She came seeking blessings. She found something already inside her—watching, waiting, waking.

Karen leaves New York believing she’s prepared for India. She’s read the books. Taken the shots. Practiced the mantras. Her fiancé is Hindu, and she wants to honor his culture. A destination wedding in a sun-drenched Punjabi village seems like the perfect start.

But the India that greets her is not the one from brochures and Bollywood dreams. It is humid, hungry, and humming with invisible eyes. From the moment she touches the soil, strange things begin to happen—dreams of temples that don’t exist, women who speak without words, gods who smile with too many teeth.

When an old woman clasps a silver pendant around her neck, something ancient stirs. Her body begins to change—slowly, sensually, violently. Desires she’s never known take hold. Her voice grows unfamiliar. And when she bleeds, the earth responds.

As the wedding approaches, Karen’s reality unravels. Her fiancé becomes a stranger. Her reflection shifts. Is she possessed? Enlightened? Or finally free?

The Goddess Within is a hypnotic, erotic horror novella about identity, empire, and the dangerous seduction of spiritual transformation. Bold, intimate, and mythically unsettling, it explores what happens when Western desire collides with a deity who does not forgive.

Perfect for fans of Her Body and Other Parties, The Book of X, Possession, and The White Lotus.