Adult Summer Reading - Week 8 - Monday

Bachelor Unleashed By Jackson, Brenda 2010-11 - Kimani Press 9780373861880 Check Our Catalog Farrah Holloway has never forgotten the hot, fleeting affair she had with Xavier Kane. Getting together with him again is a fantasy come true. She certainly doesn't expect the footloose bachelor to change his ways. But this time around, Xavier wants more. Original. HPL patron: Never say you're not going to fall in love again. …More

Clawback By Jance, J. A. 2016-03 - Touchstone Books 9781501110726 Check Our Catalog In "New York Times" bestselling author J.A. Jance's latest thriller, Ali Reynolds faces her most controversial mystery yet, solving the murder of a man whose Ponzi scheme bankrupted hundreds of people, and left them seeking justice or revenge. When Ali's parents lose their life savings to a Ponzi scheme, her father goes to confront his long-time friend and financial advisor, only to …More

Dark Rival By Joyce, Brenda 2007-10 - Harlequin Books 9780373772193 Check Our Catalog In this second book of Joyces paranormal romance series, Black Royce is a battle-hardened soldier of the gods. Hes sent to New York City to protect a Healer. The moment Royce sees beautiful Allie Monroe, he knows she will be his only weakness. Original. …More

Hide Away By Johansen, Iris 2016-04 - St. Martin's Press 9781250075826 Check Our Catalog DARK SECRETS World-famous forensic sculptor Eve Duncan has landed in a well-guarded hospital room in Carmel, California. But hidden danger looms for Eve, her beloved Joe Quinn, and Cara Delaney, the young girl they've both sworn to protect. With Cara's enemies on the move, Eve has no choice but to flee the hospital no matter what the doctors say. Her protective instincts in full …More

Midnight Kisses By Jordan, Wayne 2010-09 - Kimani Press 9780373861828 Check Our Catalog His faith shattered by loss, Daniel Buchanan has built a cocoon around his heart, spending his days counseling troubled teens. But his life changes the night he meets Renee Walker. The dedicated social worker reawakens something in him, her kisses igniting a firestorm of desire that takes the widowed minister by surprise. After being left at the altar, Renee isn't ready to love and lose again. …More

Saved by Her Embrace By Jordan, Wayne 2011-06 - Kimani Press 9780373862191 Check Our Catalog After dumping her cheating boyfriend, Sandra Walters doesn't trust men--especially men in white coats. So when Tory Whitehall turns up in Barbados, she vows to steer clear of the handsome surgeon. Can Troy change her mind? Original. HPL patron: Love waits for no one. …More

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea By Junger, Sebastian 2009-06 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393337013 Check Our Catalog The incredible true story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed Boston boat with her crew of six fishermen that was helpless in the midst of a force beyond comprehension. …More

Summer's Crossing By Kagawa, Julie 2011-06 - Harlequin Teen 9781459206403 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: As an Iron Fey Novella, I was intrigued by the story containing fairies of different seasons. Interestingly enough, I plan to check out the rest of the Iron Fey series. …More

Summer By Kingsbury, Karen 2007-08 - Tyndale House Publishers 9780842387484 Check Our Catalog A New Beginning Hollywood actor Dayne Matthews and Katy Hart are married and living in Bloomington, Indiana, where Dayne has found a solution to his on-camera love scenes-he wants Katy to star in his next film. Katy wins the part and is cast opposite her superstar husband. The story of a small-town girl's dream come true is too much for the press to resist, and in an effort to …More

Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad By Kirkpatrick, Melanie 2012-09 - Encounter Books 9781594036330 Check Our Catalog From the world's most repressive state comes rare good news: the escape to freedom of a small number of its people. It is a crime to leave North Korea. Yet increasing numbers of North Koreans dare to flee. They go first to neighboring China, which rejects them as criminals, then on to Southeast Asia or Mongolia, and finally to South Korea, the United States, and other free countries. They …More

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids about Money - That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! By Kiyosaki, Robert T. 2011-06 - Plata Publishing 9781612680002 Check Our Catalog Taking to heart the message that the poor and middle class work for money, but the rich have money work for them, the authors lay out a financial philosophy based on the principle that income-generating assets always provide healthier bottom-line results. HPL patron: Interesting book about a young man who was able to know a rich man and his father who had completely …More

Secret Sisters By Krentz, Jayne Ann 2015-12 - Berkley Books 9780399174483 Check Our Catalog No one does romantic suspense better than Jayne Ann Krentz. Now, the New York Times bestselling author of "Trust No One" and "River Road" delivers a novel that twists and turns into a read that will leave you breathless. Madeline and Daphne were once as close as sisters until a secret tore them apart. Now it might take them to their graves. They knew his name, the man who …More

