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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Sanctify by Olly Alexander (Years & Years)

    July 6, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Tennebrose: Igni Ferroque by Ashlyn Drewek

    Sanctify by Olly Alexander for a book about pain, pleasure, and love forged in the occult and the divine.

    When I pray
    When I
    When I pray

    In the night, you come to me
    ‘Cause I’m the one who knows who you are
    Ooh
    Give me your confession, saying
    Lately, life’s been tearing you apart
    Now

    Walk through the fire with you
    ‘Cause I know how it can hurt
    Being cut into and afraid

    So don’t break (break)
    Sanctify my body with pain (pain)
    Sanctify the love that you crave (crave)
    Oh, and I won’t, and I won’t, and I won’t be ashamed
    Sanctify my sins when I pray
    When I pray

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    FAVORITE COVERS: November 2024

    December 3, 2024

    RELEASE BLITZ: Line Drive by E.M. Lindsey

    July 20, 2022

    BLOG TOUR: First Born Sons by Vincent Traughber Meis (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 17, 2022
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Lucky You by The Lightning Seeds

    June 29, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Midcentury NYC: You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

    Lucky You by The Lightning Seeds for a book about reaching for your dreams, falling flat in your face, getting up and trying again.

    Everything’s blue now
    Oh, lucky you (oh, lucky you)
    There’s nothing to lose
    And if it’s really true
    Oh, lucky you

    You’re chasing the moon
    Reaching out to touch the stars
    But you land too soon
    What will it take to make you see
    The way things really are?
    You’ve got this far
    So let it happen

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Only You by Willa Okati (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    July 29, 2021

    RELEASE TOUR: Wildfire by Sam Burns & W.M. Fawkes (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    October 16, 2020

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Better Then Home by Lane Hayes (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    April 23, 2022
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Shake It Out by Florence and The Machine

    June 22, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Death In The Spires by K.J. Charles

    Shake It Out by Florence + The Machine for a book about shaking off the shadows of the past and live the live one is meant to live.

    Regrets collect like old friends
    Here to relive your darkest moments
    I can see no way, I can see no way
    And all of the ghouls come out to play
    And every demon wants his pound of flesh
    But I like to keep some things to myself
    I like to keep my issues drawn
    It’s always darkest before the dawn

    And I’ve been a fool, and I’ve been blind (I’ve been blind)
    I can never leave the past behind
    I can see no way, I can see no way
    I’m always dragging that horse around
    All of his questions, such a mournful sound
    Tonight, I’m gonna bury that horse in the ground
    ‘Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
    But it’s always darkest before the dawn

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    BOOK BLAST: The Road to Montepulciano by Garrick Jones (Excerpt)

    October 14, 2023

    BLOG TOUR: Our First & Last by Becca Seymour (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    June 4, 2021

    RELEASE BLITZ: Barn Burner by Jodi Oliver

    September 9, 2025
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Nothing Worth Loving Isn’t Askew by Lemon Demon

    June 14, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Goliaths of Wrestling: Impromptu Match by Lily Mayne

    Nothing Worth Loving Isn’t Askew by Lemon Demon for a book about loving someone, asymmetrical balls and all.

    Symmetry’s overrated, methinks
    Look at the scars all over the Sphinx

    Do you know that when you blink
    Each eye winks slightly out of sync?

    Symmetry’s overrated, methinks
    Look at the scars all over the Sphinx
    Even the planet spins with a tilt
    Everybody’s built like a quilt

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    FLICKer: Stum

    February 11, 2021

    AUDIO TOUR: Blink by Morgan Brice (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    May 24, 2022

    RELEASE BLITZ: Fractured Grief by Kady Cordova

    September 4, 2025
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    SOUNDTRACK: Stole My Heart by Beasts With No Name, With Me All ALong by Bronze Radio Return & Still Feel by Half Alive

    June 8, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to To Kill A King: Dragon’s Dawn by Sam Burns & W.M. Fawkes

    Stole My Heart by Beasts With No Name for a forced marriage, an ongoing animosity and an unexpected attraction.

