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Afterlight Romance

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Romance books capture the beauty of love in all its forms, join the waitlist to be notified as soon as we have space on our monthly romance subscription

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The Afterlight subscription is a monthly romance book only subscription box, created for book lovers!

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Current subscription waitlist time: 8-12 Weeks

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Current subscription waitlist time: 8-12 Weeks

Subscription shipping:

We generally ship our monthly products at the end of each month (for example, the May box would ship at the end of May). More information about shipping for individual months is provided on our shipping updates page.

About the product

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Afterlight by Illumicrate is a romance subscription box for book lovers! We curated this box to share brilliant, heart-warming, make-you-smile reads to the community. As a team, we have been reading more and more contemporary romances over the last few years, mainly as a soothing balm for some of the heart-wrenching SFF books we know and love. With this box, we hope you find the perfect reason to relax, take a break and enjoy quality time with yourself.

  • How It Works
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    Choose from our full box (book and merchandise) or book only subscription.
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    Your Illumicrate box is prepared & shipped
    We carefully pack your book and items, then ship it to your doorstep globally.
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    Unbox to enjoy your new read and items. Don’t forget to share your #illumicrate on social media!

Our FAQs

Explore our FAQ section for all your burning questions answered.

All FAQs
  • What is Afterlight?

    Afterlight Romance is our monthly book-only contemporary romance subscription. 

    We created Afterlight to share our love of romance reads. Each month, you will receive a beautiful hardback edition of a new and upcoming romance release, exclusive to Afterlight Romance subscribers. Books may be hand or digitally signed by the author, or come with a signed bookplate. 

    Our Afterlight titles can be new novels from much-loved romance authors; Debuts within the romance genre; Romances featuring under-represented characters and relationships; Occasional paranormal romances... and more! 

    All of our Afterlight Romance picks are aimed at adult readers, with varying levels of spice. 

  • How do I keep updated on Afterlight news?

    We post all of our announcements on our social media accounts, as well as on the news page of our website, and also send out various newsletters. 


    You can keep updated on Afterlight by:
    Following us on InstagramTwitterTikTok and Facebook

    Opt-in for email updates

  • I've changed my mind, can I have a refund?

    If you have ordered a subscription product (a box or book) and this is not yet in pre-shipment (we have not yet sent out the emails check your address), then we can usually cancel and refund this for you. We do not issue refunds if you have a 3 or 6 month pre-paid subscription.

    If you have ordered a single purchase item or something from our shop, as long as your order hasn't yet gone into pre-shipment we can usually refund it for you. To cancel your order,  please fill in our Customer Support Form or contact us directly at support@illumicrate.com.

  • Do you ship to my country and how much is it?

    Yes, we can ship to almost every country! There are a few exceptions, currently, we cannot ship to: Belarus, the Canary Islands, China, El Salvador, Guadalupe, Haiti, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine. This is because our shipping company is unable to deliver in these countries, sorry!

    You can see a full list of shipping rates for our products here. These shipping costs do NOT include customs and other taxes that may be due within your country. All customs and other taxes are the responsibility of the customer.

    If you are based in the EU, VAT is included in your order. You can see our EU VAT rates here.

    If you are based in Australia, a 10% sales tax will be added to your order at checkout. 

    If you are based in the US and Canada, your monthly subscription ships from our US warehouse. You can see a list of shipping rates for the Illumicrate subscription for US and Canadian subscribers here.

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