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  • Published: 24 February 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405987028
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 130
  • RRP: $24.99

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The Pleasurebot may be the answer to all Kit's otherworldly desires in this sci-fi 'horrormance' novella from Meg Smitherman.

\"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.

But 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. And what she thought was going to be a standard interview becomes a sickening freefall into obsession, self-discovery, and otherworldly desires.

  • Published: 24 February 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405987028
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 130
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Meg Smitherman

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 romance books, and couch rotting. Based in Los Angeles, she shares her life with a chihuahua, a cat, and a handsome Englishman.

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