Emotionally guarded Daphne Amos always believed she’d found a kindred spirit in her fiancé, Heath. Both very private people, they’ve kept their pasts hidden from the world, and each other, until Heath’s escalating nightmares begin to put an undeniable strain on their relationship. Determined to give their impending marriage the best chance of succeeding, Heath insists that Daphne join him on a seven-day retreat with Dr. Matthew Cerny, a psychologist celebrated for getting to the root of repressed memories. Daphne reluctantly agrees - even though the past is the last place she wants to go.

The retreat’s isolated and forbidding location increases her unease, as do the doctor’s rules: they must relinquish their keys and phones, they’ll be monitored at all hours by hidden cameras, and they’re never to socialize with the other guests.

One sleepless night, Daphne decides to leave her room...and only then does she realize that the institute is not at all what it seems - and that whatever’s crying out from Heath’s past isn’t meant to be heard. It’s meant to be silenced.

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Emily Carpenter
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Listening Length	10 hours and 22 minutes
Author	Emily Carpenter
Narrator	Kate Orsini
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Audible.com Release Date	May 01, 2018
Publisher	Brilliance Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B087QMR1M3
Best Sellers Rank	#79,503 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #224 in Gothic Horror Fiction #862 in Psychological Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #1,438 in Gothic Fiction

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Manda T.

Gripping Southern Gothic psychological suspense

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2018

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Once again, Emily Carpenter hits it out of the park with a gripping psychological suspense, and a Southern Gothic setting that is a character in itself. Heath and Daphne are intriguing and complex; as I followed the twists and turns of their troubled marriage to a retreat at a creepy Victorian mansion in the North Georgia mountains, I found myself gripping the pages tighter and tighter, even as I couldn't stop turning. You won't want to put this book down, and it may even make you question how well you know the person sleeping next to you while you read...

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Quite the roller coaster

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2018

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Heath and Daphne appear to be kindred spirits, keeping their pasts hidden from each other. When Heath's nightmares begin and he wakes in the morning with no recollection of the violence, Daphne becomes concerned about the future of their relationship. In a show of concern for Daphne's worries, Heath recommends going to a week-long couples retreat for therapy. Daphne reluctantly agrees to go for Heath’s sake, but refuses to participate in the therapy. What follows is a spine tingling reveal of the extremes to which some people will go to hold on to other people, and the shocking reveals of both Heath's and Daphne's pasts. Can either of them escape the horrors...and come out alive? Well done, Emily Carpenter! Highly recommended for those who enjoy psychological thrillers.

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Terry

A good suspense novel is hard to write believably

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2019

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I think that a good suspense novel is hard to write believably and engage a reader all the way through. This novel was ok, but it took too long to really get started.
I started listening with audio option, then chose to read at the end of the book.
The narrator was very good and kept my interest at the begining, but the story got very convoluted towards the middle.
New characters were introduced and decidedly wierd stuff happened, but it didn't seem to fit together well.
Just when you would expect the real action to begin, the narrative would switch back to the childhood traumas of both main characters.
I got kind of tired of their backstories and could have done with less sex scenes in the present time and more action to move the plot along.
The ending was the only part that was suspenseful, but by then, I just wanted to finish the book. (less)

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Connie Callahan

Did not pull me in

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2018

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I wanted to love this book based on the reviews, but sadly did not. It never fully engaged me. I kept reading and while the last 25% of the book improved, it never kept me on the edge of my seat. I did not feel the timeline going back and forth was written well. It seemed confusing at times and did not all seem to line up at the end. Maybe it was just me. I am still interested in reading the authors other books. I have no doubt this author is exceptional; this particular book just did not really interest me.

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Damian

knocked my socks off

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2022

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That was seriously good. Absolute page turner, couldn’t put it down. Don’t start reading at night because you won’t sleep, because you’ll have to stay up reading.

