Heart Opening

By Niki Robinson-Ague

When LAPD homicide detective Fran Hartley's sister Bethany vanishes from a luxury yoga retreat in Bali, the official story is simple: she decided to stay. Explore the island. Live her best life. But Bethany's texts stopped. Her calls went silent. And no one seems interested in asking why. One year later, Fran goes undercover as a burned-out office worker who won a company raffle, arriving at The Sanctuary with a fake smile and a photograph hidden in her bag. What she finds is paradise - rice paddies glowing silver in the moonlight, yoga pavilions open to the sky, and Serena, a magnetic retreat leader who makes every guest feel seen. But beneath the beauty, something is very wrong. Phones disappear. Guests who ask too many questions leave in the middle of the night. A locked concrete building hums with refrigeration. And a wellness consultation asks one question too many: What's your blood type? As Fran peels back the layers of The Sanctuary, she discovers a horror beyond anything she imagined - an organ harvesting operation hidden beneath the lotus flowers, run by two women who faked their deaths in Chicago a decade ago. With the help of a private detective, a suspicious fellow guest, and an influencer who stumbled onto the truth, Fran must expose the operation before she becomes the next name in a manila folder marked VIABLE. Heart Opening is a psychological thriller set in the lush, seductive landscape of Bali, where paradise is a trap, healing is a lie, and the woman who promises to open your heart means it literally.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GLH1KTG4
• ISBN13: 9798246858219
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"