Special Edition Books – April 2025
Special Editions - April 2025
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This page includes special editions that are anticipated publications in April 2025.
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The Never List – Jade Presley
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“Fifty Shades of Grey meets Serpent and the Wings of Night in a why-choose romantasy where one woman’s quest to save her sister―and the realm―brings her to not one, but four power-hungry princes of chaos.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first print runs). US hardback with decorative stencilled floral design on purple page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Notorious Virtues - Alwyn Hamilton
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“Bestselling Rebel of the Sands author Alwyn Hamilton is back with a glittering fantasy thriller about a glamorous media darling, a surprise heiress, and the magical competition of a lifetime.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first print runs). US hardback with emerald green sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
☞ See also UK special edition releasing in March
The Notorious Virtues - Alwyn Hamilton
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“Includes the most notable works of H.G. Wells, including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), War of the Worlds (1898), and The First Men in the Moon (1901).”
Knickerbocker Classics. US cloth-bound hardcover with a slipcase and ribbon marker, as well as a comprehensive introduction with information on the author’s life and works.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
Court (Crave) - Tracy Wolff
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“No one survived the last battle unscathed. Flint is angry at the world, Jaxon is turning into something I don’t recognize, and Hudson has put up a wall I’m not sure I’ll ever break through.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with alternate cover and purple sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Wildfire - Hannah Grace
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“The latest in the TikTok sensation and deliciously “swoonworthy” Maple Hills series follows two summer camp counselors who reconnect after a sizzling one-night stand.”
Deluxe Collector’s Edition. US hardback, with stencilled page edges, decorative endpapers and foil-stamped boards under the dust jacket.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Release date: Apr 2, 2025
“A special collector’s hardback edition of the beloved bestseller and TikTok sensation.”
Australian Collector’s Edition. Australian hardback, with pink foiled page edges and bonus chapter.
➤ Buy from Amazon AU
Gifted & Talented - Olivie Blake
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“Telepathically and electrokinetically gifted, Meredith, Arthur, and Eilidh Wren are publicly admired and privately capable of extraordinary feats. Any of the Wren prodigies would be a plausible inheritor to the Wrenfare throne. Or at least, so they like to think.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Temporary Wife - Catharina Maura
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“Luca Windsor is convinced he hates the secretary his grandmother assigned him, but he knows he can’t function without her either.”
Deluxe Edition. US paperback with mauve sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Storm Boy: The Illustrated Story - Colin Thiele, illustrated by Jenni Goodman
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“The timeless Australian story of Mike “Storm Boy” Kingley who rescues three pelican chicks after their mother is shot.”
Limited Edition. Australian hardback.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
Sweet Obsession - Katee Robert
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“He was mine to protect. Mine to adore. Mine to lose forever.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with an exclusive 4-color art print.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
A Feast of Thorns and Roses - Chelsea Cole
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“Experience the flavors of Prythian in this recipe book, as featured in the mega-bestseller by Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with a custom cover and a special menu featuring exclusive bonus recipes.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Steal the Sky - Eliza Gabriel
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“This YA dystopian imagines a world of toxic, relentlessly rising waters navigated by a group of high-flying teen scavengers as they search a half-abandoned city for the cure to save themselves…and their future.“
First printings. US hardback with exclusive features TBC.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Sinner (Spade Hotel) - Marni Mann
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“A scorching hot, he-falls-first, touch-her-and-die, billionaire romance.“
First printings. US paperback with stenciled page edges and bonus material.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
What I Should've Said - Max Monroe
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“When grumpy, muscled-up artist Bennett Bishop bothers to speak, it’s usually to say something you’re not ready to hear.“
First printings. US paperback with heart stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Local Woman Missing - Mary Kubica
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“People don’t just disappear without a trace…“
Collector’s Edition. US hardback with black trees stenciled on pink page edges, decorative page edges, and foiled cover design.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Filthy Rich Fae: Fallen Court - Geneva Lee
Release date: Apr 1, 2025
“Welcome back to New York Times bestselling author Geneva Lee’s dark and sexy empire of the Filthy Rich Fae.“
Special Edition. US hardback with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Rules of Dating - Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland
Release date: Apr 8, 2025
“The first in a series of four sexy standalone romances. When Billie invites all the girls her boyfriend is talking to behind her back to a “revenge party,” the last thing she expects is to meet her gorgeous single-dad landlord in the fallout.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (First Printings). US paperback with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits - Jennifer Weiner
Release date: Apr 8, 2025
“A glimmering novel set in the world of pop music about sisters, motherhood, young love, and the dreams we chase.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first US printings). US hardback with illustrated music stenciled page edges, foil case stamp under the dust jacket, and illustrated endpapers.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with music icon stenciled page edges, blue foiled case stamp under the dust jacket, and illustrated endpapers.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Blood of Hercules - Jasmine Mas
Release date: Apr 8, 2025
“Brimming with delicious irony and romance, Jasmine Mas’ sprightly and bold reimagining of the Hercules myth casts the famous Greek hero in female form, arming her with all the sly wit you could hope for.”
