Sammy's House by Kristin Gore

In this sequel to Sammy's Hill, Samantha Joyce is now a health-care advisor to the White House since RG, the senator she worked for in the first book, is now vice president. Sammy is busy helping the adminstration with legislation about prescription drugs while dealing with the news that her boyfriend, Charlie, a Washington Post reporter, is moving to the New York bureau. On top of that, she has inside information that the president seems to have a chronic alcohol problem. While the plot I've described might seem dry, it isn't. Sammy's personality--her love of Japanese Fighting Fish, Steve Martin, and celebrating weird events (the 29th anniversary of Charlie Chaplin's death, for example) make the novel entertaining. As an added bonus, since the author is the daughter of Al Gore, one wonders if any of the people or events described in the book are based on Kristin Gore's personal experiences or DC gossip. It will be published in July.