HPL's Adult Summer Reading-Last Post for 2017

The Apartment By Steel, Danielle 2016-05 - Delacorte Press 9780345531070 Check Our Catalog NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This vibrant, tender, and moving tale pulses with the excitement of New York City, as Danielle Steel explores twists of fate, and the way that sometimes, in special places, friends can be the family we need most. They come together by chance in the heart of New York City, four young women at turning points in their lives. Claire Kelly finds the walk-up …More

Notorious By Swinson, Kiki 2009-09 - Dafina Books 9780758228376 Check Our Catalog The "Essence"-bestselling author of the Wifey series pens a scintillating tale of the rewards and risks of doing business on the wrong side of the law, in this sequel to "Playing Dirty." …More

The Lower River By Theroux, Paul 2012-05 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) 9780547746500 Check Our Catalog A taut, tense, darkly suspenseful novel about a man who flees to Africa afterhis marriage falls apart, only to be caught up in a precarious situation in a seemingly benign village. HPL patron: A man who served in the Peace Corps decides to go back to Africa after retirement-things have changed. I was reading a Theroux travel book and like how he uses the …More

Murder in Mount Holly By Theroux, Paul 2011-12 - Mysterious Press 9780802126047 Check Our Catalog Theroux, one of the world's most popular authors both for his travel books and his fiction, has produced an off-beat story of 1960's weirdos unlike anything he has ever written. Combine Donald E. Westlake with Abby Hoffman, add a bit of Gore Vidal at his most vitriolic, and the result is "Murder in Mount Holly." HPL patron: Disappointing! Obviously intended …More

Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight By Thomas, M. E. 2013-05 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780307956644 Check Our Catalog Drawn from the author's own experiences; her popular blog, Sociopathworld.com; and scientific literature, this is part confessional memoir, part primer for the curious. Written from the point of view of a diagnosed sociopath, it unveils for the very first time these people who are hiding in plain sight. …More

Cutting for Stone By Verghese, Abraham 2009-02 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780375414497 Check Our Catalog Awards: Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (2010), Indies Choice Book Awards (2010) A stunning debut novel from the author of "My Own Country": an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, fathers and sons, doctors and patients, exile and home. HPL patron: Extraordinary-enlightens while it touches what makes us human. …More

Juliet in August By Warren, Dianne 2012-07 - Amy Einhorn Books 9780399157998 Check Our Catalog With writing reminiscent of Alice Munro, Carol Shields, and Larry McMurtry, "Juliet in August" uncovers the incredible drama beneath the inhabitants of a sleepy prairie hills town set in Canada. …More

Spiders of the North Woods By Weber, Larry 2013-05 - Adventurekeen 9781936571062 Check Our Catalog Which spider spits venom and sticky threads? Why don't Northerners need to fear the Black Widow? These answers and more are found in Spiders of the North Woods. The easy-to-follow format makes field identification of 135 species simple and fun. …More

The Night the Lights Went Out By White, Karen 2017-04 - Berkley Books 9780451488381 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: It was one of the best books I have read by Karen White and I have read all her books. I couldn't put it down. …More

Spies in the Congo: America's Atomic Mission in World War II By Williams, Susan 2016-08 - PublicAffairs 9781610396547 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: From Albert Einstein telling Franklin D. Roosevelt about rainfall in Congo, this is an exciting take on those who risked their lives to deny Hitler the Atomic Bomb. It gave a part of history I knew nothing about. …More

Along Came Trouble: A Romance Novel By Woods, Sherryl 2017-04 - Mira Books 9780778319894 Check Our Catalog #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods returns readers to the beloved Southern town of Trinity Harbor with a story of intrigue and second chances. Sheriff Tucker Spencer has seen some action...but finding an almost-naked woman asleep in his bed leaves him speechless. Especially because this same woman, Mary Elizabeth, broke Tucker's heart …More

Wind Chime Point By Woods, Sherryl 2013-04 - Mira Books 9780778314424 Check Our Catalog Facing a personal crisis, ambitious Gabriella Castle retreats to the welcoming arms of her family. Everything she's worked for has been yanked out from under her, and she seeks the serenity of her grandmother's home on the North Carolina coast. With difficult decisions to make about her future, the last thing she wants is an unexpected love. Original. HPL …More

