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In Your Dreams by Sarah Adams
Chef Madison Walker was determined to make it in the culinary world of New York, but with her dreams shattered, she returns home to Rome, Kentucky, to run a farm-to-table restaurant. This sparks a new romance, and lots of drama, between two old family friends.
We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark
From the bestselling author of the Kingdom of Lies series comes a slow-burn romantasy set in a Roman-inspired world ruled by merciless vampires. Filled with breathtaking combat, vengeful gods, and magical creatures, We Who Will Die is the epic first installment in an enthralling new series.
Crowntide by Alex Aster
This is the fourth novel in The Lightlark Saga. The story follows Isla Crown as she ventures into the unknown realm of Skyshade to defeat her ancestor, Lark. Meanwhile, Grim and Oro must form an alliance to bring her back. The key to the realms’ fate lies close to Isla’s heart as she confronts her most powerful enemy yet.
An Arcane Inheritance by Kamilah Cole
Critics say this book is perfect for fans of Babel and A Deadly Education. Warren University has stood amongst the ivy elite for centuries, built on the bones, and forbidden magic, of its most prized BIPOC students … hiding the rot of a secret society that will do anything to keep its own powers burning bright. No matter who they must sacrifice along the way.
Canticle, by Janet Rich
Set in 13th-century Bruges, this debut novel follows a young woman’s explorations of faith, agency and love among a community of fiercely independent women. Among the hardworking and strong-willed Beguines, Aleys glimpses for the first time the joys of a life of song, friendship, and time spent in the markets and along the canals of Bruges. But forces both mystical and political are afoot.
Dawn of the Firebird by Sarah Mughal Rana
A breathtaking fantasy novel about the daughter of an overthrown emperor from an exciting new writer. Khamilla Zahr-zad’s life has been built on a foundation of violence and vengeance. Every home she’s known has been destroyed by war. As the daughter of an emperor’s clan, she spent her childhood training to maintain his throne. But when her clansmen are assassinated by another rival empire, plans change.
Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson
A new short fiction collection including the never-before-published novella Moment Zero. The stories span the genres of fantasy and science fiction, and feature stories from beyond the bounds of Sanderson’s Cosmere universe.
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Although published earlier, it’s still among the most read books of 2025 overall (top of the ‘most-read’ lists), so many people may still be picking it up this month. After nearly 18 months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there’s no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it’s impossible to know who to trust.
And a couple to look out for next year…
Surviving White Island by Kelsey Waghorn
Release date: 24 February
Surviving the unsurvivable. Healing from the unhealable. This is an inspiring memoir of physical and mental recovery, from someone who lived through the Whakaari White Island volcanic eruption.
Kelsey Waghorn was a guide on the ill-fated tour in December 2019 and she tells her story for the first time, from the day disaster struck to physical rehab for her life-threatening burns and her mental struggle with PTSD. A brave and powerful woman with a wicked sense of humour, this is an uplifting story of acceptance, strength, perseverance and hope.
“I heard someone say, ‘Wow!’ And someone else exclaimed, ‘Look at that!’ I had my back to the crater. I turned around. The moment I saw it, I knew what was happening. The island was erupting. An enormous black-and-grey plume was rising above the island, already higher than the peak. It was beautiful actually, set against the bright blue sky. Beautiful and awful. Our radios were already blaring something along the lines of ‘Eruption! Take cover!’ and I was yelling, ‘Everyone, with me! Run!’”
The Blood Says Otherwise by Ruben Miller
Release date: 3 March
Ruben Miller is a forensic scientist who spent 22 years working on crime scenes across Aotearoa New Zealand. He specialised in reconstructing crimes and collaborated closely with police on high-profile and challenging investigations.
From Cape Reinga to the Kaimanawas, he has been invited into New Zealand homes for all the wrong reasons. In 2023, he left his job after accepting that it had taken a considerable toll, an experience that prompted him to reflect more deeply on the human cost of frontline forensic work and this book is the result.
From cold-blooded killings and gang wars to cold cases revived by a single clue, the detailed descriptions of what Miller witnessed are often heart-breaking. The behaviour of the people he meets – lawyers, police, the media and even the occasional suspect – is always fascinating and occasionally hilarious.
A bonus is the insight it gives to the techniques of forensic science showing what it can and can’t do versus what the public, and even legal experts, expect.
With unflinching honesty and flashes of dark humour, Ruben takes readers beyond the police tape to the questions that hang heavy in the air and the small details that change everything.
Part true-crime and part memoir, this is what it really takes to face the darkest scenes, and still walk away.
