HPL Adult Summer Reading

Wyoming Strong By Palmer, Diana 2014-10 - Harlequin 9780373779109 Check Our Catalog New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author DIANA PALMER returns with a fiery new couple Wolf Patterson and Sara Brandon are archenemies from ages ago, but mischievous fate has brought the tall rancher with the pale blue eyes together with the dark-haired beautyon nearby Wyoming and Texas ranches. At first, sparks fly, but despite Wolf's misguided notions about the spirited Sara and her …More

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents By Pratchett, Terence David John 2008-08 - HarperTrophy 9780060012359 Check Our Catalog It's time for the rats to tell their side of the Pied Piper story. Think rats can't talk? These rats can, and not only that, they also read, disarm mousetraps, and concoct schemes with a genius cat known as the Amazing Maurice. …More

Bay of Sighs By Roberts, Nora 2016-06 - Berkley Books 9780425280119 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Exciting as the first book. More of the light and the darkness. Love and endings. So much more of the travels back and forth three times. Plenty of action,who will live and who will die by choice. Excellent reading! Wish I had the 3rd book now!! …More

Island of Glass By Roberts, Nora 2016-12 - Berkley Books 9780425280126 Check Our Catalog The final Guardians Trilogy novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bay of Sighs and Stars of Fortune. As the hunt for the Star of Ice leads the six guardians to Ireland, Doyle, the immortal, must face his tragic past. Three centuries ago, he closed off his heart, yet his warrior spirit is still drawn to the wild. And there's no one more …More

Stars of Fortune By Roberts, Nora 2015-11 - Berkley Books 9780425280102 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Great read, can't wait to read the whole Guardian Trilogy. HPL patron: Gods and Seers, magic and fate. Good versus Evil! It's all in this book and more. Six people who's paths meet together for one special and dangerous journey to find the stars. I enjoyed this book very much. Getting ready to read Bay of Sighs 2nd …More

A Sinful Calling By Roby, Kimberla Lawson 2016-06 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455559596 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Dillion has managed to get a megachurch just like his father, but he's just like his father so he doesn't get the end result of a megachurch because he has so much hatred in his heart that he loses everything in his life that means something to him. HPL patron: Book 13 in the Reverend Curtis Black series. This book is …More

Bride of the Mist By Skye, Christina 2004-06 - Avon Books 9780380782789 Check Our Catalog Bridal editor Kara Fitzgerald receives an urgent psychic summons to England's Draycott Abbey, where her encounter with enigmatic larid Duncan MacKinnon convinces her that they share a secret destiny. As Drayton's guardian ghost warns them of approaching danger, they travel to Duncan's rugged Highland Castle, where they must confront a callous enemy who stalks them. …More

Almost Home: The Chesapeake Diaries By Stewart, Mariah 2011-03 - Ballantine Books 9780345520371 Check Our Catalog Stewart returns to her contemporary romance roots in the third book of her "New York Times"-bestselling Chesapeake Diaries series. Original. …More

Nantucket Sisters By Thayer, Nancy 2014-06 - Ballantine Books 9780345545480 Check Our Catalog NATIONAL BESTSELLER Friendship takes center stage in "New York Times" bestselling author Nancy Thayer's captivating, emotionally charged novel featuring all the tenderness and wit, drama and romance that readers have come to expect from this insightful, much-loved writer. When they meet as girls on a beach in Nantucket, Maggie McIntyre and Emily Porter become fast friends …More

Man on the Run By Weber, Carl 2017-01 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455505272 Check Our Catalog New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber delivers a riveting, action-packed drama full of the twists and turns for which he's become known. It was the night before his wedding, fifteen years ago, that the nightmare began for Jay Crawford--locked up for a crime he never committed. Now, he's escaped prison and wants nothing more than to clear his name and protect his family. To get …More

Honey Flava By Zane 2008-05 - Atria Books 9781416548850 Check Our Catalog "Honey Flava" features an erotic feast of short stories with enough Asian flava to ignite fireworks. With an African American and Asian mix of sexy characters, Zane picks the most clever and bold male and female writers to deliver a collection like no other. Stories like "Geisha Girl" and "Pins and Needles" give tea and acupuncture a whole new meaning, and the word "Master" is a term of …More

Here I Am By Alers, Rochelle 2011-03 - Kimani Press 9780373534418 Check Our Catalog The bestselling author of the Hideaway novels, Alers continues her breathtaking new series, The Wainwright Legacy, chronicling the lives and loves of two prestigious New York families. Original. …More

