A Million Kisses In Your Lifetime By Monica Murphy

Description

Monica Murphy’s A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime is a very romantic and sensuous book that has everything readers want in an opposites-attract love story. It also has startling emotional depth and genuine honesty. The novel takes place at Lancaster Prep, a fancy private school for rich and powerful people. It immerses readers in a world of privilege, pressure, and the messy, exciting ups and downs of first love.

Wren Beaumont, the main character, seems to be the perfect “good girl.” She is a great student and daughter because she is polite, hard-working, and very smart. She follows the rules and protects her carefully cultivated reputation. But beyond Wren’s calm and disciplined demeanor is a young lady who wants to be herself and wants someone to see her for who she really is, not the picture she has to put on. Her life at Lancaster Prep is like a gilded prison. She always feels the weight of her family’s expectations and her own sense of right and wrong.

Crew Lancaster is the arrogant, magnetic heir to the Lancaster fortune and the personification of everything Wren says she hates. Crew is good-looking, rich, and confident of himself. He uses his family name as a weapon to obtain what he wants and anybody he wants. Their first meetings are full of cutting remarks, angry glares, and mutual hatred that literally jumps off the page. Wren thinks he’s spoiled and entitled, and Crew loves to annoy her and watch her carefully built serenity break.

But what makes Monica Murphy such a great storyteller is how she slowly reveals the truth about these two characters who seem to be at odds with each other. Crew is a lot more fragile than he lets on, even if he acts tough and charming. He is scared of how much he likes Wren’s honesty and courage, and he can’t help but notice how obsessed he is with her. What starts out as a teasing game turns into something deeper and more deadly as both characters face the wants and concerns they’ve been trying to hide.

One of the most interesting things about the book is how slowly their romance grows. Murphy isn’t in a hurry to get to know them. Instead, she creates it with exchanges that are complex, like caustic banter that turns into a tentative truce, simmering tension that turns into passionate passion, and quiet, vulnerable times when they share hurts they’ve kept concealed from everyone else. Readers perceive Crew’s unrelenting pursuit as more than just a conquest; it’s a desperate attempt to win Wren’s confidence and love.

Wren has to let down walls she’s built up her whole life if she wants to fall for Crew. She has trouble dealing with her fear of being vulnerable and her overwhelming desire. She learns that true love isn’t about being perfect, but about accepting someone entirely, warts and all. Their story looks at issues like privilege, trust, and the mental baggage that money and power can’t protect you from.

Murphy doesn’t shy away from sensual, graphic sequences, but they have more than just the objective of getting people excited. They are about two people learning to trust each other, let go, and be themselves around each other. The end result is a romance that is both very passionate and very real.

A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime also takes place in a world of prep school drama that is very real there are exclusive parties, whispered scandals, and a social structure that strictly follows its own rules. The work is still based in character and emotion, even in this rarefied atmosphere. People will cheer for Crew and Wren not because they are perfect, but because they are real, flawed, and working so hard to be better for each other.

About the Author

Monica Murphy is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author celebrated for her steamy, heartfelt contemporary romances. Known for her compelling characters and emotional storytelling, she has created numerous beloved series and stand-alone novels that have earned her a dedicated, worldwide readership.

Product Details

• Title: A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime 
• Author: Monica Murphy 
• ISBN-13: 9781953553339 
• Publisher: Dangerous Press 
• Published: March 2022 (paperback edition) 
• Pages: 549 
• Binding: Paperback