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Dr Di

I couldn’t put it down

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2019

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I constantly read books, so I have much to compare this book. From the moment I started to read, I was engaged in the plot and loving the characters. I even forgot it was just a story, and lost myself in it. If you are wondering if this book is for you...yes, if you like a mix of intrigue, suspense, and romance. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Mrs.Harris

Awesome read!

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2020

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The creativity and research that Ms. Carpener put into this novel is astonishing! She kept me engaged from begining to end. I loved it and will be on the lookout for more from this author.

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Claudia L. Einertson

Partner with Mental Illness

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2019

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I couldn’t put this book down. I think that many times, when dating, we have no idea who our date truly is. If you like a mystery that you can’t solve ahead of time, this read is for you. It’s way more than a love story!

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The Cat's Mother

A bit too unbelievable for me

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2018

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This book has the potential to be really good but I just found it all a bit too far-fetched and ultimately irritating.

Daphne accompanies Heath to a couples retreat for counselling before their marriage to sort out issues with his past which are causing aggressive nightmares, although Daphne declines to partake in the counselling as she has a few issues with her own past that she doesn’t want to come to light.

This is when it starts to become a bit unbelievable. There are supposedly three couple at the retreat, but they are forbidden from talking to the other two couples, they have to hand over their mobile phones and car keys and there are cameras monitoring them in their room. So why does Daphne not find it odd that Heath has so many sessions every day leaving no time for the other couples to be seen, why is a private door to the attic which houses the camera monitors always left open so she can creep up and watch them, and why when she has been told not to talk to the other couples does she follow one of the women and then promptly spill her life story.

None of the characters are particularly likeable, but then I don’t think they are intended to be, so I didn't really care what happened to them. Daphne is particularly annoying, always snooping around where she shouldn’t be and getting away with it but then not seeing what is patently obvious.

The book starts at the end and skips back and forth throughout, so you know things are not going to end well. The epilogue, which takes place eight months later, ties things up just too conveniently for me.

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Sarah H

Enjoyed it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2021

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I went into this book unsure that I was going to like it. I'm not one for sappy girl cooing over boys style books and for a glimmer there I felt that's exactly what I had walked into. At times I felt like in the earlier days there was too much emphasis on their sex life. But half way in when the story really began to unfold and it became more of a psychological thriller than I expected that I started to really enjoy it.

There were times where I felt events were too quickly thrown into the mix without a lead up to them being established. And I liked that the ending didn't feel rushed and was explained.

Kindle Customer

A twisting, breathless, edge of the seat psychological thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2018

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This starts gradually, a couple that seem ideally suited and soulmates. Nightmares that are very vivid and physical are causing concern and Heath wants to attend a couples therapy retreat to resolve. She has a secret, that she has kept since childhood and doesn't want to be exposed through therapy. They attend, he with enthusiasm and she with reluctance and with the proviso that she won't do any therapy. There are 2 other couples there and stringent rules about contact between other couples, cameras to observe all and nothing is at it first appears.

I enjoyed this immensely, the characters well drawn and little snippets of childhood slowly revealed through descriptions of the stages of Daphne's early childhood and after being taken into care, the children's home and the destructive influence of Chantel on the confused and hurt child Daphne.

I was not sure initially of how it would end and that after the revelation of the abuse and the depth of coldness in the actions by several of the characters and the consequences of this.

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Adele

Hooked straight from the beginning

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2019

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I think this book was a free book of the month with kindle first reads, which I've had since 2018 wish I would have read it sooner as it was brilliant! It took some unexpected turns and I didn't see the ending turn out the way it did. Would highly recommend to others who like their thrillers!

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MR T STRETTON

Not bad.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2018

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I was torn between 3 and 4 stars for this novel. I would say 3.5 stars would have been a perfect score for it. The plot for the story is very good, there are twists that I didn't see coming although it is clear from early on that something at Baskens couples retreat isn't quite right and it's also clear that all the main characters in the novel have dark secrets hidden in their pasts..... it's just how dark they are and just how much of these secrets have been left in the past.

The biggest problem for me was the same story could have probably been told in 50 pages less than it was. Certainly worth a read though.

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