Wellness Retreat

Dawn Kurtagich is the award-winning author of The Dead House, And the Trees Crept In, Teeth in the Mist and Blood on the Wind. The daughter of a British globe-trotter and single mother, she grew up all over the place, but her formative years were spent in Africa—on a mission, in the bush, in the city and in the desert. She lives in Wales, an ancient and mountainous country within the UK, with her husband and two black cats.

"With a mystery as immersive as the restorative mud at Saoghal Spa, The Wellness Retreat will draw you in with its cloying atmosphere and spiraling sense of dread. Chilling, tense and impossible to look away from—prepare for a one-sitting read." —Kat Ellis, author of The Devouring Light on The Wellness Retreat“The Wellness Retreat is a refreshingly original spin on modern wellness cults and other-– older –-types of cults, whose manipulations and bloodshed are far less shrouded. A fast-paced, engaging and thoroughly enjoyable read. Poetic and evocative and bloodcurdlingly scary.”  —Camilla Bruce, author of You Let Me In on The Wellness Retreat“Steeped in a violent past and mystical folklore, this stormy cultish tale where nothing is what it seems and, behind those welcoming smiles and calm auras, no-one can be trusted, oozes suspense right up to its terrific climax.” —Tina Orr, author of Breakneck Point on The Wellness Retreat“The Wellness Retreat presents a crackling, blue-tinged world that simultaneously attracts and terrifies. Through prose so poetic and tangible you can taste it, Kurtagich deftly illustrates how the hunger for beauty and power can produce souls starved of everything that makes them human. This story is for everyone who looked at a wellness guru and thought, I wonder what you’re really doing. Powerful, haunting, and lyrical.” —Viggy Parr Hampton, author of A Veritable Household Pet on The Wellness Retreat“Beautiful, unsettling, and piercingly perceptive, The Wellness Retreat braids landscape, history, and the body into a deeply haunting story. Kurtagich captures the slow dread of condescension and disbelief—especially toward women and disabled bodies—while letting the island’s buried past rise like something that refuses to stay silent.” —Katya de Becerra, multi-award winning author of Little Kin on The Wellness Retreat“Sharp and relentless, The Madness has a bite that won’t let go.” —Kiersten White, New York Times Bestselling and Bram Stoker Award–Nominated Author of And I Darken on The Madness“Kurtagich’s writing is lively and gorgeous. This original spin on a familiar tale is guaranteed to keep you turning the pages until the sun comes up.” —Joshua Moehling, Author of And There He Kept Her and Where the Dead Sleep on The Madness“A chilling Welsh gothic that sinks its teeth into you. Darkly haunting, and fiercely clever…” —M. A. Kuzniar, Bestselling Author of Upon a Frosted Star on The Madness“A creeping tale that gets its claws into you and doesn’t let go. It’s a story about pain, trauma, and ultimately hope, and needless to say, it belongs at the top of your TBR pile.” —Gwendolyn Kiste, Three-Time Bram Stoker Award–Winning Author of The Rust Maidens and Reluctant Immortals on The Madness“Part thriller, part horror, and one hundred percent compelling.” —Samantha Downing, International Bestselling Author on The Madness