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DARK SPIRAL DOWN by Michael Houtz * Official Book Teaser Trailer *

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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Realms of Edenocht Descendants and Heirs Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Fantasy #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you DS Johnson’s REALMS OF EDENOCHT DESCENDANTS AND HEIRS Virtual Book Tour July 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: REALMS OF EDENOCHT DESCENDANTS AND HEIRS Author: DS Johnson Publisher: Rosecrest Publishing Pages: 312 Genre: Action Adventure Fantasy BOOK BLURB: Shaz, Edenocht’s forbidden War Wizard, his elemental mage Serin and, miniature warriors, the Minca begin their unsurmountable task of securing the ancient artifacts, the Sev-Rin-Ac-Lava. Their first task of finding the sheath to the sword Shaz already has, takes them to the realm of their friends the Minca. The companions find themselves in a world torn open by earthquakes and melted
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Wolves At Our Door Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Giveaway @SPetrek_Toche44 #Historical #VBT

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Soren Paul Petrek’s WOLVES AT OUR DOOR Virtual Book Tour July 1 – September 27! Inside the Book Title: WOLVES AT OUR DOOR Author: Soren Paul Petrek Publisher: Editions Encre Rouge/Hachette Livre Pages: 319 Genre: Historical/Action/Adventure BOOK BLURB: The Allies and the Nazis are in a deadly race to develop the ultimate weapon while supersonic V-2 rockets rain down on London. Madeleine Toche and Berthold Hartmann, the German super assassin who taught her to kill, search for the secret factory where Werner von Braun and his Gestapos masters use slave labor to build the weapons as the bodies of
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Love Never Quits Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Memoir #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gina Heumann’s LOVE NEVER QUITS: SURVIVING & THRIVING AFTER INFERTILITY, ADOPTION, AND REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER Virtual Book Tour July 1 – August 30! Inside the Book Title: LOVE NEVER QUITS: SURVIVING & THRIVING AFTER INFERTILITY, ADOPTION, AND REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER Author: Gina Heumann Publisher: MadLand Press Pages: 246 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB: WHACK… At three in the morning Gina was sound asleep, yet somehow she was smacked in the head. She looked over at her husband, thinking perhaps he accidentally rolled over and flopped his arm on top of her, but he was sleeping soundly and facing the opposite direction.
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  • June 4, 2019
  • Author Interviews
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Featured Interview with Patrick Stull, Author of Encounters

American artist Patrick Stull has spent the last eighteen years mostly creating imagery about the lives of women. He searches for what lies beneath the surface of his subjects, empowering each one he encounters. He has recently ventured into the realm of surrealism, creating powerful imagery that reflects on our humanity while dealing with the meaning and power of art. His latest book is the fine art photography book, Encounters. Visit his website at www.patrickstull.com. Book Description: With photography at its base, Stull offers a nuanced explication of his encounters to allow the viewer an opportunity to form a relationship with his art. While looking within ourselves, exploring our
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Featured Interview: Greg Messel, Author of ‘Dreams That Never Were’ @gregmessel #Interview

