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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Town by Castlebeat & Big City Dreams by Might Not feat. Sofia Insua

    May 11, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to The Wyandot County Mysteries: The Less Than Spectacular Times of Henry Milch by Marshall Thornton

    Town by Castlebeat for a book about a big city boy forced to learn about the small town he’s stuck in.

    We walked around this town
    I’m losing it it’s a sign
    But i don’t know never mind
    I’m walking in then walking out

    It’s just one more memory
    Before it’s time to leave
    Will you wait patiently
    Cause one day you will see

    Soundtrack to The Wyandot County Mysteries: A Fabulous Unfabulous Summer for Henry Milch by Marshall Thornton

    Big City Dreams by Might Not feat. Sofia Insua for a book about a big city dreams that always go awry.

    I had a dream
    I have to go
    A big city dreams with big city goals
    I’ve been sitting in this room in the dark
    For an hour and a half and there’s something calling
    Something calling out my name
    It’s a dream it’s a game I don’t know but it’s out there calling
    Hey, hey
    There’s fire in our hands and we’re never coming back so

    Hey, hey
    There’s fire in our hands and we’re never coming back no

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    May 18, 2021
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    SOUNDTRACK: Villain by Missio

    May 3, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Villainous Things: Gentlemen Prefer Villains by C. Rochelle

    Villain by Missio for a book about a hero who wears the suit of a villain. 

    I was raised as a scorpion
    Being pulled by the moon in a high tide
    That’s why I’m broken
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

    Am I a villain or a saint? Let me lead the way
    Resting bitch face on the move, fuck you have to say?
    I know (I know, I know, I know), I am tough as a stone

    I’ve lived a lot of life that not a lot will understand
    The type of life that gives you scars before you take command
    I know (I know, I know, I know), I am tough as a stone

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    FLICKer FADE SUNDAY: Camp Horizons

    May 17, 2020

    VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: Mind Fields by David-Matthew Barnes (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    May 19, 2021

    COVER REVEAL: Friendly Fire by Saxon James (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    August 2, 2021
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    SOUNDTRACK: Villain by Ado

    April 26, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Villainous Things: Not All Himbos Wear Capes by C. Rochelle

    Villain by Ado for a book about forbidden relationships, embracing one’s true identity, and freedom from societal pressures.

    I’m sure we freak them out just by holding hands
    You’re reported when you opt out of the “rat race”
    I’m not a mutant; I’m just me
    Whether that’s X or Y

    Stubborn people hoard many goods and evils
    They say I’m “infringing” upon you
    Oh…

    Mr. Crazy Villain Villain
    Nocturnal petals
    I wear different clothes and pretend to be a boy in front of you
    Dear Dr. Duran Duran
    Please come pick me up
    To someone I don’t even know, I’m already a villain

    My hated life
    My hated life
    Eventually becomes inflamеd

    I cover up my deviant nature again
    A stamеn and stamen won’t get anywhere?

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    RELEASE BLITZ: The Fourth State Of Matter by D’Arcy Arden (Excerpt)

    May 31, 2021

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Deep Cut by C.R. Scott (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    April 14, 2020

    MUSIC MONDAY: 50 Cent by Dean Blunt

    November 16, 2020
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    SOUNDTRACK: Cosmic by Benjamin Carter & Enter the Mirror by Everything Everything

    April 20, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Necromancer Rising: Death Eternal by Richard Amos

    Cosmic by Benjamin Carter for a book about an immortal, a human, and the cruel cycle of love and destruction.

    i swear if i lost this
    i swear that i’ll keep on running back to you

    and i can’t take the world burning up cause you’re not here
    and i can’t take sky shifting in your atmosphere
    i’m only lonely when alone without you

    Soundtrack to Necromancer Rising: Death Enraptured by Richard Amos

    Enter the Mirror by Everything Everything for a book about doomed lovers, a rebellion against fate, and a stolen pocket of happiness.

    You and me, you are my blood
    Walking in the red light, talking ’bout the dreams we had
    Making fire, making fire spread
    Scar across the landscape, this is how we change the world

    I love you ’cause you’re smashing into everything
    That’s why I’m in
    All of us are smashing into everything

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Crossing the Line by A.G. Meiers (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    August 28, 2022

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Spiritori by Mychael Black (Excerpt)

    March 16, 2026

    MUSIC MONDAY: Rain Dance by Whilk & Misky

    May 25, 2020
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    SOUNDTRACK: Pleasure by Feist

    April 13, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to West Coast Mobsters: His Guilty Pleasure by Leighton Greene

    Pleasure by Feist for a book about discovering pleasure, differences that pull people apart, and shifting perspectives that blur black and white.

