Our Illumicrate December theme is . . . STORIES WITHIN STORIES!
Sometimes a story spills beyond the pages of a book.
Our December book is an adult fantasy standalone! A disgraced bookseller receives the chance to return to the magical bookshop where she once worked when the owner dies. To restore the shop to its former glory, she reluctantly teams up with a rival bookseller. But nothing is as it seems: the previous owner’s death was not simple, and dark forces threaten. Will she be able to save her new home, or will the secrets of this magical world be her undoing?
Our Illumicrate Exclusive edition is a Royal hardback and features:
- An exclusive redesigned cover (art by @joseeshimazaki; design by @chattynora)
- Full colour art and foil on the hardback (art by @harkalelinai)
- Digitally printed edges (by @joseeshimazaki)
- Illustrated endpapers (by @amaretta_); different front and back
- Bound-in author letter
- Bonus content
- Digitally signed by the author (on the author letter)
If you like . . . books about books, sassy animal companions and enemies to lovers (ft. belligerent sexual tension), we think you’ll enjoy this one!
Fandoms this month include A Study in Drowning and The Isle in the Silver Sea! There will also be a book-themed reading journal with art by @rinfishe and @rosdottir, and a set of stickers inspired by each of our 2025 monthly books.
The book at a glance:
- Adult fantasy standalone
- Featuring: exclusive redesigned cover; full colour art and foil on the hardback; digitally printed edges; illustrated endpapers; author letter; bonus content; digitally signed by the author
- M/F main romance, POC secondary characters
Content warnings:
- Blood
- Gore
- Violence
- Fire
- Death including murder and animal death
- Grief and depictions of grief
- Consensual sex
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