The Tannell’s Family Secret by Lashonda Beauregard

The Tannell’s Family Secret by Lashonda Beauregard
Publisher: Self-published
Genre: Contemporary, Inspirational/Christian, Suspense/Mystery
Length: Short story (42 pages)
Rating: 3 stars
Reviewed by Fern

The Tannells are the wealthiest family in the fictional town of Bayouville, Louisiana. They seem to have it all with money, power, and fame. Thomas and Savannah have always tried to paint the perfect picture of the Tannell family, but are they really perfect?

As a hurricane is approaching Bayouville, Louisiana, Mr. Tannell is dealing with a storm of his own. What secret could Mr. Tannell be hiding that could shatter the Tannells’ image and empire?

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The Tannell’s Family Secret is a suspenseful, fiction story of two families, one rich, the other middle-class, that shows that things aren’t always what they seem.

Faith and Jackie return home to Bayouville, Louisiana after a death in the family. Jackie re-connects with Hazel Tannell, a friend from school. While the Tannell’s have plenty of money – easily the most wealthy family in their town – Jackie learns that even seemingly perfect families are not as blissful as they outwardly appear.

I found this to be an interesting short story. The character perspectives jumped around a little – which I know many readers don’t enjoy – but in this particular instance I understood why the author did it. Moving from Jackie’s perspective, to that of Mr Tannell’s, to Mrs Tannell etc helped show us, the reader, what was really going on behind that perfect facade of the Tannell family. While I’m not sure really that I’d classify this as a mystery story – there’s not the usual mystery of “who done it”, the reader is brought along as the murder “mystery” occurs – but again I can understand this book being labeled as a mystery when that’s the closest slot I feel the book can be put into.

Despite the lack of mystery surrounding the murder, I still found this quite an enjoyable read. I knew from the blurb and title that there would be a mystery/secret surrounding the Tannell family and that they wouldn’t be as perfect as they appear at first. While I admit I found the writing a little choppy – in part I think from the character perspective changes, but also in part because there would be multiple scenes in a chapter which left me with an impression of “jumping around” a little. But again, despite this I really found overall for this to be a good, strong story. I was a little disappointed that the ending was wrapped up in what seemed like a very quick fashion, but I was pleased that all my questions were resolved with sensible answers that made sense and helped give closure to the story.

There is a strong thread of religious belief throughout the story. A number of the characters express a strong faith in God and belief that He touches us in various ways throughout our lives. I don’t feel the various characters’ religious belief overshadows the plot or various happenings to the Tannell family but it’s definitely a consistent theme throughout the story which I feel readers should be aware of.

I found this to be a well-written book with good characters and a number of moving parts that all blended very well together into a strong and coherent story. With a strong Christian theme and a number of different plots following various characters this was an interesting short story that captured and retained my attention throughout. A story that I felt was an interesting and solid read.