    Get what I want
    And still it’s a mysterious thing that I want
    So when I get it
    I make sense of a mysterious thing
    ‘Cause I’ve taken flight on such a serious wing
    I, and you are the same and
    Either fiction or dreaming

    …

    Oh, an echo calls up the line
    An indication of time
    Our togetherness
    That is how we evolved
    We became our needs
    Ages up inside
    Escaping similar pain
    Dreaming safe and secure

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    MUSIC MONDAY: Countdown to Shutdown by The Hives

    July 3, 2023
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    SOUNDTRACK: Show Me The Wonder by Manic Street Preachers & Light by Kinder

    April 5, 2024 / 2 Comments

    Soundtrack to Enlightenment: Beguiled by Joanna Chambers

    Show Me The Wonder by Manic Street Preacher for a book about reconnections, revelations and a bid for freedom.

    This is no threat
    Just an invitation
    A sense of belonging
    A sense of inspiration

    …

    If you’re exiled
    By all the cruel tongues
    Then show me the wonder
    The wonder of your love

    Soundtrack to Enlightenment: Enlightened by Joanna Chambers

    Light by Kinder for a book where love is inevitable, powerful, and hard-won.

    Isn’t it funny how we fall in love?
    Like a freight train with no brakes
    All of the questions that we’re thinking of
    That we don’t ask cause we don’t want a heartbreak

    There is something for us, I can see it
    With my own eyes, waiting for ya
    In the darkness
    You brought me into the light

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    January 21, 2025

    FLICKer: Touch Me In The Morning

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    SOUNDTRACK: Freedom by Ado

    March 30, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Fire and Valor: The Assassin’s Dragon by W.M. Fawkes & Sam Burns

    Freedom by Ado for a book where that thing called “yourself” has the power to win war, defeat evil and save a kingdom.

    Even if you try to hide it
    So no one else can steal it away
    That thing called “yourself,”
    Turn it into a weapon to clear the way

    If you’ve got a problem,
    Face it boldly and charge head on

    No need for excuses
    Now, one, two, one two three four!

    Being the best, it’s worth nothing
    Because pity alone can’t save you
    You and I, declaring war
    Let’s start up the revolution

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Unashamedly Us by Colette Davison (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    April 13, 2021

    COVER & EXCERPT REVEAL: System Overload by Saxon James (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    October 18, 2023

    COVER REVEAL: The One Night Plan by Riley Long (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    June 11, 2020
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    SOUNDTRACK Trust by Half-Alive

    March 22, 2024 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to West Coast Mobsters: His Sinful Need by Leighton Greene

    Trust by Half Alive for a book about trust, loyalty and Family ties, either lost, broken, hard-won, or unbreakable.

    Trust is a tree that towers 50 feet above us
    Grown over time through many seasons
    Believing in something more than just the surface
    I trust that this is worth it
    But my toes are hanging off the ledge

    Lord, help me, there’s a thorn in my side
    I feel the tension in the fear and truth
    I carry life in between the divide
    But all the wrestling has left me bruised

    How sweet, the taste of certainty
    The gift you gave is safe with me
    .

    ….

    I see the walls that are torn and bent
    The tug of war in the now, not yet
    Holding back what they can’t contain
    Can you tell me why I feel this way?

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    FLICKer: FBOY

    June 12, 2025
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    SOUNDTRACK: Love and War by Fleurie

    March 15, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to West Coast Mobsters: His Fatal Love by Leighton Greene

    Love and War by Fleurie for a book about a mafia twist on the Shakespearean tale full of second-born sons, scheming fathers, warring families, determined stalkers, reluctant allies, and hard-won lovers.

    I’m next in line and my supply is running out
    It’s time to leave, the clouds are hanging low
    The truth begins to show

    Lover, hunter, friend and enemy
    You will always be every one of these
    Lover, hunter, friend and enemy
    You will always be every one of these
    Nothing’s fair in love and war

    In life, in love, this time I can’t afford to lose
    For one, for all, I’ll do what I have to do
    You can’t understand, it’s all part of the plan

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    COVER REVEAL: StrangeLove by T.L. Bradford

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    SOUNDTRACK: Peacemaker by Animal Collective

    March 8, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Sharps and Springfield: Peacemaker by Morgan Brice

    Peacemaker by Animal Collective for a book about good men racing to stop the power hungry rich from spreading darkness across the land.

    Got sold steam it’s landed right right
    Right rose stop comes up to choke us
    Knee jerk to the real jerk
    Shades in shadows of a too great land
    It’s here

    In the chaos of some billionaires
    Some stink among the weeds
    It’s good to slather on the mantis
    It’s good to rest upon the clean
    With a timber built from ages
    Something stirs within the leaves and it can rest upon the paper
    Not to keep the seat the same so get up in

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    BLOG TOUR: Just Friends by Saxon James (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 7, 2020
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