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A Novel SongTrack

Karin Kallmaker Book News, Captain of Industry

Music has often inspired titles and moments in my stories. The title Substitute for Love I owe to Madonna and The Kiss that Counted to Catie Curtis, for example. What’s rare is when particular songs – their lyrics, tone, power – drive the creativity so much so that I know it’s a song that the characters have heard and responded to as well. After all, the characters are real people, right?

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