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NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Wild Ride by Will Okati (Excerpt)

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April 29, 2026
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BOOK TOUR: The Redwood Bargain by Markelle Grabo

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April 29, 2026
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FLICKer: Stepping Out

Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it. A popular student at an all-male high school struggles with accepting his…

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April 30, 2026
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MUSIC MONDAY: Going Shopping by The Strokes

Pick a song that you really like and share it on Monday.

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May 4, 2026
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RELEASE BLITZ: Shadows Never Lie by Lark Taylor

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May 1, 2026
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NEW RELEASE: Save The Date by Sophia Soames (Excerpt)

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May 3, 2026
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BLOG TOUR: Her Runaway Lady by B.J. Sikes (Excerpt)

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May 1, 2026
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RELEASE BLITZ: Den Of Paradise by Eryn Hawk

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April 30, 2026
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COVER REVEAL: Heartsmashed by Brooke Blaine

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April 30, 2026
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FAVORITE COVERS: April 2026

Let’s give those beautiful book covers some love! Every first Tuesday of the month, I post some of my favorite covers and then pick the cover of the month. This…

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May 5, 2026
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NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Precog’s Perception by Emily Carrington (Excerpt)

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May 5, 2026
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RELEASE BLITZ: For Frat’s Sake by Riley Hart & Devon McCormack

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April 30, 2026
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RELEASE BLITZ: Fight Me, Break Me by Kimberly Knight & & Rachel Lyn Adams

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May 4, 2026
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COVER REVEAL: Secrets & Lies by Willow Dixon (Excerpt)

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April 30, 2026
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PROMO BLITZ: Under His Rule by Davidson King

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May 4, 2026
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COVER REVEAL: Marriage Market Misadventures

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    SOUNDTRACK: Fall Together by Temper Trap & Bleed Together by Matt Lange

    January 21, 2022 / 2 Comments

    Soundtrack to Wages Of Sin: Play Dirty by Onley James & Neve Wilder

    Fall Together by Temper Trap, a song about sworn enemies who kept being drawn together for a book about two rival assassins taking the saying “keep your friends close and your enemies closer” to heart.

    You and me know we’re meant to be
    Maybe we’ll never know
    You and me are worst enemies
    Cause we don’t believe anymore

    ….

    Shallow dreams will tell me everything
    I’ve been listening, but all I heard you
    Pulling strings
    And you’ll do anything to keep me hanging on your every word

    Out on the streets
    Our colors bleed
    Are you the one to speak to me?

    Soundtrack to Wages Of Sin: Head Games by Onley James & Neve Wilder

    Bleed Together by Matt Lange for a book about an uptight psychiatrist venturing into serial killing. He found his perfect match and mentor in a very laidback hitman who breezed his way into his tightly regimented life.

    Loved how the lines, “Can you carve your name into my heart” and “Can you cut yourself in symmetry”, resonate with the the MC’s weapon of choice, the knife.

    So this is the way
    You wove your thread into my fate
    Echoes in your eyes and through your hair
    Mirror blue and I stare
    Entwined in crimson desire

    …

    Can you carve your name into my heart
    Tear it open, yours for taking
    Can you cut yourself in symmetry
    Birds of a feather bleed together

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    BLOG TOUR: Better Latte Than Never by C.C. Bridges (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    July 21, 2023

    RELEASE BLITZ: Secret Daddy by J.R. Gray (Excerpt & Giveaway)

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Sealed With A Hiss by Eule Grey (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    October 25, 2023
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    January 21, 2022 / No Comments

    You and me know we’re meant to be
    Maybe we’ll never know
    You and me are worst enemies
    Cause we don’t believe anymore

    Out on the streets
    Our colors bleed
    Nobody speaks to me

    Here I am, give me something I could follow
    So I can find my way out from the shadows
    Raise your voice cause the time is now or never
    And if we have to fall, we’ll fall together

    Shallow dreams will tell me everything
    I’ve been listening, but all I heard you
    Pulling strings
    And you’ll do anything to keep me hanging on your every word

    Out on the streets
    Our colors bleed
    Are you the one to speak to me?

    Here I am, give me something I could follow
    So I can find my way out from the shadows
    Raise your voice cause the time is now or never
    And if we have to fall, we’ll fall together

    Thunderstorm closing in
    We’re miles off coast from where we’re heading
    To break our fall
    It’s the final call
    It’s the final call
    It’s now or never

    Here I am, give me something I could follow
    So I can find my way out from the shadows
    Raise your voice cause the time is now or never
    And if we have to fall, we’ll fall together

    So this is the way
    You wove your thread into my fate
    Echoes in your eyes and through your hair
    Mirror blue and I stare
    Entwined in crimson desire
    We’ll take it slow
    Tend our garden as it grows
    Lift you up to breath you in
    Grasp me tight and feel you break my skin
    For nights like this
    I’d burn forever
    Can you paint our picture on a star
    Your inherent charms apparent
    Can you stand below and catch my fall
    You’re protected, I’m connected
    Can you carve your name into my heart
    Tear it open, yours for taking
    Can you cut yourself in symmetry
    Birds of a feather bleed together
    We’ll take it slow
    So no one knows
    That we’re tethered
    We’ll take it slow
    So no one knows
    We’re of a feather

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Freezing Aversion by B.L. Maxwell (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    December 29, 2021

    BLOG TOUR: Feuds and Interludes by R.L. Merrill (Excerpt & Giveaway)

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Out Of The Ashes by M.J. James (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 24, 2019
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    MOVIE FEATURE: On The Fringe Of Wild

    January 21, 2022 / No Comments
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    BOOK BLITZ: Moving On by Felice Stevens (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    January 9, 2023

    BLOG TOUR: The Orc and the Manny by Chloe Archer (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    October 7, 2023

    FLICKer: Parallel Circuit

    April 23, 2026
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    BLOG TOUR: Crush Box Set by Elouise East (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    January 21, 2022 / No Comments
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    RELEASE BLITZ: The Viking And The Drag Queen by V.L. Locey (Giveaway)

    January 5, 2022

    RELEASE BLITZ: Vacation Tails by Deanna Wadsworth (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    February 27, 2021

    BOOK TOUR: Cosmic Requiem Circle by Lucinda Wicked (Excerpt + Playlist)

    March 29, 2024
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    FLICKer: The Gunfighter

    January 20, 2022 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    In a small town in the old west, a lone and weary gunfighter enters a saloon. As he walks through the room surrounded by the people of the town, a voice begins narrating the scene, telling us exactly who this gunfighter is. But unlike every classic western to use the narrator trope, the characters in this film can hear the voice. This omniscient narrator quickly begins divulging the deepest, darkest secrets of the people in the saloon. He exposes infidelity, homosexuality, prejudice and even a bit of bestiality. As the story unfolds it becomes evident that the voice is a bloodthirsty bastard that wants nothing more than to see the people of the town kill each other in a needless gunfight.

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

    October 18, 2023

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: The New Town Librarian by Kathy Anderson (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    February 1, 2023

    RELEASE BLITZ: Not Alone by Christie Gordon (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    August 27, 2021
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    BOOK BOOST: Witchbane Series by Morgan Brice

    January 20, 2022 / No Comments
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    SERIES TOUR: Law of the Wild by J. Ashburn (Excerpt)

    March 1, 2026

    RELEASE BLITZ: Surviving the Break by C.P. Harris (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    October 8, 2020

    MUSIC MONDAY: Soul Capturer by Animal Collective

    August 7, 2023
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    COVER REVEAL: Embers of Darkness by Jessamyn Kingley (Excerpt)

    January 20, 2022 / No Comments
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    RELEASE BLITZ: Balance by Nicole Dykes

    March 10, 2025

    RELEASE BLITZ: Courting Nightfall by Amanda Meuwissen (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    June 19, 2021

    COVER REVEAL: Honestly Yours by Jaime Reese

    May 2, 2022
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    LAST YEAR I WAS READING…(January 19, 2022)

    January 19, 2022 / 1 Comment

    This meme was created by Reading Marie. It’s a great meme because it’s nice and easy to do.

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    FAVORITE COVERS OF 2021

    January 4, 2022

    BLOG TOUR: Fractured Hope by Kady Cordova (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    June 13, 2024

    MUSIC MONDAY: I Was A Teenage Insect by Cabbage

    January 4, 2021
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    COVER REVEAL: Bedhead by Brooke Blaine

    January 19, 2022 / No Comments
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    BLOG TOUR: Flowers of Flesh and Blood by Amy Tasukada (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    May 30, 2020

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Love Like Salt by Noja Lina (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    February 8, 2023

    BLOG TOUR: The Experiment by Rebecca Raine (Excerpt & Giveaway + Q & A With Author)

    August 20, 2020
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    RELEASE BLITZ: The Runner by Thom Collins (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    January 19, 2022 / No Comments
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    COVER REVEAL: We Burn Beautiful by Lance Lansdale (Giveaway)

    October 18, 2023

    RELEASE BLITZ: Sweet Vengeance by Riley Hart

    October 8, 2025

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Descendant by L.E. Royal (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    October 13, 2022
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