Kismet is the whip-smart debut novel from Luke Tredget, set in a world where the ultimate matchmaking app has redefined romance.

29-year-old Anna is smart, vivacious, and in the midst of a complete existential meltdown.

Sure, from the outside everything in her life seems to be going just fine: She has a decent job, a devoted BFF, and a lovely boyfriend named Pete with whom she is exactly 70% compatible, according to Kismet, the matchmaking app that everyone in Anna’s world uses to find love.

Still … isn’t there supposed to be more to life than this? Should she settle for a secure and predictable existence with Pete, or risk everything for a life of passion and adventure?

With true adulthood (the dreaded 30) just weeks away, Anna secretly re-joins Kismet, and soon encounters Geoff, a dashing, 40-something journalist with whom she has a shockingly high compatibility score of 81. How can she not at least see where this goes … ?

A funny and propulsive love story for our over-networked age, Kismet challenges us to take stock of how technology shapes our desires and what it means to ‘settle’.

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