Special Edition Books – August 2026
Special Editions - August 2026
Special editions publishing in August 2026 (full list available via the special editions hub). Some of the links below are affiliate links for which I may be compensated (this does not affect my reviews nor cost you any money, but helps support my site hosting costs). I deeply appreciate your support of my site if you use these links, but warmly encourage you to buy from your local Indie bookshop if you have the opportunity.
Collector highlights: Most popular August titles include Daggerbound (a lovely sequel for T. Kingfisher fans), The Lion and the Deathless Dark for Crowns of Nyaxia readers, Steelborn is a deluxe romantasy package, The Dark in Her Veins adds a gothic/noir fantasy edge, and the Once Upon a Broken Heart box set is a shelf-candy highlight for Stephanie Garber collectors.
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“A witty, romantic novel about two sisters learning to balance reason, emotion, and love in a society ruled by money and manners.“
Puffin in Bloom (Deluxe). Hardback with gold foiling on the cover, decorative stenciled page edge, full-color designed endpapers and a ribbon bookmark.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
☞ See the Puffin in Bloom collector’s page for more on this series.
Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition Vol 2 - Kamome Shirahama
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“Experience the beautiful tale of a young witch who discovers her creativity and faces down a dangerous and thrilling world with her friends by her side.”
Deluxe Grimoire Edition. Oversized US hardback printed on premium paper with intricate gold foil covers and exclusive bonus content.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
Born in Fire - K. F. Breene
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“Supernatural Bounty Hunter isn’t the sort of thing you see on LinkedIn. But with a rare type of magic like mine, I don’t have many options.“
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with spot gold foiled cover, illustrated endpapers, and decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Steelborn - Taylor J. LaRue
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“An epic, slow burn enemies-to-lovers romantasy novel about a heroine forged in steel and rage, and the cursed immortal who might turn out to be as much her salvation as she is his.“
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with silver gilded page edges, illustrated endpapers, foil-stamped case, and special dust jacket effects.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with illustrated endpapers, foiled boards, and decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Dangerous and Well-Read - Rebecca Sky
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“Daughters of enemy kingdoms must wed to unite their people against the greater threat of an encroaching immortal army. But both women hide a secret―they want the other one dead.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Golden Huntress - Katherine Quinn
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“The first installment in a heart-pounding, richly imagined young adult duology.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with stenciled page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Assistant to the Villain – Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Maehrer’s laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain…and their unexpected romance.”
Target Exclusive. US paperback with alternate cover, sprayed page edges and full-color art prints.
➤ Buy from Target
Adversary to the Villain – Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“The laugh out loud “Assistant to the Villain” universe continues with more scheming and romance.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US paperback with pink sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
☞ In series with Assistant to the Villain | Apprentice to the Villain | Accomplice to the Villain
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with alternate cover, sprayed page edges and two bonus chapters from new points of view.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Target Exclusive. US paperback with alternate cover, sprayed page edges and an annotated chapter.
➤ Buy from Target
Lost & Found: A Spunes Novel – Tarah DeWitt
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“Bea, grieving and newly a mother, moves in with her firefighter friend Silas; together they rebuild themselves and find a second‑chance love.”
Deluxe Edition. US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Vow of Eternal Night – Lily Crozier
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“Clara must lift Prince Raleigh’s vampiric curse before the year ends to avoid becoming his eternal vampire bride, while trying not to fall in love with him.”
Deluxe Edition (first printings). US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
A Bargain So Bloody - Vasilisa Drake
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“A young woman confined in a magical prison must make a deal with the most dangerous prisoner inside if she hopes to escape in this vampire romantasy.”
First Printings. US hardback with sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Cursed by the Dawn - Logan Karlie
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“This captivating sequel to the New York Times-bestselling Dream by the Shadows is filled with revenge, romance, and redemption.”
First Printings. US hardback with sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Teen Titans: Together - Kami Garcia
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“H.I.V.E. has been experimenting on teens with super-human abilities, and Kori Anders was next on their list.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with variant cover and a bonus 8-page memory album.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Lion & the Deathless Dark (Crowns of Nyaxia) - Carissa Broadbent
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“Some blood tastes like vengeance. Some blood tastes like grief. Some blood tastes like nothing at all.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery – Neil deGrasse Tyson
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“An illustrated narrative by the world’s most celebrated astrophysicist that explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Wings of Reverie - RH Disney
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“Centuries after the events of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wings of Starlight, two fairies must battle a dangerous magic—and their growing feelings for each other—in order to save their home in the Winter Woods of Pixie Hollow.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with pink colorway and decorative endpapers.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Unknown - Riley Sager
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“One hundred years after a group of women vanished from an island on Lake Faraday, actress Marin Keane is prepping to star in a movie about the harrowing mystery. But as the cast arrives on the remote island, more disappearances occur, and Marin discovers the haunting truth about Lake Faraday.”
