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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Fire On The Horizon by Stick Figure

    July 15, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to West Coast Forensics: Real Risk by Elle Keaton

    Fire on The Horizon by Stick Figure for a book about an island town and its grumpy fire chief who met his match in a high-handed arson investigations specialist.

    There’s a little old town and it’s tucked away on an island on the sea
    So far away from everything, where time it don’t mean a thing
    And time moves slow and certainly we got no place to be
    Where’s there’s love there is life, there is a hope and a dream
    This is the place for you and me

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    FIRST LINES FRIDAY 56: The Gods Approved

    May 28, 2020

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Legally Claimed by Alexa Piper (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    January 17, 2022

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: The Prince’s Consort by Antonia Aquilante (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    March 18, 2020
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Haven Hart Playlist

    July 9, 2022 / 1 Comment

    ***there’s a Spotify playlist at the bottom for convenience

    Soundtrack to Haven Hart: Snow Falling by Davidson King

    Soundtrack to Haven Hart: Hug It Out by Davidson King

    Soundtrack to Haven Hart: A Dangerous Dance by Davidson King

    Soundtrack to Haven Hart: From These Ashes by Davidson King

    Soundtrack to Haven Hart: Snow Storm by Davidson King

    Soundtrack Haven Hart: Triple Threat by Davidson King

    Soundtrack to Haven Hart: Raven’s Hart by Davidson King

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    AUDIO TOUR: Raven: Part 2 by Piper Scott & Virginia Kelly (Giveaway)

    April 24, 2024

    FLICKer: The Revelations of Gavin Grey

    June 29, 2023

    COVER REVEAL: Protecting the Witness by Kimberly Knight & Rachel Lyn Adams

    December 13, 2024
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    SOUNDTRACK: Dearest by The Black Keys & My Dear by The Tallest Man On Earth

    July 1, 2022 / 2 Comments

    Soundtrack to Dearest Milton James by N.R. Walker

    A Buddy Holly classic for a book about two men in love separated by war and societal taboos

    You may be a million miles away
    please believe me – umm ya
    when you hear me say
    I love you – I love you

    Come home – keep me from these sleepless nights
    try my love again – umm ya
    I’m gonna treat you right – umm ya
    I’m gonna treat you right

    Soundtrack to Dearest Milton James: Dearest Malachi Keogh by N.R. Walker

    My Dear by The Tallest Man On Earth for a book about a man taking time to appreciate the colorful ray of sunshine with verbal diarrhea who changed his sensible, boring life.

    My body’s with the birds in me
    But my mind is with the times they’re leaving
    I want them but I let them go
    There’s a sparkle in the dust I breathe in

    My morning is empty and the streets are wide
    I look for nothing and I feel all right
    Stillness in the ways I try
    And then you walk on by

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    RELEASE BLITZ: The Rivals of Copper County by May Archer

    November 19, 2024

    FIRST LINES FRIDAY 56: There’s A Name For This

    August 20, 2020

    RELEASE BLITZ: Perfect Night by Oliver Takely (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 24, 2024
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    SOUNDTRACK: Holy Trouble by Christian Cohle

    June 10, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Cloth & Stone: Taking His Confession by P.J. Friel & Saffron Hart

    Holy Trouble by Christian Cohle for a book about a deacon who bear the world in his shoulders and man cursed to be a gargoyle teaming up to spit in the face of a ruthless mob boss who prey on young students.

    Into the garden where we lay
    Exile drifting smoke, ocean of grey
    Crooked on the ground while the rain
    Keeps running down your fingers as you pray

    I will spit in the face of holy
    Holy trouble
    Holy trouble
    I will run up the way to holy
    Holy trouble
    Holy trouble

    The needle you lost has found its way
    Rusted in the meadow of your faith
    Bags under eyes, define your gaze
    Solemn sweet like shadows crown your face

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Rialto by Jocelynn Drake & Rinda Elliott (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    December 16, 2019

    RELEASE TOUR: Bucking Hay by Darragha Foster (Giveaway)

    September 25, 2020

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Bete Noire by Mickie B. Ashling (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    November 10, 2022
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    SOUNDTRACK: Perfectly Deranged by Dalby

    June 3, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Dysfunctional by Isabel Lucero

    Perfectly Deranged by Dalby for a book about two crazy psychos playing a game of notice me senpai and falling madly in love.

    you love the hurt
    you love the pain
    you are perfectly deranged

    laugh when others cry
    I don’t know why
    but you make me smile
    and it’s been a while

    like the monster that has been uncaged
    you are so perfectly deranged

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    COVER REVEAL: Batting Style by Louisa Masters (Giveaway)

    April 11, 2024

    DREAMY COVERS BOOK TAG: Manga Edition

    September 17, 2019
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    SOUNDTRACK: I Hate That I Love You by Jonathan Roy & Your Surrender by Neon Trees

    May 27, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Necessary Evils: Headcase by Onley James

    I Hate That I Love You by Jonathan Roy for a book about a young reporter who played with the tiger and surprised himself by how much he enjoyed being its prey.

