{"id":196171,"date":"2025-04-21T07:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/the-girls-in-the-basement-by-steena-holmes-bookchattercookiebiscuit\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:28:13","slug":"the-girls-in-the-basement-by-steena-holmes-bookchattercookiebiscuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=196171","title":{"rendered":"The Girls in the Basement by Steena Holmes \u2013 Bookchatter@Cookiebiscuit"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jillian thought she knew her husband. They\u2019ve been married for twenty years. But she doesn\u2019t know him at all.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jillian Harper thought moving to the quiet little town in Montana would be the fresh start her family needed. A charming farmhouse, friendly neighbors, and endless open fields \u2014 it was supposed to be perfect.<\/em><\/p>\n

Until the bodies are found.<\/em><\/p>\n

Buried deep on their land. Hidden for years.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The police are everywhere. The town is whispering. And Tucker \u2014 her devoted husband \u2014 is acting . . . strange. He won\u2019t tell her where he was all day. He won\u2019t explain why his phone was off. And worst of all \u2014 he won\u2019t meet her eyes.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jillian knows Tucker is lying. She just doesn\u2019t know why.<\/em><\/p>\n

But the truth is far worse than she imagined. Because someone left those bodies there. Maybe the real monster isn\u2019t lurking out there in the fields . . .\u00a0Maybe he\u2019s sleeping in her bed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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My Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meet Jillian Harper, who\u00a0takes the prize for the most naive wife of all time. No matter how many times her husband Tucker disappears and she can\u2019t get hold of him, how many times he lets her and baseball-mad son Ethan down, or she hears him having shady discussions on the phone, she still believes he is innocent of any wrongdoing. Even after decomposing bodies are found in trailers on the land they bought for a pittance, having left protective custody and fled again, she still trusts him. But she can\u2019t ignore the evidence forever.<\/p>\n

Agent Meri Amber is a police officer, now working with the FBI. She is investigating the bodies in the trailers who they believe to be the victims of a sex trafficking ring. Meri has a vested interest \u2013 her sister disappeared twenty years ago and she is always searching for her. Could her sister be one of the bodies? And how many more bodies have still not been found?<\/p>\n

The \u2018Red House\u2019 is the stuff of myth and nightmares, but we know it exists, because it\u2019s where Lola lives with \u2018Mother\u2019, who hands the girls over to the \u2018Lady\u2019 to sell them to the highest bidder. Mother has always protected Lola, who she treats differently from the other girls. Lola has a scar on her face which they both hope will keep her safe as no-one will want her with her disfigurement.<\/p>\n

How can Tucker be involved in something so heinous. Something that makes you sick to the stomach. He won\u2019t explain, he just tells Jillian he is keeping her and Ethan \u2018safe\u2019, but can she go on believing him? And then there is Becky from her childhood, also missing for twenty years. And who is Old Man Cummins?<\/p>\n

This is the kind of book you can\u2019t put down, even though Jillian annoyed me a lot of the time. Poor Ethan is all I can say. I really liked Meri, and Lola\u2019s story was probably my favourite, I so wanted her to get away.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to\u00a0@ZooloosBT\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0for inviting me to be part of this blog tour.<\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author. With 2 million copies of her titles sold world wide, Steena Holmes was named in the Top 20 Women Author to read in 2015 by Good Housekeeping. She continues to write books that deal with issues that touch parents heart, whether it is through her contemporary fiction or psychological suspense novels.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To find out more about her books and her love for traveling, you can visit her website at http:\/\/www.steenaholmes.com\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

2012 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE BOOK Award for her bestselling novel Finding Emma\u00a0<\/em>
2015 USA BOOK NEWS Award for The Word Game<\/em>,\u00a0
2015 USA BOOK NEWS finalist for The Memory Child<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For softer, sweeter stories with a hint of chocolate, a lot of coffee and communities you want to live in, look for her stories under the name STEENA MARIE.<\/p>\n

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Steena\u2019s Social Media<\/strong>
Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/authorsteenaholmes<\/a>
Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/steenaholmes<\/a>
Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/authorsteenaholmes\/<\/a>
Website: http:\/\/www.steenaholmes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Book Links<\/strong>
Goodreads: https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/228870583-the-girls-in-the-basement<\/a>
Purchase Link: https:\/\/mybook.to\/girlsbasement-zbt<\/a><\/p>\n

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