This Washington novel is authored by Kristin Gore, the daughter of former vice president Al Gore. "Sammy`s Hill", her first novel, is set near Daddy`s old stomping grounds. Its heroine, hardworking, lovestruck Samantha Joyce, earns her daily bread as the domestic policy adviser to a reformist senator. Political scandals and rumors of sexual infidelity loom large in this educated romp through the political swamps of the Potomac.