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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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    RELEASE BOOST: Bona Fide Fake by Rebecca Raine (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    January 29, 2022

    COVER REVEAL: Shaken and Stirred by Lilly Atlas

    June 10, 2025

    BOOK TOUR: A Vile Season by David Ferraro

    October 9, 2024
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Secret of Life by Lord Huron

    November 15, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to All Of Us Murderers by K.J. Charles

    Secret of Life by Lord Huron for a book about a family curse, a revenge scheme, and a bid for longer life.

    Isit alone in the dark, and I try to remember
    The words you spoke when you summoned the Ender
    You chained my life to an ancient master
    Will the curse be reversed if I say it backwards?

    What you crossed was a line at the edge of the void
    And you can’t crawl back without making a choice
    But something escaped when you opened the gate
    You cheated death and sealed your fate

    …

    You told me you’re never gonna die
    How am I supposed to sleep through the night?
    You showed me the secret of life
    I can’t forget that look in your eye

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: An Echo of Gods by Tallie Rose (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    March 7, 2023
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    SOUNDTRACK: Bakemono by Yoasobi, Vanilla by Gackt, Inhuman Empathy by Amazarashi, & Beautiful Monster by Art School

    November 8, 2025 / 2 Comments

    Soundtrack to Demon Bound: Wreaking Havoc by Grae Bryan

    Bakemono by Yoasobi for a book about a mobster son trying to live a normal life while the world is out to get him.

    To live a clean and tidy life
    To live without make anyone sad
    To live on the straight and narrow without standing out
    Is that how you live without making any mistakes?
    Is it right to live how you are
    Or is it right to live a deceitful lie
    Just what type of person should I try to be?
    Just what type of person am I really?
    Please, tell me
    I’m begging you to tell me

    Soundtrack to Demon Bound: Inviting Bedlam by Grae Bryan

    Vanilla by Gackt for a book about lust to love to healing.

    May I love you in this trembling night?
    Just like this… “I’ve seen a tail”
    It’s almost embarrassing, I’ve fallen for you.
    A crew sees cring knees
    I wanna need… Not betray!
    Would it be ok to love, too, in this gyrating night?
    Just like this… Harder, deeper…
    As pelvic thrust that are insanely familiar to the act, melt with each other…
    You are… My… Caretaker.

    Soundtrack to Demon Bound: Calling Chaos by Grae Bryan

    Inhuman Empathy by Amazarashi for a book about freedom from the past, stepping out the comfort zone and embracing new adventures.

    Tonight,

    though we’ve never had a beautiful past,

    though it’s been full of failures, I want to believe they weren’t so bad.

    We board an unfamiliar ship so that we can say it without guilt.

    We all head to different countries, each as an outsider of this world.

    Even without having been able to choose our places of birth, let us choose where we can live.

    Soundtrack to Demon Bound: Unleashing Mayhem by Grae Bryan

    Beautiful Monster by Art School for a book about a scared, unloved young man stopped hiding and started living.

    With the pale sun We, who are pale, Dreaming of Invisibility It was always like that Don’t be foolish Even you I think I can become a swan I just feel like that

    I have lived without being loved We messed up But what about today? It seems to be forgiven. Don’t be foolish Even you I can’t die, something now That’s how I feel

    I can see the new sunset
    You can see the new sunset

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Spark by Elizabeth Tybush (Excerpt & Giveaway)

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Gods of Inthya by Effie Calvin (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    January 20, 2023
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    SOUNDTRACK: Handwriting Analysis by Late Night Takeaway

    October 25, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Copper Script by K.J. Charles

    Handwriting Analysis by Late Night Takeaway for a book about reading people and catching criminals through handwriting analysis

    oh lalala
    was it every stroke that implies
    that there was something not quite right

    it’s hard to understand
    that errors and case don’t match
    ooohh the vowel has betrayed
    a shaky hand

    …

    but i can oh lalala
    i can analyze
    i can cut
    and i say if its true
    i’ll never emphasize
    the silver sides
    and i’ll take a path everywhere

    deconstruct and rephrase
    and note the change in the A’s
    put these vowels into place

    i know they’ll gonna catch on to you
    rewrite through the voodoo
    back the way they’re going
    crawling over somebody else

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    SOUNDTRACK: Black Water by Of Monsters and Men

    October 4, 2025 / 2 Comments

    Soundtrack to The Monster of Elenhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

    Black Water by Of Monsters and Men for a book about kindred souls, vengeful schemes, family tragedies, and the black sea where creatures emerge to grant wishes.

