Special Edition Books – February 2025
Special Editions - February 2025
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This page includes special editions that are anticipated publications in February 2025.
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Last Twilight in Paris - Pam Jenoff
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“A twist of fate unlocks a woman’s journey of bravery, mystery and self-discovery in this incredible novel based on a true story.“
B&N Exclusive. US hardback, signed by the author with decorative endpapers, and the Eiffel Tower stenciled on the page edges.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
A Forty Year Kiss - Nickolas Butler
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“A small-town story about one couple’s hard-won second chance at love, forty years after their divorce.“
Special Edition. US hardback with ombre sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Carmilla - Sheridan Le Fanu
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“Steeped in the sexual tension between two young women, this is a beautiful, brand-new edition of the original cult classic which influenced Dracula and all the vampire stories that followed, including Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles.”
Deluxe Edition. US paperback with red sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
Gothikana - RuNyx
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“An unusual girl. An enigmatic man. An ancient castle. What could go wrong?“
Deluxe Edition. US paperback with illustrated interior covers and purple sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
The Rose Bargain – Sasha Peyton Smith
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“Vying for the hand of one brother. Falling in love with the other.“
Barnes & Noble Exclusive. US hardback with alternate jacket with foil, a unique designed case and endpapers, and exclusive bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with rose sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
The Bones Beneath My Skin – TJ Klune
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“A supernatural road-trip thriller featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors on the run from cultists and the government.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
➤ See also the preorder incentive for this title
International Special Editions. UK hardback with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon AU
Roomhate - Penelope Ward
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“Amelia hasn’t seen her childhood best friend Justin since she broke his heart as a teenager, but when she arrives at the beach house her grandmother left to both of them, she finds Justin staying there too…and he hates her guts.”
Deluxe Edition (First Printings). US paperback with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Under the Same Stars - Libba Bray
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“An evocative and groundbreaking young adult historical mystery that examines truth, rebellion, reconciliation, and what must be sacrificed for a better world.”
First Printings. US hardback with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
➤ See also the preorder incentive for this title
Dream Girl Drama - Tessa Bailey
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“A steamy chance encounter between a professional hockey player and the manic pixie dream girl he just can’t seem to forget takes a turn when the pair realize that their parents are engaged.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with stencilled page edges and colored illustrations on the inside cover.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Legendborn - Tracy Deonn
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“Southern Black girl magic meets Arthurian Legend in this unputdownable contemporary fantasy from Tracy Deonn.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with white swords stencilled on blue page edges and a bonus short story from Selwyn Kane’s point of view.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Scorpion Queen - Mina Fears
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“A dark fantasy inspired by a Malian fairy tale about a princess whose suitors are challenged to gruesome trials.”
Special Edition (First Printings). US hardback with pink sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Suzanne Collins
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games.”
Deluxe Edition. US paperback with new cover design and green sprayed edges with stenciled artwork.
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“Even at the age of sixteen, Katniss Everdeen knows it takes hard work, keen observation, and inner fortitude to survive in the world. Her home, District 12, is under the merciless rule of the Capitol, continually forced to pay after losing a long-ago civil war in the nation of Panem.“
Deluxe Edition. US paperback with new cover design and red sprayed edges with stenciled artwork.
Why On Earth - edited by Rosiee Thor & Vania Stovanova
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“What starts as a simple rescue mission for a crew of teen aliens to recover one of their own soon becomes an interstellar encounter no one will forget.”
Branve & Kind Exclusive. US paperback with neon green sprayed page edges and a glow-in-the-dark alien.
➤ Buy from Brave and Kind Books
This Is A Love Story - Jessica Soffer
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“An intimate and lyrical celebration of great love, great art, and the sacrifices we make for both.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with special end papers and an exclusive essay from the author.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Wings of Starlight - Allison Saft
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“Brimming with magic and romance, a young fairy queen must form an unlikely alliance or risk an unspeakable danger destroying all she holds dear.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with a variant jacket colorway and detailed decorative endpapers.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Powerful - Lauren Roberts
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“Set during Powerless, fan-favorite Adena gets a story all her own in this unique special edition of the runaway hit.”
