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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: You Stole My Heart by My Sun and Stars, Curious by Franz Ferdinand & Sweet Chaos by Day6

    August 12, 2022 / 2 Comments

    Soundtrack to Frat Wars: King of Thieves by Saxon James

    You Stole My Heart by My Sun and Stars for a book about one frat boy’s most guarded possession snatched by a cute enemy prince from right under his nose

    I guess my heart it has a point
    ‘Cause you are way too cute
    It was clear it would jump at you
    But now please just bring it back to me
    ‘Cause my heart is fragile too
    It can break right over you

    And I’m looking everywhere
    But I just realized
    That you’re the reason why

    ‘Cause you, yes you, yes you, you
    You stole my heart

    Soundtrack to Frat Wars: Master of Mayhem by Saxon James

    Curious by Franz Ferdinand for a book about a very curious frat boy and his obliging frat brother.

    Will you want me when you’ve got me?
    Are you gonna love me?
    Tell me, I’m a future seeker
    Heat-seeking freak
    I want to know now
    I’ve got to know now
    No I know that no
    I shouldn’t be so curious
    But hell you’ve got me curious

    Soundtrack to Frat Wars: Presidential Chaos by Saxon James

    Sweet Chaos by Days for a book about the calm frat president and the passionate frat president turning each other’s world upside down.

    The world I lived in
    Has flipped over
    Inside out because of you
    Right is left
    Left is right

    My sandcastle
    Has met your wave
    It’s starting to break down
    What do I do? Help me

    Because of you, I’m losing control

    It’s a sweet chaos
    Ever since you entered
    My life, my dreams, my future
    Everything has changed

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Red Strings by Aldious

    August 5, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Unraveling the Threads of Fate by Alice Winters

    Red Strings by Aldious for a book about two men connected by the strings of love and death and their fight to defy fate.

    I have the confidence to get it!!
    But it’s not worth it.
    Still, the hard-line shouts were noisy.
    Red threads, please don’t fray.

    To be able to trace and return without hesitation

    I’m confident we’ll see each other again, but…
    Not equal to nothing.
    Don’t think, “It’s more fun now than it was before.”
    Red threads, please don’t forget.
    To be able to trace and return without hesitation

    So that one day everything will be back.

    ***duck duck go translated lyrics

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    SOUNDTRACK: Blood Sings by Suzanne Vega

    July 29, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Black Veil: Blood Boss by Davidson King

    Blood Sings by Suzanne Vega, a song about meeting one’s father for the first time, for a book about a young man with a powerful voice who learned who his blood family was and their sacrifice.

    When blood sees blood
    Of its own
    It sings to see itself again
    It sings to hear the voice it’s known
    It sings to recognize the face

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    January 29, 2021

    RELEASE BLITZ: Swiped By My Dad’s Best Friend by D.J. Jamison (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    May 22, 2021
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    SOUNDTRACK: Ride by Clans

    July 22, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to King Of Men MC: King’s Virtuous Son by Ki Brightly & M.D. Gregory

    Ride by Clans for a book about a biker and a mobster who discovered they’re good together in love and club wars.

    White teeth and black leather
    You and I would go good together, baby
    Black soul, white feathers
    You and I would go good together

    That smile
    Don’t know whether you should break my heart
    Or put me together
    And those eyes
    I don’t know whether we should just stay friends
    Or if we should get together

    Ride baby, ride

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Smolder by Sam E. Kraemer (Giveaway)

    November 7, 2024

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    July 11, 2022

    RELEASE BLITZ: Playing It Safe by Amy Andrews (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 6, 2021
  • 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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    November 15, 2019

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    June 20, 2023
  • 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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    12 TOUR DAYS OF CHRISTMAS: Seb & Ailin: Case of the Murderous Mistletoe by Michele Notaro

    December 14, 2024

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    February 10, 2025

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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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  • song,  Uncategorized

    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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    January 28, 2026

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    November 28, 2022
  • song,  Uncategorized

    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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  • song,  Uncategorized

    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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