KISMET by Amina Akhtar - Spotlight & Giveaway

 


Before even telling you how much I enjoyed your second novel, KISMET (Thomas&Mercer), let me share with Amina Akhtar, how I'm addicted to THE CUT, the blog you created in New York magazine. It has everything: fashion, celebrities, food, beauty, shopping, everything.

Now on to your novel, KISMET which USA TODAY calls a "sizzling summer book."

Lifelong New Yorker Ronnie Khan never thought she’d leave Queens. She’s not an “aim high, dream big” person―until she meets socialite wellness guru Marley Dewhurst.

Marley isn’t just a visionary; she’s a revelation. Seduced by the fever dream of finding her best self, Ronnie makes for the desert mountains of Sedona, Arizona.

Healing yoga, transcendent hikes, epic juice cleanses…Ronnie consumes her new bougie existence like a fine wine. But is it, really? Or is this whole self-care business a little sour?

When the glam gurus around town start turning up gruesomely murdered, Ronnie has her answer: all is not well in wellness town. As Marley’s blind ambition veers into madness, Ronnie fears for her life.


KISMET is a funny thriller about wellness - the smoothies, the secrets and deadly impulses.


KISMET will be published August 1st.



Amina Akhtar is a former fashion writer and editor. Her satirical first novel, #FashionVictim, drew rave reviews and acclaim and was covered in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Martha Stewart Living, Entertainment Weekly, Fashionista, Book Riot, CrimeReads, and more. Akhtar’s new book Kismet takes on the world of wellness and all the crystals that go with it. This #OwnVoices novel is set in Sedona, Arizona, where nature is just as much a character as anyone else. 

Akhtar has worked at Vogue, Elle, the New York Times, and New York Magazine, where she was the founding editor of the women’s blog The Cut. She’s written for numerous publications, including Yahoo Style, Fashionista, xoJane, Refinery29, Billboard, and more. She currently lives not too far from the Sedona vortexes. Kismet is her second novel.

Thanks to Thomas and Mercer, we have one copy to giveaway. Just tell us the latest thriller you've read that kept you reading well past your bedtime. We'll announce a winner soon. Good luck.

GIVEAWAY: USA only please



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  1. travelerJuly 26, 2022 at 8:16 AM

    The House across the lake by Riley Sager. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

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  2. Padmini RaoJuly 26, 2022 at 6:42 PM

    Verity by Colleen Hoover
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    none lately
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  4. AnonymousAugust 3, 2022 at 7:09 AM

    FireStarter by Stephen King tysm buckeyekel@hotmail.com

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  5. Nancy PAugust 3, 2022 at 8:36 AM

    Behind Closed Doors was the best book like that this year so far.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 4, 2022 at 8:12 PM

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