Collector’s Edition. US hardback with illustrated floral stenciled and foiled page edges, metallic cover treatment, full color illustrated page edges, foil case stamp under the dust jacket, and bonus content.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with a different colorway dust jacket, exclusive stencilled page edges, special cover effects and exclusive endpaper designs.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Firebird - Juliette Cross
Release date: Apr 8, 2025
“House of the Dragon meets From Blood and Ash in this epic, scorching dark romantasy.”
First printings. US hardback with illustrated stenciled page edges, foil case stamp under the dust jacket, and illustrated endpapers.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Export Special Edition. UK hardback with illustrated stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Blackwells
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with illustrated stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Their Monstrous Hearts - Yigit Turhan
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Release date: Apr 8, 2025
“A haunting novel about the boundaries people will cross to keep their dreams alive.”
First printing. US hardback with black butterflies on red sprayed page edges, illustrated endpapers and shimmering effects on the dust jacket.
Asterix Vol 2 - Rene Goscinny & Albert Uderzo
Release date: Apr 8, 2025
“Asterix and his pal, Obelix, return in Asterix and the Golden Sickle.”
Collector’s Edition. US hardback with gold foiled cover and new background on the creators and historical context on the comics process and the time in which Asterix was originally published.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Fearless - Lauren Roberts
Release date: Apr 8, 2025
“The trilogy seers forth, with Paedyn facing a fate that only she can. How will she define the Kingdom of Ilya?”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with an alternate cover and exclusive bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with pink sprayed page edges, matching wibalin binding, highly decorative foiled boards and an exclusive bonus chapter.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Walmart Exclusive. US hardback with bonus content.
➤ Buy from Walmart
Simply Mine (Honey Mountain) - Laura Pavlov
Release date: Apr 8, 2025
“She’s looking for Mr. Right. I can offer her Mr. Right Now. That’s my specialty.”
First print run. US paperback with stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Enchantra - Kaylie Smith
Release date: Apr 8, 2025
“Knives Out meets Throne of the Fallen in this spicy stand-alone romantasy set in the same world as USA Today bestselling author Kaylie Smith’s BookTok sensation Phantasma! “
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with unique silver foiled cover and a bonus chapter.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
A Curse for True Love - Stephanie Garber
Release date: Apr 8, 2025
“Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after.“
B&N Exclusive. US paperback withalternate cover design and bonus epilogue.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Wildest Dreams (Forbidden Love) - L.J. Shen
Release date: Apr 8, 2025
“He’ll protect his best friend’s baby sister from anything…other than himself.”
Deluxe Edition (first print run). US paperback with gold sprayed page edges and a full color tip-in art piece.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with foiled cover, ombre sprayed page edges, black and white art, and a bonus scene.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Cat Who Saved the Library - Sosuke Natsukawa
Release date: Apr 10, 2025
“An uplifting tale from Japan about a talking cat, a book-loving girl and the power of books to make a difference in the world.“
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with cat themed sprayed page edges (design TBC).
