Special Edition Books – December 2025
Special Editions - December 2025
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This page includes special editions that are anticipated publications in December 2025.
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Something Wicked – Falon Ballard
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“A seductive romantasy—Macbeth meets Moulin Rouge!—about a dethroned prince and a Gifted courtesan caught in a lethal political game.”
First Editions. US hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
Heaven Official's Blessing (The Comic), Volume 1 - Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, illustrated by STARember
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“A fallen god unravels supernatural mysteries and comes face-to-face with ghosts from his past in this manhua (comic) adaptation of the New York Times bestselling danmei novel.”
Deluxe Edition (First Printings). Hardback with decorative sprayed page edges, illustrated endpapers, deluxe jacket, and a custom case stamp with gold foil.
➤ Find US edition at Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
➤ Find UK edition at Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
☞ Learn more in the Heaven Official’s Blessing collector’s guide
Heart of Ruin - A. C. Arthur
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“Beneath the centuries old buildings and cobblestone streets of the elusive Blackstone Academy, runs a mecca of magic so tumultuous that it has taken an elite lineage of casters to maintain the balance good and evil.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first print run). US paperback with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Fate of a Royal - Meagan Brandy & Amo Jones
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“You will go to Rathe University, live among the giftless and those of light magic. You, Knight Deveraux, will learn to coexist.”
Deluxe Edition. US paperback with decorative stenciled page edges.
In series with Fate of a Faux.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Dagger and the Flame - Catherine Doyle
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“In the dark underbelly of a beautiful city, two rival assassins are pitted against each other in a deadly game of revenge, where the most dangerous mistake of all is falling in love.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (First Printings). US paperback with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Duke (Lucky River Ranch) - Jessica Peterson
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“One chance meeting on a Texas ranch. One snowed-in night that changes everything.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (First Printings). US paperback with decorative stenciled page edges.
Sweet Venom – Rina Kent
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“The second book in the Vipers series – a dark hockey romance set in a glamorous secret world.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first print run). US paperback with foil accents on the cover, printed page edges, and exclusive art.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Barnes & Noble Exclusive. US paperback with alternate colorway, stenciled page edges and exclusive art.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Among the Burning Flowers - Samantha Shannon
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“With the awakening of fire-breathing dragons, Among the Burning Flowers sees the first sparks of danger that threaten to consume the world in The Priory of the Orange Tree.”
Nb: US and UK editions released in September.
Deluxe International Edition. Hardback with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon AU | Blackwells
Nocticadia - Keri Lake
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“The dead teach the living.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first print run). US hardback with stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Dark Is Descending (Nytefall) - Chloe C. Peñaranda
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“The strongest light needs the deepest shadows.”
Deluxe Limited Edition. US hardback with celestial stenciled page edges, and hidden case art under the dust jacket.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Better in Black - Cassandra Clare
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“Ten stories of Shadowhunter romance”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with pink endpapers, a burgundy foiled case design, and bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“Ten stories of Shadowhunter romance”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with foiled dust jacket, foiled black wibalin case, an exclusive letter from Cassandra Clare to her readers, and a preview of her upcoming series The Wicked Powers.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Crowntide (Lightlark) - Alex Aster
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“Some worlds deserve to be destroyed…”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with alternate colorway, foiled case design, and an 8-page bonus chapter.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
➤ Buy signed exclusive from Barnes & Noble
The Mating Game - Lana Ferguson
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“Two wolf shifters reluctant to love discover there’s no fighting the call of the wild in this steamy romance.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with alternate colorway, cover effects, and an essay by Lana Ferguson delving into the popularity of the Omegaverse.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Way I Used to Be – Amber Smith
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“A powerful YA novel about a teenager struggling to cope in the aftermath of being assaulted.”
Collector’s Edition. US foil-stamped paper over board hardcover, with stenciled sprayed page edges, and bonus content.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Rejected – Jaymin Eve
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“A wolf shifter outcast is rejected by her true mate—then summons the terrifying Shadow Beast.”
