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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Only For You by Heartless Bastards, Now That I’ve Found You by Liam Gallagher & Every Side of You by Vance Joy

    January 13, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Secrets and Scrabble: Mystery at the Masquerade by Josh Lanyon

    Only For You by Heartless Bastards for a book about a grieving police chief taking a chance at a mild-mannered bookstore owner who risked his life to uncover the truth

    It’s been a while since I felt this way about someone
    I’d really really like to know you more, know you more
    Oh your eyes they sing a song to me
    And I’d really really like to move to it, groove

    And I will open my heart
    And I will only for you

    Soundtrack to Secrets and Scrabble: Scandal at the Salty Dog by Josh Lanyon

    Now That I’ve Found You by Liam Gallagher for a book about friends turned lovers and the question of commitment.

    I’ll take an ocean in my stride
    Steal the stars and hitch a ride
    To your door
    And time builds a bridge through our bloodlines
    From the roots, we’ll watch love rise
    Heaven knows how it grows

    Now that I’ve found you
    Now that I’ve found you
    I won’t let go
    Let my love surround you
    Now that I’ve found you
    I can lay down with my ghost

    Soundtrack to Secrets and Scrabble: Body at Buccaneer’s Bay by Josh Lanyon

    Every Side of You by Vance Joy for a book about when you know you found a keeper.

    Yeah, I don’t know what tomorrow knows, where these feelings go
    But I plan on being ’round, time is nothing when you look at me
    Can’t you see this thing’s meant to go on way past right now?

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    BOOK TOUR: The Witch Brothers Saga by Adam J. Ridley (Excerpt & Giveaway + Guest Post)

    July 27, 2022
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Chaos by Mutemath

    January 6, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Death and the Devil: Why the Devil Stalks Death by L.J. Hayward

    Chaos by Mutemath for a book about an assassin with a false name who fell in love with the spy who made it real.

    I know you stay true when my world is false
    Everything around’s breaking down to chaos
    I always see you when my sight is lost
    Everything around’s breaking down to chaos

    It’s hard to trust anyone again
    After all the letdowns I’ve been through
    Haunted by what I’ve been through
    Best to try while I still can breathe
    And I’m screaming out, “give me help somehow”
    And I know, yeah, I know, yeah

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    COVER REVEAL: Everything Changes by Melanie Hansen

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    FLICKer: Sequins

    August 5, 2021
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Light Up by Mutemath, Beautiful Mistake by Hudson Taylor, You Are Mine by Mutemath & Wedding Song by The Psychedelic Furs

    December 30, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to The Spectral Files: P.S. I Spooked You by S.E. Harmon

    Light Up by Mutemath for a book about two ex-lovers discovering there still a spark.

    Don’t say enough, we’re not out of love
    We just grew up having to find out that
    Hearts go astray, sparks slip away
    But I have to say, I still light up for you
    For you, I still light up for you

    Soundtrack to The Spectral Files: Principles of Spookology by S.E. Harmon

    Beautiful Mistake by Hudson Taylor for a book about regaining a trust lost, grabbing that second chance and holding firmly to it.

    All the confidence I lacked
    You gave back in just two weeks
    I don’t wanna be your ghost anymore
    always dragging up the past

    Waiting for the moment
    When we can make things right
    Waiting for the moment
    Forgiveness in your eyes

    Soundtrack to The Spectral Files: Spooky Business by S.E. Harmon

    You Are Mine by Mutematch for a book about a serial killer’s obsession with roses.

    Everyone has their obsession
    Consuming thoughts, consuming time
    They hold high their prized possession
    That defines the meaning of their lives

    You are mine

    There are objects of affection
    That can mesmerize the soul
    There is always one addiction
    That just can not be controlled

    Soundtrack The Spectral Files: The Spooky Life by S.E. Harmon

    Wedding Song by The Psychedelic Furs for a book about an over-planned wedding and the couple who decided to wing it.

    Walking on the paper ruins
    Shoes and rice and one two three
    Picking through the plastic ruins
    Of my useless memory

    Make a line of useless women
    Make a line of useless men
    Love me love me love me love

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    NEW RELEASE: House of the Devil by Crea Reitan

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    FAVORITE COVERS: January 2024

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    SOUNDTRACK: War of Hearts by Ruelle

    December 16, 2022 / 2 Comments

    Soundtrack to Savage Rivals by Becca Steele

    War of Hearts by Ruelle for a book about two boys realizing their savage war is nothing but a courtship in disguise.

    I can’t help but love you
    Even though I try not to
    I can’t help but want you
    I know that I’d die without you

    Stay with me a little longer
    I will wait for you
    Shadows creep
    And want grows stronger
    Deeper than the truth

    …

    I can’t help but be wrong in the dark
    Cause I’m overcome in this war of hearts
    I can’t help but want oceans to part
    Cause I’m overcome in this war of hearts

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Time And Tide by Bryce Winters (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    August 1, 2020

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Late Night Poetry by Nell Iris (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    March 28, 2020

    BLOG TOUR: Office of the Lost by J. Scott Coatsworth & Kim Fielding (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    June 21, 2025
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    SOUNDTRACK: Villains of Circumstance by Queens of the Stone Age

    December 2, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to The Kite by N.R. Walker

    Villains of Circumstance by Queens of the Stone Age for a book about a cross-continent mission that pits two assassins against the world.

