Adult Summer Reading-What Muskegon is Reading this Summer

Sophomore Switch By McDonald, Abby 2009-03 - Candlewick Press (MA) 9780763639365 Check Our Catalog Awards: Tayshas Reading (2010) With an anthropologist's eye for detail and a true ear for teen-speak, an exciting new novelist has crafted a funny, fast-paced look at survival and sisterhood, as an uptight Brit and a hard-partying American swap lives. HPL patron: Sophomore Switch is an amazing and original book. I could easily relate to the characters in multiple ways, and loved …More

Return to Sender By Michaels, Fern 2012-12 - Zebra Books 9780821779583 Check Our Catalog Beloved "New York Times"-bestselling author Michaels delivers a superb novelNan unforgettable story about love, friendship, family, and the courage it takes to let go of the past. …More

Tuesday's Child By Michaels, Fern 2013-10 - Large Print Press 9781594136634 Check Our Catalog On the eve of her retirement, Georgia attorney Mikala Aulani is as vivacious and vibrant as ever, eagerly anticipating a happy future with her partner, Ben. But if Kala has learned anything in 35 years of practicing law, it's that the truth can always surprise. …More

She Had It Coming By Monroe, Mary 2008-09 - Dafina Books 9780758212191 Check Our Catalog A remarkable talent ("Chicago Sun-Times") delivers a powerful and provocative new page-turner about one woman's search for love in a world where secrets don't always stay hidden, and the choices made in one rash moment can change everything. …More

A Whale for the Killing By Mowat, Farley 2012-08 - Douglas & McIntyre 9781771000284 Check Our Catalog A compelling true story of the author's desperate attempts to save an eighty-ton fin whale trapped in a Newfoundland lagoon. As he tries to persuade wildlife authorities and the Canadian press to help him in his quest, he must fend off curious and uncaring locals, who want to harvest the helpless whale for sport. As it tells one of Mowat's most personal and moving stories, this book becomes an …More

Echo Lake By Neggers, Carla 2015-02 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781410476661 Check Our Catalog In snowy Swift River Valley, unexpected romance is just around the corner... Heather Sloan has landed her dream job--the renovation of Vic Scarlatti's stately 1912 country home overlooking the icy waters of Echo Lake in Knights Bridge, Massachusetts. It's the perfect project for the family business, but for once, Heather is in charge. Diplomatic Security Service agent Brody Hancock left …More

Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation By Nye, Bill Editor Powell, Corey S. 2014-11 - St. Martin's Press 9781250007131 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: What a pleasure to read an understandable and easy to comprehend book on the origins of our existence. At the same time, Mr. Nye does not disparage religion or true believers and only offers facts and explanations for scientific theory. After reading Undeniable, I am encouraged to view the world with "fresh" eyes and attitude. …More

Soul Eater Not!, Vol. 4 By Ohkubo, Atsushi Author Aokubo, Atsushi 2014-11 - Yen Press 9780316298162 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: If you love Soul Eater you'll love Soul Eater Not! too. It's about Tsugumi, Meme, and Anyo-san. They're new to DWMA which stands for Death Weapon Meister Academy. Maka and Soul from Soul Eater are in this book too, which makes it interesting. There's romance and action in this book. Also some good humor to enjoy! …More

Living in Favor, Abundance and Joy By Osteen, Joel 2010-03 - Simon & Schuster Audio 9781442305069 Check Our Catalog AVAILABLE ONLY ON AUDIO...TEN OF JOEL OSTEEN'S MOST INSPIRING SERMONS, RECORDED LIVE AT LAKEWOOD CHURCH To live in God's favor is to live a life filled with hope, abundance and joy. God has a new beginning in store for you Whatever difficulties you've faced, God uses your challenges to stretch you and enlarge your vision to move beyond disappointments and experience his blessings. In this …More

Before Sunrise By Palmer, Diana 2012-01 - Harlequin Books 9780373776498 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"- and "USA Today"-bestselling author Palmer sweeps readers into a world of passion, intrigue, and heartfelt emotion in this classic love story. Reissue. …More

The Bachelor's Bargain By Palmer, Catherine 2006-09 - Tyndale House Publishers 9780842319294 Check Our Catalog Can a length of lace-more air than thread-be her family's salvation? Housemaid Anne Webster will stop at nothing to save her family from their dire circumstances. Even if it means accepting the proposal of the roguish Ruel Chouteau, Marquess of Blackthorne, who has just returned to England from the Americas under a veil of mystery. Both have their own agendas-she to use his riches, and he …More

Love's Haven By Palmer, Catherine 2005-10 - Center Point Large Print 9781585476527 Check Our Catalog This enhanced reissue of a Silhouette Intimate Moments title is a classic marriage-of-convenience tale featuring a Christian heroine struggling to forgive the hero for his role in her husband's accidental death. …More

