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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Strayed Pre-Publication Blitz – Win $25 Amazon Gift Card! @AuthorKristaLyn

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you KristaLyn A. Vetovich’s STRAYED Pre-Publication Blitz May 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: STRAYED Author: KristaLyn Vetovich Publisher: Glass House Press Genre: YA/NA Fantasy BOOK BLURB: In the struggle between good and evil, humans don’t stand a chance—not on their own. Which is why, for every living soul, there is a Firn: a spirit assigned to guide and defend humans from demonic spirits like the Aropfain. But earning a place in the fight is a process that requires several lifetimes—of service, experience, and sacrifice. Having just returned from her most recent life as an Ancient Roman martyr, Anaya is
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Sunset Beach Book Blast @CMDonovan #bookblast

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Christine Donovan’s SUNSET BEACH Book Blast June 4 – 29! Inside the Book Title: SUNSET BEACH Author: Christine Donovan Publisher: Independent Pages: 328 Genre: Contemporary Romance BOOK BLURB: Until Sarah Kennedy is 17 she spends her summers at Sunset Beach with a close-knit group of friends. They are young, carefree, and just a tad wild—as teenagers tend to be. They share secrets, love, and a deep connection. But that final summer life as the friends know it begins to unravel. Domestic violence plagues one family, one of their group becomes a criminal. Sarah severs all ties with her friends and
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents 600 Days in Hiding Virtual Book Publicity Tour #holocaust #memoir

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Andreas Algava’s 600 DAYS IN HIDING Virtual Book Tour May 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: 600 DAYS IN HIDING Author: Andreas Algava with Daniel Levine Publisher: For Passion Publishing Company, LLC Pages: 424 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB: The Nazis invaded Salonika, Greece in April 1941. Within two years, the city’s Jews were shipped by cattle cars to the Auschwitz death camp. There were just three families who stayed in the city and survived because of the courage and kindness of Greek citizens who risked their lives and hid these Jewish families in their homes. Among the survivors
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Breathe In Virtual Book Publicity Tour @MichelleBellon

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Michelle Bellon’s BREATHE IN Virtual Book Tour May 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: BREATHE IN Author: Michelle Bellon Publisher: Limitless Publishing Pages: 272 Genre: Thriller/Suspense BOOK BLURB: Breathe in. Breathe out. This mantra gets Tessa Benson through the day. The man she loves walks all over her, and she just wants to get by without her heart shattering to pieces. If she could find her voice, she’d scream. Everything changes in one night, when she’s snatched from the streets and tied to a bed, a camera set up to capture her dying moment. And the person who paid
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Self-Promotion: If I Build It, Will They Come?

Self-Promotion: If I Build It, Will They Come? Authors are always looking for that golden key to book sales. What’s discouraging it that what might work for one book might not work for another to a degree and that leaves you wringing your hands and trying to figure out just what will work. Authors are a business. They are out there to sell a product – their book. With all the work that goes into their product – said book – it’s a lot of pressure on the author to find that golden key. The question that was presented to me was, “If I build it, will they come?”
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Monsterland Reanimated Virtual Book Publicity Tour @IAmMichaelOkon

