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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Bump In The Night by Skittish

    January 11, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Black Oasis: Bump In The Night by Nikole Knight & Lily Mayne

    Bump In The Night by Skittish for a book where a skittish sleep demon learned to face his all-too-real feelings for a sassy human.

    Tell me that we’re lovers
    Tell me that I’m all you got
    ‘Cause quiet words that whisper under covers
    Shimmer like a pyrite rock
    In a closet, under my bed, in a dark basement
    I heard the thumpin’, I heard the creakin’, I heard you tap to get in… or are you another bump in the night?

    I swear I used to feel it
    I swear I used to feel your touch
    But it’s much too hard to keep saying “I love you”
    Without receiving a response
    I don’t need another unrequited love

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    SOUNDTRACK: Something in the Water by Kami Kehoe

    January 4, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Stolen Hearts: Elixir of Strife by Nazri Noor

    Something in the Water by Kami Kehoe for a book where something in the water held secrets and magic, life and death.

    There must be something in the water
    I wanna know all of the secrets
    The waves are only getting stronger
    At least I made it to the deep end
    How long can you hold your breath?
    Will you sink or will you swim?
    Was it worth taking the risk?

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Learning Curve by N.R. Walker (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 29, 2022

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    January 11, 2023

    COVER REVEAL: Beautiful Dark Temptation by Roxas Winters

    August 22, 2024
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Desert Night by Rufus du Sol

    November 23, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Seth & Raider: Silk & Sand by Katherine Diane

    Desert Night by Rufus du Sol for a book about the growing bond between opposites during their journey across the desert.

    Your touch is taking me away from here
    I’m alright, with no direction, hey
    Too much, you’re making me forget myself
    Let’s take a ride across the desert night
    And when the sun comes out
    In the morning light
    I can feel you there
    Oh, look at me now
    Look at me now
    I’m right here

    …

    You said, I’m looking for my happiness
    I wanna try to feel connected
    And the rush of falling into emptiness
    I want to drive under the street light

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Boiling Over by Thea McAlistair (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    January 6, 2020

    BOOK TOUR: Take A Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias Madden

    January 2, 2023

    FLICKer: Far From Water

    November 21, 2024
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Act of Faith by Presence

    November 9, 2024 / 2 Comments

    Soundtrack to Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune: The Duke At Hazard by K.J. Charles

    Act of Faith by Presence for a book about a disgraced gentleman falling in love with a man with secret identity and unattainable position.

    Come into the
    Inside, and take a look in it through my eyes
    Throw away all of your disguise
    Surrender yourself to this
    Act of Faith

    Now, I believed in nothing
    Nothing in this world
    Then in the emptiness
    I came across this girl
    Confusingly, you camе to me
    And made me feel likе this
    You gave me hope in the shadows
    You made me feel just like this

    I’m in love with a looking glass girl
    Hey, I’m in love with the untouchable girl

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    October 3, 2021

    LAST YEAR I WAS READING…(December 15, 2021)

    December 15, 2021

    RELEASE BLITZ & AUDIOBOOK TOUR: Ginger Snapping All The Way by Gabbi Grey (Excerpt)

    November 15, 2021
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Unmei no Akai Ito by Koshitomo & Kisetsu wa Tsugitsugi Shindeiku by Amazarashi

    October 19, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to A Paranormal Yakuza Duet: Secrets & Sake by C.J. Ravenna

    Red String of Destiny by Koshitomo for a book about fated mates, a cruel world, and a courage to hope for tomorrow.

    Blue Sky Sun Let’s go fishing today
    The usual park with a large pond
    I’m not concentrating.
    Hey God, I’m going to use a special thread today.
    I want to believe in the red thread of fate
    And I’m waiting for you here today
    The magic of the future at the end of the thread
    The pond is sparkling in the sun
    But the world isn’t that sweet.

    …

    I want to believe in the red thread of fate
    And today I was a little hopeful about the future

    Soundtrack to A Paranormal Yazuka Duet: Curses & Kitsune by C.J. Ravenna

    Seasons Die One After Another by Amazarashi for a book about shedding the past, embracing the future, and living in the moment.

    Dear My Loathsome Past,
    to you I offer this poem of farewell!

    I have cast away the remains of these days
    that can’t get any worse, these most terrible dreams even if it kills me.

    For in the next life,
    a flower will bloom to tell you a poem of transition;

    We spend some time wondering
    if we should go or head on back.
    I’m sure we’ll face hardship…
    but after the slightest hesitation,
    we straighten up and head onward.

    That’s right, we have to go!
    Even with nothing, we have to go on living!

