Donna Hill, Author . St. Martin's $23.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-27299-9
Veteran romance writer Hill's first book for a major house (after If I Could, etc.) is a rambling, uneven saga of three generations of African-American women burdened by secrets and lies. One-dimensional characters, a leaden writing style and...
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Donna Hill, Author Carroll & Graf Publishers $18.95 (216p) ISBN 978-0-88184-745-1
Roiling academic politics at a fictional branch of the City University of New York set the scene for a reasonably competent, if unexciting debut mystery by the author of Joseph Smith: The First Mormon as well as several children's books. Sharp-eyed,
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Donna Hill, Author St. Martin's Press $19.95 (246p) ISBN 978-0-312-35421-3
With ""fifty published titles to her credit,"" Hill checks in with a tepid offering of R-rated crime. Eva and Jake Kelly, an oversexed Manhattan couple who have glamorous day-jobs in the respective worlds of fashion and luxury car sales, moonlight...
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Donna Hill, Author St. Martin's Press $19.95 (255p) ISBN 978-0-312-28193-9
A woman fights to recover from old trauma and recent tragedy in Hill's (An Ordinary Woman) overwrought and sometimes overwritten novel. Six months after the car crash that killed her husband and daughter, documentary filmmaker Rayne Holland lies,
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Donna Hill, Author Pinnacle Books $4.99 (377p) ISBN 978-0-7860-0396-9
The adage, ""more is better"" doesn't ring true in Hill's latest (after Deceptions). Since the age of 15, after witnessing the violent deaths of her parents, Reese Delaware has suffered from repressed-memory amnesia. Now, as a writer on assignment...
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Donna Hill, Author . St. Martin's $21.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-312-35422-0
Hill's tightly written, satisfying sequel to 2006's Getting Hers
finds high-class madam Tess McDonald, chic businesswoman Kimberly Shepherd-Benning and East Harlem car thief Nicole Perez living the high life in Aruba, satisfied by the...
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Donna Hill, Author . St. Martin's $19.95 (212p) ISBN 978-0-312-28194-6
Three unlikely accomplices—all members of the men-are-dogs club—join forces to right the wrongs they've suffered in Hill's latest (Divas, Inc
., etc.), a page-turning tale of murder, intrigue and revenge. On their way out of...
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Donna Hill, Author . St. Martin's $23.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-28191-5
Commitment and betrayal are the themes of this gracefully written novel by the author of Rhythms. Lisa Holden and Asha Woods have been best friends since the day they struck up a conversation as 12-year-old neighbors in an African-American enclave...
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Donna Hill, Author . Arabesque $5.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-58314-130-4
Emotionally drained by the tragic deaths of his twin sister and wife, acclaimed jazz pianist and novelist Quinn Parker isn't ready for the romantic feelings Rae Lindsay, a sexy poet and songwriter, awakens in him. Having recently lost her own...
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Donna Hill, Author, Omar Tyree, Author, Kevin S. Brockenbrough, Author . Pocket $13 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7434-9666-7
This uneven anthology of sensual vampire stories by and about African-Americans breaks little new literary ground, but it provides a dose of pure escapist fun just in time for Halloween. Psychically commanding vampires, both men and women, both...
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Donna Hill, Niobia Bryant, and Zuri Day. Kensington/Dafina, $6.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-7582-6543-2
Three established authors dish out a perfect beach read: wealthy New Yorkers, summer sun, and sizzling sexual chemistry. Hill's "Summer Fever" kicks things off with an idyll in the Hamptons. Nina Forbes is a schoolteacher whose best friend hooks her
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Donna Hill, Zuri Day, and Cheris Hodges. Kensington/Dafina, $6.99 mass market (384p) ISBN SBN 978-0-7582-7514-1
Three popular, prolific authors of African-American contemporary romance churn out a trio of forgettable, lightly Christmas-themed novellas. Headliner Hill’s formulaic “A Promise for the Holiday” matches up a widowed, successful real-estate agent...
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Donna Hill, Author, Kensington, Producer Kensington Publishing Corporation $12 (304p) ISBN 978-1-57566-597-9
The rueful theme ""if I could turn back time"" underlies much of romance writer Hill's heartfelt if formulaic paean to the power of positive thinking and decisive action. Insecure Regina Everette is the chief protagonist of this serious-minded drama
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Donna Hill, Author, Kensington, Producer Arabesque $5.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-58314-118-2
Bestselling author of A Private Affair, which became a made-for-TV movie, Hill will delight her hordes of fans with her newest work, the long-awaited sequel to her 1995 hit, Scandalous. Centered on the timely topic of racial profiling and police...
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Donna Hill, Author, Francis Ray, Joint Author . St. Martin's $14.95 (152p) ISBN 978-0-312-32195-6
After 27 years of marriage, the pride and stubborn sense of responsibility that first attracted Denise to her husband, Edward, now stifle her efforts to rewrite her role as dependable, quiet housewife in their upper-class, African-American Atlanta...
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Rochelle Alers, Author, Francis Ray, Author, Donna Hill, Author . Griffin $13.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-32592-3
The romantic clichés fly fast and furious in this collection of four interlocking, novella-length tales from the authors of Welcome to Leo's
, with the stories focused exclusively—and monotonously—on the efforts of attractive,
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Donna Hill. Sideways, $24.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-64063-829-7
Hill (Rooms of the Heart) spins a powerful romance between passionate young activists during the American Civil Rights Movement. After marching on Washington, D.C., Atlanta native Jason Tanner, a committed advocate of nonviolence, is tapped to open...
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Donna Hill. Sideways, $24.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-64937-145-4
Hill (Confessions in B-flat) delivers a beautiful love story that doubles as a heartfelt family saga with just a hint of magical realism. Though the biggest opportunity of Alessandra Fleming’s photography career approaches, she drops everything to...
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Donna Hill, Farrah Rochon, and K.M. Jackson. Dafina, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-1-4967-0246-3
This trio of light stories emphasizes renewed faith in love as three women cope with the approaching holiday season. In Hill’s fumbled “A Gift of Love,” a part-time theater instructor in New York has trouble trusting men after her divorce, until she
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