Special Edition. US hardback with sprayed stenciled edges, decorative endpapers, case stamping, ribbon marker, and Powerless trivia and quizzes.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Arrogant Devil - R. S. Grey
Release date: Feb 4, 2025
“Everyone in Cedar Creek, Texas, knows Jack McNight is an arrogant devil.“
First printings. US paperback with ombre page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Waterblack – Alex Pheby
Release date: Feb 6, 2025
“Nathan Treeves leads an army of ghosts from the underwater city of Waterblack, heading to the final, destructive confrontation with the forces ranged against him.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, signed by the author with exclusive series of special character illustrations by James Nunn and an exclusive extract from ‘Noone’, the forthcoming novel from Alex Pheby.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
We Do Not Part - Han Kang
Release date: Feb 6, 2025
“A luminous and haunting exploration of historical memory, trauma and the importance of not forgetting, this unforgettable novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Vegetarian follows a woman on a mission to fulfil a request from a sick friend which leads her on an unexpected collision course with the past.“
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with stencilled edges with title in Korean, foiled coverway, endpapers, foiled boards & ribbon marker.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux
Release date: Feb 6, 2025
“Rumours that a ghost stalks the dark passages and cellars of the Paris Opera House, wreaking havoc, have long been rife among staff and performers.”
Penguin Clothbound Classics. UK clothbound hardbacks with pretty cover designs by Coralie Bickford Smith.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
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Iron & Embers - Helen Scheuerer
Release date: Feb 6, 2025
“An epic romantasy filled with a sizzling enemies-to-lovers romance, dark magic and a world of assassins and warriors.”
Special Edition. UK hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Blackwells
Phantasma - Kaylie Smith
Release date: Feb 6, 2025
“Ophelia is pitched into a deadly game within a haunted mansion and a dangerous attraction to a man who claims he can help her win.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback with black sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Pucked Over - Helena Hunting
Release date: Feb 11, 2025
“Lily LeBlanc isn’t versed in the art of casual sex, but after seven years in an on-again, off-again relationship, she’s definitely willing to give it a shot.“
First printings. US paperback with stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Ever Mine (Honey Mountain) - Laura Pavlov
Release date: Feb 11, 2025
“He’s hockey’s golden boy, my new client, and the man I’ve avoided for the last nine years. I was hired to fix him–but he’s not the only one who’s broken.”
First printings. US paperback with stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Deep End - Ali Hazelwood
Release date: Feb 11, 2025
“A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance.”
Special Edition. US paperback with front cover art effects, interior cover art, and water rupples stenciled blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
We All Live Here - Jojo Moyes
Release date: Feb 11, 2025
“Jojo Moyes is back with her signature heart and charm to remind us that family and love come in all different forms — especially the messy kind.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with bonus extra content written by author Jojo Moyes, colored endpapers and special cover aspects.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
➤ Buy signed exclusive from Barnes & Noble
Scythe & Sparrow – Brynne Weaver
Release date: Feb 11, 2025
“The final book in the trilogy that stole our hearts and keeps us hooked on ultra-hot (and very funny) dark romance.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with foil accents on the cover, a Q&A with the author, and exclusive art of a scene between Rose and Fionn.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Songbird and the Heart of Stone (Nyaxia) - Carissa Broadbent
Release date: Feb 11, 2025
“When Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a past as brutal as his scars, she’s forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself.”
International Exclusive Edition. Hardback with arrow sprayed on the page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Blackwells
Cursebound (Faebound) - Saara El-Arifi
Release date: Feb 13, 2025
“The entrancing sequel to El-Arifi’s bestselling Faebound finds the sisters desperate to unite their two worlds as the Queen of the Fae threatens war and destruction on her realm.“
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, signed by the author with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Needy Little Things - Channelle Desamours
Release date: Feb 13, 2025
“A Black teenager with ESP determined to find out why so many young women of colour are disappearing.“
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback with “missing” stencilled on black sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Mondays Are Murder – Ravena Guron
Release date: Feb 13, 2025
“When Kay returns to her hometown, there is a sinister letter promising a week of terror and her own murder on Monday.“
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback with sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Speedwheels 3000: The Race Against Crime – Jenny Pearson
Release date: Feb 13, 2025
“A daughter-father team take part in the world’s most famous car race.“
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback with flaming sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
The Sirens – Emilia Hart
Release date: Feb 13, 2025
“A haunting exploration of sisterhood, misogyny and the ghosts of the past, as fugitive Lucy seeks shelter in a mysterious coastal town with unexpected connections.“
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, signed by the author with sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Hungerstone – Kat Dunn
Release date: Feb 13, 2025
“Recasting Sheridan le Fanu’s Carmilla as a sensual sapphic chiller, Dunn’s gothic delight sees a wealthy but unsatisfied couple fall prey to the bewitching charms of a vampiric temptress.“
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, with pink sprayed page edges, board design, endpapers and an extra chapter.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Bossman – Vi Keeland
Release date: Feb 13, 2025
“He’s her billionaire boss. She’s his weakness.“
Deluxe Edition. US hardback, with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Kingmakers Graduation - Sophie Lark
Release date: Feb 18, 2025
“Wild hearts, ruthless games.”
