, had her first almost-kiss at Lost Lake, and met a boy named Wes at Lost Lake. It was a place for dreaming. But Kate doesn't believe in dreams anymore, and her Aunt Eby, Lost Lake's owner, wants to sell the place and move on. Lost Lake's magic is gone. As Kate discovers that time has a way of standing still at Lost Lake can she bring the cottages--and her heart--back to life? Because sometimes the things you love have a funny way of turning up again. And sometimes you never even know they were lost . . . until they are found. …More

Ripper By Allende, Isabel 2014-01 - Harper 9780062291400 Check Our Catalog Isabel Allende--the New York Times bestselling author whose books, including Maya's Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea, and Zorro, have sold more than 57 million copies around the world--demonstrates her remarkable literary versatility with Ripper, an atmospheric, fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco. …More

After the Storm By Banks, Maya 2014-01 - Berkley Books 9780425263778 Check Our Catalog …More

Trust Your Eyes By Barclay, Linwood 2013-07 - Signet Book 9780451414175 Check Our Catalog Thomas Kilbride is a map-obsessed schizophrenic so affected that he rarely leaves his bedroom. But with a new computer program, he travels the world while never stepping out the door. That is until he sees something in downtown New York City. …More

The Counterfeit Agent By Berenson, Alex 2014-02 - Putnam Adult 9780399159732 Check Our Catalog John Wells goes undercover as the threat of nuclear war skyrockets between the United States and Iran, in the cutting-edge new novel from the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author. …More

The Strangling on the Stage By Brett, Simon 2014-02 - Creme de La Crime 9781780290560 Check Our Catalog When Jude agrees to lend her vintage chaise longue for the local Amateur Dramatics Society's production of George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple, little does she realize she'll end up in a starring role. It's an ambitious play, culminating in a dramatic execution scene: a scene that's played for real when one of the leading actors is found hanging from the especially-constructed stage gallows during rehearsals. A tragic accident - or something more sinister? Carole and Jude make it their business to find out. …More

Do or Die: Reluctant Heroes By Brockmann, Suzanne 2014-02 - Ballantine Books 9780345543790 Check Our Catalog Former Navy SEAL Ian Dunn has been tasked by a mysterious government agency with rescuing two kidnapped children believed to have been taken prisoner in a South American embassy. Leading the mission alongside Phoebe Kruger, the new hire at the prestigious law firm where Dunn is a longtime client, Dunn will embark on a race against time while simultaneously dealing with an equally pressing danger -- he's being hunted by the mob for a job gone bust. In the midst of all this, Phoebe gets sucked deeper and deeper into Dunn's clandestine world, and Dunn faces some surprises of his own as he slowly becomes aware of Phoebe's sharp intelligence, keen sense of humor and generous heart--things he's been missing all his life. …More

No Ordinary Man By Brockmann, Suzanne 2014-01 - Severn House Publishers 9780727883360 Check Our Catalog He was the sexiest guy she'd ever met. And that was about all Jess Baxter knew about her newest tenant. Rob Carpenter was a master at dodging questions... and igniting her desires. With just one of his searing kisses, Jess was hotter than the Florida sun. Then the murders started--all women who looked like her. And the profile of the killer matched Rob.... Was he an innocent victim--or had his burning kisses only been a smoke screen? One thing was certain: Rob Carpenter was no ordinary man. …More

The Eternal Wonder By Buck, Pearl S. 2013-10 - Open Road Media E-Riginal 9781480439702 Check Our Catalog …More

Informed Risk: A Hero for Sophie Jones By Carr, Robyn Author Rimmer, Christine 2013-04 - Harlequin 9780373180752 Check Our Catalog Mike Cavanaugh was a firefighter; it was his job to rescue people. Though inviting them home wasn't usually part of the job description. But when he pulled Christine Palmer out of her burning house, something about the gutsy single mom made him want to protect her, to make her life a little better. Includes a bonus book by Rimmer. Reissue. …More

Mrs. Lincoln's Rival By Chiaverini, Jennifer 2014-01 - Dutton Books 9780525954286 Check Our Catalog Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of a devout but ambitious lawyer. Her father, Salmon P. Chase, rose to prominence in the antebellum years and was appointed secretary of the treasury in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet, while aspiring to even greater heights. Beautiful, intelligent, regal, and entrancing, young Kate Chase stepped into the role of establishing her thrice-widowed father in Washington society and as a future presidential candidate. Her efforts were successful enough that 'The Washington Star' declared her 'the most brilliant woman of her day. None outshone her.' None, that is, but Mary Todd Lincoln. Though Mrs. Lincoln and her young rival held much in common--political acumen, love of country, and a resolute determination to help the men they loved achieve greatness--they could never be friends, for the success of one could come only at the expense of the other. …More

