{"product_id":"the-orchid-the-secret-code-of-modern-goddesses","title":"The Orchid: The Secret Code of Modern Goddesses","description":"“Gift yourself a journey that awakens the soul toward inner peace, strength, and radical self-love.”\n\nTHE ORCHID: The Secret Code of Modern Goddesses is a transformative, award-winning novel that has become a symbol of connection among women and men alike. It is shared between friends, mothers and daughters, therapists and clients, and gifted by men to the women they love—recognized widely as a source of healing, clarity, and emotional renewal.\n\nAwards\nIn October 2025, the book received five medals at the International Latino Book Awards:\n• Best Author Video Promoting a Book (Gold)\n• Nora de Hoyos Comstock Best First Book – Fiction – English (Gold)\n• Best Novel – Adventure or Drama – English (Silver)\n• Best Cover Design (Silver)\n• Best Audiobook (Bronze)\n\nThese honors join its earlier distinctions as a Bestseller by The Los Angeles Tribune and a Five-Star title from Reader’s Favorite, affirming its powerful cultural and emotional impact.\n\nThe Story\nAt the heart of the novel is Mary, a woman who, after surviving profound trauma and a devastating heartbreak, creates THE ORCHID: a sanctuary for emotional restoration hidden in the forests of Northern California. Though fictional, her world feels intensely real—a holistic retreat blending ancestral wisdom, spiritual psychology, and contemporary healing practices. For over twenty years, Mary and her team have welcomed thirty women each week, all seeking clarity, renewal, and a return to themselves.\n\nThe Characters\nThe novel follows five of these women during one life-altering week:\n• Nicole – A young woman from Texas navigating faith, identity, her hidden sexuality, and the longing for self-acceptance.\n• Olivia – A powerful, service-driven leader forced to confront childhood wounds she has buried for decades.\n• Jennifer – A newly divorced single mother struggling to trust life—and herself—again.\n• Stephanie – A survivor of sexual abuse who discovers that healing begins with vulnerability, truth, and self-love.\n• Sofía – An ambitious entrepreneur who once sacrificed everything for success, now facing the pain she has tried to silence and the consequences of choices she can no longer avoid.\n\nExhausted and emotionally disconnected, each woman arrives believing what she seeks is far outside her reach: connection, belonging, joy, purpose, meaning. Inside this sanctuary, they learn a deeper truth—everything they have been searching for has always lived within them.\n\nOver seven days, they move through the five teachings of THE ORCHID: Awareness, Gratitude, Forgiveness, Acceptance, and Intention, gently unraveling old narratives and reconnecting with their most authentic selves.\n\nWith themes of feminine empowerment, emotional resilience, sisterhood, inclusivity, and spiritual awakening, the novel intertwines healing practices such as meditation, breath-work, journaling, prayer, visualization, and self-inquiry.\n\nTHE ORCHID is an invitation to feel deeply, reflect honestly, heal courageously, and return to the love that has always lived inside you.\n\nWelcome to the greatest spa in the world—the one already within you.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0CT98LZWK\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0CT98LZWK.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Aquino, Rocio|Orengo, Angel\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43525810520125,"sku":"BVV.B0CT98LZWK.G","price":10.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0CT98LZWK-0.jpg?v=1787952231","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-orchid-the-secret-code-of-modern-goddesses","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}