Fast and Loose By Woods, Stuart 2017-04 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399574191 Check Our Catalog In this explosive thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington's newest foe has a short fuse...and it's just been lit. Stone Barrington is enjoying a boating excursion off the Maine coast when a chance encounter leaves him somewhat the worse for wear. Always able to find the silver lining in even the unhappiest circumstances, Stone is pleased …More

HPL's Adult Summer Reading

Let's Play Make-Believe By Patterson, James With Born, James O. 2016-08 - Bookshots 9780316317221 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: I have to say this is one of my favorite bookshots by James Patterson. I would never have guessed the way it ended from the way it started. I had this book finished in about an hour and a half and it usually takes me longer due to distractions. …More

Little Black Dress By Patterson, James With Raymond, Emily 2016-07 - Bookshots 9780316276382 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This book kind of reminded me of 50 Shades of Grey. I wasn't a fan of this book. …More

Taking the Titanic By Patterson, James With Slaven, Scott 2016-11 - Bookshots 9780316504096 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This was a very good book. I love almost anything and everything about the Titanic. This book was full of suspense, romance, and it was a good easy read. …More

The Trial: A Bookshot By Patterson, James Author Paetro, Maxine 2016-07 - Bookshots 9780316317153 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This book by far was my favorite James Patterson book. It had the perfect amount of work, friend, romance, murder investigation and eveyrthing in this book. I absolutely loved it. …More

The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband: A Bridgertons Prequel By Quinn, Julia 2017-05 - Avon Books 9780062674777 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Interesting book and the start to what I expect will be a wonderful series. I found myself stuck between wanting to trhottle Miss Harcort for her dishonesty, lining herself up to break her own heart, to understanding her situation. Especially for a woman in her time. rewarding ending with a cliff hanger lead in to the next book. …More

Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana By Rice, Anne 2008-03 - Knopf Publishing Group 9781400043521 Check Our Catalog Rice's second book in her hugely ambitious and courageous series on the life of Christ begins during his last winter before his baptism and concludes with the miracle at Cana. As with "Out of Egypt," this novel is based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship. HPL patron: Anne Rice takes fascinating material and puts me to sleep …More

The Young Messiah By Rice, Anne 2016-01 - Ballantine Books 9780399594779 Check Our Catalog SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE With the Holy Land in turmoil, seven-year-old Jesus and his family leave Egypt for the dangerous road home to Jerusalem. As they travel, the boy ponders the mysteries surrounding his birth. Anne Rice's dazzling, kaleidoscopic novel, based on the gospels and the most respected New Testament scholarship, summons up the voice, …More

A Density of Souls By Rice, Christopher 2014-11 - 47north 9781477826645 Check Our Catalog When four friends reunite five years after high school, new facts about their mutual history are revealed, and what was held to be a tragic accident is discovered to be murder. As the true story emerges, other secrets begin to unravel and the casual cruelties of high school develop into acts of violence that threaten an entire city. Abridged. HPL patron: A …More

The Snow Garden By Rice, Christopher 2004-01 - Pocket Star 9780743470384 Check Our Catalog From the son of Anne Rice comes his electrifying "New York Times" bestseller of infidelity, murder, and betrayal on a college campus. "An enthralling narrative . . . "--"Booklist." HPL patron: This was my introduction to Christopher Rice, a better writter than his mother Anne Rice. His story, set in an East Coast college sort of like Harvard, follows three …More

The Macgregors: Alan & Grant By Roberts, Nora 2011-01 - Silhouette Books 9780373281343 Check Our Catalog #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Nora Roberts enchants again with two more beloved classics about the passionate and headstrong MacGregor family. All the Possibilities Creative, compelling, unconventionalShelby Campbell was unlike any woman Senator Alan MacGregor had ever known. The cynical politician found himself falling in love with the …More

Portrait in Death By Robb, J. D. 2003-02 - Berkley Books 9780425189030 Check Our Catalog Awards: Rita Awards (2004) The "New York Times" #1 bestselling police thriller series featuring futuristic cop Eve Dallas continues in this brand-new, first-time-in-print novel. Author tour for Roberts's next hardcover, "Birthright, " to be released in March 2003. Original. …More

Purity in Death By Robb, J. D. 2002-08 - Berkley Books 042518630X Check Our Catalog For the first time in print comes the 15th installment in Nora Roberts's (writing as J.D. Robb) bestselling futuristic In Death series (following "Reunion in Death"), featuring New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas. …More

