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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Berkshire Jack Russells Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Eileen Chatwin’s THE BERKSHIRE JACK RUSSELLS! Book Blast February 15 – 26! Inside the Book: Title: The Berkshire Jack Russells Author: Eileen Chatwin Publisher: Authorhouse Pages: 108 Genre: Memoir Format: Ebook This is a true story about two Jack Russell’s who lived in Berskhire with my me and my children. They truly had a wonderful life and I think you should read about them, what they got up to and they places they visited. When you hear other people saying it’s a dogs life, they mean that they think that dogs have an easy life. Well that is not true as they are
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Humanist Society Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Joseph Sassoon’s THE HUMANIST SOCIETY! Book Blast February 15 – 26! Inside the Book: Title: The Humanist Society Book Blast Author: Joseph Sassoon Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 174 Genre: Social Science Format: Ebook What accounts for the rise and fall of so many civilizations—especially when some of them held more political power than their rivals? Author Joseph Sassoon tackles this question and many others in this, his second volume on self-actualization. As a missionary for humanism, he explores the social conditions that are necessary for the greatest number of people to achieve self-actualization. In presenting his theories, he reviews the work of major thinkers,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Address to Die For Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mary Feliz’s ADDRESS TO DIE FOR Cover Reveal February 2! Inside the Book: Title: Address to Die For Author: Mary Feliz Publisher: Lyrical Underground Genre: Mystery Format: Ecopy For professional organizer Maggie McDonald, moving her family into a new home should be the perfect organizational challenge. But murder was definitely not on the to-do list . . . Maggie McDonald has a penchant for order that isn’t confined to her clients’ closets, kitchens, and sock drawers. As she lays out her plan to transfer her family to the hundred-year-old house her husband, Max, has inherited in the hills above Silicon Valley,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Forget Me Not, Lost & Found Love, Borrowing Trouble and Bringing Delaney Home Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you FORGET ME NOT, LOST & FOUND LOVE, BORROWING TROUBLE, BRINGING DELANEY HOME virtual book tour February 2 – 29, 2016!   Inside the Book: Title: Forget Me Not Author: Crystal B. Bright Release Date: February 2, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook Roses are red, violets are blue. Only one woman could make NFL star Gideon Wells walk away from the Super Bowl: His Mama, “Queen” Elizabeth, the beautiful, strong black woman who adopted him and his two white brothers when they were just kids. So when Elizabeth develops a pressing health issue, Gideon doesn’t hesitate to come home and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Roman Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Heather Grothaus’s ROMAN Cover Reveal February 1! Inside the Book: Title: Roman Author: Heather Grothaus Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy Unjustly accused, four daring Crusaders have banded together in the Medieval Holy Land to clear their names and protect a kingdom in peril. With their unique gifts, the Brotherhood of Fallen Angels Abbey are prepared to face any challenge. But are they ready for love? It is not the first time Roman Berg has escaped death, and it will likely not be the last. There is a price on his head, and his tall Nordic bearing makes him
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Midnight Serenade Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Alli Sinclair’s MIDNIGHT SERENADE Cover Reveal January 29! Inside the Book: Title: Midnight Serenade Author: Alli Sinclair Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Women’s Fiction Format: Ecopy On the sultry streets of Buenos Aires, the daughter of a world class tango diva searches for answers about the mother who abandoned her—and uncovers decades of lies and deception… After twenty years of wondering why her mother chose the tango over her, Dani McKenna finally travels to Argentina. What was it about this beautiful, mysterious land that enticed one woman away from her own child—and broke another’s heart? As a journalist, Dani may have the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Murder at Morningside Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sandra Bretting’s MURDER AT MORNINGSIDE Cover Reveal January 28! Inside the Book: Title: Murder at Morningside Author: Sandra Bretting Publisher: Lyrical Underground Genre: Mystery Format: Ecopy Hat designer Missy DuBois opened her shop, Crowning Glory, along Louisiana’s Great River Road to cater to the sophisticated Southern bride. But bless her heart, who knew creating stylish wedding veils would lead to murder? Hired to craft a veil for a socialite getting married at Morningside Plantation means Missy can bask in the height of antebellum atmosphere. But when the bride is found dead in a women’s bathroom, Missy the milliner finds herself entangled
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Hot and Nerdy 2 Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Shannyn Schroeder’s HOT AND NERDY 2 Cover Reveal January 27! Inside the Book: Title: Hot and Nerdy 2 Author: Shannyn Schroeder Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ecopy Adam, Hunter, and Free have a lot in common, like geeky passions and not exactly great track records when it comes to dating. But a New Year’s Eve bash will bring everything they’ve ever wanted—and so much more . . . His Work Of Art Adam Hayes has never met a girl like Reese. She’s sassy, smart, and loves talking comics, although he can’t see why she’d choose DC over Marvel.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Earning a Ring, Fixer-Upper, Unwanted Girl and Hell on Heels

