Books to Keep on the Bedside Table

Summer is here and with the season comes summer reading time!

Fill your bedside table with these new books for adults, recommended by your Diane Bondi, a librarian at the Merrick Library.

If you’re looking for Romance this summer, try one of these:

Sweet Talk, by Julie Garwood

This new contemporary romance, by Julie Garwood is the perfect balance between sexy romance and spine-tingling suspense! When FBI agent Grayson Kincaid first encounters Olivia MacKenzie, she makes quite an impression. The beautiful, tough, young attorney has stumbled into the middle of an FBI sting operation and has reduced it to chaos.

Months of surveillance and careful planning down the drain, Kincaid’s partner is furious and lets Olivia know that she’s ticked off the wrong guy. After all, he’s FBI. Olivia isn’t intimidated by his partner’s bullying because she’s something even scarier . . . she’s IRS. You won’t want to put down this passion-filled romantic thriller!

All Summer Long, by Susan Mallery

This book is a perfect blend of romance, humor, and superb storytelling.  Returning home to Fool's Gold, California, former model Clay Stryker finds an unexpected ally in firefighter Chantal Dixon, a tomboy who, haunted by painful memories, sees beyond his good looks to the real man beneath. Romance novels don’t get much better than this one!

Thief of Shadows, by Elizabeth Hoyt

A sophisticated widow and a younger man with a dangerous secret clash in Elizabeth Hoyt’s new book, Thief of Shadows. Lady Isabel Beckinhall enjoys nothing more than a challenge. Yet when she's asked to tutor the Home's dour manager in the ways of society-flirtation, double-entendres, and scandalous liaisons-Isabel can't help wondering why his eyes seem so familiar-and his lips so tempting. Witty dialog, great characters, and scorching love scenes make this a breathtakingly romantic love story.

Love in Disguise, by Carol Cox

In this delightful and engaging read, Ellie is determined to prove herself during a first assignment with the Pinkerton Detective Agency. She goes undercover as two different characters to investigate silver thefts from an Arizona mine. There, Ellie unexpectedly falls for a man who does not know who she really is. Cox does a great job combining historical details, romance, and suspense.