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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Connecting with Christ Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Nonfiction #Inspirational

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Yolonda Tonette Sanders’ Connecting with Christ Virtual Book Tour February 1 – 25. Inside the Book Title: CONNECTING WITH CHRIST: 52 WEEKLY DEVOTIONALS TO NURTURE SPIRITUAL GROWTH Author: Yolonda Publisher: YO Productions Pages: 212 Genre: Nonfiction/Inspirational BOOK BLURB: Self-care is a buzzword often mentioned when people seek to optimize their health. Suggested self-care practices tend to include activities such as exercising, getting a massage, or eating a healthy diet. While all of these actions have their place, none of them are sufficient enough to provide the soul-care we need to maximize our self-care. Self-care without soul-care equates to temporary solutions that
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents In the Pink Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Memoir

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Nicholas Garnett’s IN THE PINK Virtual Book Tour February 1 – 25. Inside the Book Title: IN THE PINK Author: Nicholas Garnett Publisher: MidTown Publishing Pages: 275 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB: Washed out of another corporate job, scraping by playing drums in a wedding band, delivering roses in a tuxedo. This was Nicholas Garnett’s version of the go-go 90s. Then, beautiful, worldly, Rachael turns his world upside down, introducing him to her gay friends who occupy the upper crust of the burgeoning gay circuit party scene. Nick and Rachael marry. They become known as the hot straight couple that party hardy with the
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  • January 6, 2022
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First Chapter: The Witch of Rathborne Castle by Virginia Barlow

By Virginia Barlow Title: THE WITCH OF RATHBORNE CASTLE Author: Virginia Barlow Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Pages: 330 Genre: Paranormal Romance BOOK BLURB: Lady Jane Lenwood is abandoned and alone in an empty castle in the middle of a dark twisted forest. The locals call her a witch because she has the “sight.” When a wounded stranger is found within the gates, she is warned he carries secrets and their lives will be intertwined. Lady Jane walks with a limp following a riding accident the night her mother left her. And had given up on having a normal life. She blames her misfortune on the current Duke of Rathborne.
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  • January 3, 2022
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First Chapter: Through Dangerous Doors by Robert Charles Lee

THROUGH DANGEROUS DOORS By Robert Charles Lee Title: THROUGH DANGEROUS DOORS Author: Robert Charles Lee Publisher: Wido / E.L. Marker Pages: 212 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB: In a life defined by risk, Robert Charles Lee experiences a poor and free-ranging childhood in the racist South of the 1960s. After his father dies, the family grows dysfunctional. As a result, teen-age Robert seeks sanity and solace by rock climbing solo and driving cars fast. He wins a scholarship and graduates from university, but still seeks to escape the South. Moving to Alaska and the Western US, Robert works in a series of dangerous and brutal jobs. He meets and marries Linda,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Zanzibar’s Rings Virtual Book Publicity Tour #ScienceFiction

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jemima Pett’s ZANZIBAR’S RINGS Virtual Book Tour February 15 – March 15. Inside the Book Title: Zanzibar’s Rings Author: Jemima Pett Publisher: Princelings Publications Pages: 380 Genre: Science Fiction BOOK BLURB: A Galactic crisis: the entire comms system destroyed. No waypoints, no navigation aids, no database access… and how will spaceships in flight get home—or to any destination? Dolores is stuck in warp with a very dangerous passenger, Pete gets his shuttle back home on manual. But how come anything in close contact with pure orichalcum fixes itself? Just flying through Zanzibar’s Rings solves the problem—as the Federation’s fighters find, as
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents I Am Not Brad Pitt and Other Stories Virtual Book Publicity Tour #LiteraryFiction #Satire #Humor

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ross Dreiblatt’s I AM NOT BRAD PITT AND OTHER STORIES Virtual Book Tour February 1 – 25. Inside the Book Title: I AM NOT BRAD PITT AND OTHER STORIES Author: Ross Dreiblatt Publisher: Stone Tiger Books Pages: 391 Genre: Literary Fiction/Humor/Satire BOOK BLURB: I AM NOT BRAD PITT is the first of three riotously absurd tales in Ross Dreiblatt’s debut short-story collection sending up America’s sometimes-fatal celebrity obsessions. “I Am Not Brad Pitt” opens in a prison cell in which Mr. Pitt’s clone-like doppelganger, Tobey Crawford, remorsefully recounts the sequence of unlikely events that resulted in his wrongful conviction for murder. The
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Awakening the Avatar Within Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Nonfiction

