{"product_id":"stepdaughter-book-georgina-cross-9781838889401","title":"The Stepdaughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's a normal afternoon when I walk out the patio doors of our kitchen to check on Mia, my stepdaughter, who is swimming in our backyard pool. But she's gone. My heart stops when I see the back gate is open, her pink, fluffy towel lying folded on a chair. I was just feet away. Why didn't I hear her scream? Who took our little girl? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy husband can't understand how I could have let his daughter disappear. And when the police come asking questions, I wish I could wind back time to that normal afternoon when I was cooking lasagna for my family, Mia's favorite. 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