Summer reading is not just for the kids. The days are longer and vacation time is looming so it is the perfect time to pick up a great book. Hunterdon County has long been a refuge for some excellent authors. In fact, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, who published the Nancy Drew Series under the pen name Carolyn Keene, called this county home for many years. Here are 4 books all written by authors local to Hunterdon County. These folks will often hold book signings so you may even have the chance to meet your favorite local author at some point. Grab your bookmarkers and get reading while also supporting the Hunterdon County community!
Immortal Obsession by Denise K. Rago
If you love vampire thrillers than this one is for you! Ms. Rago delves into the world of Parisian Vampires in a thriller that spans 200 years within its pages. How could you go wrong attempting to be entertained by the pool or on the beach with Vampires, murder, and twisted tales of love?
An Awakening Heart by Barbara Down Wright
Maybe you prefer a true story that will entertain and inspire curiosity about a time since past. An Awakening Heart is the true story of two young women, one an ancestor of the author, who are moved from an ordinary European life to the wilderness of colonial America. A historical and an entertaining story all in one!
Shadow Soldiers by John M. Bushby
Set in 1939, pre-world war II, this is the story of an American trying to save refugees from the Nazis. A somewhat historical tale helping the reader to get a real sense of what things were like in this infamous war. The intrigue and danger of this piece will have your on the edge of your seat.
Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert 
Most famous for her 2006 book Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert is not only a Hunterdon local but has her very own bookshop in Frenchtown called Two Buttons. Her newest novel, Signature of All Things, is the love story of two people who couldn’t be farther
apart in their ideals. The fictional tale takes us through the 18th and 19th century introducing us to a man who goes from rags to riches and later to his daughter and how she goes on, as his heir, to meet an artistic man who turns her world inside out. Even parts of the story are set locally in nearby Philadelphia. A tale of love, adventure, and discovery awaits you in Signature of All Things.
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