First Printings. US hardback with black stained page edges, illustrated endpapers and a shimmery dust jacket.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Blackwells
Little Mushroom - Yi Shi Si Zhou
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“A fan-favorite danmei (Boys’ Love) story about enduring existence in a world that wants you dead.”
Deluxe Hardcover (First Printings). US hardback with new translation and bonus color art gallery.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Waterstones | Blackwells
Carl Jung: His Life and Work – Lily Yuan
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“Glimpse inside the mind of one of the most extraordinary psychologists of modern times in this spectacular hardback biography.”
Deluxe Illustrated Edition. US hardback with full color images and gilded page edges.
➤ Buy US edition from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Blackwells
➤ Buy UK edition from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
Devour Me – Emily Rath
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“A dark paranormal romance set on a mysterious island where a wraith, a witch, and a human historian collide over the dead who refuse to stay buried.”
Deluxe Edition. US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy it from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Blackwells
Drawn Together – Mercedes Ron
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“An addictive romantic thriller about a young woman’s protected life and the bodyguard she can’t resist.”
First Printings. US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy it from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Blackwells
Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“Hunger Games prequel which places Haymitch Abernathy centre stage in an unputdownable tale of danger, action and intrigue set during the fiftieth deadly contest.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with an exclusive teal cover foil and an interview with the author.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback with gold foil and an interview with the author.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Done and Dusted – Lyla Sage
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“The first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Rebel Blue Ranch series—the sizzling, small-town brother’s best friend romance that went viral on TikTok”.
Deluxe Edition. US hardback with illustrated endpapers and “Just because you got dusted, doesn’t mean you’re done” text on blue stained page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
➤ Buy signed edition from Barnes & Noble
Silver Sweet – Becca Ritchie
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“Phoenix is a hot drummer with a bad attitude. Tom is a punk-rock singer who’s too hard to impress.”
Deluxe Edition. US paperback with spot gloss cover and decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
☞ In the Cobalt Empire series with Burn Bright
The Shack – William Paul Young
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“Mackenzie Allen Phillips’s youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.”
Deluxe Edition. US hardback with illustrated endpapers, illustrated boards, ribbon bookmark and decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Bitter Sweet Heart – Helena Hunting
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“A divorced adjunct professor’s rebound one-night stand turns complicated when he appears in the college class she teaches.”
Deluxe First Printing. US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges and bonus content.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Free Food for Millionaires – Min Jin Lee
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“A Korean-American daughter of first-generation immigrants tries to enter Manhattan’s elite while navigating ambition, love, family expectations and belonging.”
Limited First Printing. US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges and a quote tip-in sheet.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Disney Wings of Starlight – Allison Saft
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“Inspired by the hugely beloved video game Pixie Hollow, this achingly romantic fantasy finds new fairy queen Clarion form an unlikely bond with a winter fairy as they both rush to save their lands from peril.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
House of Shifting Tides - Olivia Wildenstein
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“A standalone second chance romance full of magic, court intrigue, a grumpy Crow intent on getting his mate back, and an outcast princess fated to be a ruler for all.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). Paperback with pink sprayed page edges and bonus artwork.
➤ Buy US edition from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Blackwells
➤ Buy UK edition from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
☞ In The Kingdom of Crows series with
UK editions: House of Beating Wings, House of Pounding Hearts, House of Striking Oaths, House of Burning Frost
US editions: House of Beating Wings, House of Pounding Hearts, House of Striking Oaths, House of Burning Frost
The Season of Light and Darkness — Jillian Cantor
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“A girl is woken early from her cryogenic slumber to find the authoritarian rule her family had hoped to escape is still very much in effect in this unforgettable young adult dystopian thriller.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). Hardback with foiled and embossed dust jacket and decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy it from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Otherwise Engaged — Susan Mallery
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“Secrets, lies, and betrayals fly faster than a tossed bouquet when two sets of mothers and daughters visit a wedding venue.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). Paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy it from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Ghost in the Night – Tiffany D. Jackson
Release date: Aug 4, 2026
“A middle-grade murder mystery set in haunted Savannah.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy it from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Myths of Japan - Masako Carey, illustrated by Katie Ponder
Release date: Aug 6, 2026
“Enter a world of powerful gods, extraordinary creatures and brave warriors in this thrilling compendium of Japanese myths.”
