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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Prevention of Crohn’s Disease Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gilles R.G. Monif, M.D.’s THE PREVENTION OF CROHN’S DISEASE Book Blast January 11 – 22! 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
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Dark and Stormy Knight Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you DARK AND STORMY KNIGHT by Nina Mason on her virtual book tour January 5 – January 29, 2016!   Title: Dark and Stormy Knight Author: Nina Mason Release Date: January 5, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Romance Format: Ebook She’ll risk everything for their love—even her life. Aspiring screenwriter Gwyn Morland is ready for her big break. That means securing the film rights to elusive author Lady Ruthven’s acclaimed novel—which means traveling to Scotland. It’s a trip timid Gwyn isn’t prepared for, and her fears seem justified when her tour bus careens over a cliff outside of Castle Glenarvon. But the plot thickens
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Slim Pickins’ in Fat Chance, Texas and Linny’s Sweet Dream List Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you SLIM PICKINS’ IN FAT CHANCE, TEXAS and LINNY’S SWEET DREAM LIST virtual book tour January 5 – January 29, 2016!       Title: Slim Pickins’ in Fat Chance, Texas Author: Celia Bonaduce Release Date: January 5, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Womens Fiction Format: Ebook “A fresh, heartwarming voice.” —Jodi Thomas, New York Times bestselling author It’s been a year since an eccentric billionaire summoned seven strangers to the dilapidated, postage stamp-sized town of Fat Chance, Texas. To win a cash bequest, each was required to spend six months in the ghost town to see if they could transform it—and themselves—into
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Shadow Touched and Grave Attraction Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you SHADOW TOUCHED and GRAVE ATTRACTION virtual book tour January 5 – January 29, 2016!     Title: Shadow Touched Author: Erin Kellison Release Date: January 5, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Paranormal Romance Format: Ebook *Shadow Touched is Ellie and Cam’s complete story, previously released as Shadow Touch, Shadow Play and Shadow Hunt, ending in the thrilling conclusion, the previously unreleased Shadow Burn. A darkness looms over humankind, lurks in mirrors, blurs boundaries—a twilight world ruled by powerful mage Houses… It is bleeding into our world, bringing with it banshees, wraiths, fae from the twisting forests of Twilight. But Eleanor Russo’s problem
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Sojourn Among the Avatars of Wisdom Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Dudley Mecum’s A SOJOURN AMONG THE AVATARS OF WISDOM Book Blast January 11 – 22!   Title: A Sojourn Among the Avatars of Wisdom Author: Dudley Mecum Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Visionary and Metaphysical Format: Ebook Chris Cole enjoys aiming for the stars. After he rockets into orbit aboard the space shuttle, his mission is cut short when he is the victim of an accident aboard the International Space Station. Whisked back to earth for medical observation, Chris is eventually released. Before his return flight to Kennedy Space Center the next day, Chris decides to attend a nearby medieval fair with an acquaintance—a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents York Street Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jan Walters’s YORK STREET Book Blast January 11 – 22!     Title: York Street Author: Jan Walters Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Crime Fiction Format: Ebook “The story left me ready for more adventures with all the characters. I look forward to the next book from this author!” – Kelly Stuhr, Senior Des Moines Police Officer Brett O’Shea is a young street cop in Des Moines trying to make detective. He works by the book and doesn’t believe in hocus-pocus. When a killer begins terrorizing the streets of his city, Brett is forced to alter his view of the paranormal world when a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sand and Sin Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you SAND AND SIN virtual book tour December 21- January 15, 2016! Title: Sand and Sin Author: Dani Jace Release Date: December 22, 2015 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Erotica Romance Format: Ebook The heart has a mission of its own… Wounded in more ways than one, Navy SEAL Jax Taylor only understands short-term commitments. And when he walks into the Trident Bar in Virginia Beach, beautiful bartender Peri Halstead sizes him up right away. But that doesn’t stop her from teasing him with her sultry sarcasm, or taking him home—after she finds him passed out cold in the parking lot… Soon enough, Jax
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Reckless in Pink, The Lady Who Lived Again, An Oath Sworn and Adrian Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you RECKLESS IN PINK, THE LADY WHO LIVED AGAIN, AN OATH SWORN and ADRIAN virtual book tour December 21- January 15, 2016!     Title: Reckless in Pink Author: Lynne Connolly Release Date: December 8, 2015 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook Like the royals for whom they were named, the Emperors of London family have enemies and rivals of their own… As a soldier for the Crown, Dominic is charged with locating the Young Pretender to the British throne so he can be tried as a traitor. But his mission is altered when he meets Claudia Shaw, an intriguing young woman