    When did all fall apart in your hands
    Chemistries tell me we should be friends
    I dont know how I’m gonna pretend
    I dont know how I’m gonna pretend

    You stole my, oh my heart
    You stole my, you stole my
    I’m so high, I come apart
    You stole my, you stole my
    Heart

    I’m a bullet stopped dead in the air
    Smoke hanging silver, caught in your stare

    Soundtrack to To Kill A King: Dragon’s Dusk by Sam Burns & W.M. Fawkes

    With Me All Along by Bronze Radio Return for a book about a man looking for the missing half of his soul and found it was there right beside him all along.

    You’ve been with me all along, all along
    Always on my side, you’ve never gone
    You’ve been with me all along
    And you’ve been holding on, holding on for so long
    When others would be gone, you stayed with me all along

    You’ve been with me when I laugh or cry
    Anywhere I stood, you’d be standing by
    With me when I’m fine, with me when I’m not
    With me when I’m giving everything I got

    Soundtrack to To Kill A King: Dragon’s Descent by Sam Burns & W.M. Fawkes

    Still Feel by Half-Alive for a book about a man untethered finding his way back to himself.

    When I’m furthest from myself (far away)
    Feeling closer to the stars (outer space)
    I’ve been invaded by the dark (can’t escape)
    Trying to recognize myself when I feel I’ve been replaced
    When I’m furthest from myself (far away)
    Feeling closer to the stars (outer space)
    I’ve been invaded by the dark (can’t escape)
    Trying to recognize myself when I feel I’ve been replaced

    I can feel a kick down in my soul
    And it’s pulling me back to earth to let me know
    I am not a slave, can’t be contained
    So pick me from the dark and pull me from the grave
    ‘Cause

    I still feel alive
    When it’s hopeless
    I start to notice
    That I still feel alive

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Dead Serious Case #3 Mr Bruce Reyes by Vawn Cassidy (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    July 23, 2023

    COVER REVEAL: Stronger Than Fate by Becca Seymour

    July 30, 2024

    FAVORITE COVERS: April 2023

    May 2, 2023
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    SOUNDTRACK: I​’​d Give You the World if It Meant It Might Swallow Me Whole by Sleep Outside

    June 1, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to The First and Last Adventure of Kit Sawyer by S.E. Harmon

    I​’​d Give You the World if It Meant It Might Swallow Me Whole by Sleep Outside for a book about a man shucking off decades of restraint, going off to see the world, and embracing the adventure of his life.

    I’ve spent a quarter of a century,
    Hiding from whoever I want to be
    Baring a weight that no one sees,
    Maybe it’s time to come clean

    When you told me I could be anything,
    Is this what you had in mind?
    A senseless child with no sense of direction,
    Trying and failing to make true connection with anything

    I’d give you the world if it meant it might swallow me whole

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    COVER REVEAL: Dead Sea by Mia Kerick (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    February 10, 2021

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Hope for Spring by S.E. Smyth (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    April 6, 2023

    HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY BIRTHDAY

    January 1, 2020
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: So Good by Public Library Commute

    May 25, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Midcentury NYC: We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

    So Good by Public Library Commute for a book about friends, families, and secret lovers of New York.

    From New York to Austin
    I can’t wait to take you there
    When they see you walking
    They can’t help but stop and stare

    Tell me what you want us to be
    (Can you tell me?)
    I would move a mountain for you to see
    That we can make it heavenly
    Heat up like the summer in Tennessee

    We could be so good
    Light up the neighbourhood

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Omegas In Power by Sai Fox (Excerpt)

    June 5, 2021

    MUSIC MONDAY: Lovin’ You by Richard Ashcroft

    October 13, 2025

    RELEASE BLITZ: The Beta’s Vampire by Beth Laycock (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    June 17, 2021
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Boys Town by Babes, OOO by Karen O & Slipping Away by Moby

    May 18, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries by Marshall Thornton

