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  • song,  Uncategorized

    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: Class Act by Gianni Holmes (Excerpt & Giveaway)

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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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    FLICKer: Shabbat Dinner

    March 23, 2023

    BLOG TOUR: The Firefly by Laury A. Egan (Excerpt + Q&A with Author)

    August 12, 2023

    RELEASE BLITZ: Graduation No Face by Crea Reitan

    March 5, 2026
  • 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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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Transform by Sean Ian O’Meidhir & Connal Braginsky (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    December 27, 2023

    BOOK BLITZ: Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin

    August 4, 2025

    FLICKer: The Gunfighter

    January 20, 2022
  • 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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    MUSIC MONDAY: Jump Out by Ezra Furman

    May 12, 2025

    COVER REVEAL: Pretty Mess by Lily Morton

    August 1, 2025

    NEW RELEASE: Eight Seconds to Ride by Ashley James

    January 5, 2024
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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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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: A City of Abundant Opportunity by Howard Leonard (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    December 17, 2023

    RELEASE TOUR: All I Want for Christmas is Tentacles by Chloe Archer (Giveaway)

    November 29, 2023

    DESERT ISLAND CASTAWAYS: Beth Bolden

    March 12, 2024
  • song,  Uncategorized

    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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    FLICKer: Nobody’s Boy

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    BOOK TOUR: The Button Man by Davidson King (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 7, 2022

    COVER REVEAL: Unholy by Morgan Brice (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    February 14, 2020
  • song,  Uncategorized

    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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    BOOK BLITZ: The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski (Giveaway)

    May 10, 2021

    COVER REVEAL: Boyfriend Without Benefits by Riley Hart

    October 29, 2025

    MUSIC MONDAY: Dead Inside by Younger Hunger

    April 6, 2020
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    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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    COVER REVEAL: The Fall That Saved Us by Tamara Jeree

    July 24, 2023

    MARCH, APRIL & MAY PLAYLIST + WRAP UP

    May 31, 2022

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Siren’s Love Song by Alexa Piper (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 5, 2021
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Every Other Freckle by Alt-J

    March 18, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Necessary Evils: Moonstruck by Onley James

    Every Other Freckle by Alt-J for a book about a ginger psychopathic vigilante killer, who hates (and is not very good at) killing, meeting the non-psychopathic vigilante killer who wants to be his everything, including be his proxy killer. Calls the grumpy ginger, “Freckles”.

    All hand claps
    You will clap
    (Let me be the wallpaper that papers up your room)
    I want to be every button you press
    And all the baths that surround you
    Yes, I’m gonna roll around you
    Like a cat rolls around saw-dusted patios
    I’m gonna kiss you like the sun browns you

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    August 18, 2020

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    March 27, 2022

    RELEASE BLITZ: Marc Jillson & the Gazebo by Anyta Sunday (Teaser & Giveaway)

    May 14, 2020
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Stay With Me by Better Love

    March 11, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Hartbridge Christmas: Christmas Wish List by N.R. Walker

    Stay With Me by Better Love for a forced-proximity, insta-love romance between the charming and talented chef who’s just passing through and the newly-out, small-town guy who wanted him to stay

    Oh, I know I just met you
    But you’re clouding all my dreams
    Go on and set me free
    I wanna see you tomorrow
    Are you thinking of me?

    Be with me (Come stay with me)
    Just for a little bit
    Stay with me (Another night)
    Just for the hell of it
    Be with me (Don’t overthink)
    Just for a little bit
    Stay with me
    Just for the hell of it

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    November 30, 2021

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: The Prince and The Pencil Pusher by Kenzie Blades (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 28, 2020
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