“Way to go slow, John. Senator Kennedy was shot. You and some other people were also wounded by the assassin.” “No, no, no!” I yelled. “Bobby was shot? No, not this time! This wasn’t supposed to happen! Assassin? Is Senator Kennedy going to be all right?”  — From Dreams That Never Were by Greg Messel Greg Messel grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and lives on the Puget Sound in Edmonds, Washington, with his wife, Jean DeFond. Dreams That Never Were is his 11th novel and is a historical fiction account of a young reporter caught up in the events surrounding the assassination of Sen. Robert F.
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Farewell My Life Virtual Book Publicity Tour @CynthiaHaggard #Historical #Fiction #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Cynthia Sally Haggard’s FAREWELL MY LIFE Virtual Book Tour July 1 – 31!   Title: FAREWELL MY LIFE Author: Cynthia Sally Haggard Publisher: Spun Stories Press Pages: 585 Genre: Historical Fiction Angelina led a life which required her to fib. When Angelina, the black sheep of the Pagano family, meets the mysterious Mr. Russell, she has no idea that she has seen him before…in another country. And so begins Farewell My Life, a novel in three parts, which spins an operatic tale of dangerous love and loss. The Lost Mother, the first part of this novel, slices back and forth
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A Burdened Novel Series Book Blast @PieriAnn #ABurdenedNovel #YA #Paranormal #Romance #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Felisha Antonette’s A BURDENED NOVEL Series Book Blast June 21 – July 19! There is a $25 Amazon Gift Card and All Four Books in the Series Giveaway as well. Inside the Book FOUR TIMES BROKEN (A Burdened Novel – Book 1) BOOK BLURB: When Tracey’s life spirals out of control, who will help her pick up the pieces? Tracey Warren’s last year of high school is mapped out: stay focused, graduate in a few months, and get the hell out of Bennington, Virginia. The finish line is in plain sight and everything is going according to plan. Until a
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Great Jewel Robbery Virtual Book Publicity Tour @ElizaMcKenna #cozymystery #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Elizabeth McKenna’s THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY Virtual Book Tour July 1 – 31! We are looking for reviews (paperback U.S. / PDF), interviews and book features/promo. Sign up on form below! Inside the Book Title: THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY Author: Elizabeth McKenna Publisher: Independent Pages: 210 Genre: Cozy Mystery BOOK BLURB: Mystery with a splash of romance… Chicago Tribune reporters Emma and Grace have been best friends since college despite coming from different worlds. When Grace is assigned to cover an annual charity ball and auction being held at a lakeside mansion and her boyfriend bails on her, she brings
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents By the Light of Embers Virtual Book Publicity Tour @ShaylinGandhi #Historical #WomensFiction #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Shaylin Gandhi’s BY THE LIGHT OF EMBERS Virtual Book Tour July 1 – 31! We are looking for reviews (paperback U.S. / PDF), interviews and book features/promo. Sign up on form below! Inside the Book   Title: BY THE LIGHT OF EMBERS Author: Shaylin Gandhi Publisher: Briar Rose Publishing Pages: 382 Genre: Historical Women’s Fiction BOOK BLURB:  It’s 1954, and twenty-two-year-old Lucia Lafleur has always dreamed of following in her father’s footsteps. While sock hops and poodle skirts occupy her classmates, she dreams of bacteria and broken bones—and the day she’ll finally fix them. After graduation, a letter arrives, and
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Where To? How I Shed My Baggage and Learned to Live Free Virtual Book Publicity Tour @SpiritEvol #Memoir#VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jennifer B. Monahan’s WHERE TO? HOW I SHED MY BAGGAGE AND LEARNED TO LIVE FREE Virtual Book Tour July 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: WHERE TO? HOW I SHED MY BAGGAGE AND LEARNED TO LIVE FREE Author: Jennifer B. Monahan Publisher: Spirit Evolution Pages: 234 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB: When Jennifer Monahan announced her intention to leave her well-established career as a business strategy consultant and give up her rent-controlled apartment in San Francisco to do a global walkabout for an undetermined amount of time, her friends and family thought she was insane. But Jennifer was excited about
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Featured Interview: Michael Houtz, Author of Dark Spiral Down @MichaelHoutz #Interview

