The Sapphire Pendant
Dara Girard
Reviewed by Amy Lignor
Jessie Clifton is a young woman who is intent on getting
back a family heirloom – the sapphire pendant – that her father had to
sell
years before in order to send Jessie to school.
She’s in and out of jobs left and right, and can’t seem to find
something suitable for the “rest of her life.”
Her two sisters are established in business, very smart and,
according
to Jessie, are much prettier than she.
An athlete through and through, Jessie is certainly more
comfortable on
the fresh asphalt of a basketball court than in heels and ball-gowns.
Kenneth Preston is Mr. Perfect.
Handsome, killer smile, charming…he’s brought
the community where he lives respect through his business and volunteer
programs. Every woman in the county is
begging for a shot to become Mrs. Perfect, but Kenneth can’t seem to
find one
he remotely wants to spend time with.
Unlike the atypical, boring set-up, where the two main
characters “run” into each other on the street and sparks fly, this
author lets
us know right away that Kenneth and Jessie have known each other for a
good
long time. In fact, Kenneth was the jerk
who stood Jessie up on prom night making her completely against men for
the rest
of her life.
A doorway opens and Jessie gets herself involved with a bet
that will gain her the Sapphire Pendant if she wins.
But will it end up hurting Mr. Perfect?
This, ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Silver Award
Winner (Romance), keeps us guessing as a niece shows up in Kenneth’s
life and
Jessie becomes her nanny. The little
girl has many secrets and one that could just destroy Kenneth Preston
forever. Add in a woman who wants with
all her might to see Mr. Perfect fall from his pedestal and be thrown
out of
her father’s company; a drunken sot of a brother whose anger turns
against
everyone in the family; and more than one matriarch of a family who
have kept
their secrets hidden within the folds of their ball gowns and are about
to
unleash them upon the unsuspecting community…and you have a
well thought out
page turner that will keep you intrigued.
The betrayal and intricate backgrounds from both families
alternates between a lovely romance, a tragic drama, and a quest for a
family
heirloom that will uncover a betrayal from the past that may just make
Jessie
Clifton wish she’d never ever met Kenneth Preston.
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