Reunion in Death By Robb, J. D. 2002-03 - Berkley Books 9780425183977 Check Our Catalog Awards: Rita Awards (2003) In the 14th installment of Robb's (aka Nora Roberts) futuristic In Death series, Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, celebrate their first anniversary--which will be one they, nor fans of this series, never forget! …More

Collared By Rosenfelt, David 2017-07 - Minotaur Books 9781250055354 Check Our Catalog Lawyer Andy Carpenter's true passion is the Tara Foundation, the dog rescue organization he runs with his friend Willie Miller. All kinds of dogs make their way to the foundation, and it isn't that surprising to find a dog abandoned at the shelter one morning, though it was accompanied by a mysterious anonymous note. But they are quite surprised when they scan the dog's embedded chip, and …More

Board Stiff By Ryan, Annelise 2014-03 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758272768 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: An entertaining cozy mystery. …More

Lucky Stiff By Ryan, Annelise 2013-03 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758272751 Check Our Catalog It's Christmas Day in the sleepy town of Sorenson, Wisconsin, and deputy coroner Mattie Winston is at the burnt remains of a house, where a charred body has been found. The victim is identified as Jack AllenNa paraplegic who had recently won a huge casino jackpot. Original. …More

Who-ology: Doctor Who: The Official Miscellany By Scott, Cavan Author Wright, Mark 2013-06 - BBC Books 9781849906197 Check Our Catalog The official miscellany, celebrating 50 years of "Doctor Who," a cult favorite around the world and the longest-running science fiction television show of all time. …More

Out-Of-Style: A Modern Perspective of How, Why and When Vintage Fashions Evolved By Shubert, Betty Kreisel 2012-11 - Flashback Publishing 9780983576167 Check Our Catalog Fascinated by fashion design and fashion history? Love vintage clothes & costume? Interested in Genealogy and how to time-date old family photos through fashion? Want a beloved fashion coffee table book filled with gems of social history? Need a stylish gift? Winner of FIVE AWARDS for Best Book ● 2017 …More

Dust By Slade, Arthur 2014-02 - Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 9781495470059 Check Our Catalog A rainmaker brings rain to a drought-stricken town, but the children begin to disappear... Strange things are happening in Horshoe, a Dust Bowl farm town in the Depression-era prairies. Young Matthew Steelgate has vanished on a walk into town. His brother, Robert, knows that he has to find Matthew. He has to figure out why the hens are frightened and their eggs full of blood. Why a broken jar he …More

The Good Daughter By Slaughter, Karin 2017-08 - William Morrow & Company 9780062430243 Check Our Catalog Instant New York Times Bestseller The stunning new novel from the international #1 bestselling author -- a searing, spellbinding blend of cold-case thriller and psychological suspense. Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. One runs for her life. One is left behind... Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and …More

Bone #9: Crown of Horns By Smith, Jeff 2009-01 - Graphix 9780439706315 Check Our Catalog It's full-fledged war as Briar, the rat creatures, and the Pawan army storm the city of Atheia. The Bone cousins, Thorn, and Gran'ma Ben are all there to defend the Valley and stop the return of the Lord of the Locusts. When Thorn goes inside a ghost circle, she hears a voice urging her to seek the Crown of Horns. What follows is another dangerous journey for Thorn and loyal Fone Bone as they race …More

The Cradle By Somerville, Patrick 2009-03 - Little Brown and Company 9780316036122 Check Our Catalog ""The Cradle" is a story of family and the connections across time that define our lives in secret and surprising ways. It is a vivid story of renewal and a new beginning. Patrick Somerville is a storyteller you will not forget--Robert Morgan, author of "Gap Creek." …More

Born to Run By Springsteen, Bruce 2016-09 - Simon & Schuster 9781501141515 Check Our Catalog "A virtuoso performance, the 508-page equivalent to one of Springsteen and the E Street Band's famous four-hour concerts: Nothing is left onstage, and diehard fans and first-timers alike depart for home sated and yet somehow already aching for more." --NPR "Richly rewarding...Bruce Springsteen proves that he has taken on life fully engaged both in living and examining it, and in doing …More

HPL's Adult Summer Reading

All I Need Is You By Lindsey, Johanna 1998-12 - Avon Books 9780380762606 Check Our Catalog Casey Stratton has set off on her own in the American West, relying on her courage and inventiveness to survive. Damien Rutledge, III, is a society man from New York, thrusting aside his life of refinement and sophistication in favor of a more basic need--revenge. Their two worlds collide as Casey and the Eastern gentleman chase the same outlaws, and their passion flares uncontrollably high in …More