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you EARNING A RING, FIXER-UPPER, UNWANTED GIRL and HELL ON HEELS virtual book tour January 25 – February 15, 2016!   Title: Earning a Ring Author: Kristina Mathews Release Date: January 19, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook For Rachel Parker, covering the San Francisco Goliaths is the perfect opportunity to launch her career as a serious reporter. But she didn’t bargain on Bryce Baxter, the team’s star shortstop, tempting her more non-professional aspirations. After tearing up the base paths with him, she finds herself with a little problem, and Bryce might be the only man who can save the game.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Junior Officer Bunkroom Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you J.J. Zerr’s THE JUNIOR OFFICER BUNKROOM! Virtual Book Tour! Inside the Book: Title: The Junior Officer Bunkroom Author: J.J. Zerr Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 282 Genre: Military Format: Ebook It is 1970, and Jon Zachery is a young United States Navy pilot who wants nothing more than to gain combat experience during the Vietnam War. Unfortunately, his patriotic sacrifice is of no value to the navy or the nation. His squadron has been slated to decommission with most of its pilots destined for dead-end jobs. As the pro-war lieutenant awaits his orders and drowns his sorrows in whiskey, his wife, Teresa, prays and hopes
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Viral Justice Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Julie Rowe’s VIRAL JUSTICE virtual book tour February 2 – 29! Inside the Book: Title: Viral Justice Author: Julie Rowe Publisher: Carina Press Genre: Romantic Suspense Format: Ecopy As a general’s daughter, Alicia Stone has fought twice as hard for everything she’s earned in the military. A Special Forces consultant with black belts in three martial arts, she’s as strong as her surname implies. No one dares call her Alicia—no one but Colonel Robert Maxmillian, head of the Biological Response Team. With Alicia at his side, Max must lead the team into northern Iraq to investigate a virus—or is it a weapon—killing
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Wake Up, Lazarus Volume II Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Pierre Hegy’s Christian non-fiction book, Wake Up, Lazarus! Volume II Virtual Book Tour! ABOUT WAKE UP, LAZARUS VOLUME II Title: Wake Up, Lazarus Volume II Genre: Christian Non-fiction Author: Pierre Hegy Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 328 Language: English ISBN – 978-1-93623-696-1 Today’s Catholic Church faces a major decline, and a dramatic renewal is needed to facilitate positive change. In Wake Up, Lazarus! author Pierre Hegy documents the most important issues facing modern Catholicism and presents a convincing argument for renewal in the Catholic Church. Wake Up, Lazarus! examines three general factors that contribute to the spiritual decline of all mainline churches and three factors that
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  • January 21, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Prevention of Crohn’s Disease Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gilles R.G. Monif, M.D.’s THE PREVENTION OF CROHN’S DISEASE Virtual Book Tour! Inside the Book: Title: The Prevention of Crohn’s Disease Author: Gilles R.G. Monif, M.D. Publisher: AuthorHouse Genre: Health Format: Ebook Prior to 1936, Crohn’s disease was a rare and unrecognized disease entity. Today, the United States is the midst of a rapidly growing epidemic. It is estimated that between 800,000 and 1.2 million citizens are currently afflicted. The unanswered question is WHY? In the 1990s, circumstantial scientific data inferred a potential causal relationship between Crohn’s disease in humans and mycobacterial pathogen in domestic animals, Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP). When
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Head Over Heels Cover Reveal

Inside the Book: Title: Head Over Heels Author: Crystal B. Bright Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ecopy Sometimes it takes hurt to open your heart… At twenty-two, Thane Wells is the highest-paid pitcher in Major League Baseball—and he owes it all to his adoptive Mama, “Queen” Elizabeth Sommerville, a wise, beautiful, entrepreneurial African-American woman who always encouraged him and his two white brothers to reach for the stars…the woman Thane still talks to daily. He never dreamed their most recent conversation would be their last. With his beloved supporter suddenly gone, Thane is grief-stricken, shaken, and vulnerable—especially to a woman like Kari Meyers. Kari’s had her eye
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sweet Carolina Morning Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Susan Schild’s SWEET CAROLINA MORNING cover reveal January 22! Inside the Book: Title: Sweet Carolina Morning Author: Susan Schild Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ecopy Life down South just got a whole lot sweeter in Susan Schild’s new novel about a woman whose happily-ever-after is about to begin…whether she’s ready for it or not. Finally, just shy of forty years old, Linny Taylor is living the life of her dreams in her charming hometown of Willow Hill, North Carolina. The past few years have been anything but a fairy tale: Left broke by her con man late-husband, Linny has struggled
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Heating Up Cover Reveal!

