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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Give You The World by Yello feat. Malia

    May 16, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to How To Fake It In Society by K.J. Charles

    Give You The World by Yello feat Malia for a book about schemes, secrets, support, and satirical endings.

    If I could give you the world, I would
    And if I could give you and I’d love to give you the truth, oh yeah
    And if I could kill all the pain and take the strength, oh yeah

    What have you become now? What kind of a showtime?
    What have you become, my friend?
    What have you become now? What kind of a showtime?
    What have you become, my friend?

    We’re gonna twist and we’re burning in love, my friend
    And if we can, we gon’ live by the sea and start feeling the breeze, oh yeah
    So let’s go and play in the rain and start over again, oh yeah

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    KINDLE 99c COUNTDOWN DEAL: Thinking It Over by Becca Seymour (Excerpt)

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    BLOG TOUR: Blood Prophecy by Mary Rundle (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    March 24, 2022
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Wild Child by The Black Keys

    May 9, 2026 / No Comments

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

    Wild Child by The Black Keys for a book about push and pull, control and chaos, love and danger.

    Wild child
    You got me runnin’ through the turnstile
    Baby girl, we better make it worthwhile
    You’re gonna get my love today, yeah

    You are a sweet dream
    With a tender heart and a beautiful smile
    But things aren’t what they seem
    So I’ll let you go and dream for a while

    Wild child
    You got me coming outta exile
    Baby girl, you know I’m liking your style
    You’re gonna get my love today, yeah

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    RELEASE BLITZ: True North by T.A. Moore (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    December 20, 2023

    BOOK BLAST: The Man in Black by L.R. Liverpool (Excerpt)

    June 3, 2025

    BOOK TOUR: The Covenant Sacrifice by Lee Allen Howard (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    July 8, 2023
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    SOUNDTRACK: Conduit by The Spill Canvas

    May 2, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to The Mage and His Brute: Stolen Magic by Ava Marie Salinger

    Conduit by The Spill Canvas for a book about magical conduits and social injustice.

    This is an official signal out to the ether
    I am but a vessel for your song
    This disbelief is now somehow typical procedure
    Need not be special to belong, to belong
    Anyone, anything
    Somewhere out there listening
    Cover me in all your glow, high up over the trees
    Everything in every way
    Powers that be operate
    I’d rather die high on my feet, than live like this on my knees

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    January 27, 2026

    FLICKer: The Golden Pin

    January 12, 2023

    COVER REVEAL: High Alert by Becca Seymour

    July 14, 2021
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Everyone Blooms by The Front Bottoms

    April 25, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Washed Up Former Child Star Ryan Lee by Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock

    Everybody Blooms by The Front Bottoms for a book about a washed-up star grabbing the chance to bloom again.

    Everyone blooms in their own time
    Some far ahead, some far behind
    So wherever you are, don’t worry
    You’re gonna be fine, fine, fine
    ‘Cause everyone blooms in their own time

    Sometimes we talk about what it might take
    Skills to wrap the gift and my hands cut the cake
    Sometimes we talk about what it might take
    Skills to pay the bills and my mouth get a taste

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: The Break of Dawn by Eule Grey (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    April 1, 2025

    RELEASE TOUR: Metal Soul by Michelle Frost (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    October 27, 2022

    COVER REVEAL: The Hotshot vs The Reporter by Nicole Dykes

    October 5, 2023
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Spare My Heart by Imcha Imchen

    April 11, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Unlikely Dilemmas: The Unlikely Spare by Jax Calder

    Spare My Heart by Imcha Imchen for a book about a cross-country chase, a political stance, and a forbidden romance of royal proportions.

    take a step with me
    and stand with me
    as we gaze the stare
    tonight

    …

    take me everywhere
    that you want
    me too be
    own me like you never
    owned someone before

    tell me every deepest concerns
    in your heart babe
    let me be infatuated with you

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    COVER REVEAL: An Odyssey of Shadows by Dion Marc (Excerpt)

    December 1, 2023

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Cross My Candy Heart by A.C. Thomas (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    February 12, 2024

    NEW RELEASE: Easy, Schmeasy! by Becca Seymour

    June 6, 2024
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    SOUNDTRACK: Hazardous Eyes by Arca

    April 4, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to The Protectors: The Hazard and The Hitman by Cambria Hebert

    Hazardous Eyes by Arca for a book about secrets, danger, and a hitman who fell hard the moment he gazed into the big, soulful, mismatched eyes of a walking disaster.

