Adult Summer Reading-Week 8-Friday

Beauty and the Billionaire: Billionaire Boys Club Novel By Clare, Jessica 2014-10 - Berkley Books 9780425269145 Check Our Catalog The Billionaire Boys Club is a secret society of six men who are incredibly wealthy but not always so successful when it comes to love Real-estate tycoon Hunter Buchanan has a dark past that's left him scarred and living as a recluse on his family's palatial estate. Hunter is ready to give up on love until he spots an enigmatic red-haired beauty and comes up with an elaborate scheme to …More

Stranded with a Billionaire By Clare, Jessica 2014-07 - Berkley Books 9780425269077 Check Our Catalog "The Billionaire Boys Club is a secret society of six men who have vowed success at any cost. Not all of them are old money, but all of them are incredibly wealthy. They're just not always as successful when it comes to love " Billionaire Logan Hawkings needs a vacation. He's had a rough time after the death of his father and the betrayal of his fiancee. But with a visit to …More

Freecurrent: The Legacy By Compton, Deanna J. 2016-04 - Igh Publishing 9780991475537 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Love reading local authors and this is a great fantasy book for male and female alike. The characters are well developed and I fell in love with all of them. There is action, mystery, suspense, and humor in this book and it kept me wanting more. This is the first in a trilogy and I can't wait to read the rest. …More

Twisted Stitches: 30 Corrupt Cross Stitch and Embroidery Designs By Davison, Phil 2011-04 - North Light Books 9781440309335 Check Our Catalog For crafters who like their stitching with a twist, this book provides original designs with a wicked spin, and reworks cute craft imagery, including genuine vintage embroidery motifs, so that they cross over to the dark side. Think pretty rose bouquets with a gun poking out, a cute row of ducklings followed by a fox chomping on the straggler, or an old-fashioned teddy bear with a stake through …More

The New Strong-Willed Child By Dobson, James 2014-09 - Tyndale Momentum 9781414391342 Check Our Catalog 2005 Gold Medallion Award finalist! Dr. James Dobson has completely rewritten, updated, and expanded his classic best seller "The Strong-Willed Child" for a new generation of parents and teachers. The New Strong-Willed Child follows on the heels of Dr. Dobson's phenomenal best seller "Bringing Up Boys." It offers practical how-to advice on raising difficult-to-handle children and incorporates …More

Always Watching By Eason, Lynette 2016-02 - Fleming H. Revell Company 9780800723262 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Really good. Can't wait for the next book to come out. …More

Don't Look Back By Eason, Lynette 2012-01 - Thorndike Press 9781410442543 Check Our Catalog A lovely but broken forensic anthropologist confronts her fears in this spine-tingling romantic suspense. …More

When a Heart Stops By Eason, Lynette 2012-10 - Fleming H. Revell Company 9780800720087 Check Our Catalog Awards: Carol Award (2013) Spunky and outgoing, nothing much bothers medical examiner Serena Hopkins--except for the thought of falling in love again. But when a serial killer is picking off her former classmates, Serena's life becomes intertwined with her old high school crush, FBI agent Dominic Allen. Is the secret she's keeping putting her next on the killer's hit list? Can she trust Dominic with the truth before it's …More

When the Smoke Clears By Eason, Lynette 2012-02 - Fleming H. Revell Company 9780800720070 Check Our Catalog Awards: Christian Book Award (2013) In this thrilling novel of romantic suspense, smokejumper Alexia Allen returns home to face her past only to find a long-buried secret that threatens her life. HPL patron: Great book, kept you interested till the end. Can't wait to read the next one. …More

The Nuremberg Legacy: How the Nazi War Crimes Trials Changed the Course of History By Ehrenfreund, Norbert 2007-10 - Palgrave MacMillan 9781403979650 Check Our Catalog A front-row look at the Nuremberg trials and how they changed the course of history HPL patron: A different and informative view of the trial. He is a Jewish journalist, lawyer, and a judge and gives a unique perspective. Also, the difference between the European and American system of trial is brought out. Also, the infighting is discussed. …More

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth By Eker, T. Harv 2005-02 - HarperBusiness 9780060763282 Check Our Catalog For the first time, the secrets, principles, and techniques of Eker's popular personal success seminars are captured on the page for readers across North America. Eker teaches people how to play the inner game of money so that they not only achieve financial success, but keep it once they have it. HPL patron: Lots of rules and action plans to try to convince yourself that …More