    Ineed nothing to travel the sea
    I need nothing, I need nothing

    But there’s something, eating at me
    Black water, take over

    Swallowed by a vicious, vengeful sea, oh-oh
    Darker days are raining over me, oh-oh
    In the deepest depths, I lost myself, oh-oh
    I see myself through someone else

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    NEW RELEASE: Relevant Heart by Janice Jarrell (Excerpt)

    December 7, 2023
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    SOUNDTRACK: Kiss Twice, Kiss Me Deadly by Alice Nine

    September 20, 2025 / 2 Comments

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

    Kiss Twice, Kiss Me Deadly by Alice Nine for a book about the dance of seduction, desire, danger and hearts.

    Like Pavlov’s dog, the unstoppable desire
    Trickling jelly overflowed from the jacuzzi.

    …

    Let’s kiss one more time, and expose your secret
    Beyond your tongue and mine, there’s the truth.. SHaLaLaLaLa.. “Let’s love each other”.

    ….

    The lewd finger moves tactfully
    Manipulate me, immediately shall we deadly dance with..

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    August 30, 2023

    NEW RELEASE: Easy, Schmeasy! by Becca Seymour

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Crew by Kimberly Knight & Rachel Lyn Adams

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Good In Me by Andy Grammar

    September 13, 2025 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to The District: His Reluctant Savior by Courtney W. Dixon

    Good in Me by Andy Grammar for a book about the golden boy who saw the good in the bully and forever changed his life.

    Ilike the way, like the way that I look in your eyes
    And I like the place, like the place I take up in your mind
    I fall on my face, never judgmental
    See, I see mistakes, you see potential

    And I’ve been afraid, been afraid if I open the door
    That all of my pain will come out and roll onto the floor
    And it did, and it does, but you still pick it up
    You find a way to see the good in me

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    BLOG TOUR: Socially Orcward by Lisa Henry & Sarah Honey (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    February 26, 2021

    RELEASE BLITZ: Making Waves by Harper Robson

    April 10, 2024
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Lionhearted by Porter Robinson feat. Urban Cone

    September 6, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Mages & Mayhem: That Mafioso Magic by Nicholas Bella

    Lionhearted by Porter Robinson feat Urban Cone for a book about a lion king, an assassination attempt, and indomitable will to fight for the pride.

    We’ve been up all night trying to survive this endless fight
    If you shoot them down, we can make it right, we’ll make it right
    And we’ll light the sky as they multiply, they multiply

    No matter what they try, they won’t take away our will to fight
    If we shoot them down, we can make it right, we’ll make it rig

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    FLICKer: Trunks

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    BLOG TOUR: A Fatal Autumnal Stew by Dahlia Donovan (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    December 14, 2024

    NEW RELEASE: Blackmailer’s Delight by David Lawrence (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    February 14, 2024
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Knife’s Edge by Tiger Army

    August 2, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to The District: His Bane by Courtney W. Dixon

    Knife’s Edge by Tiger Army for a book about love, obssession, and vows carved into skin.

    Alone – tormented by the love that owns my soul
    I feel the loss of everything
    Control – it’s so hard not to lose in this life, oh
    Luck in love’s a silver blake ’cause

    My heart is, it’s on a knife’s edge over you
    Stiletto that your hand has pushed right through
    And the blood pours, but my love does not run out
    So tell me what’s it all about

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    FLICKer: Heartdrop

    October 16, 2025
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neverhollowed Never Hollowed By The Stare @neverhollowed ·
23 Feb

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

RELEASE TOUR: Guardian by Beth Christopher (Excerpt)



https://neverhollowed.com/2026/02/23/release-tour-guardian-by-beth-christopher-excerpt/

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23 Feb

NEW RELEASE BLITZ: A Fragile Spell by T.M. Kirk (Excerpt)


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https://neverhollowed.com/2026/02/22/new-release-blitz-a-fragile-spell-by-t-m-kirk-excerpt/

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23 Feb

Most likely to win your vote!

REVIEW: The Unlikely Pair by Jax Calder

🌟🌟🌟🌟1/2
4.5 snowed in stars 🛬🏔️🛖🇬🇧 🇫🇮

SOUNDTRACK: Strange Bedfellows by Michael Sarcona🎶

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23 Feb

COVER REVEAL: The Ultimate Save by Felice Stevens



https://neverhollowed.com/2026/02/20/cover-reveal-the-ultimate-save-by-felice-stevens/

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