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Headline scoops novel on the wellness industry from screenwriter Karla Marie Sweet
15th November, 2024
Mountain Leopard Press, an imprint of Headline, has scooped False Idols, a suspenseful novel about the wellness industry from actor and screenwriter Karla Marie Sweet.
The novel follows Sadie who becomes a member of Deep Flow, an exclusive wellness class, after a chance encounter with its magnetic leader, Lilith. As she becomes more embroiled in the world of Deep Flow, Sadie finds herself having to defend the community and insists it is not a cult. However, when the group comes under threat, she learns the cost of being part of Lilith’s inner circle.
Sweet has previously penned Another Life, an Audible Original originally published in September 2024. False Idols is her print debut.
The author commented: “The wellness industry has undoubtedly offered me so many valuable tools over the years but it’s also fraught with capitalism, cultural appropriation and false idols. There’s a lot to satirise and I hope readers see something massively recognisable as they delve deeper into the world that exists within this novel.”