Your next literary escapade just looks a lot better
If you’re looking to nurture your literary appetite with new books to read, then stick with us. As we enter a new month, it’s time to refresh your reading list with more delectable reads. From insightful thrillers to dark romance and light-hearted fun, February 2025 is peppered with new books that will take you on an escapade. Examining themes like friendship, loss, mental health, sex and more, new books of February 2025 will take you out of your reading slump. Made for all sorts of book lovers, we’ve spotlighted a few of our favourite new books to read for your next literary romp.
Expect to see new reads from some of your favourite authors, Ali Hazelwood, Elle Kennedy and Kate Alice Marshall.
Your ultimate guide to the best new books of February 2025:
Deep End
Ali Hazelwood
Exploring new horizons, the best-selling author of The Love Hypothesis takes on sports romance in this steamy read about a competitive diver and an ace swimmer—Scarlett Vandermeer and Lukas Blomqvist—who must work together to get into the Olympics. But, as secrets are unravelled and the pressure gets heated, so does their fling—Scarlett must thread the waters carefully now regarding her heart.
Release Date: 4 February
First Time Caller
B.K. Borison
Inspired by Sleepless in Seattle, this romantic comedy follows Lucie Stone, a hopeless romantic who meets a jaded radio host, Aiden Valentine when her daughter calls into the station asking for dating advice for her. When the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Lucie together, the two of them begin to question love and what it means to have a happily ever after.
Release Date: 11 February
Scythe and Sparrow
Brynne Weaver
In the epic finale of The Ruinous Love trilogy, Brynne Weaver doesn’t falter from tradition. So, expect more thrillers, psycho killers, risqué scenes and angsty love. In this dark romance, circus performer Rose meets lonely small-town doctor Fionn after a night of murderous adventure goes awry.
Release Date: 11 February
You Are Fatally Invited
Ande Pliego
If romance aren’t up your alley, don’t fret. This might be just what you’re looking for. Twisted, thrilling and mysterious, this book follows an exclusive thriller writer’s retreat that’s hosted on a private island where one of the authors is found murdered. The problem with finding out the murder? All six authors are masters of deceit, misdirection and mayhem.
Release Date: 11 February
Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales
Heather Fawcett
After a deadly curse was set upon Emily Wilde’s realm, the renowned dryadologist must work with her former academic rival-now fiancé, Wendell Bambleby to unravel the mystery of the beautiful nightmare before they lose everything they love.
Release Date: 11 February
The Rebel Witch
Kristen Ciccarelli
Dotted with magic, love and angst, in this epic finale of the Crimson Moth duology, Rune Winters must work together with Gideon Sharpe, the man who betrayed her—the boy she loves—to fight against Cressida Roseblood, a witch who’s trying to take back the Republic and reinstate a reign of witches. But, the more time they spend together, the more they realise that they still love each other despite all the betrayals and secrets. So, now Gideon’s faced with a terrible choice: sacrifice the girl he loves or let her live and watch the world he fought so hard for burn.
Release Date: 18 February
The Charlie Method
Elle Kennedy
The queen of hockey romance is back with another steamy read that’ll leave you breathless and rubbing your thighs together! Set in the same world as Off Campus and Briar U, this steamy, playful and hilarious book follows Charlotte Kingston, an overachieving STEM student who gets caught flirting with two anonymous hotties on a dating app—who turns out to be two charming Briar U hockey players. When they finally meet up in person, things get steamy fast, and lust starts to look a lot like love, but real life seems to threaten their promiscuous bubble.
Release Date: 25 February
A Killing Cold
Kate Alice Marshall
Packed with suspense and thriller, A Killing Cold follows Theodora Scott, who meets Connor, a wealthy, charming member of the powerful Dalton family. When she is invited to her fiancé’s family retreat she realises that they are hiding a terrible secret about her—she finds a photo of her younger self at the cabin, which she has no memories of. And, because the Daltons do not lose, Theo is in incredible danger at Idlewood.
Release Date: 25 February
Famous Last Words
Gillian McAllister
For the mystery thriller fanatic, here’s something that will keep you on the edge of your seat. This book follows a new mother Camilla as she unravels the mystery behind a hostage situation that’s happening in London—her husband and doting father Luke, is the gunman.