Illustrated Edition. Hardback, lavishly illustrated.
➤ Buy US ed from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
➤ Buy UK ed from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
☞ See the DK Ancient Myths collector’s page for more on this series
Aviarium - Dominic Couzens and Teagan White
Release date: Aug 6, 2026
“A stunning showcase of the world of birds.”
Oversized Edition. UK hardback, lavishly illustrated.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
☞ See the Welcome to the Museum collector’s page for more on this series
The Brothers Hawthorne (Inheritance Games) - Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Release date: Aug 6, 2026
“Four brothers. Two mysteries. One explosive read.”
Deluxe Edition. UK clothbound hardback, with two foils on the cover, sprayed page edges, decorative endpapers and ribbon bookmark.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Release date: Aug 6, 2026
“Henry DeTamble is a dashing, adventurous librarian travels involuntarily through time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. Clare Abshire is an artist whose life moves through a natural sequential course. This is the celebrated and timeless tale of their love.”
Collector’s Edition. US hardback, with decorative sprayed page edges, illustrated endpapers, and new bonus material.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Union Square Signature Clothbound
Release date: Aug 11, 2026
The first three books for 2026 in this series will be The Collected Tales of Poe, Anna Karenina, and an omnibus edition of The Great Gatsby & This Side of Paradise.
Signature Clothbound. Clothbound hardbacks with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Find Tales of Poe – Edgar Allan Poe at Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
➤ Find Gatsby & Paradise – F. Scott Fitzgerald at Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
☞ Check out the Signature Clothbound collector’s page for more details on this series.
Flawless – Elsie Silver
Release date: Aug 11, 2026
“He’s the scandalous cowboy everyone loves to hate. She’s the PR princess sent to save his career. Neither expected to fall in love.”
Deluxe Edition. US hardback with foiled hardcover case, full-color illustrations and designed endsheets, gold foiled page edges, and a ribbon bookmark.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
☞ In the Chestnut Springs series with Heartless and Powerless.
The Good Girl - Mary Kubica
Release date: Aug 11, 2026
“A one-night stand leads to a woman’s abduction and a chilling string of secrets in this bingeable thriller.”
Deluxe Edition. US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Deviant King — Rina Kent
Release date: Aug 11, 2026
“The villain isn’t supposed to be king… A dark new adult romance series following the villains and secrets of the Royal Elite school.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US paperback with stained page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Blackwells
☞ In the Royal Elite series with Cruel King, Steel Princess, Twisted Kingdom
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil – V. E. Schwab
Release date: Aug 11, 2026
“Three women share one desire: to break the rules men use to bind them.”
Special Limited Edition (first printings). UK paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
The Secrets We Hide - Karin Slaughter
Release date: Aug 11, 2026
“Sheriff Emmy Clifton and her sister, ex-federal agent Jude Archer, investigate a brutal attack that shatters their town’s fragile peace.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with a bonus deleted scene.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
➤ Buy signed edition from Barnes & Noble
Bonfire and Bliss Bookstore – Brittanee Nicole
Release date: Aug 11, 2026
“A bookstore owner and her returned best friend fake-date while he learns to write the perfect book boyfriend, blurring the line between lessons and real romance.”
First printings. US paperback with a decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Butcher Legacy — Alaina Urquhart
Release date: Aug 11, 2026
“Two months after the life-altering events of The Butcher Game, Wren is back in the place she knows best: the New Orleans morgue.”
Target Exclusive. US hardback with an art print, metallic cover, decorative sprayed page edges, and annotated chapter.
➤ Buy from Target
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You 01 — Jinushi
Release date: Aug 11, 2026
“An overworked salaryman and a mischievous cashier with a dual personality form an unexpected bond in this sweet-and-sour comedy.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with exclusive cover illustration and sixteen bonus pages of full-color art.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Once Upon a Broken Heart Deluxe Special Edition Box Set - Stephanie Garber
Release date: Aug 15, 2026
“A spellbinding romantasy filled with forbidden magic and romantic tension. Boxed set includes Once Upon a Broken Heart, The Ballad of Never After and Curse for True Love.“
Scholastic Limited Edition. UK hardbacks original pink artwork available in hardback for the first time, pink foiled emblem and quote on the boards, decorative sprayed page edges and a bonus epilogue chapter in A Curse for True Love.
