Entity

A RECLUSIVE BILLIONAIRE. HIS DARKEST SECRET. THE ANSWER TO KIT'S OTHERWORLDLY DESIRES. . . 
Entity is an addictive, fast-paced SPICE-fi novella that blends futurism, pleasure and mystery . . . 
'Once again, Meg Smitherman blew my mind. I loved Thrum and Swallowed, but this might be my favourite yet' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review-- 
‘You thought you knew pleasure before you met me. You were wrong’ 
Kit Fox needs a fresh start. 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. 
--Readers love Entity 
'If you like your romance dark, your horror sexy, and your sci-fi layered with existential dread and longing, this book will live in your head rent-free' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
'Meg has done it again! Entity is unsettling and sinister but also deeply romantic and funny' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
'This story was amazing from start to finish' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review

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.

“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.

The Frost Queen's Blade

A RELUCTANT QUEEN. A DEADLY ASSASSIN. A DEAL BOUND IN BLOOD. 
The Frost Queen's Blade is an epic, standalone, enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance from Meg Smitherman. 
‘Seductive, angsty, and romantic…it will pull at your heartstrings and make you wish the broody assassin was yours to keep’ 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
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Conspiracy lurks in the realm of Rothen. No one knows this better than Elma Volta, soon to be queen of the frozen kingdom. But as she awaits her coronation, Elma narrowly escapes death at the hands of an enemy assassin. 
 
Realizing she has few choices and even fewer allies, Elma offers the assassin a deal: if he can keep her alive until she takes her rightful place on the throne, she will bring peace to their warring lands. 
 
An uneasy alliance forms between Elma and the sharp-tongued assassin. But what started as mutual hatred and resentment, soon begins to evolve into something else entirely. Something aching, desperate, and blazing hot. 
 
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Readers love The Frost Queen's Blade 
'This book is ridiculously good, I can't get over it!! I loved it so much from start to finish' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
'I’ll probably think about this book for months...The drama, the angst. Loved every minute' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
'An EASY 5 stars given here. I couldn’t put this book down. Cancelled all my Saturday plans to finish it. It was SO FREAKING GOOD!!' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
'Meg's dialogue and world-building is beyond compare... I can't recommend this book enough and I know it will be one that I often come back to and read again' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review

Conspiracy lurks in the realm of Rothen. No one knows this better than Elma Volta, soon to be queen of the frozen kingdom. But as she awaits her coronation, Elma narrowly escapes death at the hands of an enemy assassin. Realizing she has few choices and even fewer allies, Elma offers the assassin a deal: if he can keep her alive until she takes her rightful place on the throne, she will bring peace to their warring lands. 
 
An uneasy alliance forms between Elma and the sharp-tongued assassin. But what started as mutual hatred and resentment, soon begins to evolve into something else entirely. Something aching, desperate, and blazing hot.

Sanctifier

‘She was the goddess of light, and he was the god of death’ 
The heart stopping sequel to Destroyer, with a heart shattering romance and rich world-building at its core . . . 
‘Tantalizing, romantic, and highly addictive’ 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review-- 
Ru Delara, archaeologist, has finally proven that magic exists. Fen Verrill has vanished in the wake of his dark revelation, leaving Ru with a shattered heart. The cruelly handsome Lord D’Luc now holds Ru and her volatile artifact captive. 
Meanwhile, conspiracy brews in the city of Mirith, its court overtaken and infatuated with the worship of a vengeful god. 
Ru and Fen are drawn inevitably to the heart of it. 
But everything in the palace is not as it seems, and Ru soon finds herself at a terrible crossroads: the future of the entire kingdom is hers to decide. 
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Readers love Sanctifier 
 
'This duology is one for the ages. Loved every page' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
'I couldn’t have asked for a better end for Ru’s story. These characters will live with me for a long time' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
'I highly recommend reading the series. Everything Meg Smitherman writes is fantastic' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
'So clever and well written' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review

Ru Delara, archaeologist, has finally proven that magic exists. Fen Verrill has vanished in the wake of his dark revelation, leaving Ru with a shattered heart. The cruelly handsome Lord D’Luc now holds Ru and her volatile artifact captive. 
 
Meanwhile, conspiracy brews in the city of Mirith, its court overtaken and infatuated with the worship of a vengeful god. Ru and Fen are drawn inevitably to the heart of it. But everything in the palace is not as it seems, and Ru soon finds herself at a terrible crossroads: the future of the entire kingdom is hers to decide.

Swallowed

THE PLANET HAS ALWAYS CALLED TO JILL, BUT ITS SECRETS MAY CONSUME HER. . . 
Swallowed is a dark, psychological sci-fi novella where obsession, romance, and horror intertwine on a planet that seems too perfect to be real. 
‘This was just as wild and thrilling as I thought it would be. Meg Smitherman never disappoints!’ 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
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Earth is broken beyond repair. The Planet is our last hope. 
 
