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Nikki Payne skillfully spins the tale of a wellknown Jane Austen classic and makes it entirely her own Thoughtful hilarious and smolderingly steamyKristina Forest author of The Partner Plot

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 Sense and Sensibility

Theres never a good time to learn you are your fathers secret childespecially not at the reading of his will With their fathers affairs laid bare and Noras sensible reputation in tatters due to a viral video scandal she and her freespirited sister have nothing left but a rustic inn in the middle of nowhere and each other Whats more they need to revamp the inn before Labor Day or they lose it all Nora hasnt even knocked the traveling dust off last seasons designer boots when shes confronted with three problems

1 She really should have watched more HGTV
2 She hasnt seen another Black person for miles
3 A tall dark stranger has already staked a claim on their property

Native Abenaki ecotour guide Ennis Bear 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 weeks 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

Their connection is electric their desire palpable But Bears silence about his mysterious past might turn out to be the one thing that sends Nora packing