A Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller.
A page-turning debut of suspense about a young couple desperate to
have a child of their own--and the unsettling consequences of getting
what they always wanted.
Christopher and Hannah are a happily married surgeon and nurse with
picture-perfect lives. All that's missing is a child. When Janie, an
abandoned six-year-old, turns up at their hospital, Christopher forms an
instant connection with her, and he convinces Hannah they should take
her home as their own.
But Janie is no ordinary child, and her damaged psyche proves to be more
than her new parents were expecting. Janie is fiercely devoted to
Christopher, but she acts out in increasingly disturbing ways, directing
all her rage at Hannah. Unable to bond with Janie, Hannah is drowning
under the pressure, and Christopher refuses to see Janie's true nature.
Hannah knows that Janie is manipulating Christopher and isolating him
from her, despite Hannah's attempts to bring them all together. But as
Janie's behavior threatens to tear Christopher and Hannah apart, the
truth behind Janie's past may be enough to push them all over the edge.