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Michael Okon’s MONSTERLAND REANIMATED Virtual Book Tour May 1 – July 27! Inside the Book Title: MONSTERLAND REANIMATED Author: Michael Okon Publisher: WordFire Press Pages: 250 Genre: YA Fiction/Monsters/Thriller BOOK BLURB: After Monsterland has imploded, the entire world is thrown into chaos. World leadership is gone, economies have collapsed, and communications are non-existent.  Wyatt must go beyond the boundaries of his small town to reestablish contact with the outside world, and alert the government about a traitor-in-chief. During his journey he discovers a new threat released from the bowels of the defunct theme park. When an army of relentless mummies,
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Probable Cause: Rethinking the JFK Plot Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Robin Haines’ PROBABLE CAUSE: RETHINKING THE JFK PLOT Virtual Book Tour May 1 – 30! Inside the Book Title: PROBABLE CAUSE: RETHINKING THE JFK PLOT Author: Robin Haines Publisher: Createspace Pages: 71 Genre: Politics BOOK BLURB: This book is a refreshing new look at the JFK Conspiracy theories. After years of meticulous research the author has compiled new evidence to suggest a different theory on this important moment in our nation’s history. It is a must read for anyone interested in a different view of the JFK assassination. Amazon ______________________ Meet the Author Robin Haines was born in Jersey City,
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Banished Lands Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Benjamin Mester’s THE BANISHED LANDS Virtual Book Tour May 1 – June 29! Inside the Book Title: THE BANISHED LANDS (BOOK ONE) Author: Benjamin Mester Publisher: Independent Pages: 384 Genre: Fantasy BOOK BLURB: A kingdom in danger. A prophecy that will change everything. But will they understand it in time? The old world is gone, and barely even histories remain. But something from that time is returning. The closing lines of a farewell poem, written centuries ago by the last great king of the age to his slain wife, might be more than just a poem: The world and
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents At Shutter Speed Virtual Book Publicity Tour @RABurrelle

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Rebecca Burrell’s AT SHUTTER SPEED Virtual Book Tour May 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: AT SHUTTER SPEED Author: Rebecca Burrell Publisher: Cranesbill Press Pages: 381 Genre: Women’s Fiction BOOK BLURB: In the click of a shutter, #Resistance becomes more than just a hashtag. Pass the bar exam. Convince someone—anyone—in the Egyptian government to admit they’ve imprisoned your husband. Don’t lose your mind. For fledgling human rights attorney Leah Cahill, the past six months have been a trial by fire, ever since Matty, a respected but troubled war photojournalist, disappeared during a crackdown in Cairo. Leah, the daughter of
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Rosie and Friends: One-Of-A-Kindness Virtual Book Publicity Tour @RosieThePinkHippo

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Helen Hipp’s ROSIE AND FRIENDS: ONE-OF-A-KINDNESS Virtual Book Tour April 2 – 27! Inside the Book Title: ROSIE AND FRIENDS: ONE-OF-A-KINDNESS Author: Helen Hipp Publisher: A Different Kind of Safari, LLC Pages: 40 Genre: Children BOOK BLURB: Embark on a new safari with Hornsby the rhino as he comes face-to-face with losing his sense of belonging. No longer accepted by his herd, Hornsby searches for companionship. With the help of his new buddies, Hornsby learns that his life is one of a kind, and that spreading his kindness is a good way to make new friends!   Amazon ______________________ Meet
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📢 {Mystery Crime} Last Puffs Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Harley Mazuk’s Last Puffs. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than May 16, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via paperback (U.S.) & PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: LAST PUFFS Author: Harley Mazuk Publisher: New Pulp Press Pages: 293 Genre: Mystery/Crime/Private Eye BOOK BLURB: Frank Swiver and his college pal, Max Rabinowitz, both fall in love with Amanda Zingaro, courageous
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The ABCs of Living Green Virtual Book Publicity Tour @abcskids

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Theresa A. McKeown’s THE ABCS OF LIVING GREEN Virtual Book Tour April 2 – 27! Inside the Book Title: THE ABCS OF LIVING GREEN Author: Theresa A McKeown Publisher: The ABCs of Everything, LLC Pages: 56 Genre: Picture/poetry book for children and tweens BOOK BLURB: “The ABCs of Living Green” completes the ABC trilogy of picture books focused on raising happy, healthy, conscious children in body, mind and spirit. Written from the voice of Mother Earth, every letter of the alphabet and corresponding word gives readers a multitude of fun ways to be mindful not only of the planet we
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Imagine That: Playing with the Power of Imagination Virtual Book Publicity Tour @TamaraDorris

