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Need More Football?

Football FieldFootball season might be over for now, but if you love sports romance any time of year is a great time to read a football romance.  Surprisingly, there are not as many football romances as one might expect when compared to hockey or NASCAR, but HCPL has many romances that feature current or former NFL players.   If your type of hero is a professional athlete, give a football romance a try!
 

Popular Football Titles:

New Books for a New Year

LothaireCelebrate the New Year with a new title!   HCPL has many new and upcoming romances that you can place on hold before they hit our shelves.  Personally, I’m really looking forward to Shannon Hale’s Austenland sequel, and I know many paranormal readers who can’t wait for the new Kresley Cole.  What are you most excited about reading?

 

New December & January Titles:

Reads for a Holiday Merry and Bright

Christmas ornamentEvery year our library does a display of holiday books, and every year these books practically fly off the shelves.  Reading holiday titles help many people (including myself) get into the holiday spirit as we do the many things necessary to prepare for the season.   Holiday romances are always plentiful on the display and in the library, and there really is something for every romance reader, no matter the subgenre you prefer.  So if you are in the mood for novels full of merriment and families, both old and new, coming together, check out a title today.  Have a wonderful holiday season!

Recent Holiday Titles:

I Spy

Secret History of the Pink CarnationThe upcoming releases of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol have turned my mind to spies in fiction and film.   Over the years, I have enjoyed many romance novels featuring spies, both male and female.  Spies in romantic fiction are extremely common in both historical and contemporary novels, so whether your fancy is a regency lord hunting a French double agent or a CIA officer infiltrating a terror cell or drug cartel, we have a spy romance for you!


Great Spy Romances, Historical and Contemporary:

The Fastest Way to a Man’s Heart

FoodThe popularity of culinary mystery authors such as Diane Mott Davidson and Joanne Fluke has often made me wonder if similar themes were popular in romance.  The drama of working in a restaurant kitchen or the romance of having that special someone cook a meal for you makes a food theme ideal for all kinds of romance novels.  To my surprise, there were many romances in our collection that either featured chefs, bakers or restaurant owners of both genders (and even vampires!)  So if you’re

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