If You Like Romance, You Might Want to Read...

The Beekeeper's Ball by Susan Wiggs

While transforming Bella Vista, her childhood home, into a destination cooking school, celebrated chef Isabel Johansen finds her plans interrupted by war-torn journalist Cormac O'Neill who has arrived to dig up old history. (Publisher Summary)

The Matchmaker by Elin Hilderbrand

A touching novel from bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand in which a dying woman sets out to find love for those closest to her - before it's too late. (Publisher Summary)

The Wanderer by Robyn Carr

When newcomer Hank Cooper inherits beachfront property in Thunder Point, Oregon, he holds the fate of an entire community in his hands as he decides whether this small town of rocky beaches and rugged charm is the place he can finally call home. (Publisher Summary)

Change of Heart by Jude Deveraux

Best friends Elijah J. Harcourt and Chelsea Hamilton, who were separated when they were teenagers, are reunited in Edilean, Virginia, where they overcome the distance that has grown between them by investigating a tragic story together. (Publisher Summary)

The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

After being trapped in an isolated car crash, the life of an elderly widower becomes entwined with that of a young college student and the cowboy she loves in this new romance from the New York Times best-selling author. (Publisher Summary)

Country by Danielle Steele

Struggling to achieve an independent life when her stale marriage abruptly ends, Stephanie Adams embarks on an impulsive road trip and discovers herself in the course of a whirlwind relationship with a famous country music star. (Publisher Summary)

Beach Read

Heading to the beach? Swing by the Community Library and pick up a great book to read while you soak up the sun! Why not try The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand?

Madeline King and Grace Pancik are best friends and the envy of Nantucket for their perfect marriages, their beautiful kids, their Sunday night double dates with their devoted husbands. But this summer, somethings changed, and if there's anything Nantucket likes better than cocktails on the beach at sunset, it's a good rumor. (Publisher Summary)

"Best-selling Hilderbrand (The Beach Club; The Castaways) has become synonymous with the perfect summer beach read, and The Rumor should find its way into many beach bags this summer. Readers will be hooked as they get a glimpse into the messy lives of the beautiful people who only seem to have it all on this island." (LJ Express Reviews)

If You Like 'The Matchmaker', You May Also Like...

Elin Hilderbrand's latest novel, The Matchmaker, landed on the New York Times Bestseller List this week. Although Hilderbrand's characters change from book to book, she always sets her novels in the same place - the historic island of Nantucket, making her collection of works the perfect summer reads.

In The Matchmaker, main character, Dabney Kimball, who is a known matchmaker and island resident, has her life turned upside down when her love from the past returns to Nantucket.

Already read The Matchmaker and are looking for read-alike titles? Check out these suggestions from NoveList, our reader's advisory database:
Summer Breeze by Nancy Thayer
Natalie is house sitting in the Berkshires when she becomes friendly with a shopkeeper who is caring for an aging parent and a stay-at-home mom with whom she commiserates over romantic complications.

Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan

Three generations of women come together at a family beach house and gradually reveal secrets that include a pregnancy, a terrible crush, and a deeply-held resentment for past misdeeds.

50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber

Corrie McAfee and her husband, a private investigator, try to solve a mystery from their past, while their daughter, Linette, moves back home to Cedar Cove, Washington to open a new medical clinic and finds unexpected romance.

If You Like 'The Husband's Secret' You May Also Like...

Imagine discovering a tattered letter written by your husband that came with instructions to open after his death.  Then imagine this letter contains your husband's deepest, darkest secret; a secret with the potential to destroy both the life that you built together as well as the lives of two other women. Finally, imagine discovering this letter while your husband is very much alive...would you be able to resist reading what's written?

