📖 Divine Rivals & Ruthless Vows Are Finally Getting Paperback Editions — And They're Stunning

Hello, lovely reader —

If you've been holding off on adding physical copies of Divine Rivals and Ruthless Vows to your shelf because you were waiting for the right edition — your patience has officially, beautifully paid off.

Rebecca Ross took to Instagram recently to announce what the Letters of Enchantment community has been quietly hoping for: paperback editions of both books are coming, and they are everything.

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✉️ What Rebecca Announced

Both Divine Rivals and Ruthless Vows will be releasing in paperback on January 5, 2027, and are available for preorder now wherever books are sold.

But these aren't simply paperback reprints. Rebecca shared that the editions will include foiled covers, edges that feature a quote from each book, and full-colour character art of Iris and Roman illustrated by artist Tara C. Phillips. If you've followed Phillips's work at all, you'll already know these are going to be something genuinely special to hold in your hands.

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It's the kind of edition that makes you want to reread the entire duology just to have an excuse to crack the spine on a fresh copy.

💌 Why This Duology Earned Its Moment

For anyone who hasn't yet spent time in Iris Winnow's world: Divine Rivals is the story of two rival journalists who begin writing anonymous letters to each other — without knowing who is on the other end — while a war between gods unfolds around them. It's tender and aching and so precisely written that it has a way of getting under your skin without you noticing until it's already there.

Ruthless Vows carries that emotional weight forward into something heavier and more urgent — the kind of sequel that doesn't give you an easy exhale until the very last page.

Together, they're one of those duologies that readers press into other people's hands and say: you have to read this. That kind of word-of-mouth doesn't happen by accident. It happens because the writing earns it.

🌿 The Wait Makes Sense Now

Paperback editions done this carefully — foiled, illustrated, with designed edges that quote the books themselves — take time to get right. Knowing that this is what was being built makes the wait feel entirely worth it. These are editions made for readers who want to keep them, not just read them.

If you're planning to preorder, now is the time. January 2027 feels far away, but preorder campaigns for editions like these have a way of moving faster than expected.

🫘 Already Part of Our TBW Family

Rebecca Ross holds a special place here at The Bean Workshop — her Letters of Enchantment collection is one of our officially licensed collaborations, built for every reader who felt seen by Iris's quiet determination and Roman's carefully hidden heart. If you'd like something to wear or carry while you count down to January, you'll find designs made with this exact duology in love at Letters of Enchantment Collection.

The letters between Iris and Roman reminded so many of us why words matter — written, spoken, or stitched onto something you carry with you.

With love, The Bean Workshop 🫘