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Marble Hall Murders - Anthony Horowitz
Release date: Apr 10, 2025
“The third thrilling instalment in Horowitz’s bestselling Magpie Murders series finds starring editor Susan Ryeland embarking on a new project with the grandson of a renowned author, only to find herself in the middle of a devilish literary mystery – and suspected of murder.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, signed by the author with foiled boards.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Watch Me (Shatter Me) - Tahereh Mafi
Release date: Apr 15, 2025
“Lose yourself in this exhilarating return to the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe, the first book in a new series set ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment.”
Deluxe Edition. US hardback with shimmery holographic foiled dust jacket, decorative endpapers, foil case design with a quote from the novel, and holographic page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with with stencilled constellation edge. Cover TBC
➤ Buy from Waterstones
It Happened One Summer - Tessa Bailey
Release date: Apr 15, 2025
“The first in a spicy and unforgettable rom-com duology, in which a Hollywood “It Girl” is cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesn’t belong.”
Collector’s Edition. US hardback with white anchor stenciled on red sprayed page edges, foil stamped case, and decorative endpapers.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Wild and Wrangled - Lyla Sage
Release date: Apr 15, 2025
“What’s meant to be will be, even if it takes ten years — right? These childhood friends to lovers give their romance another shot, but life may prove to be even more difficult this time around.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with a zodiac chart for all the Rebel Blue couples, as well as one of Cam’s playlists for Dusty, created by author Lyla Sage.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Brit (Unlawful Men) - Jodi Ellen Malpas
Release date: Apr 15, 2025
“Pleasure has never been so deadly.”
First printings. US paperback with decorative stencilled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Someone You Can Build a Nest In - John Wiswell
Release date: Apr 15, 2025
“Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with purple sprayed edges, special variant cover design, and an exclusive three-chapter bonus epilogue.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Perfect Divorce - Jeneva Rose
Release date: Apr 15, 2025
“Sarah’s perfect marriage is cut short after a shocking betrayal that leads to an even worse discovery. This is a classic cat-and-mouse thriller from an author at the top of her game.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with sprayed page edges, custom-designed rose-themed endpapers and a note from the author.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
➤ Buy signed exclusive from Barnes & Noble
Predator vs Black Panther - Benjamin Percy
Release date: Apr 15, 2025
“Continuing in the smash hit action of PREDATOR VS WOLVERINE, the iconic alien hunters set their sights on the Black Panther”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with an exclusive cover and contains layouts, pencils, and designs from Chris Allen.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Promise Me Always (Redemption Hills - A. L. Jackson
Release date: Apr 22, 2025
“I should know better than to let Tessa McDaniels pretend to be my fiancée…”
First printings. US paperback with decorative stencilled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Sparrow and Vine – Sophie Lark
Release date: Apr 22, 2025
“The first in a brand new arranged marriage series about a woman who has to marry a man from a rival family in order for them to secure their portion of an inheritance.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with alternate color cover, special sprayed edges, foiling, and an exclusive inside cover design.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
(trade special edition available July 25)
Savage Hearts (Queens & Monsters) – J.T. Geissinger
Release date: Apr 22, 2025
“He’s a myth. A ghost. A legend. A Bratva assassin so feared, some won’t even dare to speak his name.
Special Edition. US paperback with maroon spraued page edges and bonus chapter.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Brutal Vows (Queens & Monsters) – J.T. Geissinger
Release date: Apr 22, 2025
“An Irish mobster with a brutal grudge. An Italian mafia princess with a dark secret. Two enemy empires joined in sacred marriage vows. Let the hating games begin.”
