Kiss Me Not

Colt Adler: I'm trying to picture him, way back when. But how can I? All I see now is the Army Ranger he's become.

Intoxicating smile. Sculpted arms. To-die-for eight-pack. And enough medals on his uniform to set off airport security from a mile away.

He doesn't resemble the kid who shared my tree house with me, along with every perfect memory of my childhood. He protected me-long before he protected our country.

And he knows it all. Every hope and dream in my heart. Every vulnerability I hide from everyone but him. Every secret . . . except one.

One tiny lie that I'm discovering I want desperately to be the truth. Because he's not the only one who's changed since we were ten.

But I can't risk a friendship that's lasted eighteen years-even when his lips are so close that I'm wondering if he'll finally kiss me . . . or kiss me not.

Contains mature themes.