    Boys Town by Babes for Nick’s carefree life and many encounters.

    he’s kissing me
    you’re kissing him
    I don’t know why
    I don’t when
    i’m flavor of the week

    you see me stepping on the boys
    stepping up
    I’m gonna be so chic

    huffing poppers in the moonlight
    the bathroom never felt so right
    smelling musk in the air in spite
    many fingers reaching for a slice

    put on a show
    make it worth your while
    spit on your palm
    make it last for miles
    i feel your body throbbing right next to mine
    everything is wet and easy to find

    Soundtrack to Boystown: Three More Nick Nowak Mysteries by Marshall Thornton

    OOO by Karen O for all those times Nick remembers the one that got away.

    Don’t tell me that they’re all the same
    Cause even the sound of his name
    Carries me over their reach
    Back to some golden beach
    Where only he remains

    Soundtrack to Boystown: Two Nick Nowak Novellas by Marshall Thornton

    Slipping Away by Moby for that moment when Nick realized who he truly loves and that man is slowly slipping away from him.

    All that we needed was right

    The threshold is breaking tonight
    Open to everything happy and sad
    Seeing the good when it’s all going bad
    Seeing the sun when I can’t really see
    Hoping the sun will at least look at me

    Focus on everything better today
    All that I need and I never could say
    Hold on to people, they’re slipping away
    Hold on to this while it’s slipping away

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    RELEASE BLITZ: The Tighthead by Charlie Novak

    August 13, 2024

    RELEASE TOUR: The Best of Times by Kristian Parker

    January 10, 2025

    RELEASE BLITZ: The Frathole by Devon McCormack

    October 23, 2025
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Town by Castlebeat & Big City Dreams by Might Not feat. Sofia Insua

    May 11, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to The Wyandot County Mysteries: The Less Than Spectacular Times of Henry Milch by Marshall Thornton

    Town by Castlebeat for a book about a big city boy forced to learn about the small town he’s stuck in.

    We walked around this town
    I’m losing it it’s a sign
    But i don’t know never mind
    I’m walking in then walking out

    It’s just one more memory
    Before it’s time to leave
    Will you wait patiently
    Cause one day you will see

    Soundtrack to The Wyandot County Mysteries: A Fabulous Unfabulous Summer for Henry Milch by Marshall Thornton

    Big City Dreams by Might Not feat. Sofia Insua for a book about a big city dreams that always go awry.

    I had a dream
    I have to go
    A big city dreams with big city goals
    I’ve been sitting in this room in the dark
    For an hour and a half and there’s something calling
    Something calling out my name
    It’s a dream it’s a game I don’t know but it’s out there calling
    Hey, hey
    There’s fire in our hands and we’re never coming back so

    Hey, hey
    There’s fire in our hands and we’re never coming back no

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    MUSIC MONDAY: I Don’t Know What You See in Me by Belle and Sebastian

    February 6, 2023

    COVER REVEAL: Honorable Convictions by Jessamyn Kingley

    November 26, 2020

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Time Waits by C.B. Lewis (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    April 28, 2020
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Villain by Missio

    May 3, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Villainous Things: Gentlemen Prefer Villains by C. Rochelle

    Villain by Missio for a book about a hero who wears the suit of a villain. 

    I was raised as a scorpion
    Being pulled by the moon in a high tide
    That’s why I’m broken
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

    Am I a villain or a saint? Let me lead the way
    Resting bitch face on the move, fuck you have to say?
    I know (I know, I know, I know), I am tough as a stone

    I’ve lived a lot of life that not a lot will understand
    The type of life that gives you scars before you take command
    I know (I know, I know, I know), I am tough as a stone

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    SERIES REVIEW TOUR: The God Jars Saga by Devon Vesper (Giveaway)

    August 21, 2020

    RELEASE BLITZ: Daybreak by Iris Foxglove (Giveaway)

    April 6, 2023

    RELEASE BLITZ: Holiday For Six by Kelly Finley

    December 18, 2023
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