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty has already spent 32 weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers List. If you're a fan, then you may like these read-alikes recommended by NoveList, our Reader's Advisory database:

	Nantucket Nights by Elin Hilderbrand Why The Husband's Secret and Nantucket Nights are similar: "the protagonists encountering tragedy, a drowning in one and the revelation of an affair in the other, spur the plots of both novels. The mostly female characters must come to terms with the past in order to move forward." (NoveList)
	Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy Why The Husband's Secret and Heart and Soul are similar: "adults from many walks of life are brought together in these well-characterized novels, though not always for happy reasons. Though both feature large casts of realistic, complex characters, layered plots, and naturalistic dialogue, Heart and Soul is a lighter read." (NoveList)
	More Like Her by Liza Palmer Why The Husband's Secret and More Like Her are similar: "in these well-characterized novels of women's lives and relationships, hidden secrets and murder must be dealt with before the protagonists can resume their lives. Both books offer realistic, moving depictions of characters and their choices." (NoveList)

Librarian's Picks

Have you seen our new display on the main floor of the library filled with books that our very own librarians personally recommend? Here are a sample of the few titles you'll find there today:

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen: After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children have long since flown the family nest to the catastrophes of their own lives. Stretching from the Midwest at midcentury to the Wall Street and Eastern Europe of today, The Corrections brings an old-fashioned world of civic virtue and sexual inhibitions into violent collision with the era of home surveillance, hands-off parenting, do-it-yourself mental health care, and globalized greed. 

The Island by Elin Hilderbrand: After her daughter, Chess, breaks off an engagement and her fiancé subsequently dies in a rock-climbing accident, divorcée Birdie Cousins encourages her younger daughter, Tate, and her sister, India, to join her and Chess on Tuckernack Island for a month, a time when deep secrets are soon revealed.

The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve: At a literary festival in Toronto, Linda Fallon is reunited with famous poet Thomas Janes, with whom she had an affair at age seventeen and then again at age twenty-seven, but her life is drastically different this time around.

The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani: This intricately woven tapestry of love and family, war and loss, risk and destiny follows star-crossed lovers Enza, a practical beauty, and Ciro, a strapping mountain boy, who, after their first meeting in the Italian Alps, find their destinies inexplicably entwined as they build their lives in America.

New from Hilderbrand: Summerland

Few writers capture the essence of summer as well as bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand, whose beach-themed books set in New England have charmed thousands.  Her newest release, Summerland, tells the story of a graduation beach bonfire tradition that ends in tragedy.  A horrible car accident leaves the driver, Penny Alistair, dead, and her twin brother in a coma. Penny's boyfriend and her friend Demeter are unhurt but haunted by the events of that night, and by the questions that linger about what happened in the car -- and what happened in the dunes before Penny took the wheel.  Check it out at your Community Library!

Just Released Must-Reads

Here are a few highly-anticipated titles just released this week. Join Painter Crowe in James Rollins's new Sigma Force novel, The Devil Colony, or follow the disgraced wife of a fraudulent money manager to Nantucket in Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand. In Disturbance by Jan Burke, join reporter Irene Kelly in her latest murder mystery. Experience chills & thrills when reading the true story At the Devil's Table: The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel by William C. Rempel, which reveals how a drug cartel soldier brought down his organization after receiving an unconscionable command.

New Releases: Fiction

Not sure what to read next? Try one of these brand-new, highly-anticipated fiction titles. Join a hapless children's librarian in The Borrower as she semi-accidentally kidnaps a boy, or travel through the jungles of the Amazon in Ann Patchett's latest thrilling mystery, State of Wonder. Escape to Nantucket with the disgraced-by-association wife of a Wall Street con artist in Silver Girl. Delve into the psychology of friendship and amnesia with The Art of Forgetting, or shiver your way through Robopocalypse, a near-future story about a robot-led uprising against humanity. And above all, don't forget to sign up for the NextReads newsletter, which sends monthly book recommendations by genre straight to your inbox!

Author Spotlight: Elin Hilderbrand

Although Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library owns multiple copies of Elin Hilderbrand's books, you probably won't find them on the shelf; enthusiastic readers have made sure her books are constantly checked out. Here's what the library's readers' advisory database Novelist has to say about this rising star:

"While Elin Hilderbrand's characters change from novel to novel, her setting remains consistent - the historic island of Nantucket. Using the island as a jumping off point, Hilderbrand's works offer the hallmarks of an ideal summer vacation read: romance, friendship, a beautiful setting, conflict and characters facing personal challenges. While rife with tales of people living privileged lifestyle, Hilderbrand grounds her stories in topics that will feel familiar to all women: love, illness, friendship, and family relationships."

Because each book is a stand-alone story, newcomers can start with any of Hilderbrand's books. Her most recent book, The Island, is also available to Mastics-Moriches-Shirley patrons in large print and on CD.