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Darren Starwynn’s AWAKENING THE AVATAR WITHIN Virtual Book Tour January 3 – March 31.   Inside the Book Title: AWAKENING THE AVATAR WITHIN: A Roadmap for Uncovering Your Superpowers, Upgrading Your Body and Uplifting Humanity Author: Darren Starwynn Publisher: Desert Heart Press Pages: 348 Genre: Spiritual Awakening/Meditation/Energy Healing/Personal Development Awakening the Avatar Within offers a practical roadmap for deeply healing yourself and living an awakened, actualized life as an Avatar. An Avatar is Divine consciousness expressing itself as a human being, and this book will help awaken your awareness of this vital part of yourself. You will learn many transformational practices
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents If They Can’t Kiss Right: Surviving Online Dating Virtual Book Publicity Tour #CreativeNonfiction

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Shannon Yingst’s IF THEY CAN’T KISS RIGHT: SURVIVING ONLINE DATING Virtual Book Tour January 3 – 28. Inside the Book Title: IF THEY CAN’T KISS RIGHT: SURVIVING ONLINE DATING Author: Shannon Yingst Publisher: Tyburn Hill Media Co. Pages: 150 Genre: Creative Nonfiction BOOK BLURB: Warning: Adult Content Online dating: the new way of life. It seems like the only logical way to meet people anymore. The rest of our lives are on the internet, so why not our love lives too? Because if you wait for your friends to set you up, you’ll only be disappointed with their choice of Roger
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Awaken to Tarot Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Nonfiction

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Karen La Puma’s Awaken to Tarot Virtual Book Tour January 3 – March 31. Inside the Book Title: AWAKEN TO TAROT: BE YOUR OWN GUIDE WITH ASTROLOGY, NUMBERS AND THE TREE OF LIFE Author: Karen La Puma Publisher: Soul Source Publishing Pages: 420 (includes pictures) Genre: Nonfiction/Spiritual/Self-Help/Kabbalah/Astrology/Tarot BOOK BLURB: The Tarot is a visual system that reveals both our True Nature and our obstacles. Introducing a new Tarot deck, made with digital collage. Through pictures, symbols, meanings, questions, processes, Kabbalah, key words, and affirmations, you can learn to: Find ways to reflect your inner guidance. Explore the magical journey of evolution
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Witch of Rathborne Castle Virtual Book Publicity Tour #ParanormalRomance

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Virginia Barlow’s THE WITCH OF RATHBORNE CASTLE Virtual Book Tour January 3 – February 25.   Inside the Book Title: THE WITCH OF RATHBORNE CASTLE Author: Virginia Barlow Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Pages: 330 Genre: Paranormal Romance BOOK BLURB: Lady Jane Lenwood is abandoned and alone in an empty castle in the middle of a dark twisted forest. The locals call her a witch because she has the “sight.” When a wounded stranger is found within the gates, she is warned he carries secrets and their lives will be intertwined. Lady Jane walks with a limp following a riding accident
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Through Dangerous Doors Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Memoir

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Robert Charles Lee’s THROUGH DANGEROUS DOORS Virtual Book Tour January 3 – February 25. Inside the Book Title: THROUGH DANGEROUS DOORS Author: Robert Charles Lee Publisher: Wido / E.L. Marker Pages: 212 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB: In a life defined by risk, Robert Charles Lee experiences a poor and free-ranging childhood in the racist South of the 1960s. After his father dies, the family grows dysfunctional. As a result, teen-age Robert seeks sanity and solace by rock climbing solo and driving cars fast. He wins a scholarship and graduates from university, but still seeks to escape the South. Moving to Alaska
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Fighter Pilot’s Daughter Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Memoir

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mary Lawlor’s FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER Virtual Book Tour January 1 – 28. Inside the Book Title: FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER Author: Mary Lawlor Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Pages: 323 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB: FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER tells the story of the author as a young woman coming of age in an Irish Catholic, military family. Her father, an aviator in the Marines and later the Army, was transferred more than a dozen times to posts from Miami to California to Germany as the government demanded. For her mother and sisters, each move meant a complete upheaval of ordinary life. The car was
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Nomophobia Virtual Book Publicity Tour #ChildrensPictureBook