➤ Buy from Scholastic
Little Monsters - Máire Roche
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
“In this modern supernatural middle grade retelling of the beloved classic Little Women, the March sisters have a monstrous secret Meg will do anything to protect—especially with another beast lurking in the woods threatening to expose them.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
A Fellowship of Curses & Cats – J. Penner
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
“The cat distribution system is about to get magical.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US paperback with sprayed page edges, interior art and additional scenes.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Dreamland – Olivie Blake
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
“A tantalizing story of power, seduction, and the omens you’ll ignore when everything you’ve dreamed of feels just within reach.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with orange sprayed page edges and illustrated endpapers.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, signed by the author with decoratve sprayed page edges and illustrated endpapers.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Lilac – B. B. Reid
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
“I, Braxton Fawn, am the luckiest girl alive. Or so the world keeps telling me.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Immortal Rose - Alexandra Bracken
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
“Set in a sumptuous world ruled by magical perfume, this achingly romantic, slow-burn love story will shatter your heart and leave you breathless.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with decorative sprayed page edges and designed endpapers.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Queens of the Crypt, Vol 1: A Graphic Novel — Dom&Ink
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
“E. M. Carroll meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a dash of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in this debut young adult graphic novel that is a celebration of horror, queerness, and figuring out who you want to be.”
Deluxe Edition. US hardback with purple stained page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Hardest Ones to Fool - Christina Li
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
“A bold young adult thriller about a teen scammer who won’t let boys, friends, or even murder get in her way.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US paperback with red stained page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Spaced Out Graphic Novel - Stuart Gibbs
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
“The moon base commander has gone missing, and Dash Gibson is on the case.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with orange foiled cover and bonus Dash’s annotated MBA Resident’s Guide Appendix.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Book Lovers – Emily Henry
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
“A collector’s hardcover of Emily Henry’s publishing-world rivals-to-lovers romance.”
Deluxe Edition. US hardback with revamped cover, illustrated endpapers with matching decorative sprayed page edges, foil-stamped case, author letter, and draft epilogue.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Divine Gardener's Handbook: Or What To Do If Your Girlfriend Accidentally Turns Off the Sun - Eli Snow
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
“A sapphic dystopian fantasy of botanical sabotage, a questionable god named Saul, and a woman falling for the person most likely to ruin her life.”
Deluxe Edition. US hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells | Target
Bound by Fury – Noelle Monét
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
“A YA fantasy about power, vengeance, and a heroine drawn into a world where fury can be both weapon and curse.”
First Printings. US hardback with celestial decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
☞ See also international preorder incentive for this title
The Calamities – Chuck Wendig
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
“The heir to a powerful family of fiends confronts the demonic secret behind their wealth in a dark fantasy of occult magic and family corruption.”
First Printings. US hardback with illustrated boards under the dust jacket.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The House That Eats the Dead – Max Doty
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
“Clever, terrifying and darkly funny, this brilliant slice of contemporary supernatural horror sees a family move into a house which seems to have an insatiable appetite to devour anything that was once alive.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with foiled boards (very cool open jaws!) under the dust jacket and decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
The Poison Daughter – Sheila Masterson
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
“A dark enemies-to-lovers romantasy about a woman whose lips are deadly poison until she meets the one man who can survive her kiss.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with illustrated boards under the dust jacket and decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Ghosts of Chanterlands — Catherine Cavendish
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
” A fantastic, edge-of-your-seat ghost story from the ever-enthralling Catherine Cavendish. A fantastic, edge-of-your-seat ghost story from the ever-enthralling Catherine Cavendish.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with sprayed page edges (design TBC).