“Park remained in his position, looking into the easterly darkness and willing himself to catch a glimpse of light from the mainland. The tremble of the craft’s internal twin engines barking to life vibrated the soles of his boots. Moments later, the vessel moved forward. The last time he’d checked the nose of the forty-two-foot infiltration boat, his rescue craft pointed north in the direction of the intersection of China and at their borders. I will not fail. The world will fear my name.” From Dark Spiral Down by Michael Houtz After a career in medicine, Mike Houtz succumbed to the call to hang up his stethoscope and pursue
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Little Girls Sleeping Virtual Book Publicity Tour @JChaseNovelist #Crime #Thriller #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jennifer Chase’s LITTLE GIRL SLEEPING: AN ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING CRIME THRILLER (Detective Katie Scott Book 1) Virtual Book Tour June 3 – July 31! Inside the Book Title: Little Girls Sleeping: An Absolutely Gripping Crime Thriller (Detective Katie Scott Book 1) Author: Jennifer Chase Publisher: Bookouture Pages: 377 Genre: Thriller/Crime BOOK BLURB: He looked down at the little girl, sleeping peacefully, her arms wrapped around a teddy bear. He knew he was the only one who could save her. He could let her sleep forever. An eight-year-old girl, Chelsea Compton, is missing in Pine Valley, California and for Detective Katie Scott
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents That’ll Do Pippin! Virtual Book Publicity Tour @BrownRidgeBooks #children #picturebook #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Anne Kaufmann’s THAT’LL DO PIPPIN! Virtual Book Tour June 3 – 28! We are looking for reviews (paperback) & PDF, guest posts, interviews and book spotlights. To sign up, fill out the form below and thank you! Inside the Book Title: THAT’LL DO PIPPIN! Author: Anne Kaufmann Publisher: Brownridge Publishing Pages: 68 Genre: Children’s Picture Book BOOK BLURB: Pippin and Nigel are two charming puppy brothers who live on a wonderful farm. They are best buddies and do everything together. They are full of mischief, energy and fun! Pippin is the smaller puppy who wants with all his heart to
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Painting the Psalms Virtual Book Publicity Tour @CherieBurbach #art #Christian #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Cherie Burbach’s PAINTING THE PSALMS Virtual Book Tour June 3 – 28! Inside the Book Title: PAINTING THE PSALMS Author: Cherie Burbach Publisher: Bonjour Publishing Pages: 104 Genre: Christian Nonfiction BOOK BLURB: In Painting the Psalms, artist Cherie Burbach shares original, mixed-media paintings that contain a positive, faith-filled message. Each painting contains inspiration from the Psalms in some way, through the imagery, words, or emotion contained within the verses. Cherie uses a variety of mediums and techniques to create art that is filled with depth and whimsy. It is her hope that this book will inspire you to look at
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Pump Up Your Book Most Asked Questions – Book Teasers

Pump Up Your Book’s Most Asked Questions – Book Teasers I feel it’s time to answer questions aimed at our book teasers for those who don’t know exactly what they are. We have added book teasers to some of our book packages completely free of charge because it gives the book buyer a visual of what’s inside the book. We love making these and don’t mind giving them away! So let’s start with our first question… What are book teasers? Our book teasers are simply snippets of the book blurb with images put to video – some still but mostly moving and they run for less than 3 minutes.
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Encounters Virtual Book Publicity Tour & $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway #nonfiction #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Patrick Stull’s ENCOUNTERS Virtual Book Tour June 3 – August 30! Inside the Book Title: ENCOUNTERS Author: Patrick Stull Publisher: Independent Pages: 250 Genre: Fine Art Photography Book BOOK BLURB: With photography at its base, Stull offers a nuanced explication of his encounters to allow the viewer an opportunity to form a relationship with his art. While looking within ourselves, exploring our own feelings, he hopes that he will inspire greater humaneness in response to his art. ENCOUNTERS is the second in a series of six large-format books in which artist, photographer and author, Patrick Stull explores a wide range
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Dreams That Never Were Virtual Book Publicity Tour @GregMessel #histfic #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Greg Messel’s DREAMS THAT NEVER WERE Virtual Book Tour June 3 – July 31! Inside the Book Title: DREAMS THAT NEVER WERE Author: Greg Messel Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing Pages: 296 Genre: Historical Fiction BOOK BLURB: “Some men see things as they are and say, ‘Why? I dream of things that never were and say, ‘Why not?” — Robert F. Kennedy June 5, 1968:  Senator Robert F. Kennedy, then a candidate for President and victorious in the California primary, was mortally wounded by assassin Sirhan Sirhan as he exited the ballroom at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.  Innocent bystanders were also wounded, including
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  • May 7, 2019
  • Authors on Tour, Blog Tour & Book Blast Sign-Ups
  • Comments Off on 📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Tough Karma: A Race Against Time Virtual Book Publicity Tour & $25 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway @LauraSimmons37 #Paranormal #Romance #VBT

📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Tough Karma: A Race Against Time Virtual Book Publicity Tour & $25 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway @LauraSimmons37 #Paranormal #Romance #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Laura Simmons’ TOUGH KARMA: A RACE AGAINST TIME Virtual Book Tour June 3 – 28! Inside the Book Title: TOUGH KARMA: A RACE AGAINST TIME Author: Laura Simmens Publisher: Outskirts Press Pages: 224 Genre: Paranormal Romance BOOK BLURB: Astral travel and a deadly secret make for a gripping paranormal romance from start to finish. Amber Macklin’s world is cruelly shattered when she loses her baby girl three months after her husband’s sudden death. Her cousin, Bryce, comes to her rescue, moving her into his home for fear she will kill herself from the grief. He provides solace and a shoulder
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Off Shore Secrets Virtual Book Publicity Tour @Maya_Berger #ChickLit #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Maya Berger’s OFF SHORE SECRETS Virtual Book Tour June 3 – 28! Inside the Book Title: OFF SHORE SECRETS Author: Maya Berger Publisher: Independent Pages: 252 Genre: Chick Lit BOOK BLURB: Single again, Maya and her bestie, Una, make plans to sail around the beautiful Adriatic Coast on board a luxury yacht. Fun in the sun with friends is just what these two need this summer. Maya shouldn’t be attracted to Adrian—the cocky, handsome Spaniard on board—especially when after a passionate night, he calls out another girl’s name in his sleep. Una, who is supposed to be in a long
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents High Flying Virtual Book Publicity Tour @4kaylin #TimeTravel #Thriller #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kaylin McFarren’s HIGH FLYING Virtual Book Tour June 3 – 28! Inside the Book Title: HIGH FLYING Author: Kaylin McFarren Publisher: Creative Edge Publishing LLC Pages: 280 Genre: Time Travel Thriller BOOK BLURB:  …ten minutes to survive the past. Skylar Haines has struggled with personal demons most of her life, going to dark extremes to subdue anxieties rooted in her tragic past. On a perpetual hunt for the next adrenaline hit, she discovers a passion for flying and becomes a hard-edged stunt pilot, verging on obsession. In the sky, following her most daring airshow, she encounters a mysterious storm and almost collides with another
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A Savage Kultur Virtual Book Publicity Tour @MonWriter1 #Historical #Fiction #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Monique Roy’s A SAVAGE KULTUR Virtual Book Tour June 3 – 28! Inside the Book Title: A SAVAGE KULTER Author: Monique Roy Publisher: BookBaby Genre: Historical Fiction BOOK BLURB: In Oxford, England, Ava, a Jewish art student at Oxford University, receives a heart-wrenching letter from her grandfather after he dies. From the letter, she learns that her grandfather has given her his London art gallery, which he says will secure her future, as well as provide a place for her to grow her artistic talents and follow her passion for art. The letter also describes his one last wish—that she
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Dreams That Never Were Pre-Release Book Blast @GregMessel #Historical #Fiction #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Greg Messel’s DREAMS THAT NEVER WERE Pre-Release Book Blast May 6 – 31! Inside the Book Title: DREAMS THAT NEVER WERE Author: Greg Messel Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing Pages: 296 Genre: Historical Fiction   BOOK BLURB: On June 5, 1968 Senator Robert F. Kennedy, then a candidate for President, is mortally wounded by assassin Sirhan Sirhan in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Among the innocent bystanders who were also shot that night is a young idealistic reporter from San Francisco, Alex Hurley. The tragic incident changes his life as he’s swept up in the turbulent events of 1968.  Alex is
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Featured Interview: Fid’s Crusade by David H. Reiss @DavidHReiss #Interview

