And The Perfect Secret did not disappoint-loved it! And I love the new direction that she seems to be taking with her writing-a little darker, a little more suspenseful. To this day, I haven't read a book by Steena Holmes that I haven't just absolutely loved. LIST OF HER NOVELS STARTING FROM MOST RECENT: She currently lives in Calgary with her husband and three daughters and loves to wake up to the Rocky Mountains each morning. Holmes was inspired to write Finding Emma after experiencing a brief moment of horror when she’d thought her youngest daughter was missing. In 2012 she received the Indie Excellence Award. Steena Holmes grew up in a small town in Canada and holds a Bachelors degree in Theology. The Word Game also won the 2015 USA Books Award for Best Fiction and her novel, The Memory Child was a finalist in the same category. The Word Game was included in the Top 20 Novels to be Written by Women in 2015 by Good Housekeeping. Her latest novel - LIES WE TELL OURSELVES - is out October 2020. NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author - Steena is the author of the heart wrenching Finding Emma series. How much does Starla want the perfect life, and did she use her special skills to keep it, or is this just her biggest con yet? The shocking truth is closer than anyone thinks?Įveryone has secrets, some worth killing for. The revelation of Starla's secret, previous life and her special skills make her a prime suspect. When bodies start turning up in the gardens of her employer, Soil and Springs Landscaping, Starla and her fiancé are hauled into jail for questioning. And it got even better-a whirlwind romance and engagement to her boss’s charming ex-husband.īut everything comes with a price.

Starla has everything she ever wished for: a simpler life, a normal life, a new start with new job, a straight job-a receptionist for Soil and Springs Landscaping run by a famous botanist. Now fresh out of her latest stint in jail, she accepts a too-good-to-refuse offer-a perfect life on a silver platter. There she learned the tools and skills she put to work later to con jewel thieves, drug traffickers, and mobsters out their fortunes.

Starla Bishop learned to survive in the foster-care-to-jail system in New York City. A simpler life that what you she was accustomed to. She was on cloud nine after accepting an offer of a lifetime. Everyone has secrets - some deadlier than others

The patient by steena holmes