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Ethan & Grace – Laura Kneidl
Release date: Aug 18, 2026
” A bad boy billionaire, enemies-to-lovers romance woven with secrets and suspense, set in the glamorous world of London’s most exclusive hotel.“
Deluxe Limited Edition. US paperback with sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Steel Princess — Rina Kent
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“The princess isn’t supposed to dethrone the king… A dark new adult romance series following the villains and secrets of the Royal Elite school.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US paperback with stained page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Blackwells
☞ In the Royal Elite series with Cruel King, Deviant King, Twisted Kingdom
Saving The Rain – Elliott Rose
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“An injured bareback bronc rider finds redemption—and temptation—while stuck with the one man who makes his blood heat in this spicy rodeo romance.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). Us paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Blackwells
Release date: Aug 27, 2026
“An injured bareback bronc rider finds redemption—and temptation—while stuck with the one man who makes his blood heat in this spicy rodeo romance.”
Crimson Collectable Edition. UK paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
Daggerbound (Swordheart #2) - T. Kingfisher
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“A charming sequel to the cozy fantasy world of Swordheart.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with sprayed page edges, a foil case stamp and illustrated endpapers.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
☞ In series with Swordheart.
Once Written in Gilded Blood (Deluxe Edition) – K. M. Moronova
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“The arranged-marriage romantasy duology concludes as the final book in Cruel Fates raises the stakes on love, power, and survival.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US hardback with decorative sprayed page edges, full-color printed case, designed endsheets, and spot gloss.
Part of the Cruel Fates series with Once Upon a Demon’s Heart
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Vicious Society – Morgan Bridges
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“A dark, glitzy romance of ruthless elites and forbidden desire.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
☞ In The Obsidian Order series with Vicious Secret.
The Magic Library of Waterfall Way - Julie Abe
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“In this delightful cozy fantasy, an Unremarkable girl with a remarkable destiny must save a magic library to find her forever home.”
Deluxe Limited Edition. US hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin - Kevin Eastman
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“Who is the Last Ronin?”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with exclusive cover and 8 bonus pages of character and city landscape designs.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Falling Like Leaves - Misty Wilson
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“A city girl stuck in a quaint small town must confront her future and her old flame while the town prepares for an annual fall festival.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback with foiled cover and decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Her Creation – Jeneane O'Riley
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“She brought him back from death. Now he is the one thing she cannot survive losing.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
☞ In Dark Manor series with A Secret in the Garden
Promise Me This – Karla Sorensen
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“Imagine this: an author with a raging case of writer’s block finds an unexpected source of inspiration in her grumpy, gorgeous new roommate. Sounds amazing, right? Except that new roommate is my childhood best friend. And Ian Wilder has been off-limits since I was five.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (first printings). US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges and bonus epilogue.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
☞ In Wilder Family series with One and Only and Head Over Heels
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store – Laurie Gilmore
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“When a secret message turns up hidden in a book in the Cinnamon Bun Bookstore, Hazel can’t understand it. As more secret codes appear between the pages, she decides to follow the trail of clues… she just needs someone to help her out.”
Deluxe Edition. US hardback with character art dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, decorative sprayed page edges, and foil-stamped boards.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
☞ In Dream Harbor series with The Pumpkin Spice Cafe and The Christmas Tree Farm
Tempest of Wrath and Vengeance – Melissa K. Roehrich
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“Destiny beckons and the consequences wound as internationally bestselling Booktok sensation Melissa K. Roehrich’s dark, contemporary high romantasy saga continues with all the morally grey children of gods, fae, magic, and dragon shifters.”
Deluxe Special Edition. US hardback with decorative sprayed page edges, foil-stamped boards, illustrated endpapers and full-color character art.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
☞ In The Legacy series with Rain of Shadows and Endings and Storm of Secrets and Sorrows
Gulliver's Travels: The Illuminated Edition - Jonathan Swift
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“The rollicking adventure and piercing satire reinvented as a vivid art book, with drawings by Lorenzo Mattotti & an intro from Patton Oswalt.”
Beehive Illuminated Edition. An oversized, slipcase-housed, art book edition.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
☞ See the Beehive Illuminated Editions collector’s page for more about this series
The Dark in Her Veins - MK Lobb
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“A noir romantic fantasy set in a world in which sin is a fatal disease, and the rich hire the poor to carry out their basest instincts―until the forbidden romance between a sinner and a mysterious figure threatens to destroy everything.”
Special limited edition (first printings). US hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Kiki’s Delivery Service – Eiko Kadono
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“A deluxe edition of the modern children’s classic that inspired the Studio Ghibli film.“
Special limited edition (first printings). US hardback with new case design under the dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, and decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
The Girl Who Was Taken – Charlie Donlea
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“A suspense thriller about two abducted girls, one survivor, and the secrets left behind by the one who never returned.”
