A Welcome Reunion

A Short Story

By: Lucinda Berry

Narrated by: Christine Williams, Erin Bennett

Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

Must Read/Listen

Wow! This book was stellar. It was well written, fast paced and packed a punch. Janie was crazy and it ended with what she deserved. Highly recommend!!

Amazing!!

A conclusion we desperately wanted and needed! Very well written and I couldn’t stop listening once I started.

This felt rushed…

I wanted closure as much as a lot of us did. Some may have said ‘The Perfect Child’ was unrealistic but I lived some parallel experiences. And it was so validating. But this? This is unrealistic. So many routes this sequel could have taken but this is the one that was written.

Exactly what I was hoping for

We got answers and they were satisfying - what more could you want in a short story sequel? Perfection, as always, Ms. Berry.

Terrible ending

I am a big fan of Lucinda Berry, This one was my least favorite of hers I have ever read.

I'm glad that there was an ending to book one

I love the first book so very much that I was excited to get closure for the second book. my only complaint is that I wish the book was longer than a 2 hour listen. the characters are great the people that read the story are great I would recommend this book to friends I just wish book two was more detailed and longer. overall well done very well done

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!

Bye Janie

Perfect ending! As always Lucinda killed it, no pun intended. Only thing they would make this epic, would be if Janie had a child no one knew about !

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.