Excerpt: Tell Me Lies

What had her brother been thinking, leaning in to kiss her like that? And for that matter, what had been on her mind, that she would be willing to reciprocate? Perhaps it was the eternal heat that lay like a blanket over the island, and being cooped up in the house certainly was not helping. So perhaps this time spent outside and away from what was familiar to them would be a great opportunity to clear their heads of any silly notions of kissing each other.