Deluxe Edition (first US print run). US paperback, with chocolate sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
Release date: Feb 18, 2025
“The unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war that has enthralled a generation.”
10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. US hardback, with foil and embossing on the dust, decorative stenciled page edges, ribbon bookmark, illustrated endpapers, and a hidden gold foil stamp on the boards.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Rebel Witch (Crimson Moth) - Kristen Ciccarelli
Release date: Feb 18, 2025
“The stakes are even higher in this epic, romantic conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Crimson Moth duology.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with alternate cover and case, unique endpapers and bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Fox and the Falcon - Piper CJ
Release date: Feb 18, 2025
“The apocalypse begins with love and a lie…”
Special Edition. US paperback, with orange sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“The dynamic duo of Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass is back in action. The Lost Library is a love letter to books and the libraries (and bookstores) that house their magic.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback, with an alternate cover and bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Dark Mirror (Bone Season) - Samantha Shannon
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“Suffering from partial memory loss, Paige Mahoney makes a discovery in Venice that might change the course of the war between humans and immortals.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with exclusive bonus chapter set in Orvieto.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Star Wars: The Mask of Fear (Reign of the Empire) - Alexander Freed
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“Before the Rebellion, the Empire reigns, in book one of a trilogy told through the eyes of Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, and Saw Gerrera.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with a double-sided pull-out mini-poster.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder – Joanne Fluke
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“No one cooks up a delectable, suspense-filled mystery quite like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Fluke’s dessert-baking, red-haired heroine whose gingersnaps are as tart as her comebacks, and whose penchant for solving crimes—one delicious clue at a time—has made her a bestselling favorite.”
Deluxe Collector’s Edition. US hardback featuring sprayed edges with stenciled artwork, designed endpapers, reversible dust jacket and foil stamped cloth binding.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Charlie Method - Elle Kennedy
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“The third in the steamy, hilarious Campus Diaries series.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Say It's Forever - A. L. Jackson
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“Don’t miss the searing-hot, close proximity, single parent romance from NYT bestselling author A.L. Jackson.”
First print run. US paperback with ssprayed edges with stenciled artwork and special cover design features.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
God of Fury – Rina Kent
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“Mafia heir Nikolai Sokolov is a notorious playboy and as violent as they come, and when he sets his sights on golden boy Brandon, all hell might just break loose.”
Deluxe Collector’s Edition (first print run). US paperback with sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Swordheart - T. Kingfisher
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“The delightful charm of The Princess Bride meets the delicious bodyguard romance of From Blood and Ash in this cozy fantasy romance.“
Special Edition. US hardback with turquoise sprayed edges, a foil stamp on the casing, and custom endpapers.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
A Tempest of Tea - Hafsah Faizal
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“It’s a heist story with vampires from Hafsah Faizal, and if that isn’t enough to get you hooked, consider that it’s just the first in a duology that promises all the stakes and tension set on a stage populated by characters you’ll quickly learn to love.“
First printings. US paperback stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
➤ See also the preorder incentive for this title
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“It’s a heist story with vampires from Hafsah Faizal, and if that isn’t enough to get you hooked, consider that it’s just the first in a duology that promises all the stakes and tension set on a stage populated by characters you’ll quickly learn to love.“
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with an alternate cover, stenciled page edges, and exclusive bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Dance of Shadows - Gourav Mohanty
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“A pirate-queen discovers the only gold around is in the bars of her cage… A temple-courtesan’s heart dances for the archer she was tasked to destroy… A librarian-princess learns how to steal to save the world from an ancient plague… The seeds of war are best sown in the season of peace.“
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with stenciled edges and decorative endpapers.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
God of Fury (Legacy of Gods) - Rina Kent
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“Mafia heir Nikolai Sokolov is a notorious playboy and as violent as they come, and when he sets his sights on golden boy Brandon, all hell might just break loose.“
First Printings. US paperback with yellow sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Kiss of the Basilisk - Lindsay Straube
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“The first book in the sexy, biting Split or Swallow series, featuring dangerous basilisks, competitive seduction, and a love triangle that could destroy kingdoms.“
First Printings. US paperback with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
Long Island - Colm Tóibín
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“A spectacularly moving novel featuring Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, Tóibín’s most popular work in twenty years.“
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with decorative stenciled page edges and an essay from the author (cover TBC).