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you JD Wise’s NOMOPHOBIA Virtual Book Tour December 1 – 31. Inside the Book Welcome to NOMOPHOBIA – A PLACE IN TIME WHERE OVERUSED CELLULAR DEVICES TURN CHILDREN INTO OGRES. This is a somewhat true, mostly exaggerated story of modern-day children – children who have spent way too much time on their phones. One night the children are mysteriously turned into ogres. At first the children blame each other for their condition. When they finished blaming each other, they worked together to find a cure. They searched the house for a cure…but they could not find one. They tried to wash
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Arise & Walk Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Self-Help

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you S.M. Adams’ ARISE & WALK: FROM THE SIDELINES OF LIFE TO THE NEXT LEVEL Virtual Book Tour December 1 – 31. Inside the Book Title: ARISE & WALK: FROM THE SIDELINES OF LIFE TO THE NEXT LEVEL Author: S.M. Adams Publisher: Kingdom Building Project Pages: 188 Genre: Self-Help/Personal Development/Women’s Personal Growth/Personal Transformation/Life Transformation Whatever challenge you may currently be facing, Arise & Walk: From the Sidelines of Life to the Next Level offers a proven framework to assist you in making that much needed life transformation. During the pandemic with her classroom shuttered S.M. Adams an experienced educator and instructor
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Man Who Transformed Africa Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Fiction

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Peter D. Cimini’s THE MAN WHO TRANSFORMED AFRICA Virtual Book Tour December 1 – 31. Inside the Book Title: THE MAN WHO TRANSFORMED AFRICA: THE REBIRTH OF A CONTINENT Author: Peter D. Cimini Publisher: Halo Publishing International Pages: 488 Genre: Fiction BOOK BLURB: The novel opens with Vatican intrigue between liberal and conservative cardinals, which leads to the unlikely selection of an Indonesian pope. Seizing the opportunity, the new pope uses his ex-cathedra (papal infallibility) to declare poverty to be an immoral human condition. The pope decides to lead by example, taking the provocative step of selling Vatican treasures to
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Defiance and Redemption Virtual Book Publicity Tour #WomensFiction #HistoricalFiction

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Maria J. Andrade’s DEFIANCE AND REDEMPTION Virtual Book Tour November 22 – December 22. Inside the Book Title: DEFIANCE AND REDEMPTION: A LIFETIME OF UNBROKEN BONDS Author: Maria J. Andrade Publisher: Clara Publishing Pages: 250 Genre: Women’s Fiction/Historical Fiction/Magical Realism BOOK BLURB: Based on a true story, Defiance and Redemption, A Lifetime of Unbroken Bonds, brings to life the joys, dramas, and triumphs of two sisters, Eva and Victoria Alisio and their loyal friend Marta. The sisters are raised by their atheist Grandfather Marcus and religious Grandmother Maria Luisa. Eva, a proud and strong-willed young woman defies her family, society, and culture,
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Humble Courier Virtual Book Publicity Tour #HistFic

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you J.T. Maicke’s THE HUMBLE COURIER Virtual Book Tour November 15 – December 15. Inside the Book Title: THE HUMBLE COURIER Author: J.T. Maicke Publisher: Dreaming Big Publications Pages: 321 Genre: Historical Fiction BOOK BLURB: Father Hartmann Bottger, a Benedictine monk and priest, has confronted bullies his entire life, including pompous clerics, local thugs, and callous and corrupt French Army occupation authorities in the German Rhineland. But Father Hartmann faces his greatest challenges with the rise to power of the Nazi Party and the brutality of the dreaded Gestapo, which threaten the rights of the Church as well as the
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents No Good About Goodbye Virtual Book Publicity Tour #YA #ComingofAge

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you CT Liotta’s NO GOOD ABOUT GOODBYE Virtual Book Tour November 15 – December 15. Inside the Book Title: NO GOOD ABOUT GOODBYE Author: CT Liotta Publisher: Rot Gut Pulp Pages: 308 Genre: YA/Coming of Age/LGBT/Adventure BOOK BLURB: Fifteen-year-old Ian Racalmuto’s life is in ruins after an embassy raid in Algiers. His mother, a vodka-drunk spy, is dead. His brother, a diplomat, has vanished. And, he’s lost a cremation urn containing a smartphone that could destroy the world. Forced to live with his cantankerous grandfather in Philadelphia, Ian has seven days to find his brother and secure the phone—all while
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents This Is How I Spell Grief Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Self-Help #Narrative #Nonfiction

