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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Vigil by The Mars Volta & The Curse of the Fold by Shawn James

    June 6, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Witchbane: Signs and Wonders by Morgan Brice

    Vigil by The Mars Volta for a book about a century of murder, a quest for revenge, and a dream of a life after.

    I know the way he makes you hide
    Even when the dose is fight or flight
    And the orbits wait for a perfect name
    Clean out the webs he left behind
    And if you want, I can bury him out
    By the salt of sea, in an empty grave
    The past has a way of comin’ clean

    If I didn’t know any better
    I could have sworn you said
    “There will come a day for his reckoning”

    It’s the want of the weight, when it crushed
    All the centrifugal ways our lives fall in and out of place

    Soundtrack to Witchbane: Cursed by Morgan Brice

    The Curse Of The Fold by Shawn James for a book about a curse, a mission, a passion, and a hope.

    Give me your heart and I’ll show you how to feel
    Send me your soul and you’ll know what it is to be free
    We all need a deeper purpose
    One that’s true and bold
    The only thing that could hurt us
    Is the curse of the fold

    I once knew a man who had fire in his eyes
    Bloody right hand, he had taken his enemies’ lives
    The past was his torture
    The future held his hope
    Until he chose his fortune
    As the curse of the fold

    Although you may feel like giving up
    It’s not the only road
    The path less often traveled
    Holds the highest, the highest of hopes

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    BAH HUMBUG CHRISTMAS TAG

    December 24, 2020

    BLOG TOUR: Life Support by Elouise East (Excert & Giveaway + Q&A with Author)

    March 18, 2021

    RELEASE TOUR: When We Meet Again by Hayden Hall (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    July 11, 2024
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    SOUNDTRACK: Allies by Stranded Mermaid

    May 30, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to The Triad: Alliance by Cari Z

    Allies by Stranded Mermaid for a book about the unexpected union of a mage, a shifter, and an assassin, a royal family under siege, and long-lost relatives bearing grudges.

    So our lives took a wrong turn
    into the wasteland
    like a river of bad luck
    I was scared that I lost us

    we can’t go back
    to our tranquil youth
    we’ll find out way
    this strange with you
    we’ll keep on rowing,
    just nip the bud
    but I’ll never leave you,
    you are my blood

    we are allies forever
    it’s the world
    we’re together
    through the stones
    and the feathers
    we got so many stories to tell

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Exodus 20:3 by Freydis Moon (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    February 1, 2022

    BLOG TOUR: Farm to Fabre by Dahlia Donovan (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    December 19, 2022

    RELEASE BLITZ: Friendly Skies by Marie Sinclair (Giveaway)

    August 15, 2024
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Give You The World by Yello feat. Malia

    May 16, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to How To Fake It In Society by K.J. Charles

    Give You The World by Yello feat Malia for a book about schemes, secrets, support, and satirical endings.

    If I could give you the world, I would
    And if I could give you and I’d love to give you the truth, oh yeah
    And if I could kill all the pain and take the strength, oh yeah

    What have you become now? What kind of a showtime?
    What have you become, my friend?
    What have you become now? What kind of a showtime?
    What have you become, my friend?

    We’re gonna twist and we’re burning in love, my friend
    And if we can, we gon’ live by the sea and start feeling the breeze, oh yeah
    So let’s go and play in the rain and start over again, oh yeah

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Not Alone by Christie Gordon (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    August 27, 2021

    FAVORITE COVERS: November 2020

    December 3, 2020

    COVER REVEAL: You Can Do Magic by R.L. Merrill (Giveaway)

    September 1, 2023
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    SOUNDTRACK: Wild Child by The Black Keys

    May 9, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to The Firm: Vigilant by Cora Rose & Lark Taylor

    Wild Child by The Black Keys for a book about push and pull, control and chaos, love and danger.

    Wild child
    You got me runnin’ through the turnstile
    Baby girl, we better make it worthwhile
    You’re gonna get my love today, yeah

    You are a sweet dream
    With a tender heart and a beautiful smile
    But things aren’t what they seem
    So I’ll let you go and dream for a while

    Wild child
    You got me coming outta exile
    Baby girl, you know I’m liking your style
    You’re gonna get my love today, yeah

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    FIRST LINES FRIDAY 56: Chaos Theory

    August 6, 2020

    NEW RELEASE: Midnight on the Midway by Morgan Brice (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 21, 2024

    RELEASE BLITZ: The Muse by Emma Scott

    January 8, 2023
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    SOUNDTRACK: Conduit by The Spill Canvas

    May 2, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to The Mage and His Brute: Stolen Magic by Ava Marie Salinger

    Conduit by The Spill Canvas for a book about magical conduits and social injustice.