“A swarm of medical automatons surrounded the gurney on which I was reclined, a humming and swirling dervish of blades, clamps, sponges and other surgical tools focused upon the stump of my shoulder. A surgical laser was carefully burning away flesh in a pattern that would increase the efficiency of repairs performed by the medical nanites once my right arm was reattached…” –From FID’S CRUSADE by David Reiss While growing up, David Reiss was that weird kid with his nose in a book and his head in the clouds. He was the table-top role-playing game geek, the comic-book nerd, the story-teller and dreamer. Fortunately, he hasn’t changed much. David
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Knightmare Arcanist Virtual Book Publicity Tour @GameOverStation #YA #Fantasy #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Shami Stovall’s KNIGHTMARE ARCANIST Virtual Book Tour June 18 – July 19! Inside the Book Title: KNIGHTMARE ARCANIST Author: Shami Stovall Publisher: Capital Station Books Pages: 360 Genre: YA Fantasy BOOK BLURB: In a world populated by mythical creatures, those who bond with them are known as arcanists—their magic stemming from the connection they forged. Phoenix arcanists gain flames and healing, unicorn arcanists speak with horses and manipulate poison, or even basilisk arcanists who control flesh and stone. But those wishing to bond must first prove themselves. Gravedigger Volke Savan, desperate to leave his tiny home island and impress the
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Death on Clare Island Virtual Book Publicity Tour #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Martha Geaney’s DEATH ON CLARE ISLAND: A Star O’Brien Mystery (Book 1) Virtual Book Tour May 6 – 31! Inside the Book Title: DEATH ON CLARE ISLAND (A Star O’Brien Mystery Book 1) Author: Martha M. Geaney Publisher: Turlough, Nolan Publishing Pages: 232 Genre: Mystery BOOK BLURB: Star O’Brien is a haunting voice for the dead, the missing, and the lost. Star O’Brien is a successful American information broker who can’t solve the mysteries of her own life. She comes to County Mayo, Ireland to settle her dead lover’s estate and look for her Irish mother who has been missing
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Little Girls Sleeping Pre-Order Blitz @JChaseNovelist #Blitz

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jennifer Chase’s LITTLE GIRLS SLEEPING: AN ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING CRIME THRILLER (Detective Katie Scott Book 1) Pre-Order Blitz May 6 – 31! Inside the Book Title: Little Girls Sleeping: An Absolutely Gripping Crime Thriller (Detective Katie Scott Book 1) Author: Jennifer Chase Publisher: Bookouture Pages: 377 Genre: Thriller/Crime BOOK BLURB: He looked down at the little girl, sleeping peacefully, her arms wrapped around a teddy bear. He knew he was the only one who could save her. He could let her sleep forever. An eight-year-old girl, Chelsea Compton, is missing in Pine Valley, California and for Detective Katie Scott it’s a
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Dark Spiral Down Virtual Book Publicity Tour @MichaelHoutz #Thriller #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Michael Houtz’s DARK SPIRAL DOWN Virtual Book Tour May 6 – July 31! Inside the Book Title: DARK SPIRAL DOWN Author: Michael Houtz Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Pages: 377 Genre: Thriller/International/Action BOOK BLURB: COLE HAUFNER is a reluctant superstar in the professional mixed martial arts world. After his latest fight, his wife and child perish in a car crash. His grief deepens when his brother, BUTCH, a Delta Force operator, is absent from the funeral and reported missing by two furtive strangers who show up unannounced at the burial. Despairing, and acting on a tip, Cole travels to his
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Guns, Drugs, or Wealth Virtual Book Publicity Tour @RealJerryFord #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jerry Ford’s GUNS, DRUGS, OR WEALTH: THE THREE-INCOME SECRET TO SUCCESS THAT TOOK ME FROM THE STREETS OF DETROIT TO THE TOP OF MY GAME Virtual Book Tour May 6 – 31! Inside the Book Title: GUNS, DRUGS, OR WEALTH: THE THREE-INCOME SECRET TO SUCCESS THAT TOOK ME FROM THE STREETS OF DETROIT TO THE TOP OF MY GAME Author: Jerry Ford Publisher: Beast Publications Pages: 164 Genre: Nonfiction/Motivational BOOK BLURB: Author and Celebrity Personal Trainer Jerry Ford has authored a powerful, painfully honest book entitled GUNS, DRUGS, OR WEALTH as a help and inspiration to others who also seek
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Featured Interview: A.S. Finechel, Author of ‘A Lady’s Virtue’ #interview #regency #romance @asfenichel

“A masculine, ungloved hand reached toward her. “I’m terribly sorry, miss. Entirely my fault. Are you hurt?” His accent was strange, American perhaps. Having no gloves on, she was hesitant to touch him, but there was no help for it. She couldn’t remain on her back like a turtle. The warmth of his skin traveled up her arm, and her cheeks heated. His fingers were strong and rough. This was no gentleman’s hand. She stood as he eased her to her feet. “Not at all,” she said. “I was distracted.”” –From A LADY’S VIRTUE by A.S. Fenichel A.S. Fenichel gave up a successful career in New York City to
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