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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Stay In My Corner by The Arcs, Teleport 2 Me, Jamie by KID CUDI, & Forget the Past by The Irrepressibles

    January 19, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Kage by Maris Black

    Stay in My Corner by The Arcs for a book about Kage finding the man worth keeping in his corner.

    They can steal away my soul
    Hang it dangerously low
    I don’t care for they go
    ‘Cause I’ve been down there before, before

    Stay in my corner, babe
    Stay in my corner, please
    Stay in my corner, babe
    I will fight for you if you fight for me too

    Soundtrack to Kage: Unleashed by Maris Black

    Teleport 2 Me, Jamie by KID CUDI is Kage’s entrance song and secret message to Jamie so I just had to put it here. That scene slayed me!

    Getting in from the airport
    You getting in from the study group
    The only thing missing at this point
    Is bonafide chillin’ time with you
    I can’t stand the times when I’m alone at night
    And I feel your side of the bed and it’s cold
    Wide awake, I don’t know the time
    ‘Cause I’m too busy textin’ you on my phone

    Sayin’, I want you girl
    And I need your body right here
    (Won’t you teleport to me?)

    Soundtrack to Kage: Unmasked by Maris Black

    Forget the Past by The Irrepressibles for a book about Kage and Jamie, the past that haunted them, the present that challenged them, and the future they fought hard for.

    You’ll be the wave that will gain
    You’ll be the water on stain
    You’ll be there calling my name
    Jamie, Jamie
    You’ll have a warrant to kill
    All of my fears and then spill
    Into me all of your will
    Find me, find me
    Find me, find me
    Find me, find me
    My love, my love
    My love, my love
    You’ll be the essence of fire
    You’ll take hold of my desire
    You’ll make me bold and inspire
    Mold me, mold me

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    SOUNDTRACK: Binary Love by The Rakes

    January 12, 2024 / 1 Comment


    Soundtrack to Evolved by N.R. Walker

    Binary Love by The Rakes for a book about an android who fell in love with his human.

    Don’t you ever pretend
    That we are more than friends?
    Despite the metal and wires
    I still have human desires

    I’ll wait here til the end
    For my dividend
    And when I turn off the lights
    I’ll wait here til the end

    Over and over she burns my circuits
    I feel fire rushing through my wires
    I can feel all the things that we can’t share

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

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    COVER REVEAL: Abandoned But Not Alone by Nicole Dykes

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    COVER REVEAL: It’s Not Unusual To Be Loved By An Alien by Chloe Archer (Giveaway)

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    SOUNDTRACK: Fire On Up by Paper Kings

    January 5, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Morelli Family: Beloved By The Boss by Leighton Greene

    Fire On Up by Paper Kings for a book an ambitious new mob boss carving out an empire from the ashes of an old one.

    I’ll be that silver, silver
    Lining to the story
    If you thought that I
    Would turn and run
    Then y’all don’t know me

    May my fears rest in peace
    ‘Cause that’s the old me
    Got this taste on my tongue
    I crave the glory

    Gasoline in my veins
    Be the fuel through my pain, oh
    As we rise, rise from the flames

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    BOOK BLITZ: On Board by Jay Hogan (Excerpt & Giveaway)

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    BLOG TOUR: Boy One by Jaap Cove (Excerpt + Q&A with Author)

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    SOUNDTRACK: To Be by The Irrepressibles

    December 23, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Vitale Brothers: Say I Do by Brea Alepou & Skyler Snow

    To Be by The Irrepressibles for a book about a sham marriage between two bitter enemies becoming a bond of true love and family.

    I live a life of lies
    I love the truth you hide
    Can we accept the weight?
    Our love is born through hate

    Feeling the way you breath down my side
    I’ll never escape you, I can never try
    Seeing the way you look in my eyes
    I’m lost in illusion, my world set aside

    Are all my senses real?
    For all I am and feel?
    In you I see perfection in all I am and feel

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    COVER REVEAL: Dream Vacation by Deanna Wadsworth (Giveaway)

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    SOUNDTRACK: Alive by Zeds Dead & MKLA

    December 8, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to The Reanimator Mysteries: The Reanimator’s Heart by Kara Jorgensen

    Alive by Zeds Dead & MKLA for a book about a reluctant necromancer, his undead love, and the tether that keeps them alive.