Invisible By Patterson, James Author Ellis, David 2014-06 - Little Brown and Company 9780316405348 Check Our Catalog Everyone thinks Emmy Dockery is crazy. Obsessed with finding the link between hundreds of unsolved cases, Emmy has taken leave from her job as an FBI researcher. Now all she has are the newspaper clippings that wallpaper her bedroom, and her recurring nightmares of an all-consuming fire. Not even Emmy's ex-boyfriend, field agent Harrison "Books" Bookman, will believe her that hundreds of …More

Mary, Mary By Patterson, James 2005-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316159760 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Alex Cross travels to Los Angeles to hunt for a killer more brutal and ambitious than he's ever encountered--a woman who has it in for Hollywood's hottest players. Is this the plan of an obsessed fan or a spurned actor, or is it part of something much more frightening? HPL patron: Love Alex Cross books! Always a twist …More

NYPD Red 3 By Patterson, James Author Karp, Marshall 2015-03 - Little Brown and Company 9780316406994 Check Our Catalog PROTECT THE RICH. SERVE THE FAMOUS. HUNT THE GUILTY. NYPD Red is the elite, highly trained task force assigned to protect the rich, the famous, and the connected. And Detective Zach Jordan and his partner Kylie MacDonald-the woman who broke his heart at the police academy-are the best of the best, brilliant and tireless investigators who will stop at nothing to deliver justice. Zach and …More

The Good Luck of Right Now By Quick, Matthew 2014-02 - HarperTorch 9780062285539 Check Our Catalog From Matthew Quick, the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook, comes The Good Luck of Right Now, a funny and tender story about family, friendship, grief, acceptance, and Richard Gere--an entertaining and inspiring tale that will leave you pondering the rhythms of the universe and marveling at the power of kindness and love. HPL patron: …More

The Power to Shape Your Destiny!: 7 Strategies for Massive Results By Robbins, Anthony Read by Robbins, Anthony 2012-02 - Simon & Schuster Audio/Nightingale-Conant 9781442352650 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Excellent...very positive...I used to believe it was all in "location, location, location", now I say it is all in "encantation, encantation, encantation!" …More

Blood Brothers By Roberts, Nora 2007-11 - Jove Books 9780515143805 Check Our Catalog Every seven years, on the seventh day of the seventh month, in the town of Hawkins Hollow, strange things happen. It began 21 years ago after three young boys went on a camping trip to The Pagan Stone. Now, it will end in a showdown between evil and the boys who have become men--and the women who love them--in this new trilogy. Original. …More

California Dreams By Roberts, Nora 2014-09 - Silhouette Books 9780373281831 Check Our Catalog From #1 New York Times bestselling author NORA ROBERTS come two classic stories about falling in love along the golden coast... Mind Over Matter Theatrical agent Aurora Fields has always kept her personal life separate from her professional one, but that changes the moment she meets David Brady. David can tell that Aurora's icy exterior is just a front, and he's determined to …More

Courting Catherine By Roberts, Nora Author Morgan, Sarah 2015-01 - Silhouette Books 9780373010172 Check Our Catalog A LASTING LEGACY Catherine "C.C." Calhoun is determined to keep her family's estate, known affectionately as the Towers, "in" the family. She admits the cost of keeping up the crumbling mansion might be quickly exceeding what C.C., her sisters and her aunt can afford, but the only way to save the house can't be to sell it. Especially not to arrogant and handsome hotel magnate Trenton St. James …More

Fangirl By Rowell, Rainbow 2013-09 - St. Martin's Griffin 9781250030955 Check Our Catalog Awards: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (2016), Grand Canyon Reader Award (2016), L.A. Times Book Prize (2013), Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award (2014), Sequoyah Book Awards (2016), Tayshas Reading (2014) A coming-of-age tale of family, first love, and fan fiction from the talented author of "Eleanor & Park." HPL patron: Beautiful, intelligent, heart-racing, awesome, and absolutely mind reeling. Not only does Fangirl Cath (Cather) fall in love, but she learns things that she didn't expect to. Cath is like a mega nerd, but in a good way. She makes new …More

Whispering Pines: The Northern Roots of American Music from Hank Snow to the Band By Schneider, Jason 2009-07 - ECW Press 9781550228748 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Interesting book of Canadian artists trying to and sometimes making it in the music world. …More

Triptych By Slaughter, Karin 2006-02 - Delacorte Press 9780385339469 Check Our Catalog A BookPage Notable Title In this gritty, gripping firecracker of a novel, the author of the bestselling Grant County, Georgia, series breaks thrilling new ground, weaving together the threads of a complex, multilayered story with the skill of a master craftsman. …More

Prodigal Son By Steel, Danielle 2015-02 - Delacorte Press 9780385343152 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This novel was a bit of a departure from the standard Danielle Steel novel. I loved it! …More