    I miss you now, what’s come over me?
    We’re hostages of geography
    The wait is long and heavy too
    Despite what you’re accustomed to
    I know that life moves on, that’s what scares me so
    Have no intentions of letting go
    Only us, no one in the world
    Only us, no one in the world

    I better do something, move earth and sky
    And patiently, sweetly, with all of my might
    I sing only for you
    To the beat of my footsteps in the night

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Christmas Carols by B. Harmony (Excerpt & Giveaway)

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    BLOG TOUR: Caged In Darkness by Amy Thorne (Excerpt & Giveaway)

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Please Notice by Christian Leave, Longshot by Catfish and the Bottlemen, & Care for You by Ryan Ashley

    November 25, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Kip O’Connor Mystery: Last Gasp by S.C. Wynne

    Please Notice by Christian Leave for a book about a man who failed to notice his former bully was in love with him.

    And baby when you sleep, do you dream of me?
    And when you’re awake, do you think of me?
    I need to know, how do you feel?
    ‘Cause baby when I sleep, I dream of you
    And when I’m awake, that’s all I do
    Think about every detail you have
    Do you notice when I get mad, I clench my jaw?
    Do you notice when I get sad, I tend to fall?
    Over my words, I say to you
    ‘Cause I notice when you get mad, you close your eyes
    And I notice when you are sad, you let out sighs
    I need to know, are those sighs ever over me?

    Soundtrack to Kip O’Connor Mystery: Last Date by S.C. Wynne

    Longshot by Catfish and the Bottlemen for a book about a man took a chance and his frenemy who is now more than a friend and no longer the enemy.

    Listen, the distance between us, could’ve took a while
    Once we closed that difference, you’d turned up like a friend of mine
    Every once in a while, the little things make me smile
    As if one of our longshots paid off
    One of our longshots paid off

    Soundtrack to Kip O’Connor Mystery: Last Chance by S.C. Wynne

    Care for You by Ryan Ashley for a book about two men, their tumultuous past, and a hard-won trust.

    Baby I just wanna care for you
    You know, that I just wanna care for you
    Baby today, show me a way to your heart
    You know, that I just wanna care for you
    Show me a way, show me a way to your heart

    I can sense your resistance
    I know that you’ve been hurt before
    Can you respect my persistence
    I’m ready to give so much more
    I’m here
    So wrap your arms around me

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    February 20, 2021

    BOOK TOUR: This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson

    September 23, 2024
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Bound 2 Be Together by Gamblers

    November 18, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to West Coast Forensics: Real Hazard by Elle Keaton

    Bound 2 Be Together by Gamblers for a book about a lonely demisexual fireman and a lonesome single dad slowly found themselves becoming a family.

    I could see it in your eyes, that you’ve never had a love like this before (love like this before)
    Cause’ you and me, we’re bound to be together, together, forever

    So in love, a smile on my face the moment I step outside
    It’s alive, and spinning out of control
    Don’t be shy, I know we both got the same things on our mind
    We’re alive, in a way that I’ve never known, and I never wanna let you go

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    NEW RELEASE: Omegas of Chaingate by Crea Reitan

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    BOOK TOUR: It Looks Likes Us by Alison Ames

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Levity by 9Tomorrows

    November 11, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Welcome Boulevard: They Call Him Levity by Davidson King

    Levity by 9Tomorrows for a book about a young man who was completely happy in the here and now despite his poverty.

    I feel rich without any money
    cause a billionaire couldn’t pay for the love of my hunny
    all i need is you
    and a little fresh air and maybe two lawn chairs when it’s sunny
    i can see that life’s a little funny

    …

    cause your levity is like gravity in love
    my heart rises above and it’s ok
    and since galaxies and nebulas are dust
    in you my love i’ll trust that it’s ok

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Crossed Hearts by J.R. Gray (Excerpt & Giveaway)

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    PROMO BLITZ: Don’t Shoot Me Santa by C.F. White

    November 7, 2025
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: A Thousand Lives by The Murder Capital

    November 5, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Witchbane: The Devil You Know by Morgan Brice

    A Thousand Lives by The Murder Capital for a book about a grieving man reliving a life that is both his dream and his nightmare.

    Changing pace to make it through the night
    A thousand visions run through rivers of our mind’s eye
    Blue desire blew that low on light
    Castings shadows we have praised for our lives

    I tried to remind you of this
    Beside you I die to exist

    …

    And though as we fall down
    The day bleeds the night out
    Our nightmares are wonder
    Fall skies dreamed in thunder

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Shy by Ashish Rastogi (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    November 20, 2022
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Innerbloom by Rufus Du Sol

    October 28, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Wild Hearts: Prince of Flowers by Nazri Noor

    Innerbloom by Rufus Du Sol for a book about a late blooming hero and the prince of flowers who answered his call.

    I’m giving all
    That I’ve got

    If you want me
    If you need me
    I’m yours

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    September 9, 2024

    NEW RELEASE: Equipose by Crea Reitan

    May 18, 2023
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neverhollowed Never Hollowed By The Stare @neverhollowed ·
23 Feb

The one he wants is the only one he can’t control.

RELEASE TOUR: Guardian by Beth Christopher (Excerpt)



https://neverhollowed.com/2026/02/23/release-tour-guardian-by-beth-christopher-excerpt/

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23 Feb

NEW RELEASE BLITZ: A Fragile Spell by T.M. Kirk (Excerpt)


https://books2read.com/fragile-spell

https://neverhollowed.com/2026/02/22/new-release-blitz-a-fragile-spell-by-t-m-kirk-excerpt/

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23 Feb

Most likely to win your vote!

REVIEW: The Unlikely Pair by Jax Calder

🌟🌟🌟🌟1/2
4.5 snowed in stars 🛬🏔️🛖🇬🇧 🇫🇮

SOUNDTRACK: Strange Bedfellows by Michael Sarcona🎶

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23 Feb

COVER REVEAL: The Ultimate Save by Felice Stevens



https://neverhollowed.com/2026/02/20/cover-reveal-the-ultimate-save-by-felice-stevens/

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