Humanity's first mission to the Planet ended in tragedy, but botanist Jill Jones won’t let that stop her from joining the second one. 
 
Perfect climate, perfect terrain, perfect flora and fauna; the Planet has called to Jill all her life. She knows, with bone-deep certainty, it's home. A new beginning for humanity. She just needs a chance to prove it. 
 
But as Jill and her team survey the Planet, a mysterious presence begins to infiltrate their thoughts. 
 
When her colleagues start to disappear, it's up to Jill to uproot the Planet's secrets before they consume her, her friends . . . 
 
And the one man she would do anything to keep. 
 
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Readers love Swallowed 
'Mouth dropped. This was such an incredible read. I couldn’t put it down. I read it in one sitting!' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
'Disturbing, addictive and darkly atmospheric' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
'I need more books like this! Immediately one of my FAVORITE reads of 2024 &amp; should be on your must reads for 2025' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
'A horticulturally horny and hypnotising read' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review

Earth is broken beyond repair. The Planet is our last hope. 
 
Humanity's first mission to the Planet ended in tragedy, but botanist Jill Jones won’t let that stop her from joining the second. 
 
Perfect climate, perfect terrain, perfect flora and fauna; the Planet has called to Jill all her life. She knows, with bone-deep certainty, it's home. A new beginning for humanity. She just needs a chance to prove it. 
 
But as Jill and her team survey the Planet, a mysterious presence begins to infiltrate their thoughts. When her colleagues start to disappear, it's up to Jill to uproot the Planet's secrets before they consume her, her friends, and the one man she would do anything to keep.

Thrum

TRAPPED IN SPACE, AMI THOUGHT SHE WAS ALONE, UNTIL HER DISTRESS CALL WAS ANSWERED BY HIM. . . 
Thrum is a haunting, psychological sci-fi novella that will leave you wanting more . . . 
‘Fell in love with this novella, so capturing and so harrowing. It's everything I wanted in a horror-romance’ 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
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Ami awakes from years in stasis to find she’s at the edges of deep space, and the only surviving member of her crew. 
 
Utterly alone and unable to contact Earth, she sends out a distress beacon, not expecting a response. When she gets one from a being who calls himself Dorian, she’s welcomed onto his ship as he offers his assistance in any way he can. 
 
But nothing on Dorian’s ship is as it seems. And as Ami tries to navigate the maze of hallways and first contact with this alien being, a deep hum begins to resonate, haunting her, as if the ship itself is whispering to her. 
 
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Readers love Thrum 
 
'I literally devoured this book in a couple hours and have not stopped thinking about it… that was SOOO DAMN GOOD!' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
'The slow build up? Amazing. The slow realisation and the descent? Amazing! The world building and the level of detail? Amazing! The ending? Absolutely scrumptious!!!!' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
'It had everything you could want from a story. Suspense, horror, romance. Highly, highly recommend!' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review 
'This blew me out of the water. It’s short but it had me hooked from page one and I couldn’t put it down' 5 &amp;#x2B50; Reader Review

Ami awakes from years in stasis to find she’s at the edges of deep space, and the only surviving member of her crew. Utterly alone and unable to contact Earth, she sends out a distress beacon, not expecting a response. When she gets one from a being who calls himself Dorian, she’s welcomed onto his ship as he offers his assistance in any way he can. But nothing on Dorian’s ship is as it seems. And as Ami tries to navigate the maze of hallways and first contact with this alien being, a deep hum begins to resonate, haunting her, as if the ship itself is whispering to her.

Fervor

Midonia, a freelance personal transporter, is on thin ice after a fatal ship malfunction. So, she doesn’t argue when she’s given a bad assignment: transport devout Sister Irene to the tiny fringe colony she calls home, a religious colony that worships a strange deity they call Anguish 
 
When a solar flare grounds her ship, Medonia finds herself stuck with the cult-like colony, their bizarre prayers that shake loose memories Midonia would rather forget, and a bleak castle ruin that wakes her in the night with a call she can’t ignore. 
 
In the ruin, she meets a shadow, a horror, a dark shape that consumes her body and mind: the god they call Anguish. He speaks to Midonia as if he knows her, has been waiting for her. He invades her mind and body with his want, sparking an obsession that will be near-impossible to escape. . .

Meg Smitherman

At the centre of a forbidden ruin, an artifact of black stone is unearthed. 
 
Archaeologist Ru Delara, vilified by the scientific community for believing in magic, is summoned to investigate. When she arrives she finds herself inexorably drawn to the artifact and, unable to resist its pull, Ru reaches out to touch the stone... 
 
Waking in the dark, naked and alone, Ru sees that everything and everyone within a mile radius has been vaporized. Only she and the artifact remain intact. When a windswept stranger called Fen finds her, she has no choice but to accept his help. 
 
Ru and Fen must unravel the secrets of the artifact before it falls into the wrong hands... before its darkness engulfs them all.

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