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  • song,  Uncategorized

    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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    November 19, 2021

    RELEASE BLITZ: Knox by Laura John

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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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    December 21, 2020

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    July 17, 2025
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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

    …

    We would live we would love

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    October 16, 2025
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    SOUNDTRACK: Pieces by Andrew Belle

    October 27, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Vitale Brothers: Take Me Apart by Brea Alepou & Skyler Snow

    Pieces by Andrew Belle for a book about forbidden love, betrayal, falling apart, and falling back together.

    You and me got ourselves a problem
    I can see this better than I solve ’em
    I believed I found a way around it
    I will leave this better than I found it

    There’s too much smoke to see it
    There’s too much broke to feel this
    I love you, I love you
    And all of your pieces
    …

    History’s a letter made of scarlet
    Victories look better when you’ve called it
    Misery’s the moment when I lost you
    It’s pleasure in a costume
    It’s more than what it cost you

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    March 4, 2025
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    SOUNDTRACK: Treasure by Port Duo feat. Jonathan Ogden

    October 20, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Pretty Policeman: The Case of the Suspicious Stripper by Fifer Rose

    Treasure by Port Duo feat Jonathan Ogden for a book about a mafioso’s tesoro who carries his heart, including the good, the bad, and the ugly.

    All my life I’ve been searching
    And with Your heart, You captivate me
    Locking eyes as time is passing by me
    Fly together

    Finding beauty in the simple
    You’re showing me the way I should go
    Life is better when I simply trust in You
    Fly together

    Ooh, ooh, ooh
    It has never looked better
    You’re the great treasure

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    April 19, 2021

    MUSIC MONDAY: Magnet by Anamanaguchi

    September 1, 2025

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Witch by Mell Eight (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    August 17, 2023
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    SOUNDTRACK: Confetti by Grand Lotus

    October 13, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Confetti Hitched: Confetti Hearts by Lily Morton

    Confetti by Grand Lotus for a book about weddings, divorce, broken hearts, and marriage made whole.

    Promise that I told you from the start
    Never wanted things to break apart
    Left me here surrounded by the dark
    All I really needed was a spark

    Give it all a rest
    I’ll only fight it if you
    Made me
    Wear it on my chest
    I get excited when you
    Are near me

    …

    Know we’ve been here a million times before
    Sorry that it seems like I’m appalled
    Never needed change to go this far
    Keep me in your mind and in your heart

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    December 22, 2025
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    SOUNDTRACK: Sugar by Tonic

    October 6, 2023 / 2 Comments

    Soundtrack to Pretty Policeman by Fifer Rose

    Sugar by Tonic for a book about pretty cops on a mission, dashing mafiosos to the rescue, and true love as predicted by a beloved nona.

    Come on baby get your shoes on
    You’re looking like you need a rescue
    Underneath the southern moonlight
    Where only I can find you
    We can do it with our eyes closed
    We can sit and talk for hours
    Underneath the golden flowers
    Where my sunshine grows

    …

    I waited so long for a love so true
    So I’m giving it all right back to you
    I’m giving you my best of silver
    I’m giving you my best of gold

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    March 14, 2024

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    February 19, 2023

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    May 19, 2022
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    SOUNTRACK: Tethered to the Dark by Anya Marina

    September 30, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Tennebrose: Malum Discordiae by Ashlyn Drewek

    Tethered to the Dark by Anya Marina for a book about a blood witch and a stormbringer brought together by death, history, magic, and love.

    I see an omen in the sky
    A blood red moon shines on you and I
    And the raven calls, “Hey do you believe?”
    I do believe, I do believe, I do believe

    We’ll take an oath on bended knee
    Side by side, one and all, we’re thick as thieves
    Cause nothing’s gonna break this bond of blood
    We will be one, we will be one, we will become

    I will creep into your heart (ah ah ah)
    You won’t even feel it start (ah ah ah)
    We’ll be tethered to the dark (ah ah, ah ah, ah ah)

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    COVER REVEAL: Shameless by Lola Malone (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    October 19, 2022
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Danger by Etro Anime

    September 22, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to The Kings of Italy: Mafia Target by Mila Finelli

    Danger by Etro Anime for a book about a hard-won union between two dangerous men out to kill each other, a secret that threatened to tear them apart, and a single-minded determination that brought them together again and again.

    Things have gone wrong
    They do more often than they don’t
    I was a child before
    A soldier in defense
    I’ll take the leap

    I’ve gone so far for lesser gold
    I wanna know this life
    By your side
    I don’t wanna try to fight this love
    How dangerous can it be
    I know the odds are so unfavorable
    And honesty’s forsakable
    So many run for safety
    Run from the

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