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The Perfect Present

By: Karen Swan
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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A captivating tale of love, secrets, and self-discovery set against the glamorous backdrop of the Swiss Alps. The Perfect Present is a festive and enchanting listen from Karen Swan, the bestselling author of Christmas at Tiffany's.

Laura Cunningham, haunted by her past, desires nothing more than to keep her world small and precise. But when Rob Blake walks into her jewellery studio and commissions a necklace to tell his enigmatic wife Cat's life story in charms, Laura finds herself drawn into their charmed world of lavender-scented air and wild, extravagant friends.

As Laura interviews Cat's family, friends, and former lovers, she begins to uncover secrets and passions that challenge her own quiet life. With each trinket added to the necklace, Laura's metamorphosis continues, forcing her to choose between who she is and who she wants to be.

In this captivating novel, Karen Swan weaves a tale of love, self-discovery, and the power of stories to change lives forever. Immerse yourself in the magic of The Perfect Present and enjoy more of Swan's enchanting seasonal tales with The Christmas Secret and Midnight in the Snow.

©2017 Karen Swan (P)2017 Macmillan Digital Audio Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Heartfelt
Enjoyable Story • Surprising Twist • Masterful Voicing • Interesting Secondary Characters • Happy Ending
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This was such a fun listen. I was never bored but always guessing. Great slow burn all the way to the end! Loved it!

Twists and Turns Keep You Guessing

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I enjoyed this book. It was not straightforward. It kept you guessing with a lot of twists and turns. Sad but a happy ending.

Engaging listen

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Loved the story and it had a surprise twist that Inwans expecting. Imogene Church was fantastic as she always is.

Perfecto

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I really enjoyed this book. Lots of ups and downs. Interesting story with an ending that is happy.

Enjoyable listen

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This was such a beautiful story, with brilliantl y written characters. one of the amazing things is how masterful the narrator was with voicing each character. There were one or two misses, but Kitty was spot on as were Laura and Cat, Orlando, Fi and Jack. There were so many surprises along the way, especially as the truth about Laura's life unfolded. i was genuinely sad for it to end. I love Karen Swan books.

Touched my heart

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I almost didn’t read this as someone said it was sad!! Not sad to me! Great Story with a glorious ending!! Thank you Karen Swan for such a interesting story once again! Thoroughly enjoyed the story and characters ❣️
Imogene Church well done❣️

Laura and Lily

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I don't think the blurb does this story justice. The h is a jeweller with lots of secrets and pain. She is approached to make a necklace with charms as a birthday present to Rob's wife, Cat. Each charm is to represent Cat's relationship with the individual that Rob considers important to Cat. This involves the h interviewing each of them. The h meanwhile lives a very safe life with a good man but we are aware that she is very troubled. When Rob and the h meet, she ends up throwing him out of her studio because he's so arrogant. When the h decides to buy her partner a beach hut for Christmas, she goes cap in hand to Rob because he will pay her a small fortune for Cat's necklace. As the h begins the interviews, she is drawn into Cat's world. In order to finalise a number of the interviews, the h goes to Verbier for a skiing weekend. That changes the h's life in many ways and not all of them are good. The secondary characters are very interesting and mainly Cat's friends and former lovers. The h's best friend and her partner are also great characters. I loved this book and didn't want it to end.

Excellent concept

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I love her plot twists. You can’t guess in advance what the issues are with the main character. Also love that her characters are such strong females.

Always a pleasant surprise

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I recently started reading this author’s books .... I believe this is one of her earlier books. I would definitely recommend her later books, and to probably give this one a pass. I found it superficial and not reasonably believable.

Not this author’s best

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That was really really painful, to say the least. Even Imogen couldn’t make it worth your time ....

Really painful ...

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