Murder in the Merchant's Hall By Emerson, Kathy Lynn 2015-12 - Severn House Publishers 9780727885388 Check Our Catalog "The intriguing new mystery featuring Tudor sleuth, Mistress Rosamond Jaffrey." When Lina Walkenden is found clutching a bloody knife over the dead body of her brother-in-law and guardian, there's only one person she can turn to for help: her childhood friend Rosamond Jaffrey. Rosamond vows to do all she can to prove Lina's innocence, but when it transpires Lina was being forced into a …More

Top Secret Twenty-One: A Stephanie Plum Novel By Evanovich, Janet 2014-06 - Bantam 9780345542922 Check Our Catalog Catch a professional assassin: top priority. Find a failure-to-appear and collect big bucks: top score. How she'll pull it all off: top secret. HPL patron:  Same old, same old, and always fun. What other author gets me to laugh out loud. …More

Tricky Twenty-Two By Evanovich, Janet 2015-11 - Bantam 9780345542960 Check Our Catalog #1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER Something big is brewing in Trenton, N.J., and it could blow at any minute. Stephanie Plum might not be the world's greatest bounty hunter, but she knows when she's being played. Ken Globovic (aka Gobbles), hailed as the Supreme Exalted Zookeeper" "of the animal house known as Zeta fraternity, has been arrested for beating up the dean of students at …More

Wicked Charms By Evanovich, Janet Author Sutton, Phoef 2015-06 - Bantam 9780553392715 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER Lizzy and Diesel are back in an all-new wicked adventure from Janet Evanovich and Emmy Award winning co-author Phoef Sutton. Before he was murdered and mummified nearly a century ago, notorious bootlegger Collier Peg Leg Dazzle discovered and re-hid a famous pirate's treasure somewhere along the coast of New England. A vast collection of gold and …More

Dark Promises By Feehan, Christine 2016-03 - Berkley Books 9780425277355 Check Our Catalog Lovers challenge destiny and risk their lives in the new Carpathian novel by the #1 "New York Times" bestselling queen of paranormal romance. * Gabrielle has had enough of battles, of wars, of seeing the man she's engaged to nearlylose his life when it isn't even his fight.Once Gary was a gentleand very human researcher. Now he's a fearless and lethal Carpathian warrior with the blood …More

Japanese-American Internment Camps By Grapes, Bryan J. 2001-01 - Greenhaven Press 9780737704136 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: I knew this possibly existed but not to this extent. Hindsight is 20/20 but it is a blot on our history. The personal stories make the book more interesting. …More

Tom Clancy: Support and Defend By Greaney, Mark 2014-07 - Putnam Adult 9780399173349 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: A very exciting Capus novel. Greeney most definitely has the Tom Clancy style. Fully researched. I would recommend this book to others. HPL patron: Not this author's best effort. A single character tasked to find an assassin with technology. Too much cyberspace jargon with no explanation, no plot to …More

The Litigators By Grisham, John 2011-10 - Doubleday Books 9780385535137 Check Our Catalog The incomparable master of the legal thriller takes us deeper into the labyrinth that is the American justice system, always drawing us in with an irresistible hook, pull-ing the thread of tension tighter and tighter, and then knocking us out with a conclusion that's never "by the book." Maybe that's why, after more than twenty years of consecutive #1 "New York Times" best sellers, a new novel by …More

Sycamore Row By Grisham, John 2013-10 - Doubleday Books 9780385537131 Check Our Catalog Awards: L.A. Times Book Prize (2013), Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (2014), SIBA Book Award (2014) When wealthy Seth Hubbard hangs himself from a sycamore tree and leaves his fortune to his black maid, Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial -- a trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history. HPL patron: Very good. A legal thriller with lots of twists and turns in a suicide, …More

Eyes Wide Open By Gross, Andrew 2011-07 - William Morrow & Company 9780061655968 Check Our Catalog A family's long-buried past resurfaces with deadly consequences in this electrifying new thriller from the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Reckless." HPL patron: Interesting mystery novel-kept my interest up. …More

White Witch, Black Curse By Harrison, Kim 2009-02 - Eos 9780061138010 Check Our Catalog The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Outlaw Demon Wails" returns to the sexy, supernatural adventures of Rachel Morgan. HPL patron: I love the Hollow Series and each book is a's good as the last. A series that hs them all-vampires, witches, werewolves, elves, fairies, pixies, demons, gargoyles, etc. What's not to love! A must read for fantasy/magic lovers. …More

Spend My Life with You By Hill, Donna 2011-05 - Thorndike Press 9781410435941 Check Our Catalog …More

Fairy Tale By Hunter, Jillian 2006-06 - Pocket Books 9780671001575 Check Our Catalog Duncan expected to meet resistance when he returned from England to reclaim the clan and lands that were his birthright. But never in his wildest dreams did he imagine a woman like Marsali, a young imp who would do anything to protect her village from an outsider's tyranny. …More