I never meant to lie. That is, I never wanted to.
They are Phoenix's first family: handsome Philip Martin, son of the sitting senator, an exfootball player with an easy grace who appears destined to step into his father's seat; his wife, Marina, the elegant director of Phoenix's fine arts museum; and their four-year-old daughter, Amabel, precocious and beloved.
Finn Hunt thinks she's landed the job of a lifetime when she is hired to be Amabel's nanny. Though the glamour of the Martins' lifestyle is dazzling, Finn most values being part of the family: sharing jokes with Philip in the kitchen; staying late when Marina needs a last-minute sitter; and spending long days with Amabel.
But behind every facade lurks a less attractive truth. When a young woman claims a connection to Philip and asks Finn to pass a message to him, Finn becomes tangled in a web of deceit with the senate seat at its center. And Finn isn't exactly innocent herself, and under the hot Phoenix sun everything is about to be laid bare . . .