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin By Larson, Erik 2011-05 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780307408846 Check Our Catalog Awards: Chautauqua Prize (2012), Washington State Book Award (2012) The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history. A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. Written by the bestselling author of "Devil in the White City, In the Garden of Beasts" lends a stunning, eyewitness …More

Before the Wind By Lynch, Jim 2016-04 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307958983 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Book was a little difficult for me to follow since I am not a sailor, so I wasn't familiar with the terminology. It had a good story to it about family. …More

In the Cold Dark Ground By MacBride, Stuart 2016-04 - HarperCollins 9780008144890 Check Our Catalog THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER The new Logan McRae novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of THE MISSING AND THE DEAD and A SONG FOR THE DYING. Sergeant Logan McRae is in trouble His missing-persons investigation has just turned up a body in the woods naked, hands tied behind its back, and a bin bag duct-taped over its head. The Major Investigation Team charges up from Aberdeen, …More

A Girl's Guide to Moving on By Macomber, Debbie 2016-02 - Ballantine Books 9780553391923 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER In this powerful and uplifting novel, a mother and her daughter-in-law bravely leave their troubled marriages and face the challenge of starting over. Leaning on each other, Nichole and Leanne discover that their inner strength and capacity for love are greater than they ever imagined. When Nichole discovers that her husband, Jake, has been unfaithful, the …More

Losing Me By Margolis, Sue 2015-07 - New American Library 9780451471840 Check Our Catalog The compulsively readable (Susie Essman, actress, "Curb Your Enthusiasm") author of "Best Supporting Role" delivers a new novel of one woman who's stretched so thin, she almost disappears... Knocking on sixty, Barbara Stirling is too busy to find herself, while caring for her mother, husband, children, and grandchildren. But when she loses her job, everything changes. Exhausted, …More

Dangerous Behavior By Marks, Walter 2002-11 - Carroll & Graf Publishers 9780786710430 Check Our Catalog From an Emmy Award-winning author comes a high-voltage psychological thriller, whose film rights have already been sold to Paramount/Scott Rudin. Charged with suspense, this taut debut crime novel pits the rigorously trained mind of a promising young psychiatrist, David Rothberg, against the acute--if warped--wits of a convicted murderer in a maximum security prison. …More

Christmas Mourning By Maron, Margaret 2010-12 - Thorndike Press 9781410430014 Check Our Catalog A community is devastated after a cheerleader dies in a car crash. Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant soon learns that her death was not a simple accident, and more lives may be lost unless he and Judge Deborah Knott can discover why she died. …More

High Country Fall By Maron, Margaret 2004-10 - Thorndike Press 9780786269365 Check Our Catalog Judge Deborah Knott has agreed to "tie the knot" with childhood friend Deputy Sheriff Dwight Bryant, and her relatives believe it's the love match of the century. Deborah now wonders whether friendship, history, and good sex are enough to make a marriage. Her antidote for cold feet? Heading for the Blue Ridge Mountains to fill in for a vacationing judge in the beautiful - and deadly - town of …More

Home Fires By Maron, Margaret 1998-12 - Mysterious Press 9780892966554 Check Our Catalog Awards: Agatha Awards (1998), Macavity Award (1999) One place the two Souths - black and white - meet is in Judge Deborah Knott's courtroom. Busy with her reelection campaign and building a new house on land that has been in her family for generations, Deborah has both deep roots and a professional stake in her community. She's shaken when her nephew A.K. is arrested with a group of vandalizing teens at a local cemetery. Torn between her duty as a …More

Slow Dollar By Maron, Margaret 2002-08 - Mysterious Press 9780892967643 Check Our Catalog For Judge Knott, the case before her seems to be an ordinary misdemeanor--except that the personal property that's been destroyed is an inflatable carnival ride. When the carnival comes to her own town a few weeks later, Deborah soon discovers there's nothing ordinary about this rag-tag collection of rides and games. …More

Tears of the Giraffe By McCall Smith, Alexander 2005-11 - Pantheon Books 9780375423888 Check Our Catalog The continuing story of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency--starring Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's first lady detective--finds our wily heroine searching for a young man who disappeared into the African plains many years ago. HPL patron: Part 2 in the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series-not a suspenseful mystery but very entertaining and intellectually plot/character driven …More

Cress By Meyer, Marissa 2014-02 - Feiwel & Friends 9780312642976 Check Our Catalog The #1 "New York Times "Bestselling Series In this third book in Marissa Meyer's bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who's only …More