A Necessary End

  • Author: Holly Brown
  • Narrator: James Patrick Cronin
  • Publisher: HarperCollins USA
  • Duration: 12:22:40
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Synopsis

How far would you go to get what you wanted? The author of Don’t Try to Find Me returns with a taut, riveting novel of psychological suspense—a domestic drama full of secrets and twists—about a woman determined to have a child, her ambivalent husband, and a pregnant teenager with a secret agenda of her own.

“I know now that there was no other way things could have turned out. Tragedies are inevitable, just like the great love stories, like us.”

Thirty-nine-year-old Adrienne is desperate to be a mother. And this time, nothing is going to get in her way.

Sure, her husband, Gabe, is ambivalent about fatherhood. But she knows that once he holds their baby, he’ll come around. He’s just feeling a little threatened, that’s all. Because once upon a time, it was Gabe that Adrienne wanted more than anything; she was willing to do anything. . . . But that was half a lifetime ago. She’s a different person now, and so is Gabe. There are lines she wouldn’t cross, not without extreme provocation.

And sure, she was bitten once before by another birth mother—clear to the bone—and for most people, it’s once bitten, twice shy. But Adrienne isn’t exactly the retiring type.

At nineteen, Leah bears a remarkable resemblance to the young woman Adrienne once was. Which is why Adrienne knows the baby Leah is carrying is meant to be hers. But Leah’s got ideas of her own: Her baby’s going to get a life in California; why shouldn’t she? All she wants is to live in Adrienne’s house for a year after the baby’s born, and get a fresh start.

It seems like a small price for Adrienne to pay to get their baby. And with Gabe suddenly on board, what could possibly go wrong?

Chapters

  • ANecessaryEnd_21_Chapter19

    Duration: 07min
  • ANecessaryEnd_22_Chapter20

    Duration: 11min
  • ANecessaryEnd_23_Chapter21

    Duration: 18min
  • ANecessaryEnd_24_Chapter22

    Duration: 13min
  • ANecessaryEnd_25_Chapter23

    Duration: 09min
  • ANecessaryEnd_26_Chapter24

    Duration: 09min
  • ANecessaryEnd_27_Chapter25

    Duration: 09min
  • ANecessaryEnd_28_Chapter26

    Duration: 06min
  • ANecessaryEnd_29_Chapter27

    Duration: 20min
  • ANecessaryEnd_30_Chapter28

    Duration: 11min
  • ANecessaryEnd_31_Chapter29

    Duration: 15min
  • ANecessaryEnd_32_Chapter30

    Duration: 22min
  • ANecessaryEnd_33_Chapter31

    Duration: 15min
  • ANecessaryEnd_34_Chapter32

    Duration: 21min
  • ANecessaryEnd_35_Chapter33

    Duration: 17min
  • ANecessaryEnd_36_Chapter34

    Duration: 12min
  • ANecessaryEnd_37_Chapter35

    Duration: 21min
  • ANecessaryEnd_38_Chapter36

    Duration: 09min
  • ANecessaryEnd_39_Chapter37

    Duration: 23min
  • ANecessaryEnd_40_Chapter38

    Duration: 16min
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