INSTANTNEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLER“Sex,suspense,andthesupernaturalfuelthispropulsivedebut.“--PeopleAyoungauthorisinvitedtoanexclusivewriter’sretreatthatsoondescendsintoapulse-poundingnightmare--intheveinofThePlotandPleaseJoinUs.Alexhasallbutgivenuponherdreamsofbecomingapublishedauthorwhenshereceivesaonce-in-a-lifetimeopportunity:attendanexclusive,month-longwritingretreatattheestateoffeministhorrorwriterRozaVallo.EventheknowledgethatWren,herformerbestfriendandcurrentrival,isattendingdoesn’tdampenherexcitement.Butwhentheattendeesarrive,Rozadropsabombshell--theymustallcompleteanentirenovelfromscratchduringthenextmonth,andtheauthorofthebestonewillreceivealife-changingseven-figurepublishingdeal.Determinedtowinthisseeminglyimpossiblecontest,Alexbucklesdownandtriestoignorethestrangehappeningsattheestate,includingRoza’serraticbehavior,Wren’scruelmindgames,andtheallegedhauntingofthemansionitself.Butwhenoneofthewritersvanishesduringasnowstorm,Alexrealizesthatsomethingverysinisterisafoot.Withtheclockrunningout,shemustdiscoverthetruth--orsufferthesamefate.Aclaustrophobicandpropulsivethrillerthat“willkeepyouupallnightwithitsintriguingpremiseandgasp-worthytwists“(KirthanaRamisetti,authorofDavaShastri’sLastDay),TheWritingRetreatexpertlyexploresthedarksideoffemalerelationships,fame,andthedesiretohaveourstoriestold.
