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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Kill Your Darlings by Mesh

    February 7, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Kill Your Darlings by Josh Lanyon

    Kill Your Darlings by Mesh for a book about the publishing politics, blackmail, murders, and second chances.

    Faithful
    Nobody is faithful
    Picking up the weakest
    Watching every move
    Madman
    Everyone‘s a badman
    Feeding on the leanest
    With everything to lose.

    Reach out before you drown
    The world is turning upside down
    And you know
    You‘ve got to kill your darlings
    Breathe in the hurricane
    And we can start all over again
    And you know
    You‘ve got to kill your darlings

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    FLICKer FADE SUNDAY: Green Light

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Gave Up by Nine Inch Nails

    January 31, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Banded Together by K.C. Burn

    Gave Up by Nine Inch Nails for a book about grief and pain, healing and second chances.

    Perfect little dream, the kind that hurts the most
    Forgot how it feels, well almost
    No one to blame, always the same
    Open my eyes, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up in flames

    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me see the light

    …

    Covered in hope and Vaseline
    Still cannot fix this broken machine
    Watching the hole, it used to be mine
    Just watching it burn in my steady systematic decline
    Of the trust I will betray
    Give it to me, I throw it away
    After everything I’ve done I hate myself for what I’ve become

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    MUSIC MONDAY: Living Too Late by The Fall

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    SOUNDTRACK: Savage by Vowless

    January 17, 2026 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Ravens: Green Ravens by A.E. Via

    Savage by Vowless for a book about defiance, vengeance, and two apex predators remaking the world for the better.

    I’m a savage in a civilized world
    Unashamed, uncontained, undeterred
    I don’t fit the script
    Don’t play their game
    My soul wasn’t built to kneel and obey

    …

    I’m a savage in a civilized world
    Let them bleed
    Let them beg to belong
    I don’t bow, don’t lie, don’t perform

    …

    Let them chase a flawless reign
    I was built to break the chain

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    RELEASE BLITZ: The Frathole by Devon McCormack

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    SOUNDTRACK: Color Outside The Lines by Chris Colby

    January 10, 2026 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Stay In Your Lane! by Cari Z. & L.A. Witt

    Color Outside the Lines by Chris Colby for a book about righting wrongs, speaking truths, and stepping out of line when the powers that be draw them in the sand.

    What seems to be your big problem with me am I so bad?
    The more you say you change, the more you stay the same
    You’re always mad because I color outside the lines
    It’s not wasted time to color outside the lines
    It’s not wasted time
    What seems to be this big problem with me I’ve been so sad
    I even took the time to explain it all a thousand times
    But the more I tried to explain, the more it caused me pain
    So I gathered up my friends and we colored outside the lines

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    July 21, 2023

    RELEASE TOUR: The Best of Times by Kristian Parker

    January 10, 2025
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    SOUNDTRACK: The Oak & Holly Kings by The Dolmen

    January 3, 2026 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Oak King Holly King by Sebastian Nothwell

    The Oak and Holly King by The Dolmen for a book about the eternal battle of Kings and how they both won.

    The winter sun has turned its back,
    So we gather to the show,
    To watch the battle of the Kings,
    The earth beneath is frozen deep,
    Time to wake him from his sleep,
    To fight brother Holly and turn another year,
    Praise to the Oak and Holly Kings,
    One will live, the other will die,
    To be reborn again,
    Green Man, the hunter, O King of all this land,
    Green Man, the hunter, O King of all this land,
    Light, dark, night and day.

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Breaking The Shackles by Mell Eight (Excerpt & Giveaway)

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    SOUNDTRACK: Beautiful Mistake by Billy Howerdel

    December 27, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to The Firm: Deviant by Cora Rose & Lark Taylor

    Beautiful Mistake by Billy Howerdel for a book about a mistaken identity, a heavy secret, a self sacrifice, and a new family.

    Stretched as far as you can take it
    Ripped and torn apart
    You alone blame yourself again

    It was a beautiful mistake
    Colored by all the ghosts you hide away
    New truths, new hope, new fate
    With seven sins laid at your side

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    COVER REVEAL: By The Red Moonlight by Amanda Meuwissen (Excerpt & Giveaway)

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    FLICKer: Florence

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Havesskadi by Ava Kelly (Excerpt & Giveaway)

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    SOUNDTRACK: Another Life by Motionless in White & Light by N3wport feat. Dianna

    December 20, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Light & Shadow: Isaac by N.N. Britt

    Another Life by Motionless in White for a book about forbidden love between a mob boss and a federal agent.