Collector’s Edition. US paperback with foiled covers, decorative sprayed page edges, interior art, and bonus scenes.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
All Eyes on Him - Iliana Xander
Release date: Dec 2, 2025
“A young woman realizes her dream boyfriend is far more dangerous than he seems in this twisty psychological thriller.”
Limited Deluxe Edition (first printings). US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Death at Morning House - Maureen Johnson
Release date: Dec 4, 2025
“A teen uncovers a mystery while working as a tour guide on an island and must solve it before history repeats itself.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback with hot pink sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Empire of the Damned – Jay Kristoff
Release date: Dec 4, 2025
“The pulsating sequel to Kristoff’s mega-selling Empire of the Vampire sets Gabriel and the Grail off on a thrilling quest to destroy the Daysdeath once and for all and is now available in a gorgeous new hardback edition.”
Illustrated Special Edition. UK hardback with full-colour illustrations by Bon Orthwick, new cover design, and head & tail bands.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
☞ See also the Empire of the Vampire editions guide
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - George R. R. Martin
Release date: Dec 4, 2025
“Before Tyrion Lannister and Podrick Payne there was Dunk and Egg.”
Special Edition. UK hardback with special features TBC.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
Children of Fallen Gods (The War of Lost Hearts) - Carissa Broadbent
Release date: Dec 4, 2025
“The second heart-stopping book in Broadbent’s bestselling The War of Lost Hearts series, Children of Fallen Gods finds Max and Tisaanah pushed into a bloody conflict with forces far darker than the Orders.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback signed by the author with stencilled page edges and decorative endpapers (design TBC).
In series with Daughter of No Worlds.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi, Vol 2 - Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Release date: Dec 8, 2025
“The blockbuster danmei/Boys’ Love novels from China that inspired the comic, the animated series The Master of Diabolism, and the live-action series The Untamed: a historical fantasy tale of two powerful men who find each other through life and death.”
Deluxe Hardcover. US hardback edition with decorative sprayed page edges and foiled boards.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
Phantasma - Kaylie Smith
Release date: Dec 9, 2025
“Welcome to Phantasma. There are only two rules to the game: Stay alive. And don’t fall in love.”
Deluxe Limited Edition. US hardback with a seductive new cover, two-colored stenciled edges, a stamped foil case, and designed endpapers.
In series with Enchantra.
➤ Buy US ed from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
➤ Buy UK ed from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
➤ Buy signed UK ed from Waterstones
Dawn of the Firebird - Sarah Mughal Rana
Release date: Dec 9, 2025
“A breathtaking fantasy novel about the daughter of an overthrown emperor from an exciting new voice.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Fairy Tales
Release date: Dec 9, 2025
Two new titles of B&N leatherbound fairy tale collections.
B&N Collectible Editions. US leatherbound hardbacks with gilded page edges.
➤ Buy Irish Mythology and Fairy Tales from Barnes & Noble
➤ Buy Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales from Barnes & Noble
☞ Check out the complete list of B&N Collectible Editions
Lone Wolf and Cub - Kazuo Koike, illustrated by Goseki Kojima, translated by Dana Lewis
Release date: Dec 9, 2025
“The acclaimed genre-defining samurai epic manga.”
Deluxe Edition. Oversized US hardback, textured and foil stamped cover, ribbon bookmark, and oriented in right-to-left reading format as originally published.
In series with Lone Wolf & Cub, Vol 2.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
My Blade, Your Back (Dark Forces) - K. M. Moronova
Release date: Dec 9, 2025
“Broken. Lost. Unforgiven. A dark-romance sequel in the Dark Forces duet where betrayal and obsession collide.”
Deluxe Limited Edition. US paperback with color character art and designed stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Shutout (Rules of the Game, 2) - Avery Keelan
Release date: Dec 9, 2025
“An unputdownable and steamy college hockey romance.“
Deluxe First Printings. US paperback with red stained page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
Release date: Dec 9, 2025
“The immortal tale about the dangers of excessive ambition and the essence of being human.”
German Special Edition (English Language). German hardback with sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon DE
An Archive of Romance (Study in Drowning) – Ava Reid
Release date: Dec 9, 2025
“The enchanting world of A Study in Drowning comes to life through letters, poems, art, and more in this illustrated novella.”
