{"id":253509,"date":"2026-07-13T02:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/a-thousand-perfect-lies-monica-murphy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T02:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:52:07","slug":"a-thousand-perfect-lies-monica-murphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/a-thousand-perfect-lies-monica-murphy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Thousand Perfect Lies – Monica Murphy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cMaybe you feel connected to me because I\u2019m brand-new here and I don\u2019t know your history,\u201d I suggest, proud of how calm I sound. \u201cMaybe.\u201d His voice is full of doubt. \u201cWant to walk back to the dorm with me?\u201d \u201cUm.\u201d I glance over my shoulder, my gaze snagging on the Harrington estate. \u201cI was just at Sophia\u2019s. I kind of want to go back.\u201d I need some distance to figure out why he\u2019s acting this way. All cute and drunk and \u2026 into me.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou two are becoming close.\u201d He doesn\u2019t phrase it as a question. \u201cI like her. She\u2019s one of the only people at Wickham who\u2019s nice to me.\u201d I sound defensive, but maybe I have a right to be. Until this little drunken escapade, Connor has been mostly standoffish and rude. Are there moments when the connection he feels\u2014that I feel, too\u2014flares up into something warm and welcome?<\/p>\n

Sure. But I wouldn\u2019t say that\u2019s been the predominant vibe here. No, that would be more easily categorized as hostile. \u201cShe\u2019s a decent sort,\u201d Connor admits. \u201cWant me to walk you back?\u201d \u201cNo. That might end up looking a little suspicious, don\u2019t you think?\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re right. Not like leaving their house, spending a not-insignificant amount of time outside in the cold\u2014without a proper jacket, I might add\u2014 then going back to their house instead of returning to campus.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not suspicious at all.\u201d He grins again, and I sort of want to melt at when those adorable dimples pop. \u201cHow about you go your way and I\u2019ll go mine?\u201d \u201cDeal.\u201d I watch him go until he disappears into the darkening night sky. A sigh gusts out of me. I shouldn\u2019t pay any attention to the connection between us, but I do.<\/p>\n

He makes me feel all fluttery inside with only a look, and while hardened Billie shouldn\u2019t let that affect her, soft and flighty Belinda can. Meaning \u2026 I\u2019m doing it for the plot.<\/p>\n

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Monica Murphy is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Both traditionally and independently published, she writes mostly new adult and contemporary romance. She\u2019s also written as USA Today bestselling author Karen Erickson. A native Californian, she lives in the middle of nowhere with her husband, children, one dog and four cats. When she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s thinking about writing. Or reading. Or binge-watching something.<\/p>\n

Or travelling. 1kitap1.com\/en ALSO BY MONICA MURPHY THE PLAYERS Playing Hard to Get Playing By The Rules Playing to Win LANCASTER PREP Things I Wanted To Say A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime Promises We Meant to Keep I\u2019ll Always Be With You You Said I was Your Favorite LANCASTER PREP NEXT GENERATION All My Kisses For You Keep Me in Your Heart You Were Never Not Mine SINGLE TITLES Pretty Dead Girls Daring the Bad Boy Saving It 1kitap1.com\/en 1kitap1.com\/en This book is for the self-protective, independent ones who learned to trust themselves first before they could rely on someone else.<\/p>\n

1kitap1.com\/en A Thousand Perfect Lies is a twisty murder mystery with lots of family drama and romance. However, the story includes elements that might not be suitable for all readers, including parental alcoholism and abandonment, underage drinking, recreational drug use, consensual physical intimacy, bullying, and murder. Readers who may be sensitive to these elements, please take note before confirming your enrollment at Wickham Academy. 1kitap1.com\/en \u201cH CHAPTER ONE ey, babe. Gimme another beer.\u201d One of the cheesy tourists from Tennessee has a leer on his somewhat handsome face that makes me want to roll my eyes, but I contain myself.<\/p>\n

He came into the bar with his friends to watch college football on a Saturday afternoon, and they\u2019re loud. Obnoxious. They can\u2019t stop checking me out, either. Why are they all like this\u2014flirtatious to the point of unbearable? I need every dollar I can get, so I flash him a smile. \u201cComing right up.\u201d I head toward the bar, where Doug, the owner of this fine establishment, has already placed a fresh bottle for my customer on the counter.<\/p>\n

I offer him a grateful smile, and he lifts a whiskered brown chin in acknowledgment. I set the bottle on my tray before I head over to the table where the three pretty-faced college boys sit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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