The Revenge Plot

by Stephanie Wrobel

A desperate writer will stop at nothing to make a powerful agent read his manuscript in this skewering new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Hitchcock Hotel and Darling Rose Gold. All Arnie Tenderton wants this Christmas—all he’s ever wanted—is to be a published author. For decades he has toiled over one novel after another. Each one was missing something. Until now. He’s finally written his perfect book. What he needs next is a literary agent, someone who can get his book into publishers’ hands. Not just any agent will do, of course. Arnie wants the best. Arnie wants Claudia Conley. She already rejected him once, but Arnie knows that real writers never give up. Instead, he finds out where she’s spending the alone in a remote house in the Catskill Mountains. He decides to show up there to make his pitch. Claudia may try to turn him down again, but this time Arnie won’t take no for an answer. He knows once she starts reading, she won’t be able to stop. Because his book is about her. And he’s not leaving until it’s read.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication November 10, 2026

About the author

Stephanie Wrobel is the internationally bestselling author of The Hitchcock Hotel, This Might Hurt and Darling Rose Gold, which sold in twenty-one countries and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. She lives in Los Angeles.