Illustrated Edition. US hardback with illustrated endpapers, rose gold foil flourishes, over 40 illustrations, and new text.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Dante – Sadie Kincaid
Release date: Dec 9, 2025
“A dark mafia enemies-to-lovers romance where a woman is trapped in Dante Moretti’s “gilded cage” over a debt she insists isn’t hers.”
Deluxe Limited Edition. US paperback with foiled cover and decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Once and Future Queen - Paula Lafferty
Release date: Dec 16, 2025
“Outlander-meets-The Princess Bride plus Camelot in a fresh, big-hearted, feminist, timeslip adventure reimagining the epic saga of King Arthur, as told from the perspective of his spunky and surprising queen, Vera.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with decorative stenciled page edges, foiled cover and illustrated endpapers.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
In A Heartbeat (Rosewood River #5) - Laura Pavlov
Release date: Dec 16, 2025
“The new series from the #1 bestselling small-town romance author.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US paperback with decorative stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Woven By Gold - Elizabeth Helen
Release date: Dec 16, 2025
“I’ve been rejected by my mate and banished from the fae realm. But nothing will keep me from my princes…and nothing will keep them from me.“
Deluxe Edition. US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
In series with Bonded by Thorns | Forged By Malice | Broken by Daylight | Frozen by Stardust
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Dune: House Atreides - Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, illustrated by Dev Pramanik
Release date: Dec 23, 2025
“The official prequel to the groundbreaking Dune.“
Deluxe Limited Edition. US hardback with features TBC.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
Red Queen 5-book Box Set – Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Dec 23, 2025
“A 10th-anniversary box set gathering the Red Queen novels plus Broken Throne in a matching deluxe presentation.”
Deluxe Limited Anniversary Edition. US paperbacks finished with floral edges dripping in red and silver blood, creating a seamless, striking design across all five volumes.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Caught Up (Windy City) - Liz Tomforde
Release date: Dec 30, 2025
“I’m a single dad and starting pitcher for Chicago’s MLB team. I’m stretched too thin, but I don’t want help raising my son.”
Deluxe Edition (First Printing). US paperback with orange ombre sprayed page edges and special cover features.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Immortal Dark - Tigest Girma
Release date: Dec 30, 2025
“A lost heiress must infiltrate an arcane society and live with the vampire she suspects killed her family and kidnapped her sister.”
Deluxe Collector’s Edition. AUS hardback with decorative stencilled page edges, foiled slipcase, and internal art.
➤ Buy from Amazon AU
Eternal Ruin (Immortal Dark) - Tigest Girma
Release date: Dec 30, 2025
“Like all ruinous things, he came from the abyss.”
Deluxe Collector’s Edition. AUS hardback with decorative stencilled page edges, foiled slipcase, and internal art.
➤ Buy from Amazon AU
We Who Will Die - Stacia Stark
Release date: Dec 30, 2025
“A slow-burn romantasy set in a Roman-inspired world ruled by merciless vampires.”
Deluxe Collector’s Edition. US hardback with stenciled page edges, colored endpapers and special dust jacket effects.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
A Kiss of Hammer and Flame - Amy de la Force
Release date: Dec 30, 2025
“An immortal bound in darkness. A shattered empire at war. And a blacksmith whose heart could tip the scales of fate.”
Deluxe Limited Edition. US hardback with stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgerton 4) - Julia Quinn
Release date: Dec 30, 2025
“Colin and Penelope’s story.”
Deluxe Collector’s Edition. US hardback with designed endpapers, decorative sprayed page edges and a ribbon bookmark.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
☞ See also the Bridgerton Collector’s Guide
To Bleed a Crystal Bloom - Sarah A. Parker
Release date: Dec 30, 2025
“A dark fantasy inspired by Rapunzel, full of immersive imagery and breathtaking angst.”
Deluxe Edition. US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
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This page includes special editions that are anticipated publications in December 2025.
To browse all upcoming releases, click the button below.
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