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Most Inconvenient Wish Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for A MOST INCONVENIENT WISH by Eileen Richards on December 15!   Title: A Most Inconvenient Wish Author: Eileen Richards Publisher: Lyrical Press Publication Date: July 19, 2016 Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook The Best Laid Plans Come From The Heart… Sophia Townsend has watched both of her sisters find love and settle into idyllic married lives. But raised to believe that her greatest purpose is to advance the family’s fortunes, Sophia has grander ambitions when it comes to choosing a husband. She’s never lacked for suitors, but now she finds herself running out of time. Her last and best hope is
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Will and A Way Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for A WILL AND A WAY by Maggie Wells on December 14!   Title: A Will and a Way Author: Maggie Wells Publisher: Lyrical Press Publication Date: July 5, 2016 Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook What’s a nice widow like you doing in a place like this?…. Consummate ladies man Will Tarrant has made it to middle age without walking down the aisle. People think he’s anti-marriage, but he knows he just hasn’t met the right woman yet. Then he lays eyes on Southern Belle Betty Asher–in the neighborhood pub of all places. She’s new in town, perfectly gorgeous–and a perfect lady.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Pickles Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Raymond Mendoza’s PICKLES virtual book publicity tour February 1 – 26   Title: Pickles Author: Raymond Mendoza Publisher: iUniverse Genre: General Fiction Format: Ebook The most deadly of enemies are often those we cannot see. The greatest battles are not the ones written on the scrolls of history but plague the battlefields of our hearts. We all encounter grief, pain, and loss. Sadly, many do not survive their struggle. In author Raymond Mendoza’s Pickles, Michael Harvey is lost in a stormy sea of hopelessness. He is trying to find himself again after his wife and their unborn child are killed by
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Betrayal, Healing Eden and Revenge Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you BETRAYAL, HEALING EDEN AND REVENGE virtual book tour December 14- January 8, 2016!   Title: Betrayal: Demon Hunters #3 Author: A.S. Fenichel Release Date: December 8, 2015 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Paranormal Romance Format: Ebook In service to His Majesty, one must be prepared for Hell. To survive as a scullery maid requires hard work, discipline, and a stiff upper lip. To survive as a Demon Hunter is something else entirely. Elizabeth Smythe learned this after she was captured by Demons and rescued by Hunters. Now a Hunter herself, Elizabeth’s first task in this new and strange world is to aid the recently
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Broken Resolutions, Line of Scrimmage, Let Me Be the One and Her Winning Ways Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you BROKEN RESOLUTIONS, LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, LET ME BE THE ONE and HER WINNING WAYS virtual book tour December 7 – December 25, 2015!   Title: Broken Resolutions Author: Olivia Dade Release Date: December 8, 2015 Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook Love Between The Lines Romance has never had a happy ending for librarian Penny Callahan, who could write the book on cheating, heartbreaking liars. So she’s made a resolution: no men for the next twelve months. If she can just get through the library’s New Year’s Eve singles night, she can return home to her pajamas and a good book.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Storm Surge Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for STORM SURGE by Celia Ashley on December 11!   Title: Storm Surge Author: Celia Ashley Publisher: Lyrical Press Publication Date: May 10, 2016 Genre: Paranormal Romance Format: Ebook Named after a goddess who turns her lovers to stone, an insular New England coastal town holds more secrets than it can keep… Torn from her hometown and her father as a child, Paige Waters’ last memory of both is fraught with mystery and confusion. Now, sixteen years later, with both her parents gone, Paige returns to Alcina Cove, certain there is more to the painful story than she’s been led to believe.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Game of Shadows Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for GAME OF SHADOWS by Amanda K. Byrne on December 10!   Title: Game of Shadows Author: Amanda K. Byrne Publisher: Lyrical Underground Publication Date: July 5, 2016 Genre: Romantic Suspense Format: Ebook The girl next door just got deadly. On the outside, Cass Turner looks like any other beautiful California college girl. But besides studying at UCLA, she’s hiding a shocking secret: she’s a highly trained assassin with multiple kills under her belt. After a year spent avoiding the family business, she takes what she hopes will be her final job and winds up saving her target’s life and getting way