Deluxe edition. US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse) - Dennis E. Taylor
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“The fourth Bobiverse novel follows Bob’s risky search for the missing Bender as fractures within the expanding Bobiverse threaten to spiral into wider conflict.”
Special Edition. Hardback, with BOB sprayed on purple stained page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
☞ In Bobiverse series with We Are Legion, For We Are Many, All These Worlds, Heaven’s River.
Golden Boy – A. J. Symon
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“A YA novel centred on ambition, image, and the pressure of being seen as perfect.“
Special limited edition (first printings). US hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Bad Intentions – Iliana Xander
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“It’s been twenty-five years since an unspeakable crime rocked Burnville.”
Deluxe limited edition (first printings). US paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Pokémon Deluxe Character Guide
Release date: Aug 25, 2026
“Immerse yourself in a comprehensive, 336-page guide on Pokémon characters – filled with content, memorable moments, and facts from across the Pokémon world.”
Deluxe Edition. Hardback with gilded page edges.
Deluxe Boxed Set. Deluxe hardback inside a decorative box with magnetic enclosure, 2 collectible video game prints, 2 collectible animation prints, exclusive playmat.
➤ Buy US ed from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
➤ Buy UK ed from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
➤ Buy Limited Ed from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Runebreaker – Mila Finch
Release date: Aug 27, 2026
“An intoxicating addition to the canon of fae-based romantasy, Finch’s debut weaves a sizzling story of a girl with a gift and the feral executioner she releases from enslavement that is perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Kerri Maniscalco.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
A War of Wyverns – S.F. Williamson
Release date: Aug 27, 2026
“The electrifying sequel to the bestselling A Language of Dragons sees Vivien labelled as the face of the rebellion and travelling to a remote Scottish isle to find a creature who could end the war forever.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Earthbound – Saara El Arifi
Release date: Aug 27, 2026
“The third, much anticipated book in El-Arifi’s sublime Faebound series, Earthbound finds Lettle separated from King Rayan and accompanied by the last surviving human on a perilous quest for truth.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Saving the Rain – Elliott Rose
Release date: Aug 27, 2026 (US release Sep 2026)
“A daring adventure involving a kidnapping, giants, a deadly race, and a shadowy new threat to the Glimouria Archipelago.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, signed by the author with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Fawn – C.N. Vair
Release date: Aug 27, 2026
“Exquisitely unsettling and eerie, this chillingly beautiful slice of folk horror finds a woman leading a quiet life in the Appalachian hills salvage a doe fawn that stirs unexpected consequences.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with foiled boards, illustrated endpapers and decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
The Society of Free Spirits: A Deadly Scandal – Felicity Epps
Release date: Aug 27, 2026
“The occult raps at the table once more for the Society of Free Spirits; Bridgerton meets The Haunting of Hill House in the satisfyingly spooky sequel to former Young Adult Book of the Month A Grave Inheritance.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback with decorative sprayed page edges. Details TBC.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
☞ In series with A Grave Inheritance.
Tiny Hercules: Golden Cabbage Chaos – Jon Lock, Nich Angell
Release date: Aug 27, 2026
“Prepare for more mythical madness with Tiny Hercules, as the mini-hero sets off on the hunt for the elusive golden cabbage in this side-splitting comic book romp.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback with exclusive sticker sheet.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
The Neverfear (Impossible Creatures) - Katherine Rundell
Release date: Aug 27, 2026 (US release Sep 2026)
“A daring adventure involving a kidnapping, giants, a deadly race, and a shadowy new threat to the Glimouria Archipelago.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, signed by the author with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Signed Independent Bookshop Exclusive Edition. UK hardback, signed by the author with blue stained page edges and exclusive foil design to the boards.
➤ Check UK Indies, try Ivybridge Bookshop
Agrippa – Robert Harris
Release date: Aug 27, 2026 (US release Sep 2026)
“Harris returns to Ancient Rome with the story of Octavius and his closest friend Agrippa after Caesar’s death.”
Signed Independent Bookshop Exclusive Edition. UK hardback, signed by the author with red block sprayed edges and ribbon marker.
➤ Check UK Indies, try Ivybridge Bookshop
Union Square Signature Gilded Editions
Release date: Aug 4-27, 2026
A collection of beautiful classics.
Signature Gilded Editions. Hardbacks with gilded page edges.
☞ Check out the Signature Gilded Editions collector’s page for more details on this series.
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