Adult 2025
Hover over the photo of the wrapped gifts to see the complete unboxing underneath!
Book Club Unites
June Box
The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson
Page 3: "She could feel the chill of the water through her rubber gloves as she groped around, reaching for the body."
The included gift was a custom set of light green dish gloves made of reusable PVC.
Page 15: "She opened the book and flipped through the pages, but there was only an ancient-looking bookmark with faded lettering saying something about lizards."
The included gift was a custom purple container labeled Bookmarks paired with a pink tasseled bookmark that says This is where I fell asleep.
Page 72: "With a groan of embarrassment, Ash bent down to pick them up, flashing the cover of The Viscount Who Loved Me in the process."
The included gift was a custom box of tea labeled The Viscount Who Loved Tea with 20 English Breakfast Tea Bags.
Page 177: "She was holding the framed painting Nova had bought, the one of a pretty cottage against an azure-blue sea."
The included gift was a custom art print depicting the scene exactly as described in the novel.
Suffrage & Sabotage
May Box
Rules for Ruin by Mimi Matthews
Page 25: "Compton thrust his checkbook back into the desk drawer. He slammed the drawer shut."
The included gift was a custom orange binder with a 100 Envelopes Saving Challenge and a whiteboard marker. The pages are erasable and include: a page with 100 circles to mark off each day, how it works explanation, savings tracker pages, and 100 pockets labeled with the day number on each.
Page 37: "Effie reached for her glittering dragonfly hairpin. One of a set of three, it was comprised of faceted glass affixed to a sturdy black wire."
The included gift was a custom set of two silver dragonfly-shaped hair pins just as described in the book.
Page 116: "Catching the soft fragrance of her perfume—some maddening decoction of honey and black currants—his heart gave another heavy double thump."
The included gift was a custom 2 fl oz. tube of hand cream, scented with honey and black currant.
Page 249: "Miss Compton whisked open her painted fan. She wafted it rapidly in a burst of pique."
The included gift was a custom wooden painted handheld fan with a rose pattern on it.
Seaside Suspicions
April Box
Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kid
Page 59: "I embroidered it, for Frieda Brogan."
The included gift was a custom light pink corner bookmark with a blue floral pattern on it.
Page 219: "She draws the object out, but it is not the perfume bottle she holds; it is a vial of smelling salts."
The included gift was a custom 9.2oz jar of rose and chamomile scented bath salts.
Page 304: "Nora adds another blanket to the bed and puts the kettle on the burner for a hot water bottle."
The included gift was a custom dark green hot water bottle with 2L water capacity.
Page 316: "The cloth is set with a teapot and cups. There is a milk jug and a sugar bowl."
The included gift was a custom crystal sugar jar with a matching lid.
Dark Secrets
March Box
The Undoing of Violet Claybourne by Emily Critchley
Page 9: ""Mrs. Frith-that's our cook-insisted I take it with me," Violet said, unwrapping a cake knife from a checkered handkerchief."
The included gift was a custom gold cake serving set (including a cake knife and serving spatula) wrapped in a red and white checkered linen tea towel.
Page 47: "I noticed a detailed drawing of her beloved deadly nightshade."
The included gift was a custom black and white drawing of a belladonna plant.
Page 221: "In her pale dress, her thick hair around her shoulders, the candle illuminating her face, she looked like a specter in a Victorian ghost story."
The included gift was a custom red twisted candlestick in a black metal holder.
Page 352: "White daffodils with yellow trumpets stand in a vase on my windowsill."
The included gift was a custom ceramic book-shaped vase with green and purple floral pattern, labeled The Case of the Vanishing Violets.
The Bone Garden
February Box
The Family Inside by Katie Garner
Page 146: "I rush upstairs, turn on our bathroom faucet as hot as it will go, dunk two of Sloane's calming tea bags into a glass I keep near the sink."
The included gift was a box of Calm and Cozy chamomile tea, with 10 bags of tea inside.
Page 238: "Ainsley looks back at me, eyes empty. In the tiny photo on the ID card, her usual sun-kissed skin is blanched by the camera flash."
The included gift was a custom red-brown wallet with a beige interior, featuring a copy of Ainsley's ID card as described in the novel.
Page 361: "Filled with panic, she doesn't see me creep toward the shovel. She only notices me when I stand over them, shovel clenched in my bone-weary fists."
The included gift was a custom green gardening trowel with a blue green floral pattern on the blade.
Page 371: "I carry over three bowls of butter popcorn, pass them to Ellory and Sloan."
The included gift was a custom light blue microwavable popcorn bowl that collapses for easy storage.
Never Been Kissed
January Box
Eddie Winston is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin
Page 58: "I’m back in the charity shop, sorting through a sinister bin bag of Encarta ’95 disks and naked troll dolls when my phone pings."
The included gift was a custom faux leather crossbody phone wallet.
Page 104: "Beside the wine bottle is an empty mug covered in quotes by Edgar Allan Poe."
The included gift was a custom 15oz coffee mug with a drawing of Edgar Allan Poe and the quote Poe some sugar on me.
Page 207: "...and then pulls out another pair, exactly the same as hers, and places them in my palm."
The included gift was a custom pair of heart-shaped sunglasses with red lenses paired with a sunglass case with red hearts.
Page 233: "Out it flicks and I pass it over to her, almost missing entirely the letters E and W that have been scratched into walls of her heart."
The included gift was a custom gold-plated heart-shaped locket necklace.