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Last Chance Season Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for LAST CHANCE SEASON by Brenna Mills on December 9!   Title: Last Chance Season Author: Brenna Mills Publisher: Lyrical Shine Publication Date: July 5, 2016 Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook   He was an outsider, taking refuge from the past. She was an adored Cape Cod local. Their summer together changed both their lives, and when they find each other again, nothing will ever be the same… As a headstrong teenager, Zach Stanley thought spending his summer at his aunt’s Plum Harbor inn was just an escape from his troubled life back in Arizona. Little did he know he’d end up
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Ride ‘Em Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for Ride ‘Em by Delphine Dryden on December 8!   Title: Ride ‘Em Author: Delphine Dryden Publisher: Lyrical Press Publication Date: July 5, 2016 Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook   SADDLE UP Mindy has come to Logan’s dude ranch to convince him to sign away his land’s mineral rights to her stepfather. She doesn’t want to beg, but she will if she has to, like she does Friday nights when she submits to her master’s desire . . . BUCKLE DOWN Logan doesn’t like to be jerked around, in business or pleasure. And when he learns what Mindy is up to, he’s
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Game On Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for GAME ON by Dani Jace on December 7!   Title: Game On Author: Dani Jace Publisher: Lyrical Press Publication Date: June 21, 2016 Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook It’s time to take it to the next level. Heath Lancaster’s happy to be on the practice squad of a professional football team, but instead of a lucky break taking him to the next level, a league-wide strike leaves him unemployed. Until he finds a new semi-pro league in Virginia Beach, where a bikini-clad hottie snags one of his passes on the beach and offers him a tour of the area . .
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Ready to Fall Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for READY TO FALL by Olivia Dade on December 4!   Title: Ready to Fall Author: Olivia Dade Publisher: Lyrical Shine Publication Date: June 21, 2016 Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook Elementary school teacher and part-time librarian Sarah Mayhew has the perfect plan: show off her cycling skills at her school’s bike retreat and attract her oblivious coworker in the process. Her end game? Fall in love. Only one problem: she needs to find someone to teach her how to ride a bike pronto. But when she catches sight of Chris Dean’s gorgeous physique, her best laid plans are about to go
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Could This Be Love Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for COULD THIS BE LOVE by Lee Kilraine on December 3!   Title: Could This Be Love Author: Lee Kilraine Publisher: Lyrical Shine Publication Date: June 7, 2016 Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook Everyone in Climax, North Carolina, knows the Cates brothers. But Sijan Cates is famous far beyond his quaint hometown–and when he comes back, he brings trouble with him… Avery Danford urgently needs to get back in touch with her estranged family. If only she could get her picture in the papers, maybe they’d track her down…and what better way to accomplish that than to squeeze into the world’s tightest
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Stitches in Time Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for STITCHES IN TIME by Terri DuLong on December 3!   Title: Stitches in Time Author: Terri DuLong Publisher: Lyrical Press Publication Date: June 7, 2016 Genre: Romance Format: Ebook “DuLong reminds me of a Southern Debbie Macomber but with a flair all her own.” –Karin Gillespie New York Times bestselling author Terri DuLong spins a new skein of love, loss, and new beginnings in sunny Ormond Beach, Florida, where even the most painful past can become the most hopeful future… Isabelle Wainwright is no stranger to heartache. She was just fifteen when her mother left her to be raised by her
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Within A Captain’s Treasure Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for WITHIN A CAPTAIN’S TREASURE  by Lisa A. Olech on December 1!   Title: Within a Captain’s Treasure Author: Lisa A. Olech Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Romance Format: Ebook This pirate’s latest prize may be love… With a single pistol shot and the swing of a cutlass, Alice Tupper saves her mistress’s life. But no lady’s maid in polite society has ever killed a duke—at least, not on purpose. So Alice sets sail for America and her new destiny—only to find herself battling pirates on the high seas. Aboard her rescue ship, The Scarlet Night, she is hailed a hero and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Chapters Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Dianna Hubbard Stein’s CHAPTERS Book Blast December 7 – 18!   Title: Chapters Author: Dianna Hubbard Stein Publisher: AuthorHouse Genre: Biography/Autobiography Format: Ebook Dianna and Steve were roaring through life, in love, happy, and intent on having a family along the way. The story that unfolds and changes their lives forever, seemingly by chance, is a reminder to us all that amazing things can happen if you listen to your heart. The joy of finally finding their son, the complex emotions of adoptive parents and birth families, and the deep sorrow of the blows that stole their happiness can be understood by
