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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Spells by Cannons

    March 1, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to The Wildersongs Trilogy: Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy

    Spells by Cannons for a book about a curse drawing two enemies together like magnet.

    Boy, you put your spell on me
    There’s something about you
    ‘Cause even in my sleepless nights
    I’m thinking about you

    Well, I think it’s magic with you
    Oh, I think it’s magic
    Yeah, I think it’s magic, ohh
    Yeah, I think it’s magic
    Just like you

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Seed by The Academy Is, Seeds by Yoke Lore & Seeds of Gold by Closure in Moscow

    February 22, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Resurrectionist: The Shooting Season by Isobel Starling

    Seed by The Academy Is for a book about old lovers, new betrayals, and different perspectives.

    Subjects are thrown around the room
    Looking for the ones that got away
    A feeling of soft anticipation
    Another confrontation I won’t make
    But how do we do it?
    We turned into something else entirely, we fake it
    But I wanted it so desperately to be real

    Run, run, holding on to some pieces that you left behind
    Hope now, as I walk away, you’re the one that finds me out
    Run from the only thing left that I hold close

    Soundtrack to Resurrectionist: The Gentleman’s Thief by Isobel Starling

    Seeds by Yoke Lore for a book about a lonely gentleman, a mysterious lover, secrets to unravel and a mission to conquer.

    I remember the first words that you ever said
    Burried soft like seeds deep in my chest
    I wanna know who you are
    I wanna know who you are

    Your hands like winter, eyes like wings
    And the first kiss cut like ice in the spring
    I wanna know who you are
    I sleep deep in the dark

    ….
    Stumble into love like a challenge above
    But I ache with the fear that my fate is to yell and to yearn

    Soundtrack to Resurrectionist: Infernal Vices by Isobel Starling

    Seeds of Gold by Closure in Moscow for a book about beautiful liars, willing victims, and the tricky problem of getting them out.

    A liar of the sharpest tongue
    We can’t be something we’re not
    I’ve met with the winged things baying
    And they feed off the winter lurking in your mind
    I can see it in your eyes
    I just want you to get out
    I just want you to get out

    But once you were
    Beautiful enough to bear seeds of gold
    I didn’t sow much
    You would hold me and I would stare
    A pillar of salt whisked away by the air
    Beautiful right from the start
    I loved your soul enough to leave in the cold

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Tonight, Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins, You Were Right by Rufus du Sol, Found Me by Men I Trust, Loon by Bears and Lions & Bloom by The Paper Kites

    February 15, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to RELIC: Smash & Grab by Maz Maddox

    Tonight, Tonight by Smashing Pumpkins for a book where a punk convinces a scholar of the past to live in the present and enjoy the moment.

    And our lives are forever changed
    We will never be the same
    The more you change, the less you feel

    Believe
    Believe in me
    Believe, believe

    That life can change
    That you’re not stuck in vain
    We’re not the same, we’re different
    Tonight
    Tonight

    Believe
    Believe in me
    Believe, believe

    In the resolute urgency of now

    Soundtrack to RELIC: Sink or Swim by Maz Maddox

    You Were Right by Rufus du Sol for a book about a bet, a heist and a combustible chemistry in the middle of the sea.

    You were right
    I know I can’t get enough of you
    Leave it all bloom, you were right
    I know I can’t get enough of you, no
    The things that I would do

    Under the water, I’m sinking further down
    Floating I’m nothing, I’m nothing
    Arms are wide open, I’m calling out your name
    Sitting and waiting, I’m waiting

    Soundtrack to RELIC: King & Queen by Maz Maddox

    Found Me by Men I Trust for a book about a wandering queen finding a home among fearsome and the wild.

    Motion blurred dream visions and kindred faces
    Thoughts like bursts of youth taking me places
    Living the best outcome of myself
    ‘Cause I do remember where I come from

    I’m happy
    My home found me
    By which force I do not know
    I found my home and it grows by me in beauty

    Soundtrack to RELIC: Lost In Amber by Maz Maddox

    Loon by Bears and Lions for a book where raptors of the same feather find each other.

    he happiest bird is the one that is heard
    the happiest thing is the one that has wings
    the happiest voice is the one that has a choice

    so fly away and be free and make it on your own
    fly fly fly now you’re free
    will you find your way back to me

    Soundtrack to RELIC: Gardens & Ghosts by Maz Maddox

    Bloom by The Paper Kites for a book about a plant loving shifter, a cowboy T. Rex, lots of unrequited feels and Cotton-Eyed Joe.

    In the morning when I wake
    And the sun is coming through,
    Oh, you fill my lungs with sweetness,
    And you fill my head with you.

    Shall I write it in a letter?
    Shall I try to get it down?
    Oh, you fill my head with pieces
    Of a song I can’t get out.

    …

    Can I take you to a moment
    Where the fields are painted gold
    And the trees are filled with memories
    Of the feelings never told?

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    SOUNDTRACK: Feelslikeimfallinginlove by Coldplay & Virtue by Matt Wills

    February 1, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Unexpectedly Twisted: The Silencer by Cora Rose

    feelslikeimfallinginlove by Coldplay for a book about a mob boss’s cold dead heart coming alive, the switch going from off to raging inferno.

