February 2013

Reading Recommendations · Valentine's Day

Love is in the air at your library! Cuddle up with a new romance novel, read until your heart’s content, or share a special story with your young valentine!

Books for Kids: Easy Books

The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart

Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton

The Yuckiest, Stinkiest, Best Valentine Ever

Brenda Ferber

There’s No One I Love Like You

Jutta Langreuter

A Kiss Like This

Mary Murphy

Splat the Cat: Funny Valentine

Rob Scotton

The Shape of My Heart

Mark Sperring
Cover of See a Heart, Share a Heart

See a Heart, Share a Heart

Eric Telchin

Books for Kids: Nonfiction

Let's Throw a Valentine's Day Party!

Rachel Lynette

I Haiku You

Betsy Snyder

Twosomes: Love Poems from the Animal Kingdom

Marilyn Singer

Adult Fiction: Romances

Angels Landing: A Cavanaugh Island Novel

Rochelle Alers
Cover of The Proposal

The Proposal

Mary Balogh

The Struggle

Wanda E. Brunstetter

Austensibly Ordinary

Alyssa Goodnight

Sweet Stuff: A Cupcake Club Romance

Donna Kauffman

Born of Silence: A League Novel

Sherrilyn Kenyon

The Tutor’s Daughter

Julie Klassen

The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae

Stephanie Laurens
Cover of Beautiful Sacrifice

Beautiful Sacrifice

Elizabeth Lowell

One Good Earl Deserves a Lover: The Second Rule of Scoundrels

Sarah MacLean

Big Sky Country

Linda Lael Miller

Beach House No. 9

Christie Ridgway

Shiver

Karen Robards

Make Me Yours

Sophia Shaw

Adult Fiction: Classics

Cover of Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte

Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte

Rebecca

Daphne Du Maurier

The Thorn Birds

Colleen McCullough

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

Adult Nonfiction: Cookbooks

CakeLove in the Morning: Recipes for Muffins, Scones, Pancakes, Waffles, Biscuits, Frittatas, and Other Breakfast Treats

Joshua Cogan

The Newlywed Cookbook: Fresh Ideas and Modern Recipes for Cooking With and For Each Other

Sarah Copeland

Betty Crocker Cooking for Two: More Than 130 Delicious Recipes to Enjoy Together

Betty Crocker

Two in the Kitchen: A Cookbook for Newlyweds

Christine Dufault and Jordan Mackay

The Chinese Takeout Cookbook: Quick and Easy Dishes to Prepare at Home

Diana Kuan

The Epicurious Cookbook: More Than 250 of Our Best-Loved, Four-Fork Recipes for Weeknights, Weekends, and Special Occasions

Tanya Wenman Steel

Adult Nonfiction: Desserts

Sprinklebakes: Dessert Recipes to Inspire Your Inner Artist

Heather Baird

One Girl Cookies: Recipes for Cakes, Cupcakes, Whoopie Pies, and Cookies from Brooklyn’s Beloved Bakery

Dawn Casale

Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts: Quicker, Smarter Recipes

Alice Medrich

Desserts in Jars: 50 Sweet Treats That Shine

Shaina Olmanson

Vintage Cakes: Timeless Recipes for Cupcakes, Flips, Rolls, Layer, Angel, Bundt, Chiffon, and Icebox Cakes for Today’s Sweet Tooth

Julie Richarson

Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light (and Dark Chocolate)

Amy Thomas

Adult Nonfiction: Love and Romance

The Science of Love

Robin Dunbar

All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps

David Isay

Crossing the Borders of Time: A True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed

Leslie Maitland

Paris, A Love Story: A Memoir

Kati Marton

Joie de Vivre: Secretes of Wining, Dining, and Romancing Like the French

Harriet Welty Rochefort

How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance

Marilyn Yalom
Need more suggestions? Contact your local library and a reference librarian will be happy to assist you.