HPL Adult Summer Reading

Dirty Money By Ashley Author Jaquavis 2008-02 - Urban Books 9781601620774 Check Our Catalog When her world is brutally destroyed, Anari is consumed with desire for revenge. She and her best friend Monica enter a life of drugs, fast money, and betrayal, only to adapt to the lifestyle that pushed them in the game in the first place. HPL patron:  Anari and her best friend Tanya hide their true identities and become Tony and Monica.  They did it all for …More

Price of Duty By Brown, Dale 2017-05 - William Morrow & Company 9780062441973 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Very good book for those who like military thrillers. …More

Sittin' in the Front Pew By Brown, Parry 2002-04 - Villard Books 9780375757051 Check Our Catalog From the author of the national bestseller The Shirt off His Back comes a novel about love, family, and honoring loved ones Death brings about strange emotions, and people's true colors start to show. Glynda Naylor discovers this when she gets the call that her father has died suddenly and she must fly from Los Angeles to Baltimore to bury him. Her beloved daddy, Edward Naylor, …More

What Goes Around By Brown, Parry 2006-05 - One World 9780345469458 Check Our Catalog From the bestselling author of "The Shirt Off His Back" comes a new novel featuring the author's trademark drama, faith, humor, and love--and the return of a character that Brown's readers love to hate. …More

Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made By DeBerry, Virginia Author Grant, Donna 2008-01 - Griffin 9780312383725 Check Our Catalog Gayle Saunders and Patricia Reid were total opposites who chose each other as best friends when they were children. Through the years they were raised together, as close as sisters. Gayle, the beauty pampered by her working-class parents, believes a man will make her world complete. Pat, the brainy one, is the hand-me-down child whose mystery parentage haunts her. She's determined to finally …More

A Mighty Love By Diggs, Anita Doreen 2005-02 - Dafina Books 9780758202338 Check Our Catalog In this emotionally charged, compelling story of love and redemption, a married couple, devastated by tragedy, struggles to overcome heartache, infidelity, and substance abuse. …More

Running with the Devil: The True Story of the ATF's Infiltration of the Hells Angels By Droban, Kerrie 2007-06 - Lyons Press 9781592289769 Check Our Catalog As seen on "America's Most Wanted" and "Anderson Cooper 360" "We can't be infiltrated, no cops can get inside on us, they don't have the resources, the manpower, or the time to wait. We're unbeatable and untouchable." --Sonny Barger From "Running with the Devil" It wasn't uncommon for outlaw biker gang members to put out contract hits on federal prosecutors and …More

Getting Some of Her Own By Forster, Gwynne 2007-08 - Dafina Books 9780758213105 Check Our Catalog The national bestselling author of "Blues from Down Deep" and "If You Walked in My Shoes" presents her most powerfully moving tale to date, in which a woman finds that one impulsive act may change her life forever. …More

Something Blue By Giffin, Emily 2006-03 - Griffin 9780312323868 Check Our Catalog From the "New York Times" bestselling author Emily Giffin comes a novel that shows how someone with a "perfect life" can lose it all--and then find everything. "Warm and engaging; readers will find themselves cheering for Darcy as she proves people can change in this captivating tale." -"Booklist" (starred review) Darcy Rhone thought she had it all figured out: the more …More

Something Borrowed By Giffin, Emily 2005-04 - Griffin 9780312321192 Check Our Catalog Everyone is raving about Emily Giffin and "Something Borrowed"! "Emily Giffin brings a fresh, new voice to women's fiction. "Something Borrowed" is a deftly written and convincing tale of a friendship gone comically---and at times poignantly---awry." - Meg Cabot, author of "The Boy Next Door" and "The Princess Diaries" ""Something Borrowed" is a winner; it has …More

Going Down South By Glover, Bonnie 2008-07 - One World 9780345480910 Check Our Catalog From the author of "The Middle Sister" comes the heartwarming story of three generations of spirited, proud women learning to live and love together in 1960s New York City and Alabama. …More

