HPL's New Books

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

Let's Get It on By Nelson, Jill 2010-06 - Amistad Press 9780060763312 Check Our Catalog After opening a wildly successful "full-service spa" in Reno that caters to professional women (which turned the world's oldest profession on its head), Lydia Beaucoup and her friends Acey Allen and LaShaWanda P. Marshall decide to grow their business--with a new spa on a boat moored off the shore at Martha's Vineyard. In this unique haven for pampering, in addition to massage and reflexology, clients can purchase fabulous, multi-orgasmic safe sex from men specifically trained to please women. But selling sex is never easy--and insatiable clients, mob extortion, and a repressive federal government are just a few of the problems threatening to take down A Sister's Spa. Smart, sizzling, and wickedly funny, "Let's Get It On" is an outrageous tale of pushing traditional envelopes in pursuit of empowerment--and a witty, forthright look at what women really want. …More

Sexual Healing By Nelson, Jill 2005-06 - Pocket Books 9780743492843 Check Our Catalog Lydia and Acey are two childhood friends who've grown up to become successful professionals. But their career success is matched by romantic and sexual frustrations. One night, dissecting their dissatisfactions over a bottle of wine, they concoct a plan: why not develop a business that discreet ly supplies handsome black men willing and able to serve the sexual needs of black women? …More

The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America By Nordhaus, Hannah 2011-05 - Harper Perennial 9780061873256 Check Our Catalog An award-winning journalist tells the riveting story of John Miller, one of America's foremost migratory beekeepers; of the myriad and mysterious epidemics that threaten American honeybee populations; and of the absolutely vital role honeybees play in American agribusiness. …More

Babies in the Bargain By Pade, Victoria 2004-07 - Silhouette Books 9780373246236 Check Our Catalog …More

Suspicion of Guilt By Parker, Barbara 2010-08 - eReads.com 9780759295360 Check Our Catalog Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana make a combustible mix on many levels. Passionately attracted to each other on a personal level, they are equally passionate defenders of their clients even when their interests don t always work in tandem. Set all this against the sultry background of a Miami that is riddled with crime and corruption, drowning in drugs, illegal immigrants and shady deals, simmering with a melting-pot clash of cultures and you have a recipe for highly entertaining, hotly explosive crime and justice. In the second title in the Suspicion series, SUSPICION OF GUILT, Gail has the biggest case of her life, a career-maker and a guarantee that a partnership will soon be hers, until she discovers that a suspected forgery is only the top layer of a cover-up for brutal murder and a step into deep conspiracy and deadly risk. …More

Sixkill By Parker, Robert B. 2011-05 - Putnam Adult 9780399157264 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title On location in Boston, bad-boy actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of the rape and murder of a young woman. As the case grows darker and secrets about both Jumbo and the dead girl come to light, it's Spenser--with Nelson's bodyguard Zebulon Sixkill at his side--who must put things right. …More

Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later By Pascal, Francine 2011-03 - St. Martin's Press 9780312667573 Check Our Catalog Now with this striking new adult novel from author and creator Francine Pascal, millions of devoted fans can finally return to the idyllic Sweet Valley. Iconic and beloved identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield are back and all grown up, dealing with the complicated adult world of love, careers, betrayal, and sisterhood. …More

10th Anniversary By Patterson, James Author Paetro, Maxine 2011-05 - Little Brown and Company 9780316036269 Check Our Catalog Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals--but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well. …More

The Devil's Light By Patterson, Richard North 2011-05 - Scribner Book Company 9781451616804 Check Our Catalog Al Qaeda operative Amer Al Zaroor directs the theft of a nuclear weapon from the Pakistani military, and then transports it toward its intended target, Israel. Deep inside Washington, CIA operative Brooke Chandler thinks he knows how the bomb is being moved toward its target and how to find it. First he must overcome the skepticism of the CIA and the White House, and then he must find the bomb before it causes the Middle East to go up in flames. …More

Swimming in the Steno Pool: A Retro Guide to Making It in the Office By Peril, Lynn 2011-04 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393338546 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Author-secretary Peril profiles the various incarnations of the secretary, from pliable, sexy mate of the "office husband" to postfeminist executive-in-training, drawing inspiration from a wide range of "femorabilia" and secretarial guidebooks of yesteryear. …More

