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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Blood Sings by Suzanne Vega

    July 29, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Black Veil: Blood Boss by Davidson King

    Blood Sings by Suzanne Vega, a song about meeting one’s father for the first time, for a book about a young man with a powerful voice who learned who his blood family was and their sacrifice.

    When blood sees blood
    Of its own
    It sings to see itself again
    It sings to hear the voice it’s known
    It sings to recognize the face

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    RELEASE BLITZ: The Loner by Riley Hart (Giveaway)

    January 23, 2023

    FLICKer: Rock Hard

    January 18, 2024

    BOOK BLITZ: Prince by Cambria Hebert (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    February 5, 2021
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    SOUNDTRACK: Ride by Clans

    July 22, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to King Of Men MC: King’s Virtuous Son by Ki Brightly & M.D. Gregory

    Ride by Clans for a book about a biker and a mobster who discovered they’re good together in love and club wars.

    White teeth and black leather
    You and I would go good together, baby
    Black soul, white feathers
    You and I would go good together

    That smile
    Don’t know whether you should break my heart
    Or put me together
    And those eyes
    I don’t know whether we should just stay friends
    Or if we should get together

    Ride baby, ride

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    PROMO BLITZ: The Hot Chocolate Hoax by E.J. Stoll

    November 13, 2025

    RELEASE BLITZ: Thick As Thieves by Lucy Lennox

    March 1, 2022

    NEW RELEASE: Terror by Crea Reitan

    February 25, 2023
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    SOUNDTRACK: Fire On The Horizon by Stick Figure

    July 15, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to West Coast Forensics: Real Risk by Elle Keaton

    Fire on The Horizon by Stick Figure for a book about an island town and its grumpy fire chief who met his match in a high-handed arson investigations specialist.

    There’s a little old town and it’s tucked away on an island on the sea
    So far away from everything, where time it don’t mean a thing
    And time moves slow and certainly we got no place to be
    Where’s there’s love there is life, there is a hope and a dream
    This is the place for you and me

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Dark Summer by S.J. Coles (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    July 30, 2021

    NEW RELEASE: A Touch of Seduction by Crea Reitan

    July 27, 2023

    FLICKer: Easy

    September 9, 2021
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    SOUNDTRACK: Haven Hart Playlist

    July 9, 2022 / 1 Comment

    ***there’s a Spotify playlist at the bottom for convenience

    Soundtrack to Haven Hart: Snow Falling by Davidson King

    Soundtrack to Haven Hart: Hug It Out by Davidson King

    Soundtrack to Haven Hart: A Dangerous Dance by Davidson King

    Soundtrack to Haven Hart: From These Ashes by Davidson King

    Soundtrack to Haven Hart: Snow Storm by Davidson King

    Soundtrack Haven Hart: Triple Threat by Davidson King

    Soundtrack to Haven Hart: Raven’s Hart by Davidson King

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    LAST YEAR I WAS READING…(December 22, 2021)

    December 22, 2021

    BOOK RECS BY TROPE: Enemies to Lovers

    March 9, 2021

    COVER REVEAL: Beautifully Fractured by Michele Lenard (Giveaway)

    April 12, 2024
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    SOUNDTRACK: Dearest by The Black Keys & My Dear by The Tallest Man On Earth

    July 1, 2022 / 2 Comments

    Soundtrack to Dearest Milton James by N.R. Walker

    A Buddy Holly classic for a book about two men in love separated by war and societal taboos

    You may be a million miles away
    please believe me – umm ya
    when you hear me say
    I love you – I love you

    Come home – keep me from these sleepless nights
    try my love again – umm ya
    I’m gonna treat you right – umm ya
    I’m gonna treat you right

    Soundtrack to Dearest Milton James: Dearest Malachi Keogh by N.R. Walker

    My Dear by The Tallest Man On Earth for a book about a man taking time to appreciate the colorful ray of sunshine with verbal diarrhea who changed his sensible, boring life.