Private Passions By Alers, Rochelle Producer Kensington 2001-01 - Arabesque 1583141510 Check Our Catalog Successful journalist Emily Kirkland never expected that her long-time friendship with gubernatorial candidate Christopher Delgado would ignite a dangerously irresistible desire -- and result in their secret marriage. Now, with scandal and a formidable enemy threatening all of their most cherished dreams, Emily must uncover the truth, risking all for a passion that could promise forever... …More

Secret Vows By Alers, Rochelle 2013-06 - Kimani Press 9780373534814 Check Our Catalog A Hideaway Wedding Wager Twins Ana and Jason and their cousin Nicholas are successful thirtysomethings who are singleand loving it. They have no idea that their relatives are betting on which one of them will get married first. But by the family's New Year's Eve reunion, will all three have learned what it means to be really luckyin love? In too deep …More

The Infinite Plan By Allende, Isabel 2010-04 - Harper Perennial 9780061976827 Check Our Catalog In "The Infinite Plan," critically acclaimed, bestselling author Isabel Allende weaves a vivid and engrossing tale of one man's search for love and his struggle to come to terms with a childhood of poverty and neglect. It is the story of Gregory Reeves and his hard journey from L.A.'s Hispanic barrio to the killing fields of Vietnam to the frenetic world of a San Francisco lawyer. Along the …More

False Flag By Altman, John 2017-05 - Blackstone Audiobooks 9781504797726 Check Our Catalog In False Flag, Israeli-born Dalia Artzi, a tactical genius and specialist at Princeton in the study of maneuver warfare, uncovers a fiendish plot by a small group of Israeli fanatics to commit a horrific crime against the United States government and pin the blame on Iran. At first, Dalia, a pacifist, is hesitant to get involved. But, strong in her Jewish faith, she believes that the goal of her …More

13 Reasons Why By Asher, Jay 2017-03 - Razorbill 9780451478290 Check Our Catalog THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Featuring cover art from the Netflix original series executive produced by Selena Gomez, with exclusive interviews and photos inside "Eerie, beautiful, and devastating." --Chicago Tribune "A stealthy hit with staying power. . . . thriller-like pacing." --The New …More

African American Cookbook: Traditional and Other Favorite Recipes By Bailey, Phoebe 2002-06 - Good Books 1561483524 Check Our Catalog From cracklin' cornbread to smoked turkey and black-eyed peas, this compendium celebrates the traditional recipes and food memories of African American eating. Includes rich anecdotes and sayings from the Harambee Historical Services in Lancaster, Pennsylvania--a stop along the historic Underground Railroad. …More

The Width of the World (Vega Jane, Book 3) By Baldacci, David 2017-02 - Scholastic Press 9780545831963 Check Our Catalog This is it. Vega Jane's time. She's been lied to her whole life, so she breaks away from Wormwood, the only home she's ever known, in search of the truth. She battles horrors to fight her way across the Quag with her best friend, Delph, and her mysterious canine, Harry Two. Against all odds, they survive unimaginable dangers and make it through. And into a new world that's even worse. …More

A Permanent Member of the Family By Banks, Russell 2013-11 - Ecco Press 9780061857652 Check Our Catalog A collection of twelve short works that portrays contemporary American family life visits morally complex themes in a fractured nation of inhabitants searching for connection and understanding. HPL patron: I listened to the Playaway. This was a fun collection of stories with various narrators. As with all short story collections, some tales are better than …More

The Fifth Petal By Barry, Brunonia 2017-01 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9781101905609 Check Our Catalog For readers of Deborah Harkness's A Discovery of Witches, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader Brunonia Barry returns to Salem with this spellbinding new thriller, a complex brew of suspense, seduction and murder. When a teenage boy dies suspiciously on Halloween night, Salem's chief of police, John Rafferty, wonders if there is a connection between …More

Death of Yesterday By Beaton, M. C. 2013-03 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455504763 Check Our Catalog When a local woman tells Sergeant Hamish Macbeth that she doesn't remember what happened the previous evening, he doesn't begin to worry. But when her body is discovered, Hamish is forced to investigate a crime that the only known witness--now dead--had forgotten. …More

Warriors By Bell, Ted 2014-04 - William Morrow & Company 9780062279385 Check Our Catalog Counterspy Alex Hawke is out to find and rescue a kidnapped American scientist as the United States and China get closer and closer to all-out nuclear war in the latest adrenaline-fueled thriller in the New York Times bestselling series. …More

Backpacking and Hiking By Berger, Karen Author DK Publishing Manufactured by DK Publishing 2005-04 - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) 9780756609467 Check Our Catalog An illustrated, practical guide to hiking at all levels, including planning and organizing a hike, hiking equipment and techniques, safety and first aid. …More