    There is a break in the light
    There is a place I can hide
    Where all the colors collide
    And the flame, it keeps me alive
    Might lose a part of my mind
    Searching for what I can’t find
    Held by the dark of the night
    And your flame, it keeps me alive

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Skins: The Boxset Vol 1-4 by Garrett Leigh (Giveaway)

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    SOUNDTRACK: Worth The Fight by Broods

    December 2, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Vitale Brothers: Paid in Full by Brea Alepou & Skyler Snow

    Worth the Fight by Broods for a book about a man battling demons, a boy hitting rock bottom, and the bond that made it worth the fight.

    Something tipped me over, someone knocked me down
    Emptied out my inside, poured it on the ground

    A cavern for a body, the deeper darker kind
    For all I hear are echoes, repeating inside my mind
    I thought the shade around me, was making me feel blind
    I thought I was a hero, but I was just a child

    So fill me up and let me try
    To show you beauty from inside
    I pray I will, I pray I might
    Still be somebody worth the fight

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    SOUNDTRACK: Dream by Boo Seeka

    November 25, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Devastating Magic: Imperfect Illusion by Vanora Lawless

    Dream by Boo Seeka for a book about forbidden love that blossomed in dreams and thrived despite trauma, fear and war.

    What would you like to be?
    Tell me everything I need to know

    With or without a reality
    There’s a reason that we need to go
    There’s a reason that we need to fly
    Either stars that lead and glow
    What would you like to be?
    Come and follow me, follow me

    Come and dream with me, honey

    …

    Fight what is underneath
    Baby, something needed years ago
    Why won’t you come and breathe?

    Settle down, come and find the flow
    There’s a reason that we need to try
    Read the stars of your shadow
    Come be the c’est la vie
    Would you follow me, follow me?

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    SOUNDTRACK: Tethered Bones by Talos

    November 17, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Folk Lore: Where the Devils Says Goodnight by K.A. Merikan

    Tethered Bones by Talos for a books about a priest and a bad boy tethered to the land, to each other, and to a demon.

    I’m forested
    I live alone
    I’m islands in the sea
    I’m tethered to your bones

    I’m forested
    I live alone
    I’m islands in the sea

    In the pouring rain
    We did oscillate
    Has our fastening meant endlessness for our love?

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Blaze of Eternity by Jessamyn Kingley (Excerpt)

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    SOUNDTRACK: Matter by Yatch

    November 10, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Mytho: Lust and Other Drugs by T.J. Nichols

    Matter by Yatch for a book about old myths and new worlds, old fears and new perspectives, and a promise fulfilled when no else bothered.

    Chiroplastic in the sea
    You may not matter and you matter to me
    All the stories no one reads
    You made a verb with other words, all I need
    Mediated war zones and countries full of death
    We all die on our own without anybody’s help

    In a world this wide we feel limited
    Even if we try we can’t let it in
    ‘Cause the world is small but it’s infinite
    And the future’s all undistributed

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    SOUNDTRACK: Wayward Love by Jeremy Enigk

    November 3, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Wayward by Mary Calmes

    Wayward Love by Jeremy Enigk for a book about man who had to die to live the life he deserves.

    Bury me you someday what do you feel our enemies would say

    Knuckle of ties and bows that break
    Renewal of life my heart that takes

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    We would live we would love

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neverhollowed Never Hollowed By The Stare @neverhollowed ·
16 Mar

A 60-something nonbinary queer abruptly leaves a 35-year sexless marriage to go on the apps and date, bringing along all their very vocal personalities.

NEW RELEASE: Bachelorx: a Nonbinary Memoir by Skylar Lyralen Kaye (Excerpt + Q&A with Author)

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16 Mar

A death mage turns out to be the perfect mate for a human omega.

NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Spiritori by Mychael Black (Excerpt)

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16 Mar

What happens when you shake up the cozy world of two introverts in the name of love? Only P.O.O.F. holds the magical answer!

RELEASE BLITZ: P.O.O.F My Life! by D.G. Carothers

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15 Mar

RELEASE BLITZ: Twenty Seconds To Love Him by Haleigh Falcon



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