    This is an official signal out to the ether
    I am but a vessel for your song
    This disbelief is now somehow typical procedure
    Need not be special to belong, to belong
    Anyone, anything
    Somewhere out there listening
    Cover me in all your glow, high up over the trees
    Everything in every way
    Powers that be operate
    I’d rather die high on my feet, than live like this on my knees

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    LAST YEAR I WAS READING…(September 8, 2021)

    September 8, 2021

    RELEASE BLITZ: Bet You by Neve Wilder (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 15, 2022

    COVER REVEAL: Timeless by Declan Rhodes (Giveaway)

    March 14, 2024
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    SOUNDTRACK: Everyone Blooms by The Front Bottoms

    April 25, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Washed Up Former Child Star Ryan Lee by Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock

    Everybody Blooms by The Front Bottoms for a book about a washed-up star grabbing the chance to bloom again.

    Everyone blooms in their own time
    Some far ahead, some far behind
    So wherever you are, don’t worry
    You’re gonna be fine, fine, fine
    ‘Cause everyone blooms in their own time

    Sometimes we talk about what it might take
    Skills to wrap the gift and my hands cut the cake
    Sometimes we talk about what it might take
    Skills to pay the bills and my mouth get a taste

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Follow Spot by Brenda Murphy (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    August 8, 2023

    BOOK BLITZ: The Vet’s Shelter Surprise by Elle Douglas (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    October 27, 2023

    BOOK TOUR: Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman

    September 19, 2022
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    SOUNDTRACK: Spare My Heart by Imcha Imchen

    April 11, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Unlikely Dilemmas: The Unlikely Spare by Jax Calder

    Spare My Heart by Imcha Imchen for a book about a cross-country chase, a political stance, and a forbidden romance of royal proportions.

    take a step with me
    and stand with me
    as we gaze the stare
    tonight

    …

    take me everywhere
    that you want
    me too be
    own me like you never
    owned someone before

    tell me every deepest concerns
    in your heart babe
    let me be infatuated with you

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    ABC BOOK CHALLENGE – X, Y, Z

    October 26, 2019

    BOOK RECS BY TROPE: Friends to Lovers

    July 13, 2021

    FLICKer: The Best Man

    June 3, 2021
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    SOUNDTRACK: Hazardous Eyes by Arca

    April 4, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to The Protectors: The Hazard and The Hitman by Cambria Hebert

    Hazardous Eyes by Arca for a book about secrets, danger, and a hitman who fell hard the moment he gazed into the big, soulful, mismatched eyes of a walking disaster.

    in the shadow
    secret spin
    every glance
    pulled me in

    eyes of liquid
    hidden fear
    danger’s call
    is crystal clear

    every stare
    a subtle threat
    drawing closer
    no regret

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    COVER REVEAL: Scene Queen by Charlie Novak (Giveaway)

    January 24, 2024

    PROMO BLITZ: Forbidden Titan by E.V. Olsen

    March 8, 2025

    BLOG TOUR: Feinted Love by Elle Keaton (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 24, 2020
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    SOUNDTRACK: Tangled by Adrian Crowley

    March 21, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to The Mage And His Brute: Arcane Entanglement by Ava Marie Salinger

    Tangled by Adrian Crowley for a book about closely guarded secrets, dark magic and forbidden entanglements.

    I’m out with the foxes again
    Stealing along into the dawn
    Past the sprinklers on sleepy summer lawns
    And the stars still twinkling
    Like trinkets in a pawnshop window
    I wonder if they know I’m tangled in your shadow

    I could free myself
    From the dark tendrils that cling to me
    If I didn’t find them so exquisite

    I wonder if you know I’m tangled in your shadow
    I wonder if you know I’m tangled in your shadow
    I wonder if you know I’m tangled in your shadow
    I wonder if you know I’m tangled in your shadow

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    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Raised by Wolves by Elaine White (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    May 16, 2023

    FLICKer FADE SUNDAY: Anochecer (Nightfall)

    June 28, 2020

    NEW RELEASE BLITZ: Breaking The Shackles by Mell Eight (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    September 12, 2021
  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Risk by Deftones

    March 14, 2026 / No Comments

    Soundtrack to Emperor’s Assassin: Betrothed To The Emperor by Kai Butler

    Risk by Deftones for a book about a lonely emperor, a conflicted assassin, and an unlikely salvation.

    You’re locked up
    You exhaled
    You did it before
    I seen it
    Come outside
    And breathe in
    Relax your arms
    And let me in

    I’ll find a way
    I’ll confuse them
    But I think I can try
    I will save your life
    I will save your life
    I’ll try for you

    I know what to say to take you
    Higher, higher
    No one else can take you higher
    But I will try

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    RELEASE BLITZ: Kim & Skip by Sam E. Kraemer (Excerpt & Giveaway)

    June 27, 2021

    BOOK BLAST: Memoirs of the Human Remains Box Set and Omnibus by F.E. Feeley Jr.

    October 31, 2019

    FLICKer: Lucky

    February 23, 2023
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