“Poignant, immersive, and utterly human, I adored this brilliant novel.”
- Sarah Jessica Parker, SJP Lit
A married woman is trapped with her lover in a hotel under siege: If she knew it would end this way, would it ever have begun?
ISBN
9781638932321
Language
English
Edition
Hardcover
Sale date
January 20, 2026
Dimensions
6 x 9
About the Book
Kate’s children and her husband are her whole world. Since marrying young, she’s dedicated her life to making her little family grow. But in the last few years, she’s carved out something just for herself: hours stolen away with another man. After one midday tryst with her lover, Kate’s double life is thrown into chaos when she turns on the TV to find their hotel has been overtaken by an unnamed, dangerous group. As Kate’s life hangs in the balance, she is faced with “a gripping exploration of the murky grey areas of marriage, relationships, and womanhood” (Hazel Hayes).
Room 706 is a “tense exploration of desire” (Alina Grabowski). Raw, unsettling, and deeply human, it compels you to ask: Would I feel guilt, regret…or relief?
Reviews
“Room 706 is an accomplished debut about choices and their often complex consequences. Unexpected, unflinching and entirely unputdownable, this is a gripping exploration of the murky grey areas of marriage, relationships and womanhood. You may not like Kate, but I guarantee you’ll relate to her.”
“A tense, riveting read about the unpredictable ripple effects luck and choices can have, and an absorbing examination of a woman’s attempts to understand herself and her place in the world.”
“Ellie Levenson’s debut novel, Room 706, is both intensely suspenseful and sublimely nuanced, a thriller that becomes, by the end, as moving and complete a portrait of a marriage as I have ever read. Levenson is a masterful chronicler of the contradictions of the human heart, how unconditional love can exist alongside dissatisfaction, resentment, longing, and regret. Kate, the novel’s protagonist, is much more than ‘sympathetic’ or ‘relatable’—she is fully, imperfectly human, uniquely herself but familiar to anyone who has aged into the compromises of adulthood. It’s also a very sexy book—and, as its conclusion draws near, terrifying. I couldn’t put it down.”
“A suspenseful real-time page-turner with an ending that demands to be talked about.”
“A tense exploration of desire and womanhood, Ellie Levenson’s Room 706interrogates what it means to follow your own needs when you’re so often indebted to the needs of others. At once suspenseful and insightful, Levenson peels back the layers of modern domestic life to reveal the ways it both fulfills and cages us. Gripping, layered, and thrilling.”
“Room 706 is an utterly brilliant read. A woman’s memories, actions, and impulses are laid bare against a sense of dread that builds with every page. I could not stop reading.”
“Ellie Levenson’s explosive debut is dangerously brilliant.”
“Ellie Levenson writes with sensitivity about marriage, motherhood, and the transgressive pursuit of desire. Room 706 is nuanced and compassionate in the questions it asks and the easy answers it refuses to give.”
“Unputdownable is over-used in my opinion, but this book really is. I devoured it. Brilliant premise, gorgeously drawn characters, thoughtful yet tense, I had goosebumps at the end, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it. Out next year it’s going to be huge, trust me on this.”