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Erik Lewin’s THIS IS HOW I SPELL GRIEF: A GUIDE TO HEALING FROM LOSS & FINDING FULFILLMENT Virtual Book Tour November 15 – January 14. Inside the Book Title: THIS IS HOW I SPELL GRIEF: A GUIDE TO HEALING FROM LOSS & FINDING FULFILLMENT Author: Erik Lewin Publisher: Jeffrey Park Press Pages: 126 Genre: Self-Help/Narrative/Nonfiction BOOK BLURB: Erik Lewin shares how he turned the profound loss of his mother and father into life-changing growth, with intimacy, warmth and humor. He offers a no-nonsense, commonsense way to create your personal path to acceptance of your loss. Lewin became an expert
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Your Mid-Career GPS Virtual Book Publicity Tour #JobHunting #BusinessMentoring

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you John Neral’s YOUR MID-CAREER GPS Virtual Book Tour November 15 – January 14. Inside the Book Title: YOUR MID-CAREER GPS: FOUR STEPS TO FIGURING OUT WHAT’S NEXT Author: John Neral Publisher: LLH Publishing Pages: 281 Genre: Job Hunting/Business Mentoring and Coaching BOOK BLURB: Are you considering a career change but doubt yourself or get easily overwhelmed by the entire process? Are you a mid-career professional ready to level-up, but unsure of what steps to take? What if there was an easy and supportive way to plan your next career destination? Your Mid-Career GPS will guide you to create your
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents BURIED SECRETS Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Mystery

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mike Martin’s BURIED SECRETS Virtual Book Tour November 8 – 26. _______________________________ Inside the Book _______________________________ Title: BURIED SECRETS: THE SGT. WINDFLOWER MYSTERY SERIES BOOK 11 Author: Mike Martin Publisher: Ottawa Press and Publishing Pages: 285 Genre: Mystery _______________________________ BOOK BLURB _______________________________ RCMP Sergeant Winston Windflower is at a crossroads as career opportunities intrude on his near-perfect life in the blustery paradise of Grand Bank, Newfoundland. Just as the pandemic ends, the little oceanside communities are rocked by the murders of prominent figures, an RCMP Staff Sergeant in St. John’s and a minister in Grand Bank, and it’s implied
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A Christmas Kindness Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Children

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Cheryl C. Malandrinos’ A CHRISTMAS KINDNESS Virtual Book Tour November 1 – 26. Title: A CHRISTMAS KINDNESS Author: Cheryl C. Malandrinos Publisher: 4RV Publishing Pages: 52 Genre: First Chapter Reader BOOK BLURB: Eight-year-old Robert is eager to share his wish list with Santa at the mall on Christmas Eve. When he meets Glenn, who only has one request for Santa, Robert is confused about what he should do. Can he cast aside what he wants and ask Santa to bring his new friend a special gift? PRAISE It is not often that a simple children’s book can nearly bring
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents KNIGHTS OF THE LOST TEMPLE: THE BRONZE SCROLL Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Adventure #Romance

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Paul Donsbach and Alia Sina’s KNIGHTS OF THE LOST TEMPLE: THE BRONZE SCROLL Virtual Book Tour October 25 – Nov 19. Inside the Book Title: KNIGHTS OF THE LOST TEMPLE: THE BRONZE SCROLL (BOOK 1) Author: Paul Donsbach and Alia Sina Publisher: Knights of the Lost Temple Pages: 300 Genre: Adventure/Romance BOOK BLURB: The authors of The Bronze Scroll are excited to announce the publication of their first book in the Knights of the Lost Temple adventure-romance series. This groundbreaking novel, co-authored by Paul Donsbach and Alia Sina, tells the story of Sam Romero, an investigative attorney who has
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents THE BUTCHER’S PRAYER Virtual Book Publicity Tour #CrimeFiction #Noir

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Anthony Neil Smith’s THE BUTCHER’S PRAYER Virtual Book Tour October 18 – November 12. Inside the Book Title: THE BUTCHER’S PRAYER Author: Anthony Neil Smith Publisher: Fahrenheit 13 Pages: 275 Genre: Crime Fiction/Noir ______________________________________ BOOK BLURB ______________________________________ Rodney Goodfellow watches his friend kill a man, and then volunteers the unthinkable – to carve up the body with his butcher’s knives in order to get rid of the evidence. But the victim’s girlfriend escapes halfway through the butchering, sending Rodney and the triggerman, Charles, on the run. Charles is unhinged, flying high on meth. When it’s clear that escape isn’t
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents CREATURE CAT TALES Virtual Book Publicity Tour #KidsPoetry

