Sex, Lies, and Sensibility by Nikki Payne











Romance
Berkley
February 13, 2024
E-Book, Audio, Paperback
492

Sex, Lies, and Sensibility by Nikki Payne
Nikki Payne’s newest book, Sex Lies, and Sensibility is the romance book of the season (of my life.)
Sure this may be a Sense and Sensibility retelling, but nothing out there will quite “hit” like Sex, Lies and Sensibility. A vivid and bursting with technicolor romance book that checked all my boxes for an epic romance.

Quick intro
We are introduced to Nora and Yanne, two sisters that we soon discover are daughters of a rich tycoon that has just passed. But, as a reader we find out they are the illegitimate children of tycoon. In the reading of the will, they find out they inherited a house in Maine. Huge mansion that could be flipped, made into a cozy B&B, and made into a bigger profit.
Both Nora and Yanne arrive in Maine and are met with LOTS of nature, a run down mansion, and not only that, a group of people touring the rinky-dink habitation. (A ghost tour!) The tour being led by, Ennis, may my grey sweatpants loving heart take a breather for a sec.
Ennis a local and indigenous hottie in the town, has been running his own local hiking tour for years and is not so happy that these two sisters ruining his tour. Fret not, they all come to an agreement and become “co-workers” soon enough.
As months go by, Nora and Yanne are on deadline to turn the place into a successful B&B, with clientele and bookings. Lots of pressure! In between renovations both Nora and Ennis CANNOT STOP THEIR CHEMISTRY from growing into something more.

They just cannot be stopped
The magic of Sex, Lies and Sensibility is in EACH AND EVERY SHARED MOMENT BETWEEN Ennis AND Nora. Their moments weigh so heavily on page because they both harbor a huge secret in which they both think will ruin their friendship and reputation. With each passage of their interactions. Like partnering to go on runs early in the morning, or Ennis bringing Nora with him on errands, they’re very obvious love grows deeper and stronger.
So much love and longing that my heart split into a million pieces and then got glued back together. Nikki Payne so carefully crafted such in-depth characters. Everyone on the page speaking, felt real and multi dimensional. The sensitivity to the native Wabanaki tribe and culture only enhanced my experience as I swooned reading Sex, Lies, and Sensibility.
Read Sex, Lies, and Sensibility by Nikki Payne if you love: Laugh out loud moments, lively characters, sexual tension that makes you fan yourself, deep romance that makes you weak in the knees, steamy scenes that almost make your eyes pop out of your head.


Carla is a born-again bookworm originally from Puerto Rico. Becoming a mom is what drove her back into the love of reading. Starting with the love of Romance books but now she enjoys any epic tales that are well written. She’s a mom of three, a wife, and resides in Central Florida. Hurricane news doesn’t scare her but finding out a second book in a series doesn’t come out for another year will send her into a real panic. Sending her chocolate and another great book works best to support her through such times.