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: To The Flame by A.E. Ross (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    February 3, 2020

    FIRST LINES FRIDAY 56: Flesh Wounds

    December 26, 2019

    BOOK TOUR: You Would Have Done It Too by Heather Chambers

    January 20, 2025
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    SOUNDTRACK: Hunger Strike by Temple of the Dog

    October 12, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to The Starving Years by Jordan Castillo Price

    Hunger Strike by Temple of the Dog for a book about corporate greed and insidious hunger.

    Well I don’t mind stealing bread
    From the mouths of decadence
    But I can’t feed on the powerless
    When my cup’s already overfilled

    Yeah
    But it’s on the table
    The fire’s cooking
    And they’re farming babies
    The slaves are all working

    Blood is on the table
    The mouths are all choking
    But I’m goin’ hungry

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    COVER REVEAL: Unforgiving Dreams by Jessamyn Kingley (Excerpt)

    February 23, 2023

    RELEASE BLITZ: It’s A Steal by Arden O’Keefe (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    July 29, 2020

    MUSIC MONDAY: Football by Youth Lagoon

    January 15, 2024
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    SOUNDTRACK: Solace by Fyfe & Free Animal by Foreign Air

    October 5, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Lake Prophet: Solstice by Eli Easton & R.J. Scott

    Solace by Fyfe for a book about a new town, old ghosts, and unexpected friends.

    I’m hardly known in this neighbourhood
    But I can’t help feeling like I’ve been misunderstood.
    Right to my bones, yes my sinew shook,
    I feel this ground is breaking, nothing is there underfoot

    …

    Days on days, looking back I lay,
    I know I’m insecure but I’ve been wasting away.
    Solace comes like I hoped it would,
    Love has overcome things I didn’t know that it could.

    Soundtrack to Lake Prophet: Equinox by Eli Easton & R.J. Scott

    Free Animal by Foreign Air for a book about caged animals, caged minds, and hard won freedom.

    My heart beats in patters to the broken sound
    You’re the only one that can calm me down
    My head spins in circles so I’m dizzy now
    All of this time I should’ve figured it out

    I’m a free animal, free animal

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    AUDIOBOOK TOUR: The Orphan From Shepherds Keep by Lindsay Law

    August 15, 2025

    RELEASE BLITZ: Their Ball Boy by Addison Beck

    February 6, 2024

    BOOK TOUR: Forestfall by Lyndall Clipstone

    August 29, 2022
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Submit by Brek Milo & Blow by Ghinsu

    September 21, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Mafia Bound: Deadly Little Sparrow by K.M. Neuhold

    Submit by Brek Milo for a song about an irresistible, deadly, and hella dominant little sparrow.

    there’s something going on here
    I cant resist
    you got those ways about you
    I will submit

    I wasn’t expecting
    for you to just let me in
    any games that you wanna play baby
    any way you wanna win

    Soundtrack to Mafia Bound: Beautifully Savage Butterfly by K.M. Neuhold

    Blow by Ghinsu for a book about two men living hard, fighting hard, and falling hard for each other.

    You are sent to take
    Every time I fall
    Every piece of me
    Yeah

    You are my faith
    You are my faith
    Every sign you’ve made
    To tell me who I am

    …

    Feel you
    Feel me
    One life
    One shot
    One love

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    June 24, 2025

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    RELEASE TOUR: Friend or Mistlefoe by Ariella Zoelle (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    November 27, 2022
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: The Angel’s Share by Elly

    September 14, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Agents Irish and Whiskey: Angel’s Share by Layla Reyne

    The Angel’s Share by Elly for a book about loss and grief, love and healing.

    The bitter and sweet, and dance around me
    I tend to wonder if the ebb and flow will ever drag me under
    If the lessons that we learn are dressed in many colors

    The angel’s share we pay to Heaven
    Comes to all of us

    I learned to live again and feel the love that’s all around me
    And it’s so beautiful, beautiful
    The dark, the light, the faith, the fight
    It leads me to believe
    And it makes it beautiful, beautiful

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Old Friend by Elderbrook

    August 24, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Secrets and Scrabble: Corpse at Captain’s Seat by Josh Lanyon

    Old Friend by Elderbrook for a book about old friends, same habits, different connections, and new memories.

    Oh, you’re just the same as I used to know
    Always playing games in the strangest ways
    And you come and go, go, go, just like before, ‘fore, oh
    I should’ve known
    Oh, you’re just the same as I used to know
    Always playing games in the strangest ways
    And you come and go, go, go, just like before, ‘fore, oh

    …

    I got a couple old friends
    I swear I’m tryna make amends
    Forget the years I haven’t been
    And we can ride around again like before
    Making them fire on lows
    I got a couple old friends, ya

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    October 6, 2023

    BOOK BOOST: Witchbane Series: Burn by Morgan Brice

    January 22, 2022
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