A Welcome Reunion

A Short Story

De: Lucinda Berry

Narrado por: Christine Williams, Erin Bennett

From the bestselling author of The Perfect Child comes a short thriller about a couple faced with the terrifying return of a girl they once called their own who threatens everything they hold dear.

Janie is the last person Hannah and Christopher Bauer want to see again.

But Janie’s moved back to Clarksville. She’s no longer the frail child Hannah and Christopher adopted over eleven years ago. The child who destroyed their lives. Now Janie is out of juvenile detention—a beautiful, confident young adult—and publicly promoting her new tell-all memoir.

At just eighteen, Janie has a violent and tragic story to share, brimming with grisly details. Details the public can’t get enough of…and that the Bauers can’t bear to relive. Janie has taken a new name and claims to have reformed her sociopathic ways. She’s ready to make amends. But when the Bauers refuse to meet with her, she takes matters into her own hands.

After the social worker formerly assigned to the case makes disturbing revelations about Janie’s calculated behavior, the Bauers brace for Janie’s next move, determined to protect their family—at any cost.

©2023 Heather Berry. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Fantastic!

This is the first time I listened to a 2-hr short story. I like how it’s not dragged out with the fluff when trying to fill a full novel. On the other hand, I didn’t want it to end!

Wow! This was excellent!

I have to read the perfect child now....that was an excellent intro story to the bigger book. Well done!

A welcome reunion

I was interested until the end. This was a disturbing story and it did keep me wondering.

5 stars

A Welcome Reunion by Lucinda Berry is a well-crafted short story. It's been almost two years since I read The Perfect Child and while I liked it, I didn't remember everything. Lucinda reminds readers of what happened in a brief and casual way, without rehashing every detail, which is refreshing. I understand why so many reviewers are mad at her for the ending of The Perfect Child. However, it makes so much sense as to why this book needed to wait to come out; it makes for the perfect ending.

Christine Williams and Erin Bennett are both great narrators for this book.

shocking short story

wow, what a way to end a perfect child, this short story brought and end to the story in quite a shocking way. I'm glad I decided to pick this up.

Oh the twist!

I very much like this short story, and the twist that it took. Was very surprised.

amazing book amd series

loved this one and the first one dispointed though I was hoping Jamie would of done more damage and it would of had more to the book it ended to quickly

Gripping and attention keeping.

I enjoyed the gripping story and I enjoyed the narrators voice as well. Truly a gift to be able to listen while I work.

Great short story!!!

The lengths that parents would go to, to protect their children. I can’t imagine if a psychotic person was influencing my child and how I’d react. Great story!

The much needed resolution

This book acts as a bookend for The Perfect Child. It perfectly wrapped up what I was missing with the end of that. Again, the character development was extraordinary and there were many moments that my jaw was on the floor! Incredible