One Summer Night [Paperback]

Gerri Hill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 16, 2000

College professor Johanna Marshall does not make a habit of taking strangers home. But after a few dances, she could not resist Kelly Sambino on that hot summer night. Embarrassed after their night of passion, Jo hopes to never see Kelly again, especially when friends warn her of Kelly's reputation was a womanizer. When fall classes begin, Jo is as surprised as anyone to find that Kelly has been hired to teach at the same college. She denies her attraction and refuses to be swayed by Kelly's considerable charm,vowing never to repeat their night of passion. But Kelly insists she is not the womanizer others claim her to be. She pursues Jo, breaking down her resistance, professing her love, only to have her reputation come between them again and again. But Jo turns to Kelly in her moment of need, the stirrings of her heart stronger than the warnings of her friends.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Gerri Hill brings it all together in "One Summer Night". I loved it. -- A reader from Maine

Great Read! I'll watch for the next book by Gerri Hill - -- lesboreader from michigan

I couldn't put it down. . . read it in one night! -- Diane Keller, Rhode Island

I started reading this and didn't put it down until it was finished. -- Reader from Maine

There's only one word for this one -- HOT! -- S. Kirshner - Florida --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

This one is HOT! We are sure you will be very happy with this choice of our new author. We are all anxiously awaiting the next work by Gerri Hill.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 218 pages
• Publisher: Rising Tide Press (AZ) (August 16, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883061318
• ISBN-13: 978-1883061319
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,151,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite romance to date!!, February 16, 2001

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mscatherinems - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Summer Night (Paperback)

I read One Summer Night in 2 nights. I loved the characters and the tension between Jo and Kelly is delicious! The story is laugh out loud funny in places, erotic in others, and sad too in places. I loved the characters. The author does a great job of bringing you back to that-"so in lust you could die" feeling as well as the angst of trying not to fall in love and risk heartache.

I will look for more of Gerri Hill's books. Highly recommended!!

26 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hot scenes but weak characters, May 22, 2001

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M. J. Lowe "www.mjlowe.info" (Denver, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Summer Night (Paperback)

One Summer Night is a first novel for Gerri Hill and is a promising beginning. Her romantic encounters are powerfully erotic and may prompt many readers to return to this story. However her characterization is rather flat and the plot is thin. Some women are portrayed rather one dimensionally and Hill, however unintentionally, sometimes falls victim to using some negative stereotyping.

An educated, thirty something college instructor, Johanna Marshall suffers from the loss of her parents as a child -- despite having been raised by loving grandparents who have accepted her lesbianism without strife -- and the betrayal of (in hindsight) a clearly inappropriately matched lover. For the last several years, Jo has climbed into her ivory tower and shut the door.

Dragging herself out to watch friends play in a softball tourney, Jo is drawn to a ringer brought in to boost the team she supports. The former college ball player is the attractive, intelligent Kelly Sambino. The two women are drawn together by an almost overwhelming attraction and end up spending a tremendously charged night together. The next morning Jo awakes to find Kelly, who had a game to play in the morning, gone. Despite their backgrounds in writing and communication the two women prove to be very poor communicators. Almost annoyingly so. Jo, confused and embarrassed by the night's impulsively, does not go to the ball field. Thus adding to the miscommunication particularly since Kelly lives in another town.

After the tournament, some of Jo's friends suggest that Kelly has a reputation as a "Don Juan." Thus Jo returns to hide in her academic tower, though the memory of their passion remains. Fall semester brings a new faculty member to Jo's department and it's Kelly. Still interested in Jo, Kelly tries to court Jo as well as clarify their earlier miscommunication. Jo spends lots of energy trying to keep Kelly at arm's length but calls on her for solice when her grandfather dies suddenly. Kelly is the more likeable of this hit-and-miss couple, although her willingness to put up with Jo's passive-aggressive behavior is rather masochistic.

Perhaps more annoying is the treatment of secondary characters. One of the few short and over weight dykes (most are lean, althetic, and beautiful) is depicted as insensative, desperate, and mean spirited with her attempts to trash Kelly to Jo in an effort to woo Jo for herself. As some of Hill's writing is quite moving, one hopes that her future novels will explore characterization and plot in a more complex manner.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, June 24, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: One Summer Night (Paperback)

This book was excellent! It is a must read. I read it in about 3 or 4 nights, and I never wanted to put it down. The relationship is really great. It is one I can only wish for! I was a little disappointed when it ended though. I wanted to keep reading more and more about their relationship and life together. I wasn't ready to stop reading the lives of Kelly and Jo..Oh well..Great book!