Looking for Alaska By Green, John 2006-12 - Speak 9780142402511 Check Our Catalog Awards: Green Mountain Book Award (2008) Miles "Pudge" Halter befriends some fellow boarding-school students and falls in love with Alaska Young, the razor-sharp, self-destructive nucleus of the group. When tragedy strikes, Pudge discovers the value of unconditional love. Speak …More

I Crawl Through It By King, A. S. 2015-09 - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 9780316334099 Check Our Catalog Four teenagers are on the verge of exploding. The anxieties they face at every turn have nearly pushed them to the point of surrender: senseless high-stakes testing, the lingering damage of past trauma, the buried grief and guilt of tragic loss. They are desperate to cope, but no one is listening. So they will lie. They will split in two. They will turn inside out. They will even build …More

Reality Boy By King, A. S. 2013-10 - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 9780316222709 Check Our Catalog Awards: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (2015), Tayshas Reading (2014), Virginia Readers Choice Award (2016), Volunteer State Book Awards (2016) In this fearless portrayal of a boy on the edge, highly acclaimed Printz Honor author King ("Please Ignore Vera Dietz") explores the desperate reality of a former child reality TV star struggling to break free of his anger as he turns 17. …More

Finding Audrey By Kinsella, Sophie 2015-06 - Delacorte Press 9780553536515 Check Our Catalog A New York Times Bestseller & A ZOELLA Book Club Pick From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shopaholic series comes a terrific blend of comedy, romance, and psychological recovery in a contemporary YA novel sure to inspire and entertain. An anxiety disorder disrupts fourteen-year-old Audrey's daily life. She has been making slow but …More

You Will Not Have My Hate By Leiris, Antoine 2016-10 - Penguin Press 9780735222113 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Moving story of how a life can be cut short. …More

Family Men By Macomber, Debbie 2000-05 - Harlequin Books 9780373834358 Check Our Catalog This special two-in-one collector's edition features the third and fourth books of the "Midnight Sons" novels about the bachelor town of Hard Luck, Alaska. In "Daddy's Little Helper, " a little girl sets her dad up with her new teacher, and in "Because of the Baby, " a man schemes to get his ex-wife back. …More

Someday Soon By Macomber, Debbie 1996-05 - Avon Books 9780061083099 Check Our Catalog The owner of a shop on a pretty San Francisco pier, Linette Collins is a young widow putting her life back together. Cain McClellan is a professional soldier, thriving on the life-and-death pace, until he meets Linette. Media. …More

The Rule of Nine: A Paul Madriani Novel By Martini, Steve 2010-06 - William Morrow & Company 9780061930218 Check Our Catalog Defense attorney Paul Madriani tracks an extremist hellbent on destroying the entire Supreme Court in one deadly stroke, in this latest in the "New York Times"-bestselling series. …More

Color of Justice By Pridgen, J. Leon 2011-11 - Strebor Books 9781593093259 Check Our Catalog An intriguing story about half-brothers who reunite in the legal justice system--one as a prosecuting attorney and the other on Death Row--and a race against time for the young prosecutor to save his older brother's life. At the age of one, James is adopted by his paternal grandparents, who raise him as their own son, never telling him about his older half-brother or his real parents. …More

A Christmas Prayer By Roby, Kimberla Lawson 2014-10 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455526048 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Good book! …More

Copycat By Roby, Kimberla Lawson 2017-01 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455569717 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Very intriguing, good twists and turns. …More

Miss Julia Renews Her Vows By Ross, Ann B. 2010-04 - Viking Books 9780670021550 Check Our Catalog Readers flock to Ross's popular southern heroine Miss Julia, who stars in this latest work that is filled with wit, sass, and quirky charm. …More

The Award By Steel, Danielle 2016-11 - Delacorte Press 9781101883853 Check Our Catalog NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Capturing historical events, terrifying moments of danger, tragedy, the price of war, and the invincible spirit of a woman of honor, The Award is a monumental tale from one of our most gifted storytellers--Danielle Steel's finest, most emotionally resonant novel yet. Gaelle de Barbet is sixteen years old in 1940 when the German army …More