The Informant: A Butcher's Boy Novel By Perry, Thomas 2011-05 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) 9780547569338 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title A professional killer betrayed by the Mafia finds his peaceful life threatened when a hit team finally catches up with him. He knows they won't stop coming and decides to take the fight to their door. Soon Justice Department official Elizabeth Waring, the only one who believed in the assassin's existence years ago, receives a surprise late-night visit from him, and a new assault on organized crime, and an uneasy alliance between opposite sides of the law begins. …More

Deadly Intentions By Poarch, Candice 2011-05 - Dafina Books 9780758238030 Check Our Catalog In her final book in an exciting series about female cousins in search of the family's heirloom, national bestselling author Poarch raises the heat with a steamy thriller filled with intrigue and passion. Original. …More

Nowhere Near Respectable By Putney, Mary Jo 2011-04 - Zebra 9781420117226 Check Our Catalog Award-winning author Putney proves unstoppable as she unleashes a high stakes, royal plot in the riveting third book of her highly acclaimed Lost Lords series. Entrancing characters and a superb plotline.--"Publishers Weekly," starred review. Original. …More

Welcome to Last Chance By Ramsay, Hope 2011-03 - Forever 9780446576093 Check Our Catalog Set in a town way off the beaten path, "Welcome to Last Chance" is a heartwarming debut novel about the strange yet wonderful miracles that happen in the town. Original. …More

Star Trek: Signature Edition: Worlds in Collision By Reeves-Stevens, Judith Author Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Editor Ordover, John 2006-09 - Star Trek 9780743485098 Check Our Catalog Prime Directive, Starfleet's most sacred commandment, has been violated. Kirk's crew must journey back to the doomed planet Talin, now a radioactive wasteland, to discover how and why this tragedy has occurred--and what has become of a missing captain. …More

Wingshooters By Revoyr, Nina 2011-02 - Akashic Books 9781936070862 Check Our Catalog In Nina Revoyr's best novel to date, the events of 1974 forever change Michelle LeBeau, her town, and her family. …More

The Silver Boat By Rice, Luanne 2011-04 - Pamela Dorman Books 9780670022502 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title From the beloved "New York Times"-bestselling Rice comes a heartwarming yet heart-wrenching portrait of three far-flung sisters who come home to Martha's Vineyard one last time."The Silver Boat" is Rice at her very best, complete with her singular talent for capturing a family in all its flawed complexity. …More

Shockwave By Ruditis, Paul Created by Braga, Brannon Created by Berman, Rick 2004-06 - Pocket Books 9780743464567 Check Our Catalog In a novel based on the acclaimed UPN series, a cold war that has raged for more than 100 centuries leaves one survivor--the only man who can restore the human race. Original. …More

Doc By Russell, Mary Doria 2011-05 - Random House 9781400068043 Check Our Catalog Violence is random and routine in Dodge City, Kansas, in 1878, but when the burned body of a mixed-blood boy named Johnnie Sanders is discovered, his death shocks a part-time policeman named Wyatt Earp and is a matter of strangely personal importance to Doc Holliday. …More

Buried Prey By Sandford, John 2011-05 - Putnam Adult 9780399157387 Check Our Catalog A house demolition provides an unpleasant surprise for Minneapolis--the bodies of two girls, wrapped in plastic. It looks like they've been there a long time. Lucas Davenport knows exactly how long. Some secrets just can't stay buried. …More

Allure of the Game By Santiago, Danielle 2011-05 - Atria Books 9780743277624 Check Our Catalog Santiago delivers a sexy, action-packed adventure about two sisters whose lives are changed forever as their fate is determined on the mean streets of Harlem. …More

Fuzzy Nation By Scalzi, John 2011-05 - Tor Books 9780765328540 Check Our Catalog From the author of the bestselling Old Man's War sequence and the Hugo Award-winning "Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded" comes a new and major work of hard-SF adventure. …More

Freshwater Boys By Schuitema, Adam 2010-04 - Delphinium Books 9781883285364 Check Our Catalog Freshwater Boys is a collection of eleven short stories set in and around the Great Lakes of Michigan. The opening narratives feature adolescent or pre-adolescent boys struggling with their conceptions of manhood. They aresizing themselves up against masculine ideals, and filled with doubt and confusion regarding their own paths. The landscapes and lakescapes serve as recurring characters in the book. The boys and men wander forests--sometimes finding tranquility, sometimes finding tragedy. They climb and descend dunes. And often, they encounter the Big Lake: Lake Michigan. The idea of a Third Coast figures prominently …More

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary By Sedaris, David Illustrator Falconer, Ian 2010-09 - Little Brown and Company 9780316038393 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Featuring Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life. …More