    I know that this could hurt me bad
    I know that this could feel like that
    But I just can’t stop
    Let my defences drop

    I know that I was born to kill
    Any angel on my windowsill
    But it’s so dark inside
    I throw the windows wide

    Soundtrack to Unexpectedly Twisted: His Prince by Cora Rose

    Virtue by Matt Wills for a book about a mob boss’s hard-won trust and a prince’s hard-won love.

    I kiss your light skinned lips like my friends do
    I see you bathe in every word that offends you
    Who knew, who knew every single word’s true, ooh
    Who knew, you knew you always were my virtue
    Just give me a reason, there must be a reason for us

    I like your tight ripped jeans with the ash stain
    And the silly things you say with your pretty brain
    All I want is a reason to keep me believing in us
    All I want is a reason, there must be a reason not lust

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    SOUNDTRACK: The Wolf by Mumford and Sons & Worth Fighting For by The Movement

    January 25, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Mobsters + Billionaires: Extradiction by Kelly Fox

    The Wolf by Mumford and Sons for a book about a protective ex-mobster and his vulnerable billionaire walking the tightrope between family legacy and following his heart,

    Wide eyed, with a heart made full of fright
    Your eyes follow like traces in the night
    And the tightrope, that you wander everytime
    You have been weighed, you have been found wanting

    Been wondering for days how you felt me slip your mind
    Leave behind your wanton ways
    I wanna learn to love in kind
    ‘Cause you were all I ever longed for

    Soundtrack to Mobsters + Billionaires: Protection by Kelly Fox

    Worth Fighting For by The Movement for book about a do-gooding billionaire, a loyal bodyguard, a trip, a whirlwind romance, and a lasting love.

    You never knew it but you had me from the start
    I took a beating with the meeting of our hearts
    I lit a cigarette and started up the car
    You ever leave me, I will love you from afar

    Cause I know
    This is worth fighting for
    My love,
    What are we waiting on

    When we’re together we can burn away the stars
    And still we wonder why it has to be so hard

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    FLICKer: The Good Waiter (2018)

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Bump In The Night by Skittish

    January 11, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Black Oasis: Bump In The Night by Nikole Knight & Lily Mayne

    Bump In The Night by Skittish for a book where a skittish sleep demon learned to face his all-too-real feelings for a sassy human.

    Tell me that we’re lovers
    Tell me that I’m all you got
    ‘Cause quiet words that whisper under covers
    Shimmer like a pyrite rock
    In a closet, under my bed, in a dark basement
    I heard the thumpin’, I heard the creakin’, I heard you tap to get in… or are you another bump in the night?

    I swear I used to feel it
    I swear I used to feel your touch
    But it’s much too hard to keep saying “I love you”
    Without receiving a response
    I don’t need another unrequited love

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Something in the Water by Kami Kehoe

    January 4, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Stolen Hearts: Elixir of Strife by Nazri Noor

    Something in the Water by Kami Kehoe for a book where something in the water held secrets and magic, life and death.

    There must be something in the water
    I wanna know all of the secrets
    The waves are only getting stronger
    At least I made it to the deep end
    How long can you hold your breath?
    Will you sink or will you swim?
    Was it worth taking the risk?

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    SOUNDTRACK: Desert Night by Rufus du Sol

    November 23, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Seth & Raider: Silk & Sand by Katherine Diane

    Desert Night by Rufus du Sol for a book about the growing bond between opposites during their journey across the desert.

    Your touch is taking me away from here
    I’m alright, with no direction, hey
    Too much, you’re making me forget myself
    Let’s take a ride across the desert night
    And when the sun comes out
    In the morning light
    I can feel you there
    Oh, look at me now
    Look at me now
    I’m right here

    …

    You said, I’m looking for my happiness
    I wanna try to feel connected
    And the rush of falling into emptiness
    I want to drive under the street light

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Act of Faith by Presence

    November 9, 2024 / 2 Comments

    Soundtrack to Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune: The Duke At Hazard by K.J. Charles

    Act of Faith by Presence for a book about a disgraced gentleman falling in love with a man with secret identity and unattainable position.

    Come into the
    Inside, and take a look in it through my eyes
    Throw away all of your disguise
    Surrender yourself to this
    Act of Faith

    Now, I believed in nothing
    Nothing in this world
    Then in the emptiness
    I came across this girl
    Confusingly, you camе to me
    And made me feel likе this
    You gave me hope in the shadows
    You made me feel just like this

    I’m in love with a looking glass girl
    Hey, I’m in love with the untouchable girl

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    SOUNDTRACK: I Am Your Skin by The Bravery

    November 2, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack To Soulbound: Secondhand Skin by Hailey Turner

    I Am You Skin by The Bravery for a book about a dragon and the people he cherished and protect.

    I wanna be your skin
    I wanna feel everything you feel
    I wanna be your covering

    So let them come like an army against us
    I know you won’t be afraid
    Because I am the armor upon you now
    And we are never betrayed
    There is no ending between you and me

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    COVER REVEAL: Forgotten Romance by Saxon James (Excerpt & Giveaway)

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

RELEASE TOUR: Guardian by Beth Christopher (Excerpt)



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


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REVIEW: The Unlikely Pair by Jax Calder

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SOUNDTRACK: Strange Bedfellows by Michael Sarcona🎶

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COVER REVEAL: The Ultimate Save by Felice Stevens



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