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Stacy Finz’s HEATING UP cover reveal January 21! Inside the Book: Title: Heating Up Author: Stacy Finz Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ecopy Nugget, California, is remote, picturesque–and the perfect place to fall in love. Even when you’re trying desperately not to… Dana Calloway is tired of being second choice. No question she was her parents’ consolation prize, and now she’s placed second in the race for a guy’s heart—a guy she could have sworn was The One. Is it any wonder such a normally type A person accidentally burns down her house in one distracted moment? Cal Fire
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Blood of Innocents Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mitchell Hogan’s BLOOD OF INNOCENTS virtual book tour January 25 – February 12! Inside the Book: Title: Blood of Innocents Author: Mitchell Hogan Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Format: Ecopy/Paperback/Audible A novice sorcerer may hold the key to saving his world—or be the instrument of its destruction—in this second book in The Sorcery Ascendant Sequence, a mesmerizing saga of high fantasy that combines magic, malevolence, and mystery. Anasoma, jewel of the Mahruse Empire, has fallen. As orphaned, monk-raised Caldan and his companions flee the city, leaving behind their hopes for a new beginning, horrors from the time of the Shattering begin to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Livin’ Large in Fat Chance, Texas Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Celia Bonaduce’s Livin’ Large in Fat Chance, Texas cover reveal January 20! Inside the Book: Title: Livin’ Large in Fat Chance, Texas Author: Celia Bonaduce Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Women’s Fiction Format: Ecopy “A fresh, heartwarming voice.” —Jodi Thomas, New York Times bestselling author From ghost town to growing community, it’s been a few years since a group of strangers inherited property in tiny, deserted Fat Chance, Texas. And besides creating businesses, they’ve developed friendships and romances too. But plans to pave the town may put Dymphna Pearl and her beau, Professor John, on opposite sides of Main Street. In his zeal
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Pump Up Your Book Presents What She Wanted Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Julie Anne Lindsey’s WHAT SHE WANTED cover reveal January 19! Inside the Book: Title: What She Wanted Author: Julie Anne Lindsey Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Young Adult Format: Ecopy It seems Katy has been waiting for her eighteenth birthday all her life. Raised by a grandfather who never got over losing Katy’s mother to cancer at a young age, she’s dreamed of a life free of the burdens of her family’s tragedies. But just before her birthday, she learns tragedy isn’t finished telling its story . . . Before she can begin her new life, Katy’s grandfather suffers a heart attack, a
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{Personal Growth/Self-Help} Release Your Vision Torch Blog Tour Sign Up

Dr. Fumi Hancock  will be touring February 1 – March 31 with her personal growth/self-help book, RELEASE YOUR VISION TORCH! We are looking for: Reviews Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Inside the Book: Title: Release Your Vision Torch Author: Dr. Fumi Hancock Publisher: Princess of Suburbia Pages: 346 Genre: Personal Growth/Self-Help Release YOUR VISION TORCH, a Success Blueprint for Achieving Your Dreams; Igniting Your Vision, & Re-engineering Your Purpose, part of YOUR VISION TORCH series is not a book! It is a system… an innovative program that is geared to help you move from where you are to where you ought to be. Therefore as an innovative system, it
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Funeral Games Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jay Allan’s FUNERAL GAMES virtual book tour January 19 – February 5! Inside the Book:   Title: Funeral Games Author: Jay Allan Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Pages: 464 Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Format: Ecopy/Paperback The battle for the unification and rule of the Far Stars Confederation will be decided in this exhilarating third and final book in the swashbuckling space saga begun with Shadow of Empire and Enemy in the Dark. The Far Stars stands on the edge of a precipice. The forces of Governor Vos have surged forth, conquering worlds and imposing the emperor’s brutal rule over millions. Only one thing stands in
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Emerald Fire Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Monica McCabe’s EMERALD FIRE cover reveal January 18! Inside the Book: Title: Emerald Fire Author: Monica McCabe Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ecopy Chloe Larson is a historian obsessed with clearing the name of her grandfather, eight generations back. After his heroic exploits during the Prussian Wars his life slid sadly into oblivion and madness, taking with him the location of a queen’s priceless emerald jewels. But the discovery of a cryptic two-hundred year old journal written by a man history declared insane might offer a clue. Finnegan Kane is a top-notch marine bounty hunter on the hunt for the
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  • January 14, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Rogue Retrieval Virtual Book Tour – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Dan Koboldt’s THE ROGUE RETRIEVAL virtual book tour January 18 – February 5! Inside the Book:   Title: The Rogue Retrieval Author: Dan Koboldt Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Pages: 384 Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Format: Ecopy/Paperback Sleight of hand… in another land. Stage magician Quinn Bradley has one dream: to headline his own show on the Vegas Strip. And with talent scouts in the audience wowed by his latest performance, he knows he’s about to make the big-time. What he doesn’t expect is an offer to go on a quest to a place where magic is all too real. That’s how he finds himself