    If I can’t let you go, will darkness divide?
    For the fiction of love is the truth of our lies
    We were playing for keeps, but we both knew the cost
    Now the only way out’s in your heart-shaped box (heart-shaped box)

    But I hate that it seemed you were never enough
    We were broken and bleeding, but never gave up
    And I hate that I made you the enemy
    And I hate that your heart was the casualty
    Now I hate that I need you

    Soundtrack to Light & Shadow: Dallas by N.N. Britt

    Light by N3wport feat Dianna for a book about a fight for redemption, freedom and happiness.

    Is this all you want? Satisfied with what’s left
    Of a broken heart, fighting for every breath
    I can give you more ’cause in this tomb I’ve laid
    Fighting for your heart
    Your debts have all been paid

    …

    No more tears to cry, joy can take their place
    And there’s freedom here, I have won your race
    You’re perfect to me, ’cause when I look at you
    I see myself and the triumphs you’ve been through

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    SOUNDTRACK: Enemy Mind by Priest, Sin So Sweet by Walter Zeiders, & Kiss Kill by Michelle

    December 13, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to The Morelli Family: Enticed By The Enemy by Leighton Greene

    Enemy Mind by Priest for a book about a broken faith in justice, an alliance between enemies, and a life on the line.

    I heard you calling to me softly
    Your bones were shaking in the wind
    Your face was glowing like a halo
    Concealing everything within
    Look at me my faith is shallow
    You make me want to back away
    And if I feel like this tomorrow
    I know we’ll never be the same

    Try to run from the enemy fire
    Take a breath and try to open my eyes

    Soundtrack to The Morelli Family: Seduced By A Sinner by Leighton Greene

    Sin So Sweet by Walter Zeiders for a book about innocence, religion, and desire.

    Hang up your wings, crawl into me
    Cover me up under your sheets
    Roll back your eyes, sink in your teeth
    Show me that side nobody sees
    I’m addicted to you, you’re addicted to me
    I’ve never tasted sin so sweet

    Soundtrack to The Morello Family: Kissed By A Killer by Leighton Greene

    Kiss/Kill by Michelle for a book about betrayal, murder, and forbidden desires.

    My need, by me, so close I could taste it
    I pick it up to let you fall
    I want you out, I want it all
    Salivate, anticipate, brace for some kind of heartache
    I know it’s foolish to pretend
    I wouldn’t do it in the end

    Kiss kill, kiss kill
    Won’t you tell me which will, which will
    Falling for you downhill, downhill
    Crave another kiss kill, kiss kill
    Kiss kill, kiss kill

    …

    Lean in, blown back, no feeling compares to that
    I brush it off to start again
    Knowin’ exactly how it ends
    Tempted, temptress, big dream made a big mess
    It hurts to covet how I can
    Pain and desire makе a man
    If I were less of what I am
    Wouldn’t bе dying to start again

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Trust by Alina Baraz

    November 29, 2025 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to The District: His Coveted Obsession by Courtney W. Dixon

    Trust by Alina Baraz for a book about wanting, giving, and trusting.

    I make the space, make the space for you
    And you rearrange when I need you to

    Look at how far we got
    I would of never thought
    Look all around you (You)
    Lucky I found you (You)

    Look how you made your way
    Wasn’t it worth the wait?
    Look all around you (You)
    Lucky I found you (You)

    …

    Trying something new with you
    I’m gonna trust you
    ‘Cause I want to

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    SOUNDTRACK: We’re In This Together by Nine Inch Nails

    November 22, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Ravens: Black and Brown by A.E. Via

    We’re In This Together by Nine Inch Nails for a book about an inseparable pairs of battle-scared soldiers on a secret mission to changed the world.

    I’ve become impossible
    Holding on to when
    When everything seemed to matter more
    The two of us (all used)
    All used and beaten up
    Watching fate as it flows
    Down the path we have chose

    You and me
    We’re in this together now
    None of them can stop us now
    We will make it through somehow
    You and me
    If the world should break in two
    Until the very end of me
    Until the very end of you

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FLICKer I Bleed Ashes #shortfilm
Shaan and Raghu are deeply in love. Shaan struggles to conceal his true self but finds the courage to come out of the closet with Raghu’s unwavering support. In turn, Raghu faces his own battle with a cigarette addiction.

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I thought my ex-husband’s twin hated me. I couldn’t have been more wrong.

NEW RELEASE: Falling For My Ex’s Twin by Colette Davison (Excerpt)



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11 Feb

The one he wants is the only one he can’t control.

PROMO BLITZ: Guardian by Beth Christopher



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10 Feb

Death, Paradise, and the gods themselves–all rejected for the sake of love.

RELEASE BLITZ: The Regressor King by A.J. Sherwood



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