The Stay

A gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist

By: Shelby Shaw

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

She came to heal at an isolated wellness retreat. She stayed to survive.

Tessa Rowan checked into Eversage Ridge to heal.

She expected mindfulness. Solitude. A reset.

What she found was something far more insidious.

Behind the tranquil façade of the exclusive wellness retreat lies constant surveillance, psychological manipulation, and a system designed to dismantle its guests one layer at a time. As the staff probes deeper into Tessa’s past, she begins to question everything—her memories, her sanity, even her own guilt.

The answers she’s searching for don’t bring peace.

They bring danger.

And when Tessa finally uncovers the real reason she was brought to Eversage Ridge, she’s forced to make an unthinkable choice—one that will determine whether she leaves the retreat cured… or disappears completely.

Some guests come to recover.

Tessa came to survive.

Tropes:
🏞️ Isolated Wellness Retreat
🧠 Psychological Manipulation
👁️ Constant Surveillance
🧩 Unreliable Perception
🔒 Controlled Environment
🩺 Healing Turned Harmful
📂 Hidden Files & Secrets
🕳️ Slow-Burn Psychological Dread
⚠️ Escalating Threat
🖤 Unsettling Ending

The Stay is a psychological thriller novella about control, perception, and survival inside an isolated wellness retreat. It's dark, immersive, and deeply unsettling.

I was pleasantly surprised!

I was pleasantly surprised by this story! Despite the AI voice… I found the story super enthralling. This thriller was a page turner. I highly recommend!

Ai narration? Ruined the book.

This could have been a really good listen had it not been for the AI narrator. It’s terrible. Flat and monotone. It does the book a disservice. I’ll be avoiding books with AI narration from now on.