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SOUNDTRACK: Fall Together by Temper Trap & Bleed Together by Matt Lange
Soundtrack to Wages Of Sin: Play Dirty by Onley James & Neve Wilder
Fall Together by Temper Trap, a song about sworn enemies who kept being drawn together for a book about two rival assassins taking the saying “keep your friends close and your enemies closer” to heart.
You and me know we’re meant to be
Maybe we’ll never know
You and me are worst enemies
Cause we don’t believe anymore….
Shallow dreams will tell me everything
I’ve been listening, but all I heard you
Pulling strings
And you’ll do anything to keep me hanging on your every wordOut on the streets
Our colors bleed
Are you the one to speak to me?Soundtrack to Wages Of Sin: Head Games by Onley James & Neve Wilder
Bleed Together by Matt Lange for a book about an uptight psychiatrist venturing into serial killing. He found his perfect match and mentor in a very laidback hitman who breezed his way into his tightly regimented life.
Loved how the lines, “Can you carve your name into my heart” and “Can you cut yourself in symmetry”, resonate with the the MC’s weapon of choice, the knife.
So this is the way
You wove your thread into my fate
Echoes in your eyes and through your hair
Mirror blue and I stare
Entwined in crimson desire…
Can you carve your name into my heart
Tear it open, yours for taking
Can you cut yourself in symmetry
Birds of a feather bleed together -
SOUNDTRACK: The White Owl Of Winter by MIKL
Soundtrack to Seasons Of The Lukoi: Winter Of the Owl by Iris Foxglove
The White Owl of Winter by MIKL for a book about a man who was exiled by his ex-lover to a wild, frigid island yet still takes joy in every little thing he discovered there. And found a worthy mate who calls him little owl.
The white owl of winter
Circles the sky
Warning his brother
Doubting his life (?)Be as it may
He conquers the heart
Joy in trivial things
Keeps him aliveFly beyond
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SOUNDTRACK: Life Lessons by Railgun
Soundtrack to Life Lessons by Kaje Harper
Life Lessons by Railgun is a song about not missing the important things in life. This is for closeted cop, Mac, who took a chance at a young high school teacher, Tony.
I need you
I needed this
these things in life I just can’t misswell I’m still alive
and my heart’s beating
well I’ll guess I try
but now I’m seeing
I oughta die(?)
so what the meaning
to all these trash
that I’ve been believing -
SOUNDTRACK: I Always Knew by The Vaccines
Soundtrack To Necessary Evils: Psycho by Onley James
I Always Knew for August, a psychopath who cannot love, who knew in less than a minute that Lucas was his person. And was willing to kill or die on that hill no matter what. The first lines of the song remind me of their first meeting where Lucas literally fell to the floor after crashing into August and things clicked into place.
Down, down in my bones
Somewhere I’d never have known
Right at the back of my head
It hit me like a beam of light
Hit me like a hook of the right
And I could have fell to the floor -
SOUNDTRACK: I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend by The Rubinoos
Soundtrack to The Former Assassin’s Guide to Snagging a Reluctant Boyfriend by Alice Winters
Bless The Rubinoos for their LGBT+ friendly lyrics. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend is Cassel’s goal in life upon meeting the rather oblivious Jeremy. Our boy’s got an entire mob to take on before he gets there.
Hey (hey), you (you), I wanna be your boyfriend
I’m trying to say I wanna be your number one
Hey (hey), you (you), I wanna be your boyfriend
Gonna make you love me before I’m done -
SOUNDTRACK: How Can I Protect You by Restless Modern
Soundtrack to Fog City: Silent Knight by Layla Reyne
How Can I Protect You by Restless Modern for a book about two men who would take on the world to protect the ones they love.
Taking on the world
How can i protect you
Got snakes at every turn
Waiting to possess you
I’ll tell what you’re worth
And hope that you’ll remember
The kind and gentle word
Has power under pressure -
SOUNDTRACK: Night by Zola Jesus
Soundtrack to The Night Of by Tal Bauer
So come close, close to me
And I’ll come closer to you
Cause in the end of the night when all we have is gone
Yes in the end of the night when I can be with youThis song reminds me of the night that tore Sean and Jonathan apart and the night that brought them together again exactly one year after.
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SOUNDTRACK: How Dare You by Malinda
Soundtrack to Hostile Takeover by Lucy Lennox
I chose Malinda’s How Dare You for the book because it all started with a drunken dare. The song talks about being drawn to the other person despite one’s attempt to keep at arms length. This reminds me of the enemies to lovers situation between Grey and Ellison.
Okay, twist my arm
There’s no harm
In admiring your charm
Okay, today is not the day for emotion and foreplayYou’re safer in my imagination
But don’t you worry
I’ll lock you in a world of my creation
And bury the keyHow dare you
How dare you make me question if I had it all
I thought I had it made but that ain’t true
If I don’t have you -
SOUNDTRACK: Beautiful Mistake by Mango
Soundtrack to Second Chances: Beautiful Mistakes by Felice Stevens
This song reminds me of that unforgettable night Wolf and Spencer had in Italy. Wolf calls it a beautiful mistake. The memory haunted them both for a long time.
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SOUNDTRACK: I Found You by Andy Grammer
Soundtrack to Scales N’ Spells: Origin by A.J. Sherwood & Jocelynn Drake
I Found You is a celebration of finding that one person who makes everything worth it. It reflects the dragons finally finding a mage after 500 years of searching. It also speaks for King Alric who not only found mages for his clan but his beloved mate in one young, cheerful American-Korean mage named Cameron Park.
I’ve lost more than a heart can take
But I found you on the way
(On the way)This are my favorite lines in the song because they remind me of the great war where the dragons and mages were almost wiped out. And yet they managed to survive and find each other again even if it took many centuries.
