Sex, Lies and Sensibility
Author: Payne, Nikki
ISBN: 9780593440964
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 26 Mar 2024
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Two sisters roll up their sleeves to run a dilapidated inn but must learn to work with the locals in this deliciously spicy novel inspired by Plt;iPgt;Sense and Sensibility.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;P#8220;Nikki Payne skillfully spins the tale of a well-known Jane Austen classic and makes it entirely her own. Thoughtful, hilarious, and smolderingly steamy.P#8221;P#8212;Kristina Forest, author of Plt;iPgt;The Partner PlotPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Two sisters roll up their sleeves to run a dilapidated inn but must learn to work with the locals in this deliciously spicy novel inspired by Plt;iPgt;Sense and Sensibility.Plt;brPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;ThereP#8217;s never a good time to learn you are your fatherP#8217;s secret childP#8212;especially not at the reading of his will. With their fatherP#8217;s affairs laid bare and NoraP#8217;s sensible reputation in tatters due to a viral video scandal, she and her free-spirited sister have nothing left but a rustic inn in the middle of nowhere and each other. WhatP#8217;s more, they need to revamp the inn before Labor Day or they lose it all. Nora hasnP#8217;t even knocked the traveling dust off last seasonP#8217;s designer boots when sheP#8217;s confronted with three problems:P#160;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;1. She Plt;iPgt;really Plt;/iPgt;should have watched more HGTV.Plt;brPgt;2. She hasnP#8217;t seen another Black person for miles.Plt;brPgt;3. A tall, dark stranger has already staked a claim on their property.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Native Abenaki eco-tour guide Ennis P#8220;BearP#8221; Freeman has seen hapless tourists come and go. When he spots two pampered city girls at his unofficial headquarters, he expects them to catch a flight out of the inhospitable coastal Maine backwoods within a weekP#8217;s time. But Nora, turns out, is made of sterner stuff. And as she rolls up her sleeves to breathe new life into the inn, she unwittingly reignites a flood of emotions inside of Bear that he had very intentionally suppressed.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Their connection is electric, their desire palpable. But BearP#8217;s silence about his mysterious past might turn out to be the one thing that sends Nora packing.
ISBN: 9780593440964
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 26 Mar 2024
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Two sisters roll up their sleeves to run a dilapidated inn but must learn to work with the locals in this deliciously spicy novel inspired by Plt;iPgt;Sense and Sensibility.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;P#8220;Nikki Payne skillfully spins the tale of a well-known Jane Austen classic and makes it entirely her own. Thoughtful, hilarious, and smolderingly steamy.P#8221;P#8212;Kristina Forest, author of Plt;iPgt;The Partner PlotPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Two sisters roll up their sleeves to run a dilapidated inn but must learn to work with the locals in this deliciously spicy novel inspired by Plt;iPgt;Sense and Sensibility.Plt;brPgt;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;ThereP#8217;s never a good time to learn you are your fatherP#8217;s secret childP#8212;especially not at the reading of his will. With their fatherP#8217;s affairs laid bare and NoraP#8217;s sensible reputation in tatters due to a viral video scandal, she and her free-spirited sister have nothing left but a rustic inn in the middle of nowhere and each other. WhatP#8217;s more, they need to revamp the inn before Labor Day or they lose it all. Nora hasnP#8217;t even knocked the traveling dust off last seasonP#8217;s designer boots when sheP#8217;s confronted with three problems:P#160;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;1. She Plt;iPgt;really Plt;/iPgt;should have watched more HGTV.Plt;brPgt;2. She hasnP#8217;t seen another Black person for miles.Plt;brPgt;3. A tall, dark stranger has already staked a claim on their property.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Native Abenaki eco-tour guide Ennis P#8220;BearP#8221; Freeman has seen hapless tourists come and go. When he spots two pampered city girls at his unofficial headquarters, he expects them to catch a flight out of the inhospitable coastal Maine backwoods within a weekP#8217;s time. But Nora, turns out, is made of sterner stuff. And as she rolls up her sleeves to breathe new life into the inn, she unwittingly reignites a flood of emotions inside of Bear that he had very intentionally suppressed.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Their connection is electric, their desire palpable. But BearP#8217;s silence about his mysterious past might turn out to be the one thing that sends Nora packing.