    in the shadow
    secret spin
    every glance
    pulled me in

    eyes of liquid
    hidden fear
    danger’s call
    is crystal clear

    every stare
    a subtle threat
    drawing closer
    no regret

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    RELEASE TOUR: Love At Fourth Sight by Ariella Zoelle (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    October 16, 2021

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Elaine’s Gift by Victoria St. Michael (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    April 18, 2023

    RELEASE BLITZ: C*cked Blocked by K.C. Kassidy (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    June 24, 2021
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    SOUNDTRACK: Tangled by Adrian Crowley

    March 21, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to The Mage And His Brute: Arcane Entanglement by Ava Marie Salinger

    Tangled by Adrian Crowley for a book about closely guarded secrets, dark magic and forbidden entanglements.

    I’m out with the foxes again
    Stealing along into the dawn
    Past the sprinklers on sleepy summer lawns
    And the stars still twinkling
    Like trinkets in a pawnshop window
    I wonder if they know I’m tangled in your shadow

    I could free myself
    From the dark tendrils that cling to me
    If I didn’t find them so exquisite

    I wonder if you know I’m tangled in your shadow
    I wonder if you know I’m tangled in your shadow
    I wonder if you know I’m tangled in your shadow
    I wonder if you know I’m tangled in your shadow

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Fluke And The Faithless Father by Sam Burns (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    February 11, 2021

    NEW RELEASE: Cloud White by Fearne Hill

    August 10, 2023

    RELEASE BLITZ: The Saint George Chronicles: The Dragon’s Lance by M.L. Eaden (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    March 25, 2023
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    SOUNDTRACK: Risk by Deftones

    March 14, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Emperor’s Assassin: Betrothed To The Emperor by Kai Butler

    Risk by Deftones for a book about a lonely emperor, a conflicted assassin, and an unlikely salvation.

    You’re locked up
    You exhaled
    You did it before
    I seen it
    Come outside
    And breathe in
    Relax your arms
    And let me in

    I’ll find a way
    I’ll confuse them
    But I think I can try
    I will save your life
    I will save your life
    I’ll try for you

    I know what to say to take you
    Higher, higher
    No one else can take you higher
    But I will try

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    May 3, 2022

    NEW RELEASE: A Touch of Seduction by Crea Reitan

    July 27, 2023

    COVER REVEAL: The Step Dare by Riley Hart & Devon McCormack

    February 13, 2025
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    SOUNDTRACK: Alive In New Light by IAMX

    March 7, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Vitale Brothers: End It All by Brea Alepou & Skyler Snow

    Alive In New Light by IAMX for a book about starting over, pulling through, and coming home.

    There’s a power much bigger than hate
    Still lost in the urge to annihilate
    But I know I will overcome this
    You dragged me through the darkest days
    By the skin of my teeth you restored my fate
    And I raised myself out of the ashes

    Now I’m alive in new light
    I’m alive in new light
    Now I’m alive in new light
    I am alive in new light

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    March 25, 2025

    BOOK BLAST: Reunion of the Three by C.S. Harris (Excerpt)

    April 20, 2024

    AUDIO BLITZ: Starting From The Top by Lane Hayes (Giveaway)

    March 25, 2021
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    SOUNDTRACK: Mercy by IAMX & Ruthless by Allegra Jordyn

    February 28, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Park Avenue Kings: Merciless by Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine

    Mercy by IAMX for a book about desire, passion, dominance, and protection.

    Mercy – well I melt in the kiss by the words
    And the whispers you sing me
    Mercy – I’m frail in the kill by submission
    And will that you bring me
    Mercy – when I’m nothing but ego
    You slap me to let go and sleep free
    Now I sleep free

    ….

    Mercy – when the gray turns to black
    And the wave’s on my back, you make me smile
    Mercy – it’s the trauma and martyr
    You crush into pleasure and downtime
    Mercy – it’s the shining of you
    That just breaks me in two like a lifeline
    You’re my lifeline

    Soundtrack to Park Avenue Kings: Ruthless by Brooke Blaine & Ella Frank

    Ruthless by Allegra Jordyn for a book about ruthless love that burns the world and takes the breathe away.

    ‘Cause I could breathe you in and never breathe you out
    Hold you ’til I’m something you can’t live without
    I’ll whisper in the wind, leave a chill on your skin
    Forgetting me is useless
    My love’s so ruthless
    My love’s so ruthless

    Soft words, slow moves
    My hand brushes yours for a moment or two
    But it’s enough to let my love seep into you

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    November 7, 2024
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