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First Chapter: San Francisco Nights by Greg Messel & Giveaway!

Title: SAN FRANCISCO NIGHTS Author: Greg Messel Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing Pages: 232 Genre: Mystery / Suspense The wife of a wealthy San Francisco shipping magnate leads a secret life but someone is threatening to expose her.  Private eye Sam Slater and his wife and partner, Amelia, meet a mysterious woman in a large red hat during a train trip. The woman approaches him pleading for help because she‘s receiving anonymous notes quoting Bible verses which are becoming more and more ominous with each passing day. Her secrets have been discovered but by whom? What really happens behind closed doors in Room 505 in a swanky downtown hotel? Sam is
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First Chapter: Summer on Earth by Peter Thompson

Title: SUMMER ON EARTH Author: Peter Thompson Publisher: Persnickety Press Pages: 293 Genre: Sci-fi / Middle Grade BOOK BLURB: The night that eleven-year-old Grady Johnson looked out his window and wished upon a shooting star, his life changed forever. Grady, his Ma, and younger sister Luanne are having a hard summer. Dad has died and the family isn’t the same. Though Ma is trying her best, Grady knows they don’t have enough money to get by. The shooting star he saw was a space craft plunging to Earth, and landing at the back of their farm. Extraterrestrial engineer Ralwil Turth has one goal, to fix his power drive and
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📢 {Historical Thriller} The Berghof Betrayal Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Michael & Patrick McMenamin’s THE BERGHOF BETRAYAL: A WINSTON CHURCHILL 1930s THRILLER. 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 October 31, 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.) and PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: THE BERGHOF BETRAYAL: A WINSTON CHURCHILL 1930s THRILLER Author: Michael McMenamin & Patrick McMenamin Publisher: First Edition Design Publishers Pages: 433 Genre: Historical Thriller
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Don’t Call Me Crazy! I’m Just in Love with God Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Swiyyah Woodard’s DON’T CALL ME CRAZY! I’M JUST IN LOVE WITH GOD Virtual Book Tour September 4 – 29! Inside the Book Title: DON’T CALL ME CRAZY! I’M JUST IN LOVE WITH GOD Author: Swiyyah Woodard Publisher: Swiyyah Productions, Inc. Pages: 229 Genre: Inspirational / Motivational / Romance / Christian BOOK BLURB: Because of God, nothing will stop Anika from marrying the love of her life, not even paranoid schizophrenia. You don’t want to miss this spiritual journey filled with inspiration and power. This book is insightful and perceptive. Inspired by a true story. Few people consider the God
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Don’t Call Me Crazy! I’m Just in Love with God Book Trailer Blast!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Swiyyah Woodard’s DON’T CALL ME CRAZY! I’M JUST IN LOVE WITH GOD Book Trailer Blast September 4 – 29! Inside the Book Title: DON’T CALL ME CRAZY! I’M JUST IN LOVE WITH GOD Author: Swiyyah Woodard Publisher: Swiyyah Productions, Inc. Pages: 229 Genre: Inspirational / Motivational / Romance / Christian BOOK BLURB: Because of God, nothing will stop Anika from marrying the love of her life, not even paranoid schizophrenia. You don’t want to miss this spiritual journey filled with inspiration and power. This book is insightful and perceptive. Inspired by a true story. Few people consider the God factor
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Song of Solomon Revealed Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Owen Sypher’s THE SONG OF SOLOMON Virtual Book Tour September 4 – February 28! Inside the Book Title: THE SONG OF SOLOMON REVEALED Author: Owen Sypher Publisher: Litfire Publishing, LLC Pages: 308 Genre: Religion/Bible Studies BOOK BLURB: The book of Song of Solomon is a spiritual book full of allegories or pictures where God used the natural to show the spiritual. By using the keys of understanding found in the Bible the author has unlock the hidden meaning of the book of Song of Solomon. The book of Song of Solomon is about the love that Jesus has for his
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📢 {Paranormal Romance} Immortal Billionaire Review Campaign Sign Up

  We are taking review requests for Jane Godman’s IMMORTAL BILLIONAIRE. 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 October 20, 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 PDF & ePub. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: IMMORTAL BILLIONAIRE Author: Jane Godman Publisher: Harlequin Pages: 305 Genre: Paranormal Romance BOOK BLURB: Dark secrets and unquenchable desire collide in this captivating paranormal thriller… Connie Lacey lives a nomadic existence. Alone.
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Supernatural Pet Sitter: The Curse Book Blast

