Music of the Night Featured
Blog Tour, Book Review, Dark, Fantasy, Giveaway, Music, Rockstar Blog Tours, Romance, Scarred hero, Series

Music of the Night (Tower Knights #1) by Angela J. Ford

A haunted tower, a mysterious instructor and the lure of the music of the night… After the death of her father, Aria is left penniless and destitute. To avoid working the streets she becomes the ward of a Count and moves to a remote town called High Tower. High Tower is a gloomy place with… Continue reading Music of the Night (Tower Knights #1) by Angela J. Ford

Book Review, Coming of Age, Contemporary, Dark, Music, Romance, Series

Overture (North Security #1) by Skye Warren

The world knows Samantha Brooks as the violin prodigy. She guards her secret truth—the desire she harbors for her guardian. Liam North got custody of her six years ago. She’s all grown up now, but he still treats her like a child. No matter how much he wants her. No matter how bad he aches… Continue reading Overture (North Security #1) by Skye Warren

My Christmas Number One Featured
Blog Tour, Boldwood Books, Book Review, Christmas, Contemporary, Music, PTSD, Rachel's Random Resources, Romance, Scarred heroine, Women's Fiction

My Christmas Number One by Leonie Mack

There’s nothing quite like a Christmas love story, to get you in the mood for celebrating… Cara doesn’t do sexy and she only does ‘Happy Christmas’ under duress. She is, after all, a serious musician, and her stubborn streak is born from her struggle to recover from a serious injury.Javi lives for escapist fun -… Continue reading My Christmas Number One by Leonie Mack

Music as Medicine Featured
Book Review, Music, Nonfiction

Music as Medicine Particularly in Parkinson’s Disease by Daphne Bryan PhD

Music can play an important part in our lives yet how many of us appreciate the effect it has on our brains, bodies, and moods, or understand how we can use music as a medicine? Music has the power to reduce everyday symptoms, such as stress, insomnia, pain, depression, and even snoring, as well as… Continue reading Music as Medicine Particularly in Parkinson’s Disease by Daphne Bryan PhD

Blog Tour, Book Review, Fantasy, Horror, Music, Rachel's Random Resources, Suspense, Thriller

Cuttin’ Heads by D.A. Watson

BLURB Aldo Evans is a desperate man. Fired from his job and deeply in debt, he struggles to balance a broken family life with his passion for music. Luce Figura is a troubled woman. A rhythmic perfectionist, she is haunted by childhood trauma and scorned by her religiously devout mother. Ross McArthur is a wiseass.… Continue reading Cuttin’ Heads by D.A. Watson

Roomies
Book Review, Comedy, Contemporary, Gallery Books, Homelessness, Music, NetGalley, Romance

Roomies by Christina Lauren

Holland Bakker was a stalker.  Not the scary type, but the music enthusiast type.  She took the long way to work every day just to see the subway musician play his guitar with lovely abandon until a homeless man pushes Holland onto the subway tracks and changes her life forever. Calvin McLoughlin is a Julliard… Continue reading Roomies by Christina Lauren

DriveByShouting
Book Review, Contemporary, England, Friendship, Music, NetGalley

Drive-by Shouting by Mark Chase

Oh, how those girls had loved an artist; now, guitars were carried by buskers and out of touch wannabes, while guys who couldn't play a note, but called themselves DJs, got laid every night. Matt and Gram were down and out band members in England finally on there way to the top when they were… Continue reading Drive-by Shouting by Mark Chase

Sidikiba's Kora Lesson Featured
Africa, Book Review, Children's Fiction, Music

Sidikiba’s Kora Lesson by Ryan Thomas Skinner

This is the story of a young boy named Sidikiba who lives in a small town in West Africa.  He is the descendant of Jeli Mady Wuleng who, as Maude legend says, was a bard and storyteller who discovered the kora.  The kora is a harp played by the Maude people of West Africa. When… Continue reading Sidikiba’s Kora Lesson by Ryan Thomas Skinner