Girl in the Rearview Mirror

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I never meant to lie. That is, I never wanted to.They are Phoenix’s first family: handsom Philip Martin, son of the sitting senator, an ex-football player who carries himself with an easy grace and who appears destined to step into his father’s seat when the time is right, his wife, Marina, the stylish and elegant director of Phoenix’s fine arts museum, and their four-year-old daughter, Amabel, beautiful and precocious and beloved.Finn Hunt is working a dull office job to pay off her college debt when she meets Philip and charms Amabel. She eagerly agrees to nanny, thinking she’s lucked into the job of a lifetime. Though the glamour of the Martins’ lifestyle undeniably dazzles Finn, her real pleasure comes from being a part of the family: sharing quick jokes with Philip in the kitchen before he leaves for work, staying late when Marina needs a last-minute sitter, and spending long days with Amabel, who is often treated more like a photo op than a child.But behind every façade lurks a less attractive truth. When a young woman approaches Finn, claiming a connection with Philip and asking Finn to pass on a message, Finn becomes caught up in a web of deceit with the senate seat at its center. And Finn isn’t exactly innocent herself: she, too, has a background she has kept hidden, and under the hot Phoenix sun everything is about to be laid bare…