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you M.G. Rorai’s CREATURE CAT TALES Virtual Book Tour November 1 – 26. We are looking for reviews (PDF) only please. Inside the Book Title: CREATURE CAT TALES Author: M.G. Rorai Publisher: Independent Pages: 68 Genre: Kids Poetry/Stories in Verse BOOK BLURB: This whimsical collection of poetic life lessons is sure to inspire positivity and values while delighting young readers with charming creature cat stories and illustrations. Come join the creature cats as they make learning fun—a purrfect addition to any kid’s collection. Suggested reading age 8-12. Pick up your copy of Creature Cat Tales at Amazon. ********** MEET THE
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents INTENTIONAL: HOW TO LIVE, LOVE, WORK AND PLAY MEANINGFULLY Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Nonfiction

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you David Amerland’s INTENTIONAL: HOW TO LIVE, LOVE, WORK AND PLAY MEANINGFULLY Virtual Book Tour October 18 – November 12. Inside the Book Title: INTENTIONAL: HOW TO LIVE, LOVE, WORK AND PLAY MEANINGFULLY Author: David Amerland Publisher: New Line Books Pages: 218 Genre: Nonfiction BOOK BLURB: Live your life the way you want to. Manage stress better. Be more resilient and enjoy meaningful relationships and better health. We all want that. Such life leads to better choices, better jobs, loving romantic partners, more rewarding careers and decisions that are fully aligned with our aims. What stops us from getting all
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents CHASING THE DARKNESS Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Fantasy

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Cassie Sanchez’s CHASING THE DARKNESS Virtual Book Tour November 1 – 26. Title: CHASING THE DARKNESS Author: Cassie Sanchez Publisher: Morgan James Publishing Pages: 275 Genre: Fantasy / Romantic Fantasy BOOK BLURB Pain is inescapable. Suffering is a choice. Azrael, the Angel of Death, knows pain. The deaths of his mother and sister, as well as his harsh experiences in the Watch Guard at age twelve, have brutally shaped him into the most feared assassin in all of Pandaren. Azrael’s role as a Hunter requires him to search for those with magic, called Spectrals, which he is happy to
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A MISTAKE INCOMPLETE Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Suspense #Noir-Inspired

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lorenzo Petruzziello’s A MISTAKE INCOMPLETE Virtual Book Tour October 11 – November 5. Inside the Book Title: A MISTAKE INCOMPLETE Author: Lorenzo Petruzziello Publisher: Magnusmade Pages: 344 Genre: Suspense/Noir-Inspired BOOK BLURB:   An incompetent thief, a hopeless bartender, a dead stranger, and a lonely tourist. A NOIR-INSPIRED CAPER SET IN MODERN-DAY MILAN. An incompetent thief makes another attempt at burglary. A hopeless bartender struggles to manage her last patron. The pair reluctantly work together to figure out why a man they presumed dead may have returned, while a lonely tourist inadvertently gets in the way. PRAISE: “A sharp, edgy
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents SPIRITUALITY FOR BADASSES Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Nonfiction

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you J. Stewart Dixon’s SPIRITUALITY FOR BADASSES Virtual Book Tour October 4 – Dec 31. Inside the Book Title: SPIRITUALITY FOR BADASSES Author: J. Stewart Dixon Publisher: PIE Publishing Pages: 268 Genre: Nonfiction / Self-Help / Humor BOOK BLURB: Stewart Dixon, award-winning, best-selling humor and self-help author of Spirituality for Badasses has a bone to pick with conventional therapy and pharmaceutical companies concerning our collective bounce back and healing from the stress, anxiety and depression of Covid-19. Asserts Mr. Dixon in the introduction to his book: “So you see…I really do get it. I used to be depressed, anxious, too
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents LITTLE GIANTS Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Juvenile #Biography

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Raynelda Calderon’s LITTLE GIANTS: 10 HISPANIC WOMEN WHO MADE HISTORY Virtual Book Tour September 15 – October 15. Inside the Book Title: LITTLE GIANTS: 10 HISPANIC WOMEN WHO MADE HISTORY Author: Raynelda Calderon Publisher: Cayena Press, Inc. Pages: 64 Genre: Juvenile Biography BOOK BLURB: Little Giants: 10 Hispanic Women Who Made History is a short collection of biographies about Hispanic women and the impact they made in the world. Some of the women featured in this book are iconic figures such as ballet dancer Alicia Alonso; others are less known heroines such as indigenous leader Dolores Cacuango, founder of
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