    My body’s with the birds in me
    But my mind is with the times they’re leaving
    I want them but I let them go
    There’s a sparkle in the dust I breathe in

    My morning is empty and the streets are wide
    I look for nothing and I feel all right
    Stillness in the ways I try
    And then you walk on by

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Compassion Fatigue by Emily Carrington (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    July 24, 2021

    BOOK BLAST: Breakfast at Timothy’s by Richard Tyler Jordan (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    October 6, 2023

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Embracing James by Megan Slayer (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 18, 2022
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    LGBTQ+ Historical Icons Tag

    June 28, 2022 / 2 Comments
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    COVER REVEAL: Batting Style by Louisa Masters (Giveaway)

    April 11, 2024

    RELEASE BLITZ: The Gentle Wolf by Pia Foxhall (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    November 14, 2020

    COVER REVEAL: Saving Rafe by Jocelynn Drake

    February 21, 2020
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    SOUNDTRACK: Villains by Delta Spirit & How Villains Are Made by Madelen Duke

    June 24, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Panopolis: Where There’s Smoke by Cari Z

    Villains by Delta Spirit for a book about a mild-mannered man who’s personal hero is public enemy number one.

    All my heroes start as villains
    Don’t need the glory, flip the finger to establishment
    I tried to work, without or within
    But I need you, on my skin

    Soundtrack to Panopolis: Where There’s Fire by Cari Z

    How Villains Are Made by Madelen Duke for a dark, sinister tale of how the city’s kindest man became its most terrifying villain.

    Time to put my medal on
    Whose blood to spill?
    I don’t know
    Whose side I’m on?

    Two armies are coming at me
    Their flags and weapons look the same
    One tells the truth, the other’s lying
    And they’re both calling my name

    This is how villains are made
    This is how villains are made
    Ooh, ooh
    No one ever starts that way
    But this is how villains are made

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    COVER REVEAL: Saint by Jodie Harper

    November 12, 2025

    COVER REVEAL: These Deviant Ties: Dark MM Multi-Author Anthology (Giveaway)

    November 2, 2021

    RELEASE BLITZ: One More Time by Cora Rose

    February 29, 2024
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    SOUNDTRACK: Holy Trouble by Christian Cohle

    June 10, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Cloth & Stone: Taking His Confession by P.J. Friel & Saffron Hart

    Holy Trouble by Christian Cohle for a book about a deacon who bear the world in his shoulders and man cursed to be a gargoyle teaming up to spit in the face of a ruthless mob boss who prey on young students.

    Into the garden where we lay
    Exile drifting smoke, ocean of grey
    Crooked on the ground while the rain
    Keeps running down your fingers as you pray

    I will spit in the face of holy
    Holy trouble
    Holy trouble
    I will run up the way to holy
    Holy trouble
    Holy trouble

    The needle you lost has found its way
    Rusted in the meadow of your faith
    Bags under eyes, define your gaze
    Solemn sweet like shadows crown your face

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    BOOK TOUR: At the End of the River Styx by Michelle Kulwicki

    September 27, 2024

    RELEASE BLITZ: Hot Axe by May Archer

    March 17, 2026

    RELEASE BLITZ: Holiday For Six by Kelly Finley

    December 18, 2023
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    SOUNDTRACK: Perfectly Deranged by Dalby

    June 3, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Dysfunctional by Isabel Lucero

    Perfectly Deranged by Dalby for a book about two crazy psychos playing a game of notice me senpai and falling madly in love.

    you love the hurt
    you love the pain
    you are perfectly deranged

    laugh when others cry
    I don’t know why
    but you make me smile
    and it’s been a while

    like the monster that has been uncaged
    you are so perfectly deranged

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    RELEASE TOUR: The Perfect Pass by R.M. Neill (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    June 12, 2021

    ABC BOOK CHALLENGE – E

    April 1, 2019

    RELEASE BLITZ: Life After Love by J.J. Harper (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 26, 2023
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: I Hate That I Love You by Jonathan Roy & Your Surrender by Neon Trees

    May 27, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Necessary Evils: Headcase by Onley James

    I Hate That I Love You by Jonathan Roy for a book about a young reporter who played with the tiger and surprised himself by how much he enjoyed being its prey.

    Hold me, just control me, like you own me
    I hate that I love you
    Play me, dominate me, you’re amazing
    I hate that I

    I lose who I am when you’re around, yeah
    Got my heart in your hands, it’s beating me down
    I might be damned, I don’t understand why I’m aroused
    I know you love me, yeah I do too, and I hate that I love you

    Soundtrack to Necessary Evils: Mad Man by Onley James

    Your Surrender by Neon Trees for a book about the prickly diva who played hard to get and the goofy psychopath who knew it was only a matter of time.

    Ohhhhhhh
    How long till your surrender to me?

    I’ve become your shadow
    I love, but don’t know
    How to
    I’m always lost for words
    You look like a thousand suns
    I wanna be the only one
    Left when your day is done

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    December 17, 2025

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    September 13, 2021

    FLICKer: Anniversary (2012)

    December 30, 2021
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