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Entity by Meg Smitherman is a sci-fi 'horrormance' novella featuring a Pleasurebot that may be the answer to all of Kit's otherworldly desires. "You thought you knew pleasure before you met me. You were wrong." Kit Fox needs a fresh start. Her essays on quantum physics...
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Entity by Meg Smitherman is a sci-fi 'horrormance' novella featuring a Pleasurebot that may be the answer to all of Kit's otherworldly desires.
"You thought you knew pleasure before you met me. You were wrong."
Kit Fox needs a fresh start. Her essays on quantum physics are too outlandish for the mainstream, and her writing career is fizzling. But things look up when she's offered the opportunity of a lifetime—a private three-day interview with reclusive billionaire Ian De Leon, inventor of the Pleasurebot. He's publishing a biography, and he wants Kit to write it.
However, Ian has a secret locked away in his sky-high penthouse—the Prototype, a disobedient and unpredictable new Pleasurebot. Against Ian's explicit wishes, Kit becomes completely enraptured by the Prototype. What she thought was going to be a standard interview becomes a sickening freefall into obsession, self-discovery, and otherworldly desires.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781405987028
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 141g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Meg Smitherman writes science fiction, fantasy, and horror books (all of which involve kissing). She studied Creative Writing at Brunel University London, where she obtained both her MA and a staggering amount of student loan debt. When not writing, Meg spends her time playing video games, reading fan fiction, and couch rotting. Based in Los Angeles, she shares her life with a chihuahua, a cat, and a handsome Englishman.
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