Captive of My Desires By Lindsey, Johanna 2011-05 - Pocket Books 9781451648379 Check Our Catalog #1 "New York Times" Bestselling author Johanna Lindsey's perennial favorite CAPTIVE OF MY DESIRES is now available at a new $5.99 price! …More

Glorious Angel By Lindsey, Johanna 2003-03 - Severn House Publishers 9780727859457 Check Our Catalog She was the beautiful daughter of a dirt-poor Alabama farmer. But Angela Sherrington had a dream: to love dashing Bradford Maitland, the handsome heir to magnificent Golden Oaks. In the satin boudoir of a Yankee bordello, Angela's prayers are answered in the loving arms of the man she lived for. But scandal, cruelty and a shocking family secret threaten to tear apart two passionate hearts …More

The Heir By Lindsey, Johanna 2000-05 - William Morrow & Company 038097536X Check Our Catalog From the bestselling superstar of romance comes a dazzling tale of a reluctant Scottish heir, the Englishwoman he's supposed to marry, and the one he truly loves. The enchanting Sabrina enthralls Duncan, but duty and circumstance have made it impossible for the two to be together--unless love can somehow, miraculously, find a way. …More

A Loving Scoundrel: A Malory Novel By Lindsey, Johanna 2005-04 - Pocket Star 9780743456302 Check Our Catalog The wildly popular Malory family saga by the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author continues, as the Malorys confront the shocking news that Jeremy, the rakehell son of gentleman pirate James Malory, has fallen in love. …More

Make Me Love You By Lindsey, Johanna 2016-07 - Gallery Books 9781501105425 Check Our Catalog #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey delivers a sparkling, passionate tale of an earl's daughter who must convince a mysterious viscount to marry her and end his vendetta against her brother. One duel could be considered a matter of honor, but three duels are attempted murder With enlightened society outraged at such reckless behavior among young noblemen, the Prince …More

A Man to Call My Own By Lindsey, Johanna 2004-03 - Pocket Books 9780743456357 Check Our Catalog In this captivating "New York Times" bestseller, orphaned twins Amanda and Marian Laton go to live with their aunt on her Texas ranch where they meet the man of their dreams. However, there is only one of him to go around. …More

No Choice But Seduction By Lindsey, Johanna 2008-06 - Pocket Books 9781416537328 Check Our Catalog A #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author presents her 45th novel--this one featuring dashing rogue Boyd Anderson and the American lady who has one very good reason to dislike him, although he's determined to give her many more reasons to love him. …More

One Heart to Win By Lindsey, Johanna 2013-06 - Gallery Books 9781476714264 Check Our Catalog Lindsey's golden anniversary 50th novel! The #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author presents a passionate novel of hidden identities, family secrets, and love that transcends a 50-year feud set in the majestic ranchland of 1880's Montana Territory. …More

Prisoner of My Desire By Lindsey, Johanna 1991-12 - Avon Books 9780380756278 Check Our Catalog Destined to be yet another bestseller from the inimitable Johanna Lindsey. Spirited Rowena Belleme must produce an heir - or incur the dangerous wrath of a ruthless stepbrother who stands to forfeit his ill-gotten wealth. And the magnificent Warrick deChaville is the perfect choice to sire her child - though it means imprisoning the handsome knight and forcing him to bend to her amorous …More

Say You Love Me By Lindsey, Johanna 1997-12 - Avon Books 9780380725717 Check Our Catalog Left penniless after her parents' death, Kelsey Langton must resort to drastic measures in order to safeguard the honor and future of her young sister Jean. So Kelsey enters the infamous House of Eros to be sold at auction, resigned to becoming a gentleman's plaything. The highest bidder is Lord Derek Malory, a dashing rakeshell from a family of charming rogues, who rescues her from an …More

Wildfire in His Arms By Lindsey, Johanna 2015-06 - Gallery Books 9781501105418 Check Our Catalog #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey's passionate tale features the mysterious Degan Grant from One Heart to Win, a dangerous gunfighter running from his past, who finds his future with a beautiful outlaw at the gallows. Look out for Johanna's newest novel, Make Me Love You, available July 2016 from Gallery Books With his work in Montana completed now …More