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  • January 13, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Daughter of Blood Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Helen Lowe’s DAUGHTER OF BLOOD virtual book tour January 18 – February 12! Inside the Book:   Title: Daughter of Blood Author: Helen Lowe Publisher: Harper Voyager Pages: 768 Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Format: Ecopy/Paperback A Gemmell Award-Winning Series Malian of Night and Kalan, her trusted ally, are returning to the Wall of Night—but already it may be too late. The Wall is dangerously weakened, the Nine Houses of the Derai fractured by rivalry and hate. And now, the Darkswarm is rising . . . Among Grayharbor backstreets, an orphan boy falls foul of dark forces. On the Wall, a Daughter of Blood must
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Junior Officer Bunkroom Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you J.J. Zerr’s THE JUNIOR OFFICER BUNKROOM! Book Blast January 18 – 29! Inside the Book: Title: The Junior Officer Bunkroom Author: J.J. Zerr Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 282 Genre: Military Format: Ebook It is 1970, and Jon Zachery is a young United States Navy pilot who wants nothing more than to gain combat experience during the Vietnam War. Unfortunately, his patriotic sacrifice is of no value to the navy or the nation. His squadron has been slated to decommission with most of its pilots destined for dead-end jobs. As the pro-war lieutenant awaits his orders and drowns his sorrows in whiskey, his wife, Teresa,
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{Personal Growth/Self-Help} Release Your Vision Torch Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Dr. Fumi Hancock’s personal growth/self-help book, RELEASE YOUR VISION TORCH. This is an Amazon review campaign and not a tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon, B&N and Goodreads no later than April 12. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click the buttons below to take you directly to RELEASE YOUR VISION‘s Amazon, B&N and Goodreads pages. Review copies will be sent in PDF, ePub or Mobi files.  Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: Release Your Vision Torch Author: Dr. Fumi Hancock Publisher: Princess of Suburbia Pages: 346 Genre: Personal Growth/Self-Help
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Wake Up Lazarus! Volume II Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Pierre Hegy’s WAKE UP, LAZARUS! Book Blast January 18 – 29! Inside the Book: Title: Wake Up Lazarus! Volume II : Paths to Catholic Renewal Author: Pierre Hegy Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 434 Genre: Religion Format: Ebook This book presents research in three new areas: Sunday liturgies, homilies, and pastoral concepts. First it presents to the readers the major Latin American document, “Disciples and Missionaries of Jesus-Christ,” which sets the course of the Church in Latin America for the next decade. Next I present the findings about the Sunday liturgies in 100 churches, 50 in Guatemala and 50 the U.S. The following chapter
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  • January 11, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Opposites Distract Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Judi Lynn’s OPPOSITES DISTRACT cover reveal January 15! Inside the Book: Title: Opposites Distract Author: Judi Lynn Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ecopy In small-town Mill Pond, Indiana, living the good life means kicking back country-style, opening your home to friends—and opening your heart to sweet surprises… Harmony Meyer arrives in Mill Pond focused on one thing—finishing her novel in peace and quiet while her apartment building undergoes renovations. A month at her friend Tessa McGregor’s rural resort is exactly what she needs—until she discovers that Tessa’s brother-in-law, Brody McGregor, is another guest. Tall, dark, and handsome is a distraction
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Her Australian Hero Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Margaret Way’s HER AUSTRALIAN HERO cover reveal January 14! Inside the Book: Title: Her Australian Hero Author: Margaret Way Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ecopy “If you’ve never read Margaret Way before, you’re in for a treat.” —New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer An epic tale of modern day Australia, where greed, desire, tragedy, and ambition collide . . . Alexandra Ross has always known Lavender Hill will be hers one day. The grand old house, with its waving jacaranda fronds circling around it like a canopy against the white-hot Australian sun. The acres of orchards, trees heavy with
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Pump Up Your Book Presents 26 Hours in Paris Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Demi Alex’s 26 HOURS IN PARIS cover reveal January 13! Inside the Book: Title: 26 Hours in Paris Author: Demi Alex Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Erotic Romance Format: Ecopy One day to see the sights. One night to change your life. . . Magazine writer Kathryn Taylor is traveling from New York to Paris for work. But the flirtatious Frenchman she left long ago is waiting at the airport–and he wants to play. . . No one can guide Kat through the sensual city’s delights like Marko Renard. He let her get away once, and now he’s determined to make her stay–even
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