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Diane Moat’s THE SUPERNATURAL PET SITTER: THE CURSE Book Blast August 1! Inside the Book Title: THE SUPERNATURAL PET SITTER: THE CURSE Author: Diane Moat Publisher: Createspace Pages: 155 Genre: Middle Grade / Fantasy BOOK BLURB: Pepper Neely is no stranger to dangerous situations. In The Supernatural Pet Sitter: The Magic Thief, the young gnome defeated an evil witch who was stealing magic from the Familiars that Pepper took care of. She wouldn’t have survived without the intervention of a pack of werewolves, who endured painful, fiery spells to save Pepper’s life. Now Pepper is determined to repay the werewolves
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📢 {Self-Help/Motivational} You Got This! Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for James Kademan’s YOU GOT THIS!. 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 October 17, 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: YOU GOT THIS! A MOTIVATIONAL GUIDE FOR ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS Author: James Kademan Publisher: Independent Pages: 256 Genre: Self-help / Motivational BOOK BLURB: You Got This! A motivational guide for achieving
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Sullivans Boxed Set Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Bella Andre’s THE SULLIVANS BOXED SET BOOKS 1-3 Virtual Book Tour August 1 – September 8! Inside the Book Title: The Sullivans Boxed Set Books 1-3 Author: Bella Andre Publisher: Oak Press, LLC Pages: 662 Genre: Contemporary Romance BOOK BLURB: More than 6 million readers have already fallen in love with the Sullivans! Now get ready to meet your new favorite family in Bella Andre’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling contemporary romances with the first three books in the #1 hit series. “Not since Nora Roberts has anyone been able to write a big family romance series
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Space Between Series Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Shawn D. Brink’s THE SPACE BETWEEN Series Blog Tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: THE SPACE BETWEEN Author: Shawn D. Brink Publisher: Martin Sisters Publishing Pages: 330 Genre: Christian/fantasy/apocalyptic thriller trilogy BOOK BLURB: When Hunter and his wife Nora begin to have nightmarish visions of evil and death, they feel driven to find what truth lies behind them. But the truth that they find is terrifying. The enemy they must face is powerful and unless defeated, will mean the end of the world as they know it. Only by standing firm and relying on each other as
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📢 {YA Fantasy} Black Dawn Review Campaign Sign Up

  We are taking review requests for Mallory McCartney’s BLACK DAWN. 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 October 13, 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 mobi & PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: BLACK DAWN Author: Mallory McCartney Publisher: Clean Reads Publishing Pages: 180 Genre: YA Fantasy The end of an Empire, The rise of a Queen Emory Fae enjoys leading a quiet, normal life.
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents San Francisco Nights Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Giveaway!

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Greg Messel’s SAN FRANCISCO NIGHTS Blog Tour August 1 – September 29! Inside the Book Title: SAN FRANCISCO NIGHTS Author: Greg Messel Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing Pages: 232 Genre: Mystery / Suspense The wife of a wealthy San Francisco shipping magnate leads a secret life but someone is threatening to expose her.  Private eye Sam Slater and his wife and partner, Amelia, meet a mysterious woman in a large red hat during a train trip. The woman approaches him pleading for help because she‘s receiving anonymous notes quoting Bible verses which are becoming more and more ominous with each passing
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Lockdown Book Blast & Giveaway!

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Samie Sands’ LOCKDOWN Book Blast August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: LOCKDOWN Author: Samie Sands Publisher: Limitless Publishing Pages: 232 Genre: Horror/Scifi BOOK BLURB: Leah Watton’s practical joke has spiralled way out of control—all to impress a crush… With a prank online video, Leah hopes to catch the attention of Jake Colton, a cute, blond-haired, blue-eyed co-worker she’s had a crush on for months. But instead of sending it to Jake, she manages to forward the clip to her boss—who buys every gory second. When mass panic ensues, Leah learns the video is more than a staged
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First Chapter: A Wanted Man by Robert Parker

Title: A WANTED MAN Author: Robert Parker Publisher: Endeavour Press Pages: 307 Genre: Crime Thriller It’s down to fathers and fatherhood. Ben Bracken, ex-soldier, has just got out of Strangeways. Not by the front door. With him, he has his ‘insurance policy’ – a bag of evidence that will guarantee his freedom, provided he can keep it safe – and he has money, carefully looked after by a friend, Jack Brooker. Rejected by the army, disowned by his father, and any hopes of parenthood long since shattered, Ben has no anchors in his life. No one to keep him steady. No one to stop his cause… The plan: to
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First Chapter: The Mentor by Lee Matthew Goldberg

