A Retreat to Ascension: Finding Nirvana
Paperback
FantasyGeneral FictionGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
Publisher Price: $21.00
Publisher: M. Elisha Shaw
Published: Feb 20 2026
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Twelve women receive an invitation to Nirvana, a secluded retreat promising transformation and a reward worth risking everything for.
Each woman arrives carrying something she hasn't outrun: a past, a fear, a version of herself she's trying to leave behind. The retreat offers structure, guidance, and the kind of breakthrough that feels just out of reach in the real world.
Dr. Mariah and the Beacons don't just lead they observe, measure, and push. The trials aren't just challenges; they're designed to dismantle. Comfort is stripped away. Privacy becomes performance. What starts as self-improvement begins to feel like something else entirely.
The women bond. They break. They compete without admitting it. And beneath the language of empowerment and ascension, something darker hums, a rhythm they didn't sign up for but can't seem to escape.
Serenity Jane came to Nirvana looking for change. What she finds is a test she didn't know she was taking, in a place where healing and control are impossible to separate.
Old wounds collide with new truths. Rivalry turns into something deeper. And the line between growth and breaking begins to blur.
Finding Nirvana: A Retreat to Ascension is a story of vulnerability, resilience, and the dangerous beauty of starting over when starting over means surrendering more than you planned.
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