California Connection By Chunichi 2008-12 - Urban Books 9781601620750 Check Our Catalog From the "Essence"-bestselling author of "The Naked Truth" and "Married to the Game" comes the powerful and provocative tale of a sexy, savvy woman who knows what she wants--and gets it. …More

A Gangster's Girl By Chunichi 2007-06 - Urban Books 9781601620064 Check Our Catalog Leaving the safety of her parents home, a very good girl enters a world of bad boys and fast money and hooks up with a sexy but dangerous man who could be the biggest mistake of her life. …More

Married to the Game By Chunichi 2012-06 - Urban Books 9781601625106 Check Our Catalog In this exciting follow-up to "A Gangster's Girl, " Chunichi delivers more of her trademark style in a fast-paced tale of sex, betrayal, and murder. …More

Command Authority By Clancy, Tom With Greaney, Mark 2013-12 - Putnam Adult 9780399160479 Check Our Catalog There's a new strong man in Russia but his rise to power is based on a dark secret hidden decades in the past. The solution to that mystery lies with a most unexpected source, President Jack Ryan. …More

Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War By Vaughan, Hal 2012-08 - Vintage Books 9780307475916 Check Our Catalog For more than half a century, Chanel's life from 1941 to 1954 has been shrouded in vagueness and rumor, mystery and myth. Neither Chanel nor her many biographers have ever told the full story of these years. Now Hal Vaughan, in this explosive narrative--part suspense thriller, part wartime portrait--fully pieces together the hidden years of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's life, from the Nazi occupation of Paris to the aftermath of World War II. …More

The Rathbones By Clark, Janice 2013-08 - Doubleday Books 9780385536936 Check Our Catalog Drawing on Edgar Allan Poe, Homer and Herman Melville, an ambitious saga of lineage and whaling in which Mercy and Mordecai Rathbone embark on a circular voyage in pursuit of their identities. …More

Live Wire By Coben, Harlan 2012-02 - Signet Book 9780451233936 Check Our Catalog When Myron Bolitar gets involved in the family drama of his former tennis star client and her rock star husband, he discovers secrets about his own family, specifically his brother, who abandoned the Bolitars long ago. Available in a tall Premium Edition. …More

Cell By Cook, Robin 2014-02 - G. P. Putnam's Sons 9780399166303 Check Our Catalog The "New York Times" bestselling author and master of the medical thriller returns with a top-notch fusion of groundbreaking medical science and edge-of-your-seat suspense. …More

Shadows of Death By Dams, Jeanne M. 2014-01 - Severn House Publishers 9780727882806 Check Our Catalog …More

Candy By Davies, Luke 2006-10 - Ballantine Books 9780345423870 Check Our Catalog He met Candy during a lush Sydney summer. Gorgeous, sexy, free-spirited Candy. They fell in love fast, lots of laughter and lust, the days melting warmly into each other. He never planned to give her a habit. But she wanted a taste. And wasn't love, after all, about sharing lives? But when the money ran out, the craving remained, and the days ceased their luxurious stretch. But there was still love. Only now, it was a threesome. Heroin had its own demands, its own timetable, and thoughts of nabbing the next fix hurled them into each day. Then, when desperation set in, Candy would stop at nothing to secure a blast, as she and her love became hostage to the nightmarish world of addiction. …More

Gangsta Divas By Diamond, De'nesha 2012-12 - Dafina Books 9780758247599 Check Our Catalog In the third in Diamond's juicy and often shocking Divas series, Memphis' hardest ride-or-die chicks are grappling for control of the Dirty South, and the fighting just got vicious. HPL patron:  Excellent Book.  I have read the other two previous books in this series.  I can't wait to read Boss Divas. …More

Street Divas By Diamond, De'nesha 2011-11 - Dafina Books 9780758247575 Check Our Catalog With "Street Divas," Diamond draws readers deeper into the dangerous world of Memphis' hardest ride-or-die chicks as they fight along with--and sometimes against--their famous men. …More

Nasty By Dr XYZ 2009-09 - Strebor Books 9781593092610 Check Our Catalog …More