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The Perfect Present by Karen Swan (view source)
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What do you buy for the woman who has everything? Rob Blake thinks he has it cracked when he commissions a piece of [[How to Save Money on Beaverbrooks: Affordable Luxury Without Compromise|jewellery ]] for his wife Cat’s birthday. But this is no ordinary necklace. The bespoke bling will be like nothing she’s seen before, because he is paying the designer, Laura, a small fortune to dedicate all her time to it. She will interview Cat’s nearest and dearest, and design a charm that tells the story of each relationship.
You’d be forgiven for mistakenly thinking this is Cat’s story. And in fact I was surprised by how little it really has to do with her, despite the premise of her life story. Instead, this is all about Laura, the jeweller with a past, a woman who is clearly not what she seems. Which is a bit of a shame because given the choice, I think I’d befriend Cat over Laura any day. By the time we discover why Laura is the way she is it’s a bit late for you to warm to her, whereas Cat is the opposite, someone you grow fond of before you discover her dirty little secrets, by which point she’s like an old friend and you can’t just dump an old friend because you’ve discovered some surprises about her past, can you?