HPL's Adult Summer Reading

Confessions of a Little Black Gown By Boyle, Elizabeth 2009-03 - Avon Books 9780061373237 Check Our Catalog With her latest book, "New York Times"-bestselling author Boyle begins a two-book, back-to-back romance set in Regency England. Original. …More

His Mistress by Morning By Boyle, Elizabeth 2006-08 - Avon Books 9780060784027 Check Our Catalog Awards: Rita Awards (2007) The "USA Today" bestselling author of "This Rake of Mine" pens an intoxicating romance about an all-too-proper spinster whose greatest wish is granted--only it's not exactly how she envisioned it. Original. …More

How I Met My Countess By Boyle, Elizabeth 2009-12 - Avon Books 9780061783494 Check Our Catalog Boyle delivers the first in a three-book series entitled The Widows of Standon, which features characters from her beloved Bachelor Chronicles. Original. …More

The Knave of Hearts: Rhymes with Love By Boyle, Elizabeth 2016-01 - Avon Books 9780062283955 Check Our Catalog In the fifth novel of the captivating Rhymes With Love series from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Boyle, a young woman's hopes of a match encounter a wickedly handsome complication . . . Lavinia Tempest has been eagerly anticipating a spectacular season. But one disastrous pile-up on the Almack's dance floor derails all her plans. Add to that, the very stunning …More

Lord Langley Is Back in Town By Boyle, Elizabeth 2011-05 - Avon Books 9780061783517 Check Our Catalog Boyle delivers the third and final book in her wickedly fun series featuring the Widows of Standon, who now challenge each other and the good graces of characters from Boyle's beloved Bachelor Chronicles. Original. HPL patron: A wonderful book that is added to the series. …More

Love Letters from a Duke By Boyle, Elizabeth 2007-08 - Avon Books 9780060784034 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title From a USA Today bestselling author comes this Regency-era romance about a girl who has always dreamed of marrying a duke, but finds herself falling for the footman next door. …More

Mad about the Duke By Boyle, Elizabeth 2010-09 - Avon Books 9780061783500 Check Our Catalog The husband-hunting beauty believes any duke will do . . . but how can she resist the seductive sensuality of this most uncommon stranger? …More

Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress By Boyle, Elizabeth 2009-05 - Avon Books 9780061373244 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"-bestselling author Boyle concludes her back-to-back romance set in Regency England, with this follow-up to "Confessions of a Little Black Gown." Original. …More

Something about Emmaline By Boyle, Elizabeth 2005-01 - Avon Books 9780060549312 Check Our Catalog The "USA Today" bestselling author of "Stealing the Bride" delivers another delightful Regency romp, chock full of surprises, deceptions, and wonderful passion. Original. …More

Tempted by the Night By Boyle, Elizabeth 2008-08 - Avon Books 9780061373220 Check Our Catalog Lady Hermione Marlowe refuses to believe that the handsome gentleman she loves spends his nights in London's lustiest locales. If only she had a way to prove that Lord Rockhurst is a proper gentleman. Original. …More

Moon Called By Briggs, Patricia 2006-02 - Ace Books 9780441013814 Check Our Catalog Mercy Thompson's sexy neighbor is a werewolf and she's working on a VW bus owned by a vampire. But then, Mercy Thompson is not exactly normal herself--she's a shape-shifter. Original. …More

Some Kind of Hero: A Troubleshooters Novel By Brockmann, Suzanne 2017-07 - Ballantine Books 9780345543820 Check Our Catalog The Troubleshooters return in the latest thriller from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann Some Kind of Hero showcases Brockmann's signature white-knuckle suspense, romantic twists, and sexy Navy SEALs. Navy men don't come tougher than Lieutenant Peter Greene. Every day he whips hotshot SEAL wannabes into elite fighters. So why can't he handle one …More

Scrapbook of the Dead By Cox Bryan, Mollie Author Bryan, Mollie Cox 2015-09 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758293589 Check Our Catalog Halloween means spooky scrapbooks for the Cumberland Creek Scrapbook Crop, but what's been happening around town is truly frightening. First a dead woman is found in the freezer at Pamela's Pie Palace, and the next day a second woman is found murdered by the river. Reporter Annie Chamovitz learns the victims were sisters and is certain their deaths are linked. Most bizarre of all, both women were …More