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Tamara Dorris’ IMAGINE THAT: PLAYING WITH THE POWER OF IMAGINATION Virtual Book Tour April 2 – 27! Inside the Book Title: IMAGINE THAT: PLAYING WITH THE POWER OF IMAGINATION Author: Tamara Dorris Publisher: Createspace Pages: 190 Genre: Self-Help/Spiritual BOOK BLURB: From rock-solid science to centuries-old scripture, we’ve been told our thoughts and emotions matter, and may even be indicators of our future. In this book, Tamara Dorris shows you that the real key to navigating your way to a new reality rests in your almost-dormant imagination. She points out that we’re all using our imaginations anyway, but most of
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Snickety Dickety Doo Virtual Book Publicity Tour @danicalea

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Danica-Lea Larcombe’s SNICKETY DICKETY DOO Virtual Book Tour April 2 – 27! Inside the Book Title: SNICKETY DICKETY DOO Author: Danica-Lea Larcombe Publisher: Blurb Pages: 90 Genre: Children’s Fiction BOOK BLURB: George, Fiona and Marni find a tin of bubbles, not just any ordinary bubbles but planets. The planets shrink the children and take them to faraway lands. The children have many exciting adventures and try not to let their secret be discovered.  They learn about different cultures, currencies and languages, and are inspired at school. In Series Two, George, Marni and Fiona continue their adventures around the world in
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Sugar and Spice and All Those Lies Virtual Book Publicity Tour @eholychair

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Evy Journey’s SUGAR AND SPICE AND ALL THOSE LIES Virtual Book Tour April 2 – 27! Inside the Book Title: SUGAR AND SPICE AND ALL THOSE LIES Author: Evy Journey Publisher: Sojourney Books Pages: 200 Genre: Women’s Fiction/Crime BOOK BLURB: Cooking a wonderful meal is an art. An act of love. An act of grace. A gift that affirms and gives life—not only does it nurture those who partake of the meal; it also feeds the soul of the creator. These are lessons Gina learns from her mother, daughter of an unfortunate French chef. Gina is a young woman
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Love Hack Virtual Book Publicity Tour @kDean_Writer

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kimberly Dean’s LOVE HACK Virtual Book Tour April 2 – 27! Inside the Book Title: LOVE HACK Author: Kimberly Dean Publisher: Independent Pages: 180 Genre: Romantic Suspense BOOK BLURB: Security analyst Spencer Weiler is excited when he lands a job at Afire Industries. The responsibility is daunting, but nowhere near as exhilarating as working with Josie Johnson, the pretty program manager in charge. Spencer lusts after her, but knows that she only sees him as a work friend. He needs to make himself over if he’s going to have a shot with her. Josie is all too aware of the
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Bagels & Salsa Virtual Book Publicity Tour @EIPress

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lara Reznik’s BAGELS & SALSA Virtual Book Tour April 2 – 27! Inside the Book Title: BAGELS & SALSA Author: Lara Reznik Publisher: Enchanted Indie Press Pages: 296 Genre: Suspense/Romance/Humor BOOK BLURB: Author Lara Reznik blends suspense, romance, and humor in her latest novel, BAGELS & SALSA (http://www.larareznik.com/bagels-and-salsa). Loosely based on Reznik’s life, the story of Laila and Eduardo highlights the turmoil that surfaces when a Jewish sociologist from New York and a Hispanic doctor from rural New Mexico fall hard and fast for each other. Their blossoming relationship develops against the backdrop of terror the Son of Sam created
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Circumvent Virtual Book Publicity Tour @SKDerban

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you S.K. Derban’s CIRCUMVENT Blog Tour May 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: CIRCUMVENT Author: S.K. Derban Publisher: TouchPoint Press Pages: 238 Genre: Mystery/Clean Read BOOK BLURB: Imagine living in a quaint, beach front cottage on the Hawaiian island of Maui. You have an amazing job, combined with the pleasure of working from home. Lunch breaks become a daily picnic on the sand. Dessert is always included because of your marriage to a famous pastry chef. Life could not be any better. Or so it seems… When French born, Nikki Sabine Moueix travels to Hawaii for a special work assignment,
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents White Witch Virtual Book Publicity Tour @LDTAuthor