Special Edition. US paperback with yellow sprayed page edges and bonus chapter.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Lights Out - Navessa Allen
Release date: Apr 22, 2025
“An Irish mobster with a brutal grudge. An Italian mafia princess with a dark secret. Two enemy empires joined in sacred marriage vows. Let the hating games begin.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with foil accents on the cover, a spicy bonus chapter, and sprayed edges with a quote.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Dark That Hides Us - Andy Darcy Theo
Release date: Apr 22, 2025
“Dark, thrilling and utterly addictive, the sublime sequel to Theo’s bestselling fantasy romance The Light That Blinds Us finds the children destined to save the world from an eternal night preparing for a terrifying and crucial battle.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback with red sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Spellbound - Georgia Leighton
Release date: Apr 24, 2025
“An imaginative, atmospheric reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, Spellbound foregoes the princess’ enchanted sleep and the handsome prince coming to her rescue, focusing instead on three women who together must come up with a dark and devious plan to survive.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with decorative red stencilled page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Four Tragedies - William Shakespeare
Release date: Apr 24, 2025
“Includes Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth.”
Penguin Clothbound Classics. UK clothbound hardbacks with pretty cover designs by Coralie Bickford Smith.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
☞ Read more about the Penguin Clothbound Classics series
Great Big Beautiful Life - Emily Henry
Release date: Apr 24, 2025
“The queen of escapist reading and bestselling author of Happy Place, Funny Story and Book Lovers returns with another irresistible romcom.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, signed by the author with ombre page edges and illustrated endpapers.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
B&N Exclusive. US hardback, with special colorway, decorative endpapers, and an alternate case color with an exclusive foil-stamped quote.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
➤ Buy signed exclusive from Barnes & Noble
Captain of Fates (Twin Crowns) - Katherine Webber
Release date: Apr 24, 2025
“A spellbinding spin-off set in the world of the bestselling Twin Crowns series, Webber’s romantasy finds a ship’s captain who has renounced love encounter a tempting mermaid whilst on a quest to find a cure for his sick sister.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback, with decorative sprayed page edges (two formats available).
➤ Buy “Land” edition from Waterstones
➤ Buy “Sea” edition from Waterstones
Enigma - RuNyx
Release date: Apr 29, 2025
“A twisted Hades and Persephone meets the enthralling suspense of The Secret History in a new scorchingly hot dark academia tale of unforgettable, legendary love.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first print runs). US hardback with dark teal sprayed edges, foil case stamp, exclusive endpapers, detailed map, and moody art throughout.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Pucked Under - Helena Hunting
Release date: Apr 29, 2025
“Randy Ballistic and Lily LeBlanc are head-over-heels, bed-breakingly, screaming orgasmically in love. But even they have their challenges, mostly outside of the bedroom.”
First print runs. US paperback with stenciled page edges. Cover design TBC.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Remarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
Release date: Apr 29, 2025
“A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow’s unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.”
First print runs. US paperback with stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with unique sprayed and stenciled edges, silver foil, an exclusive essay by Shelby Van Pelt and one chapter annotated by the author in her own handwriting.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Amalfi Curse - Sarah Penner
Release date: Apr 29, 2025
“A nautical archaeologist searching for sunken treasure unearths a centuries-old curse, powerful witchcraft and perilous love on the high seas in this spellbinding new novel from the author of The Lost Apothecary.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with foiled cover accents, stenciled page edges, illustrated endpapers and exclusive content from the author.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
➤ Buy signed exclusive edition from Barnes & Noble
King of Envy - Ana Huang
Release date: Apr 29, 2025
“He had everything he could’ve wanted…except her.“
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with exclusive foiled covere and full-color art tip-in.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Golden Road - William Dalrymple
Release date: Apr 29, 2025
“The internationally bestselling author of The Anarchy returns with a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia’s under-recognized role in producing the world as we know it.“
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with decorative stenciled edges and designed endpapers.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
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This page includes special editions that are anticipated publications in April 2025.
If you are looking for upcoming releases, click the button below.
2 Comments
John · 24 December 2024 at 12:50 am
Looks like none of the Dec21 updates for April made it to this page, they don’t appear.
Daisy · 24 December 2024 at 8:57 am
Apologies – sometimes the page caches can take a while to clear. They are showing up for me on a private browser, so they should be okay – can you see them now?