    Hold me, just control me, like you own me
    I hate that I love you
    Play me, dominate me, you’re amazing
    I hate that I

    I lose who I am when you’re around, yeah
    Got my heart in your hands, it’s beating me down
    I might be damned, I don’t understand why I’m aroused
    I know you love me, yeah I do too, and I hate that I love you

    Soundtrack to Necessary Evils: Mad Man by Onley James

    Your Surrender by Neon Trees for a book about the prickly diva who played hard to get and the goofy psychopath who knew it was only a matter of time.

    Ohhhhhhh
    How long till your surrender to me?

    I’ve become your shadow
    I love, but don’t know
    How to
    I’m always lost for words
    You look like a thousand suns
    I wanna be the only one
    Left when your day is done

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Out On The Ice by Lane Hayes (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    March 21, 2020

    BLOG TOUR: StrangeLove by T.L. Bradford (Guest Post & Giveaway)

    April 18, 2022

    MUSIC MONDAY: Giving Up Air by The Temper Trap

    November 3, 2025
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    SOUNDTRACK: Chrysalis by Dianna Lopez

    May 21, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to The Formicary: Chrysalis by S.E. Harmon

    Chrysalis by Dianna Lopez for a book about a man who couldn’t remember and the man he couldn’t forget.

    I run to wish upon a star
    Open my palms to feel this love
    Why won’t you just escape my dreams
    You never seem to want to leave
    But when we meet I feel real high
    Late night I swore we touched the sky
    A lonely night is all I need

    Had to die to love myself
    Rebirth to another
    Ripping brainwash in my cells
    I just want to remember

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    MUSIC MONDAY: Evie by Holy Fuck

    March 2, 2026

    RELEASE TOUR: Reality Royal by Kristian Parker (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    May 4, 2023

    FAVORITE COVERS: August 2020

    September 5, 2020
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    SOUNDTRACK: A Thousand Shards Of Heaven by Lunatic Soul

    May 13, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Fallen Messengers: Fractured Souls by Ava Marie Salinger

    A Thousand Shards of Heaven by Lunatic Souls for a book where the heavens rip to shreds and a fallen angel tried to piece together memories of his past life.

    A thousand shards of heaven
    Staring at the stars

    A thousand shards of heaven
    Drinking coldness from the night

    I collect my story
    Under the fragmented sky
    Traveling through my wasteland
    Praying for the rain to come

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Testament by Jose Nateras (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    December 30, 2019

    COVER REVEAL: Ex-Rivals by Zoe Lee (Giveaway)

    April 28, 2021

    RELEASE BLITZ: Winning the Point Guard by Laura John

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    SOUNDTRACK: Captivate You by Marmozets & Who Needs The Sunshine? by The Heavy

    May 6, 2022 / 2 Comments

    Soundtrack to Solnyshko Duet: The Kidnapping Of Roan Sinclair by Ashlyn Drewek

    Captivate You by Marmozets for a book about a captive boy who shone light on a killer’s deeply hidden desires and made his heart beat again.

    And I will captivate you
    With everything I’ve got
    To bring the best out in you
    One strength one heart
    Is all you need tonight

    Soundtrack to Solnyshko Duet: The Vengeance Of Roan Sinclair by Ashlyn Drewek

    Who Needs The Sunshine by The Heavy for a book about a man who lives only for his little sun.

    Who needs the sunshine when you’re here?
    When you carry the sunshine with you

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    RELEASE TOUR: Bucking Hay by Darragha Foster (Giveaway)

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Always Forever by Cults

    March 26, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Aster Valley: Thick As Thieves by Lucy Lennox

    Always Forever by Cults for a book about best friends who signed a contract that says “You and me. Always”. Later, the contract was amended to “You and me. In love. Always.”

    You and me always forever
    We could stay alone together
    You and me always forever
    Say you’ll stay, never be sever

    You know you’ve got me in your pocket
    You don’t just have to wait around
    You know I’ll keep you in my locket
    Just come here and we can settle down

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    September 3, 2022

    RELEASE BLITZ: For Your Forever by Crea Reitan

    January 25, 2024
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