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Battle Mountain - C. J. Box
Release date: Feb 25, 2025
“Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is back in this riveting new thriller.“
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with a behind-the-book essay by the author.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Adventures of Rap Kid – MC Grammar
Release date: Feb 27, 2025
“Follows a schoolboy who can only speak in rhyme and how his life is transformed when the Royal Rap Rumble comes to town.“
First Printings. UK paperback with yellow sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Shadow and Tide (Compass and Blade) - Rachel Greenlaw
Release date: Feb 27, 2025
“The enthralling second instalment of the acclaimed Compass and Blade trilogy finds Mira gathering the witches to deliver a reckoning to Captain Renshaw and the watch.“
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with stencilled page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Our Infinite Fates - Laura Steven
Release date: Feb 27, 2025
“From the author of the hugely popular Every Exquisite Thing comes a sublime, time-twisting romantasy perfect for fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, as a girl who has lived multiple lives seeks the assassin who keeps killing her before her eighteenth birthday.“
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with stencilled page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
A Fate Inked In Blood - Danielle L. Jensen
Release date: Feb 27, 2025
“Inspired by Norse legend, Jensen’s scintillating fantasy romance finds a shield maiden with a drop of goddess’ blood fight to unite a kingdom under the one true king.“
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback with black sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
The Impossible Thing - Belinda Bauer
Release date: Feb 27, 2025
“From the bestselling author of Snap comes a beguiling, wholly unique crime caper-cum-historical mystery which weaves thieves, myths, and unforgettable characters into a perfectly plotted masterpiece.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, signed by the author with exclusive features TBC.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
The Forbidden Atlas - Sam Sedgman
Release date: Feb 27, 2025
“The gripping sequel to the bestselling The Clockwork Conspiracy pitches Isaac and Hattie into a Parisian crime caper when an invaluable item is stolen from the French National Archives.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback with orange sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Grumpfort - Jamie Hammond
Release date: Feb 27, 2025
“A timid Warden charged with protecting his village from monsters finds himself on an unexpected quest with a troll, a gnome and a fire-breathing snotwoggle in Hammond’s charming and hilarious debut.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback with stencilled page edges (design TBC).
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Pagans - James Alistair Henry
Release date: Feb 27, 2025
“The brutal murder of a Celtic diplomat stirs trouble in an alternate twenty-first-century London in Henry’s beguiling historical fantasy which mines themes of religious conflict, nationalism and prejudice in rich and gripping prose.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with red sprayed edges, decorative board design, foil detail on jacket and extra short story.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Holly Jackson
Release date: Feb 27, 2025
“When Bel’s missing mother shows up just as a true crime documentary about her starts filming, unanswered questions threaten to bring sinister answers in this unputdownable thriller from the author of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback with red or teal sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy red edges from Waterstones
➤ Buy teal edges from Waterstones
Chartwell Deluxe Editions
Release date: Feb 27, 2025 (UK) / Mar 25, 2025 (US)
“A collection of giftable heirloom literary classics.“
Chartwell Editions. Foil embossed faux-leather covers, decorative endpapers, bonus material.
☞See also the Nov 2024 release.
➤ Buy The Essential Grimm’s Fairy Tales (illustrated by Arthur Rackham) from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
➤ Buy Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
➤ Buy Emma – Jane Austen from Amazon B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
➤ Buy Moby Dick – Herman Melville from Amazon B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
➤ Buy Phantom of the Opera – Gaston Leroux from Amazon B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
➤ Buy Frankenstein – Mary Shelley from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
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This page includes special editions that are anticipated publications in February 2025.
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