Death Comes to the Fair By Lloyd, Catherine 2016-11 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9781496702043 Check Our Catalog It's harvest time in the village of Kurland St. Mary as Lucy and Robert prepare to take their vows but a murderer has taken an unseasonable vow of vengeance . . . As Miss Lucy Harrington, daughter of the village rector, and Major Sir Robert Kurland plan their nuptials, the major is beginning to wonder if he'll ever hear wedding bells. He's seen complex military campaigns that …More

Mr. Miracle: A Christmas Novel By Macomber, Debbie 2014-10 - Ballantine Books 9780553391152 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES"BESTSELLER Belovedauthor Debbie Macomber celebrates the most wonderful time of the year in this heartwarming Christmas novel of romance, hope, and the comforts of home coming soon as a Hallmark Channel original movie Harry Mills is a guardian angel on a mission: help twenty-four-year-old Addie Folsom get her life back on track and, if the right moment …More

The Witch's Trinity By Mailman, Erika 2007-09 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780307351524 Check Our Catalog Awards: Bram Stoker Awards (2007) An elegantly written, haunting debut, this novel takes readers on a frightening and fascinating journey back to a time when the answer to the question Are you a witch? could mean life or death. HPL patron: Perfectly showcases the horrors and fear instilled in women during this time in history. The suspense is terribly real and makes you wonder how often …More

A Game of Thrones By Martin, George R. R. 1996-08 - Bantam 9780553103540 Check Our Catalog The first novel in a brand-new epic fantasy trilogy by the author of Fevre Dream and The Armageddon Rag. Long ago, a mysterious event threw the seasons out of balance. The golden summers go on for years, only to be followed by cruel winters that can last a generation. As the kingdom of the north is assailed by rival houses from the south, a greater danger threatens--the un-earthly demons of …More

Born Bright: A Young Girl's Journey from Nothing to Something in America By Mason, C. Nicole 2016-08 - St. Martin's Press 9781250069924 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This book clearly describes the deficits people in poverty face when striving for success. …More

Out of the Light, Into the Shadows By Foster, Lori Author Foster, L. L. Author McCarthy, Erin 2009-08 - Berkley Books 9780425230527 Check Our Catalog Embrace the darkness and experience the light in this all-new anthology that includes three novellas with touching stories of happily ever after alongside smoldering tales of irresistibly dangerous, otherworldly passion. Original. …More

Moving Pictures By Macgraw, Ali 1992-03 - Bantam Books 9780553295511 Check Our Catalog The star of Love Story describes her New England childhood, modeling career, her marriage to film exec Robert Evans, her film successes and failures, and her passionate affair with and subsequent marriage to moody screen star Steve McQueen. Reprint. NYT. PW. K. …More

New Moon By Meyer, Stephenie 2008-05 - Little, Brown Young Readers 9780316024969 Check Our Catalog Star-crossed lovers Bella and Edward face new obstacles in this vampire love story--the second installment of Meyer's #1 "New York Times"-bestselling Twilight saga. …More

Twilight By Meyer, Stephenie 2008-11 - Little, Brown Young Readers 9780316038379 Check Our Catalog The #1 "New York Times" bestseller is available for the first time in a mass-market paperback edition, featuring a striking movie tie-in cover. Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying …More

Redeeming Grace By Miller, Emma 2012-10 - Love Inspired 9780373877782 Check Our Catalog With nowhere to turn, penniless widow Grace Yoder travels with her young son to the Amish community of Seven Poplars. She hopes to reunite with the Plain father she never knew--and become part of the community. Though her father is deceased, his new family still welcomes her. Grace is overcome with gratitude. But when handsome family friend and Mennonite John Hartman offers her a job in his …More

The Long Drop By Mina, Denise 2017-05 - Little Brown and Company 9780316380577 Check Our Catalog One of the Washington Post's "Books We've Loved So Far in 2017" The truth is the most complicated fiction of all. William Watt's wife, daughter, and sister-in-law are dead, slaughtered in their own home in a brutal crime that scandalized Glasgow. Despite an ironclad alibi, police zero in on Watt as the primary suspect, but he maintains his innocence. …More

Behind Closed Doors: The Most Emotional and Intriguing Psychological Suspense Thriller You Can't Put Down By Paris, B. A. 2016-08 - St. Martin's Press 9781250121004 Check Our Catalog THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING DEBUT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER YOU CAN'T MISS The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie? "A hair-raising debut, both unsettling and addictive...A chilling thriller that will keep you reading long into the night." --Mary Kubica, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author …More