The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures By Mao, David S. Foreword by Hayden, Carla 2017-03 - Chronicle Books 9781452145402 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: A treasure-trove of facts and history of something so foundational to libraries of the past. …More

Down a Dark Road By Castillo, Linda 2017-07 - Minotaur Books 9781250121288 Check Our Catalog **AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER** In Down a Dark Road, the electrifying new thriller in Linda Castillo's New York Times bestselling series, a convicted murderer is on the run and Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must catch him before he strikes again. "Murder in Amish …More

Like a River Glorious By Carson, Rae Illustrator Hendrix, John 2016-09 - Greenwillow Books 9780062242945 Check Our Catalog The sequel to the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award longlisted Walk on Earth a Stranger. After her harrowing journey west to California, Lee Westfall has finally found a new home--one rich in gold, thanks to her magical power, a power that seems to be changing every day. But this home is rich in other ways, too: with friends who are searching for a …More

Night School By Child, Lee 2016-11 - Delacorte Press 9780804178808 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Love the characters. Lee's writing is smooth and you just don't want to put the book down. …More

Tripwire By Child, Lee 2007-05 - Jove Books 9780515143072 Check Our Catalog Jack Reachers anonymity in Key West is shattered by an investigator who has come looking for him. But only hours after his arrival, the stranger is murdered. Tracking the PIs trail back to New York City, Jack is compelled to find out whos looking for him and why in this explosive novel in Childs "New York Times" bestselling series, now with new cover art. Reissue. …More

Black Coffee By Christie, Agatha Adapted by Osborne, Charles 1999-09 - St. Martin's Press 9780312970079 Check Our Catalog Fans of Christie are treated to this 1930 stage play adapted to novel by Charles Osborne. Beloved detective Hercule Poirot is summoned by a physicist to prevent the theft of a secret formula destined for the Ministry of Defense. By the time he arrives, the formula is missing and the physicist has been poisoned. Now he must find the formula and the killer. Martin's Press. …More

Spider's Web By Christie, Agatha Adapted by Osborne, Charles 2001-08 - St. Martin's Press 9780312979508 Check Our Catalog A game becomes deadly serious when Clarissa, the young wife of a diplomat, discovers a body in her drawing room. Not knowing who the person is, and with her husband on the way home with a foreign politician, Clarissa decides to dispose of the body and persuades three houseguests to help. But just before they move the corpse, a policeman knocks on the door. Martin's Press. …More

Dead and Berried By Cochran, Peg 2017-05 - Berkley Books 9780425274552 Check Our Catalog It's hive time for murder in the latest Cranberry Cove mystery from national bestselling author Peg Cochran. It's June in Cranberry Cove and Monica Albertson's plan to sell cranberry relish to chain stores is taking off. The cranberry bogs are in bloom, and local beekeeper Rick Taylor and his assistant Lori Wenk are bringing in bees to pollinate the blossoms. When a fatal prick fells …More

The Spider's Web By Coel, Margaret 2010-09 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425236604 Check Our Catalog Awards: Colorado Book Award (2011) Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley find themselves on opposite sides of an investigation. When Ned Windsong is shot to death, his fiance Marcy is the only witness. Convinced of Marcy's innocence, Vicki agrees to represent the outsider and finds herself at odds with Father John, because the mission priest has glimpsed something in Marcy that shakes him to his core. …More

The Poet By Connelly, Michael 1997-01 - Warner Books (NY) 9780446602617 Check Our Catalog Awards: Anthony Awards (1997), Dilys Award (1997) Denver Post crime-beat reporter Jack McEvoy specializes in violent death. So when his homicide detective brother kills himself, McEvoy copes in the only way he knows how--he decides to write the story. But his research leads him to suspect a serial killer is at work--a devious murderer who's killing cops and leaving a trail of poetic clues. It's the news story of a lifetime, if he can get the …More

Dragon Teeth By Crichton, Michael 2017-05 - Harper 9780062473356 Check Our Catalog Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel--a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting. The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America's western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin …More