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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Hazardous Eyes by Arca

    April 4, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to The Protectors: The Hazard and The Hitman by Cambria Hebert

    Hazardous Eyes by Arca for a book about secrets, danger, and a hitman who fell hard the moment he gazed into the big, soulful, mismatched eyes of a walking disaster.

    in the shadow
    secret spin
    every glance
    pulled me in

    eyes of liquid
    hidden fear
    danger’s call
    is crystal clear

    every stare
    a subtle threat
    drawing closer
    no regret

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Tangled by Adrian Crowley

    March 21, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to The Mage And His Brute: Arcane Entanglement by Ava Marie Salinger

    Tangled by Adrian Crowley for a book about closely guarded secrets, dark magic and forbidden entanglements.

    I’m out with the foxes again
    Stealing along into the dawn
    Past the sprinklers on sleepy summer lawns
    And the stars still twinkling
    Like trinkets in a pawnshop window
    I wonder if they know I’m tangled in your shadow

    I could free myself
    From the dark tendrils that cling to me
    If I didn’t find them so exquisite

    I wonder if you know I’m tangled in your shadow
    I wonder if you know I’m tangled in your shadow
    I wonder if you know I’m tangled in your shadow
    I wonder if you know I’m tangled in your shadow

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    RELEASE BLITZ: MistleFoe by Cambria Hebert

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    BLOG TOUR: Sapphire Sunset by Christopher Rice writing as C. Travis Rice (Excerpt)

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    September 29, 2025
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    SOUNDTRACK: Risk by Deftones

    March 14, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Emperor’s Assassin: Betrothed To The Emperor by Kai Butler

    Risk by Deftones for a book about a lonely emperor, a conflicted assassin, and an unlikely salvation.

    You’re locked up
    You exhaled
    You did it before
    I seen it
    Come outside
    And breathe in
    Relax your arms
    And let me in

    I’ll find a way
    I’ll confuse them
    But I think I can try
    I will save your life
    I will save your life
    I’ll try for you

    I know what to say to take you
    Higher, higher
    No one else can take you higher
    But I will try

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    BLOG TOUR: Promise Me by A.G. Meiers (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    November 28, 2020

    MUSIC MONDAY: Cue the Sun by The Mars Volta

    June 16, 2025

    FIRST LINES FRIDAY 56: But Then, The World May End Tomorrow

    July 9, 2020
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Alive In New Light by IAMX

    March 7, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Vitale Brothers: End It All by Brea Alepou & Skyler Snow

    Alive In New Light by IAMX for a book about starting over, pulling through, and coming home.

    There’s a power much bigger than hate
    Still lost in the urge to annihilate
    But I know I will overcome this
    You dragged me through the darkest days
    By the skin of my teeth you restored my fate
    And I raised myself out of the ashes

    Now I’m alive in new light
    I’m alive in new light
    Now I’m alive in new light
    I am alive in new light

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Of Scales & Fire by Natalina Reis (Giveaway)

    February 13, 2021

    AUDIO BLITZ: All Twisted Up by Patricia Logan

    March 12, 2026

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Bookends by Brenda Murphy (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 14, 2021
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    SOUNDTRACK: Mercy by IAMX & Ruthless by Allegra Jordyn

    February 28, 2026 / No Comments

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

    Mercy by IAMX for a book about desire, passion, dominance, and protection.

    Mercy – well I melt in the kiss by the words
    And the whispers you sing me
    Mercy – I’m frail in the kill by submission
    And will that you bring me
    Mercy – when I’m nothing but ego
    You slap me to let go and sleep free
    Now I sleep free

    ….

    Mercy – when the gray turns to black
    And the wave’s on my back, you make me smile
    Mercy – it’s the trauma and martyr
    You crush into pleasure and downtime
    Mercy – it’s the shining of you
    That just breaks me in two like a lifeline
    You’re my lifeline

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

    Ruthless by Allegra Jordyn for a book about ruthless love that burns the world and takes the breathe away.

    ‘Cause I could breathe you in and never breathe you out
    Hold you ’til I’m something you can’t live without
    I’ll whisper in the wind, leave a chill on your skin
    Forgetting me is useless
    My love’s so ruthless
    My love’s so ruthless

    Soft words, slow moves
    My hand brushes yours for a moment or two
    But it’s enough to let my love seep into you

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    MUSIC MONDAY: Thunderbolt by Bjork

    March 18, 2024

    RELEASE BLITZ: Frat Around and Find Out by Devon McCormack

    June 26, 2025

    COVER REVEAL: The Last One To Let You Down by K.L. Hiers (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    October 29, 2020
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Strange Bedfellows by Michael Sarcona

    February 21, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Unlikely Dilemmas: The Unlikely Pair by Jax Calder

    Strange Bedfellows by Michael Sarcona for a book about forced proximity, opposing views, and mutual attraction.

    strange bedfellows

    odd man out
    I’m taking a walk
    to the edge of my mind
    and checking you out

    let’s go

    same old story
    back to ancient times
    allegiance is a matter
    of opinion sometimes
    and you got to
    make up your mind

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    November 14, 2024

    FLICKer FADE SUNDAY: Jo and Jade

    June 14, 2020

    THE BOOKISH ADVENTURE TAG: Adventuretech (Mnevermind Trilogy)

    September 19, 2019
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: The Golden Throne by Temples

    February 14, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Unlikely Dilemmas: The Unlikely Heir by Jax Calder

    The Golden Throne by Temples for a book about the tangled webs of a friendship, a duty, a crown, a country, and a love.

    A friend is more than a companion
    A foe is less than that to me
    When you hear the words
    The words you long to hear
    Open up

    The guidance from a close and loved one
    Is more important than you think
    When your arms are closed
    Then open with a key
    Secret key

    ….

    Everything that you say to your closest one
    Makes you feel like a pain toward everyone
    When the words are unkind, you’ll regret the choice
    For as long as you choose, there may be rejoice
    In the colour of day when you see the truth
    Take a step to the front, to the brunt of youth
    Understand what they mean when they say the words
    When sorry is said, feel it to your bones

    Amends is made with a connection
    A lonely man becomes a king

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Second Chance Omegas by Will Okati (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    March 28, 2023

    RELEASE TOUR: Change His Tune by Ariella Zoelle (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    August 22, 2022

    FAVORITE COVERS: October 2023

    November 7, 2023
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    SOUNDTRACK: Kill Your Darlings by Mesh

    February 7, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Kill Your Darlings by Josh Lanyon

    Kill Your Darlings by Mesh for a book about the publishing politics, blackmail, murders, and second chances.

    Faithful
    Nobody is faithful
    Picking up the weakest
    Watching every move
    Madman
    Everyone‘s a badman
    Feeding on the leanest
    With everything to lose.

    Reach out before you drown
    The world is turning upside down
    And you know
    You‘ve got to kill your darlings
    Breathe in the hurricane
    And we can start all over again
    And you know
    You‘ve got to kill your darlings

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Best Kind of Awkward by Becca Seymour

    October 12, 2023
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Gave Up by Nine Inch Nails

    January 31, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Banded Together by K.C. Burn

    Gave Up by Nine Inch Nails for a book about grief and pain, healing and second chances.

    Perfect little dream, the kind that hurts the most
    Forgot how it feels, well almost
    No one to blame, always the same
    Open my eyes, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up in flames

    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me see the light

    …

    Covered in hope and Vaseline
    Still cannot fix this broken machine
    Watching the hole, it used to be mine
    Just watching it burn in my steady systematic decline
    Of the trust I will betray
    Give it to me, I throw it away
    After everything I’ve done I hate myself for what I’ve become

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  • Uncategorized

    Soundtrack: Inner Light by Autograf & Dan Soleil

    January 24, 2026 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Supernatural Suckers: Hell’s Most Incompetent Demon by Silvana Falcon

    Inner Light by Autograf & Dan Soleil for a book about light and love.

    Just for a moment
    You show me your inner light
    Your inner light
    And when your heart opens
    You show me your inner light
    Your inner light

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    NEW RELEASE: Dirt Road Secrets by Ashley James

    March 22, 2024
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