Title: THE MENTOR Author: Lee Matthew Goldberg Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin’s Press Pages: 336 Genre: Thriller / Suspense / Mystery Kyle Broder has achieved his lifelong dream and is an editor at a major publishing house. When Kyle is contacted by his favorite college professor, William Lansing, Kyle couldn’t be happier. Kyle has his mentor over for dinner to catch up and introduce him to his girlfriend, Jamie, and the three have a great time. When William mentions that he’s been writing a novel, Kyle is overjoyed. He would love to read the opus his mentor has toiled over. Until the novel turns out to be
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First Chapter Feature: Night in Jerusalem by Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy

Title: NIGHT IN JERUSALEM Author: Gaelle Lehrer Kennedy Publisher: PKZ Inc. Pages: 246 Genre: Historical Romance A bewitching love story that is also an extraordinary portrait of Jerusalem, its faith, spirituality, identity, and kaleidoscope of clashing beliefs, Night in Jerusalem is a novel of mystery, beauty, historical insight, and sexual passion. David Bennett is invited to Jerusalem in 1967 by his cousin who, to the alarm of his aristocratic British family, has embraced Judaism. He introduces David to his mentor, Reb Eli, a revered sage in the orthodox community. Despite his resistance to religious teaching, David becomes enthralled by the rabbi’s wisdom and compassionate presence. When David discloses a
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Dinner Conversations Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jason Reid’s DINNER CONVERSATIONS Blog Tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: DINNER CONVERSATIONS Author: Jason Reid Publisher: Createspace/Reid Group Pages: 348 Genre: Humor / Family / Parenting BOOK BLURB: “You are going to LAUGH! You are going to then wonder if these conversations actually happened. You are going to wonder what kind of guy would actually say these things to his family.” The answer is simple—yes, these conversations did actually happen. They occurred over a period of roughly 5 years, mainly at my dinner table.  I took them verbatim and posted them on Facebook so that all
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Hello, My Love Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Evy Journey’s HELLO, MY LOVE Blog Tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: HELLO, MY LOVE Author: Evy Journey Publisher: Sojourner Books Pages: 317 Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction BOOK BLURB: In this modern-day tale inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, bright, beautiful law student Elise Halverson looks forward to a promising career. Falling in love is low in her priorities. Well-known playboy Greg Thorpe is engaged to be married when he meets Elise. He finds her so unlike the women he used to date and he’s deeply intrigued. Distrusting the image she has of him, Elise avoids
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Fix Your Diet, Fix Your Diabetes Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Dr. Tony Hampton’s FIX YOUR DIET, FIX YOUR DIABETES Blog Tour August 1 – January 31! Inside the Book Title: FIX YOUR DIET FIX YOUR DIABETES Author: Tony Hampton, MD Publisher: Windy City Publishers Pages: 168 Genre: Self-Help BOOK BLURB: Want to fix your diabetes?  In this book, I share with my diabetic and borderline diabetic readers that they have the power to reverse or prevent diabetes simply by changing their diets.  It starts with how you think.  By removing old beliefs to new ones that better serve you, the path to recovery from diabetes can be that simple.  Once
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📢 {Mystery/Suspense} Desert Melody Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Laura Evans Serna’s DESERT MELODY. 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 December 22, 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 PDF / mobi / ePub. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: DESERT MELODY Author: Laura Evans Serna Publisher: New Land Publishing Pages: 219 Genre: Sci-Fi Romance For generations the Ahn, Voyan, and Humans have thrived living side by side. The ambitious
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Summer on Earth Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Peter Thompson’s SUMMER ON EARTH Blog Tour August 1 – October 31! Inside the Book Title: SUMMER ON EARTH Author: Peter Thompson Publisher: Persnickety Press Pages: 293 Genre: Sci-fi / Middle Grade BOOK BLURB: The night that eleven-year-old Grady Johnson looked out his window and wished upon a shooting star, his life changed forever. Grady, his Ma, and younger sister Luanne are having a hard summer. Dad has died and the family isn’t the same. Though Ma is trying her best, Grady knows they don’t have enough money to get by. The shooting star he saw was a space
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📢 {Mystery/Suspense} Blood Loss Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Ashley Fontainne and Lillian Hansen’s BLOOD LOSS. 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 September 20, 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 PDF / mobi / ePub. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: BLOOD LOSS Author: Ashley Fontainne & Lillian Hansen Publisher: RMSW Press Pages: 261 Genre: Mystery / Suspense Karina and LiAnn worked hard to put the awful memories behind
