Ruby Franke had an affair with Jodi Hildebrandt: daughter Shari

Shari Franke speculates about her mother Ruby Franke’s love life in her bombshell new memoir.

The 21-year-old claims in “The House of My Mother: A Daughter’s Quest for Freedom” (out Tuesday) that the former “8 Passengers” mom-vlogger, 42, was “sneaking around” with business partner Jodi Hildebrandt.

The couple pleaded guilty to child abuse charges in December 2023 and are both serving time for their horrific treatment of Ruby’s six children: Shari, Chad, 19, Abby, 17, Julie, 15, Russell, 13, and Eve, 11.

Shari claims in her book that Hildebrandt, 55, moved into her room and demanded she sleep on the sofa in the living room.

She claims the room — and the entire upstairs — was “off limits” to Ruby’s then-husband, Kevin Franke, without express permission.

Ruby reportedly moved into the room after Hildebrandt began “experiencing incredibly detailed visions” and it became the duo’s “sanctuary” where they would often “hunker down”.

Shari describes going back to her old bedroom during one of Ruby and Hildebrandt’s rare absences—which she claims were “shopping trips” to Mexico for pills—and being “confused” by what she saw.

“The room was bathed in the soft glow of candles,” she writes. “The air was heavy with the scent of lavender and vanilla wafting from the massage oils on the dresser.

“I quickly grabbed what I needed and got the hell out of there feeling like I’d just walked into someone else’s bridal suite,” Shari continues. “The only thing missing were rose petals on the bed.”

Ruby and Kevin’s eldest child goes on to claim that she saw her mother looking “vicious” as she left the bedroom around 10am. 5 in the morning the following morning.

“Her hair (was) messy, her cheeks flushed and her cloak hastily tied,” Shari claims, recalling the “strange smile on her” mother’s face.

“What the hell was going on?” she asks in her memoir. “Why was Ruby sneaking around in the middle of the night like a teenager trying not to get caught by her parents? Did they really do candlelight massages in my bedroom?”

She calls the duo’s connection “fascinating and terrifying,” noting that they “condemned queerness very publicly in their ConneXions videos while embodying it privately. In (her) room. On (her) bed, most likely.”

Shari insists that she “would have supported” Ruby and Hildebrandt if they had been open about having an affair.

“It would have been preferable to live like this,” she writes. “In this house of lies that I couldn’t bear to step into anymore.”

Shari first spoke out on social media in August 2023 after one of her “emaciated” siblings sought help from neighbors, leading to Ruby and Hildebrandt’s arrests.

“Finally,” Shari wrote at the time via Instagram. “Me and my family are so glad that justice is being served. We have been trying to tell the police and CPS about this for years and (are) so glad they finally decided to come forward.”

While Kevin, 46, was not charged with any crimes and has since divorced Ruby and sought custody of their children, Shari claims in her book that he had “turned his back on (him)” when she needed him .