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The Namaste Club

(2025)
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"This smart, suspenseful tale with an I-didn't-see-that-coming ending is an irresistible page turner, as if White Lotus collided with Nine Perfect Strangers. A summer must-read." — Rochelle B. Weinstein, bestelling author of This is Not How it Ends

From the author of Pink Glass Houses, another delicious beach read about rich people behaving badly! The Namaste Club is a sly and hilarious send-up of the wellness industrial complex, rich ladies doing yoga, and all things fabulous and Florida.

Just inland from Florida’s sun-splashed Treasure Coast is the Namaste Club yoga center. An exclusive oasis of palms, lakes, and adorable guest villas, it’s perfect for getaways where Shakti, a serenely blond Instagram influencer, holds yoga retreats for well-heeled Miami ladies. The Namaste Club is a place of reflection, a place of release and redemption…or at least, that’s the sales pitch.

This weekend, however, is Transcendence Week, and a new bunch of South Florida burnouts have arrived. There’s Indira, fabulously wealthy after her divorce from the fast-frozen fruit king of Florida. There’s Indira’s bestie Jessica, also divorced and trying to get her groove back. There’s Barbara, heir to a massive family fortune, who’s taken a vow of silence for the retreat that will be sorely tested. And then there’s Carol Anne from Vero Beach, a happy tradwife and proud gun owner who recently did something...inadvisable; she’s just here while things cool off in her hometown.

And then, of course, there’s Daniel, the toned, man-bunned apprentice yoga instructor. He’s cute if you like that sort of thing. And many of the rich ladies do.

Last but not least, there’s Bubba, the retreat center’s resident twelve-foot American alligator. Before Transcendence Week is over, Bubba will have his moment of glory as well—when one of the visitors winds up in his jaws.

Who will be living their best life? Who will get their comeuppance? Pour yourself a spicy margarita and settle in for your new favorite read!


Genre: General Fiction

Praise for this book

"A hilarious, witty, and razor-sharp satire, The Namaste Club deliciously skewers luxe wellness culture, divorce drama, and Miami's glittery elite. I binged these pages - and these messy lives - like a limited series I never wanted to end." - Andrew Boryga

"I'm obsessed with The Namaste Club! This yoga retreat has everything: A murderous alligator, a deranged tradwife, a hot yoga apprentice, and too many spicy margaritas to count. This novel is hilarious, suspenseful and full of surprises. No one - and I mean no one - writes Florida like Asha Elias!" - Jennifer Close

"Asha Elias delivers a gripping story of trendy and toxic Miami mothers who will stop at nothing to come out on top. Pink Glass Houses is a fantastic debut with a delectable and exclusive setting - it will have you hooked from the first page." - Sian Gilbert

"Delicious, decadent, and utterly diabolical. No one serves up a scandal like Asha Elias." - Kirsten Miller

"Decadent, delicious, and devious! I immediately whipped out my phone wishing I could look these people up! Elias lays her characters bare on the page...and it's an absolute delight to watch them claw and squirm their way to the top. We finally get our own White Lotus set in Florida!" - Melissa Mogollon

"Funny, sharply-written, and very, very, Florida, THE NAMASTE CLUB is the kind of book you'll kick back and read in a few hours, because you'll be unable to put it down. Bursting with the same weird, wonderful charm of a night out in Miami, Elias's prose and style is reminiscent of the biting commentary of Amina Akhtar's KISMET and Liane Moriarty's NINE PERFECT STRANGERS. If you ever wanted to get a feel for what it's like to live - and survive - in Miami, this is the book for you." - Alex Segura

"There's no sign of a sophomore slump in Asha Elias' follow up to Pink Glass Houses. The Namaste Club dives deep inside a Florida yoga retreat where drama and suspense hit the mat day one and the fresh writing transports before chanting the first om. This smart, suspenseful tale with an I-didnt-see-that-coming ending is an irresistible page turner, as if White Lotus collided with Nine Perfect Strangers. A summer must-read." - Rochelle B Weinstein


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