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Bite Thy Neighbor Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Esmae Browder’s BITE THY NEIGHBOR Blog Tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: BITE THY NEIGHBOR Author: Esmae Browder Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Pages: 300 Genre: Erotic Paranormal Romance BOOK BLURB: Some neighbors suck…literally. Quirky Maisy Harker spends her time daydreaming about her sexy husband, Jensen Helsing. Though their marriage is one of convenience, Maisy wishes the sparks of heat she feels around him were reciprocated. Sexually starved, she also lusts after her mysterious neighbor, Adam. True, his incisors do look a bit sharp, and he never seems to drink or eat anything—but hey, maybe that’s how
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📢 {Historical Fiction/Romantic} Running with Monkeys Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Diane Munier’s RUNNING WITH MONKEYS: HELL ON WHEELS. 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 December 10, 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 PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: RUNNING WITH MONKEYS Author: Diane Munier Publisher: Independent Pages: 367 Genre: Historical Fiction/Romantic The boys are home from the war. Jules is looking for a way into polite society, but it
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Ghosts of Old Virginny Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Milla van der Have’s GHOSTS OF OLD VIRGINNY Blog Tour July 10 – 14! Inside the Book Title: GHOSTS OF OLD VIRGINNY Author: Milla van der Have Publisher: Aldrich Press (imprint of Kelsay Books) Pages: 42 Genre: Poetry BOOK BLURB: Virginia city, Nevada has been drawing the adventurous for over 100 years. It has been the home of gold-miners, businessmen and writers. After the bonanza, Virginia City reinvented herself and became a ghost town that draws travelers and artists. And, as it happened, a Dutch poet. Milla van der Have visited Virginia City in 2014, on a writer’s residency to
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Dreamers, Take Action! Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Nikkie Pryce’s DREAMERS, TAKE ACTION! Blog Tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: DREAMERS, TAKE ACTION! Author: Nikkie Pryce Publisher: Opportune Publishing Pages: 118 Genre: Self-help / Self-improvement / Self-motivation I remember going through stages in my life where I had no money; I was broken in spirit and mind. One day I realized in order to make more money and live the life I wanted, I had to start with myself. I started reading tons of self-help books, prayed more and did affirmation exercises to lift my self-esteem. It was time to see growth. If you
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Hearts at Seaside Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Giveaway!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Addison Cole’s HEARTS AT SEASIDE Blog Tour July 19 – August 18! Inside the Book Title: HEARTS AT SEASIDE (Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers Book 3) Author: Addison Cole Publisher: World Literary Press Pages: 280 Genre: Sweet with Heat Romance BOOK BLURB: Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers features a group of fun, flirty, and emotional friends who gather each summer at their Cape Cod cottages. They’re sassy, flawed, and so easy to relate to, you’ll be begging to enter their circle of friends! Hearts at Seaside by Addison Cole is the sweet edition of New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster’s steamy romance novel Seaside
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Raid on Troy Book Blast!

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Murray Lee Eiland Jr.’s THE RAID ON TROY Book Blast July 10! Inside the Book Title: THE RAID ON TROY Author: Murray Lee Eiland Jr. Publisher: Independent Pages: 300 Genre: Light Fantasy / Historical Fiction / YA BOOK BLURB: The Greek raid on Troy is chronicled in the Iliad and the Odyssey. These poems are pillars of ancient literature and continue to be carefully studied. Homer, who lived in the 8th or 7th century BC, is credited as the author. The actual conflict has been dated from 1260-1180 BC or even earlier. The question is, how close is Homer’s
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Your Crossroads. Your Choice. Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you EJ Apicello’s YOUR CROSSROADS. YOUR CHOICE. Blog Tour July 3 – 28! Inside the Book Title: YOUR CROSSROADS. YOUR CHOICE. Author: EJ Apicello Publisher: Page Publishing Pages: 110 Genre: Self-Help Welcome to my diary, my journey, as I tripped and crawled through the darkest time in my life- when I witnessed  people that I held incredibly close to me shatter my very existence with their words and actions. The things within this book spine are extremely raw and exceptionally real. You and I are going to get very close, the details in this book, although oddly general, are incredibly
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