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Battle of Top Hat Wood Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Taylor Samuel Lyen’s THE BATTLE OF TOP HAT WOOD Book Blast December 7 – 18! Title: The Battle of Top Hat Wood Author: Taylor Samuel Lyen Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Juvenile Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback “An Educational, Inspirational Tale About Spiders That’s Fun to Read.” Kirkus Reviews Jerry thes pider is a smart-aleck jumping spider that reluctantly joins Alma’s quest to vanquish the evil Sitharon. Hanging in her web above the entrance to the old Presbyterian Church in a small California town, Alma has a nightmare about the horrible slaughter of innocent spiders by a giant flying beast, a Sitharon that lives in the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Cooking Up Trouble Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for COOKING UP TROUBLE  by Judi Lynn on November 30!   Title: Cooking Up Trouble Author: Judi Lynn Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Romance Format: Ebook Nothing stirs the pot like a new man in town… Welcome to Mill Pond and small-town country living, filled with fresh air, fresh food, and plenty of fresh gossip—especially when it comes to romance… It’s impossible not to notice when someone new shows up in Mill Pond. Especially someone as obviously out-of-place as Ian McGregor. His stylish suit and fancy car scream “city slicker.” And when Tessa Lawrence discovers he can’t even change a tire, she
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Spiritual Steps On the Road to Success Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you SPIRITUAL STEPS ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS by Linda Seger on tour  December 1 – January 29!     Title: Spiritual Steps on the Road to Success Author: Linda Seger, Th.D. Release Date: September 8, 2015 Publisher: Haven Books Genre: Religion & Spirituality Format: Ebook/Paperback Dr. Linda Seger provides key advice for creating personal success based on core spiritual values. Sharing experiences and insights gained through her own spiritually based and highly successful career, she shows both how general opinion and world thought would tend to pull us into a success paradigm based on succeeding at the expense of others. Instead, she
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Lonesome Town Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you LONESOME TOWN by Tom Mendicino on tour  November 23 – December 11! Title: Lonesome Town Author: Tom Mendicino Release Date: November 24, 2015 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: General Fiction Format: Ebook Charlie Beresford and Kevin “KC” Conroy came of age in Tom Mendicino’s KC, At Bat and Travelin’ Man. Now they’re struggling with the realities of adulthood, in this powerfully honest story of unlikely friendship and enduring love. At twenty-two, Charlie Beresford has a Dartmouth degree, an entry-level radio job, and a hunch that he’s already made one of the biggest mistakes of his life. It’s no wonder his old high-school crush,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Soldier Boy Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Allan Green’s SOLDIER BOY Virtual Book Tour!   INSIDE THE BOOK   Title: Soldier Boy Author: Allan Green Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback Tom Blaine, the son of poor coal miners, sees his life with a vision unclouded by coal dust. His intelligence is his key for a better future in his home in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Pennsylvania. Instead of following his father and older brother down the mine shafts, he opts for a life surrounded by love. His heart belongs to Nola, the daughter of the local grocer, and his working hours are spent in her family’s
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Life/Death Rhythms of Capitalist Regimes – Debt Before Dishonour Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Will Slatyer’s LIFE/DEATH RHYTHMS OF CAPITALIST REGIMES – DEBT BEFORE DISHONOUR virtual book tour!   INSIDE THE BOOK  Title: Life/Death Rhythms of Capitalist Regimes – Debt Before Dishonour Author: Will Slatyer Publisher: Partridge Publishing Genre: Business and Economics Format: Ebook/Paperback Life/Death Rhythms of Capitalist Regimes – Debt before Dishonour explores the cyclical theory of cultural development, with particular attention paid to the introduction of democratic forms of government in the British Empire and the United States republic. The cyclical theory allows a forecast of the fading of the dominance of the United States as an imperial power. Similar to cultural survival
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Three Promises Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you THREE PROMISES by Bishop O’Connell on tour  December 8 – December 23! Title: Three Promises Author: Bishop O’Connell Release Date: December 8, 2015 Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Format: Ebook Promises bind, but some promises break… From the author of The Stolen and The Forgotten comes a collection of stories between the stories, a glimpse of the American Faerie Tale series characters in a whole new light. For more than fifty years, Elaine has lived the life of an outcast elf, stripped of her rank and title in the fae court. Surrounded by her beloved collection of stolen artwork, we may just learn the secret behind her exile, and
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