The Perfect Present

Memories are a gift . . . Haunted by a past she cant escape, Laura Cunningham desires nothing more than to keep her world small and precise - her quiet relationship and growing jewellery business are all she needs to get by. Until the December day when Rob Blake walks into her studio and commissions a bracelet that will tell his enigmatic wife Cats life in charms. As Laura interviews Cats family, friends and former lovers, she steps out of her world and into theirs - a charmed world where weekends are spent in Verbier and the air is lavender-scented, where friends are wild, extravagant and jealous, and a big love has to compete with grand passions. Hearts are opened, secrets revealed and as the bracelet begins to fill up, Cats intoxicating life envelops Lauras own. By the time she has to identify the final charm, Lauras metamorphosis is almost complete. But the last story left to tell has the power to change all of their lives forever, and Laura is forced to choose between who she really is and who it is she wants to be.