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Larry D. Thompson’s WHITE WITCH Blog Tour March 19 – June 15! Inside the Book Title: WHITE WITCH Author: Larry D. Thompson Publisher: Story Merchant Books Pages: 291 Genre: Thriller BOOK BLURB: Jamaica is a place where the surreal is simply everyday reality. When a ruthless American aluminum company plans to strip mine the Jamaican rainforest, they send former Navy SEAL Will Taylor to Montego Bay to deal with local resistance on their behalf. But he’s unaware that the British had signed a treaty deeding the rainforest to the Jamaican Maroons, descendants of escaped slaves, over 300 years ago. The
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📢 {Historical Fantasy} The Silver Horn Echoes: A Song of Roland Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Michael Eging & Steve Arnold’s The Silver Horn Echoes: A Song of Roland. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than May 16, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via paperback (U.S.) & PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: THE SILVER HORN ECHOES: A SONG OF ROLAND Author: Michael Eging & Steve Arnold Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 304 Genre: Historical Fantasy BOOK BLURB:
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Whiskey Sharp: Jagged Virtual Book Publicity Tour @laurenDane

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lauren Dane’s WHISKEY SHARP: JAGGED Blog Tour March 26 – 30! Inside the Book Title: WHISKEY SHARP: JAGGED Author: Lauren Dane Publisher: HQN Pages: 352 Genre: Contemporary Romance BOOK BLURB: The sweetest reward comes after the longest wait Vicktor Orlov took one look at the wary gaze and slow-to-trust personality of the deliciously sexy and fascinating Rachel Dolan and knew he wanted more than just a casual friendship. But as a natural protector, he also knew bossiness and overprotective maneuvering would push her away. He’ll use every tool in his easygoing arsenal to convince her to take a chance
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Last Puffs Virtual Book Publicity Tour @fSWiver

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Harley Mazuk’s LAST PUFFS Blog Tour March 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: LAST PUFFS Author: Harley Mazuk Publisher: New Pulp Press Pages: 293 Genre: Mystery/Crime/Private Eye BOOK BLURB: Frank Swiver and his college pal, Max Rabinowitz, both fall in love with Amanda Zingaro, courageous Republican guerilla, in the Spanish civil war. But the local fascists murder her and her father. Eleven years later in San Francisco in 1949, Frank, traumatized by the violence in Spain, has become a pacifist and makes a marginal living as a private eye. Max who lost an eye in Spain but owes his
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📢 {Mystery/Clean Read} Circumvent Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for S.K. Derban’s Circumvent. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than May 12, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via paperback (U.S.), Mobi & PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: CIRCUMVENT Author: S.K. Derban Publisher: TouchPoint Press Pages: 238 Genre: Mystery/Clean Read BOOK BLURB: Imagine living in a quaint, beach front cottage on the Hawaiian island of Maui. You have an amazing
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Welcome Reluctant Stranger Virtual Book Publicity Tour @eHolyChair

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Evy Journey’s WELCOME RELUCTANT STRANGER Blog Tour March 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: WELCOME RELUCTANT STRANGER Author: Evy Journey Publisher: Sojourner Books Pages: 314 Genre: Multicultural Women’s Fiction BOOK BLURB: What happens when a brokenhearted computer nerd and culinary whiz gets rescued by a relationship phobic psychologist with a past that haunts her? For Leilani and Justin, it’s an attraction they can’t deny but which each is reluctant to pursue. More so for Leilani whose family had to flee their troubled country when she was only nine. Leilani is focused on leaving the past behind, moving forward. But
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Cat Tales: Heart-Warming Stories About the Cats and Kittens of RESQCATS Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jeffyne Telson’s CAT TAILS: HEART-WARMING STORIES ABOUT THE CATS AND KITTENS OF RESQCATS Blog Tour March 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: CAT TAILS: HEART-WARMING STORIES ABOUT THE CATS AND KITTENS OF RESQCATS Author: Jeffyne Telson Publisher: Independent Pages: 332 Genre: Animals/Cat Rescue BOOK BLURB: In 1997, Jeffyne Telson founded RESQCATS, Inc, as a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue, care and adoption of stray and abandoned cats and kittens. In the ensuing 20 years, with the help of a small group of dedicated volunteers, Jeffyne has grown RESQCATS well beyond her dreams, into a highly respected rescue organization
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Requiem for a Rescue Dog Queen Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you M.K. Scott’s REQUIEM FOR A RESCUE DOG QUEEN Blog Tour March 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: REQUIEM FOR A RESCUE DOG QUEEN Author: M.K. Scott Publisher: Sleeping Dragon Press Pages: 240 Genre: Cozy Mystery BOOK BLURB: Pre-school teacher turned private eye Nala Bonne, and her opinionated dog, Max, have a nose for evil doings in Circle City. They’ve recently gone to the dogs, make that rescue dogs. Not everyone in Indianapolis has a soft spot for a homeless pup. Someone has it out for the dogs and the people who love them. A midnight call jolts Nala and
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Welcome to Moonlight Harbor Virtual Book Publicity Tour @_sheila_roberts

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sheila Roberts’ WELCOME TO MOONLIGHT HARBOR Blog Tour March 12 – April 12! Inside the Book Title: WELCOME TO MOONLIGHT HARBOR Author: Sheila Roberts Publisher: Harlequin MIRA Pages: 400 Genre: Women’s Fiction BOOK BLURB: Once-happily married Jenna Jones is about to turn forty, and this year for her birthday – lucky her – she’s getting a divorce. She’s barely able to support herself and her teenage daughter, but now her deadbeat artist ex is hitting her up for spousal support…and then spending it on his “other” woman. Still, Jenna is determined follow her mother’s philosophy – every storm brings
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Hunting Muskie Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Michael Robert Dyet’s HUNTING MUSKIE: RITES OF PASSAGE – STORIES BY MICHAEL ROBERT DYET Blog Tour March 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: HUNTING MUSKIE: RITES OF PASSAGE – STORIES BY MICHAEL ROBERT DYET Author: Michael Robert Dyet Publisher: Blue Denim Press Pages: 240 Genre: Literary Fiction/Short Story Collection BOOK BLURB: Life becomes a search to find our way back home after unexpected storms knock us off course. This collection of 16 stories reflects that deep urge to return to where we feel at peace. The journey back becomes a rite of passage. The title story, “Hunting Muskie”, sets
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Hacking IT Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kimberly Dean’s HACKING IT Blog Tour March 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: HACKING IT Author: Kimberly Dean Publisher: Independent Pages: 200 Genre: Romantic Suspense BOOK BLURB: Independent software developer Kylie Grant is on top of her game in the world of IT. She has loyal clients, a good reputation, and a prestigious membership in technology giant Afire Industries’ small business accelerator. Things are going well until she stumbles across an innocuous issue with the lighting in the building where she rents space. When she digs into the problem, she discovers something unexpected—a hack. The incursion doesn’t affect her,
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A Tangled Web Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mike Martin’s A TANGLED WEB Blog Tour March 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: A TANGLED WEB Author: Mike Martin Publisher: Booklocker Pages: 338 Genre: Mystery BOOK BLURB: Life is good for Sgt. Wind­flower in Grand Bank, Newfoundland. But something’s missing from the Mountie’s life. Actually, a lot of things go missing, including a little girl and supplies from the new factory. It’s Windflower’s job to unravel the tangled web of murder, deceit and an accidental kidnapping that threatens to engulf this sleepy little town and destroy those closest to him. But there’s always good food, good friends
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