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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Little Boy’s War Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Roy Bartlett’s A LITTLE BOY’S WAR book blast July 6 – July 17!   Title: A Little Boy’s War Author: Roy Bartlett Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 190 Genre: Biography/Autobiography Format: Kindle In this autobiographical reminiscence of the war years, Roy Bartlett relates the experiences of a young boy living in the West London suburb of Ealing, particularly during the sustained German Luftwaffe ‘Blitz’ on the capital in 1940 during which he sustained injury. Millions of people in London and other cities, children as well as adults, survived the horrors and rigours of the war. Many accounts have been written, but few from the viewpoint
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Island Bluffs Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Alan A. Winter’s ISLAND BLUFFS virtual book tour July 6 -31!     Title: Island Buffs Author: Alan A. Winter Publisher: KBPublishing Genre: Thriller/Suspense Format: Kindle/Paperback Island Bluffs is a story of love, forgiveness, and understanding the dark side of the human spirit. It explores the age-old question: are children accountable for the sins of their parents and grandparents? Carly Mason is a successful New York City forensic dentist. She and her widower husband, Gabe Berk, are trying to start a family. Thinking they had exhausted the options by consulting with all of Manhattan’s fertility experts, Carly and Gabe learn of an
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Second Chronicles of Illumination Virtual Book Tour – Win a Signed Hardcover!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you C.A. Pack’s SECOND CHRONICLES OF ILLUMINATION virtual book tour July 6 – July 31!     Title: Second Chronicles of Illumination Author: C.A. Pack Publisher: Antiqua Press Pages: 480 Genre: Fantasy Format: Kindle/Hardcover When an alien invasion threatens the existence of all the knowledge in the universe, eighteen-year-old Johanna Charette and seventeen-year-old Jackson Roth must rely on their wits, guts, and pluck to save the fantasy-come-to-life world of the Library of Illumination. It wouldn t be so bad if Johanna and Jackson weren t the ones responsible for breaching the portals to a dozen distant worlds. Now, outside forces are causing shock waves
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Poetically Baring My Soul Book Blast!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jerald Brown’s POETICALLY BARING MY SOUL virtual book tour June 22 – July 3, 2015!     Title: Poetically Baring My Soul Author: Jerald Brown Publisher: Jerald Brown Genre: Poetry Format: Paperback Poetically Baring My Soul is a poetry book that offers a honest inscription of trials, feelings, thoughts, and revelations. It creates a visual image from personal accounts within the expressions of the writings. Poetically Baring My Soul invites all those who have an acceptance of faith, a honesty and even accountability of self, and a vivid appreciation of metaphors and wordplay, to embrace the poems inside. ORDER INFORMATION Poetically Baring
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Pump Up Your Book Presents In Midnight’s Silence Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you T. Frohock’s IN MIDNIGHT’S SILENCE virtual book tour June 22 – July 10!   Title: In Midnight’s Silence: Los Nefilim: Part One Author: T. Frohock Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Format: Kindle  The fate of mankind has nothing to do with mankind… Born of an angel and a daimon, Diago Alvarez is a singular being in a country torn by a looming civil war and the spiritual struggle between the forces of angels and daimons. With allegiance to no one but his partner Miquel, he is content to simply live in Barcelona, caring only for the man he loves and
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  • June 11, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Exposing the Heiress Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jennifer Apodaca’s EXPOSING THE HEIRESS virtual book tour August 3 – August 28!   Title: Exposing the Heiress Author: Jennifer Apodaca Publisher: Entangled Ignite Genre: Romantic Suspense Format: Kindle  This Marine will protect her at all costs… When wealthy heiress Alyssa Brooks finds out her stepfather has been paying her fiancé to marry her, she’s humiliated and betrayed. She quickly breaks the engagement, only to be blackmailed by her nowex-fiancé, who threatens both Alyssa and the son she gave up for adoption. With nowhere to go, she turns to the one man she can trust. Former Marine sniper Hunter Reece’s lethal skills
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Highlander vs Warrior – Who’s the Best Hero?

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Diana Cosby and Heather Grothaus and their leading men in a Hero vs. Hero challenge June 15 – June 22!   VS   Want to know more? Read on below to see each hero’s stats! GIRIC ARMSTRONG from AN OATH BROKEN by Diana Cosby age:  22 occupation: Giric Armstrong, Earl of Terrick physical appearance: 6’ 1″, with ice blue eyes, and black hair, muscular build special skills: swordmanship, kissing, lovemaking, and strategy. Swoon factor: his intense blue eyes, his fierceness as a protector of those he loves, his honor, and his kindness. real life analogue: Henry Cavill: http://thehollywoodbillboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/henry-cavill5.png quote: “Naught could be as special to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Bosom of Abraham Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Beatrice Blue Pipe’s THE BOSOM OF ABRAHAM book blast June 29- July 10!   Title: The Bosom of Abraham Author: Beatrice Blue Pipe Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 90 Genre: Historical Biography Format: Kindle/Paperback As a child, Beatrice Blue Pipe was confused and hurt by what her teachers told her. As a student, her teachers at Canada’s Christian-administered residential school system taught that God hated Canada’s First Peoples and First Nations. From Blue Pipe’s perspective, she was condemned. As she grew, the hateful lessons of her youth slowly consumed her, and like too many others, she attempted to silence those demons with alcohol and thoughts
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Merry Heart of Madness Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you David A. Ringer and J.D.C. Ormond’s THE MERRY HEART OF MADNESS book blast June 29- July 10! Title: The Merry Heart of Madness Author: David A. Ringer with J.D.C. Ormond Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 378 Genre: Erotica Fiction Format: Kindle Weakened, he is promised only months to live. When Western medicine leaves him without hope, botany professor Dr. Charles Douglas follows his past back to India in search of the only cure left to try. A lifetime ago, before his escape into the academic world, Charles built another life, one rich with intrigue, danger, and easy cash as part of the shadow world of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sisterhood is Deadly Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lindsay Emory’s SISTERHOOD IS DEADLY virtual book tour July 1 – July 21!   Title: Sisterhood is Deadly Author: Lindsay Emory Publisher: Witness Impulse Genre: Mystery Format: Kindle  “We’ll be sisters ’til we die…” Margot Blythe is a professional sorority girl. As a Sisterhood Mentor for her beloved Delta Beta, she travels to colleges around the country, advising on serious sorority issues (and picking up all the gossip along the way). Margot is thrilled when she’s invited back to her alma mater to assist the Delta Betas—but tragedy strikes when their chapter advisor drops dead during a meeting, sending shockwaves down sorority
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Boys of Summer Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lucien N. Plante’s BOYS OF SUMMER book blast June 29- July 10! Title: Boys of Summer Author: Lucien N. Plante Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 254 Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Kindle In the Darkness, Mike slid over the side of the ship and in to the water, without knowing direction swam away from the ship into the darkness hoping not to hear the sound of a rifle or the pain of its report. Without knowing where he was Mike hoped he was swimming for shore, hoping he would not end up as fish food. He had escaped the Yankees. This is a story of how
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Relax-a-bye Baby Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mimi Sommers’ RELAX-A-BYE BABY virtual book tour August 3 – 28! Title: Relax-a-bye Baby Author: Mimi Sommers Publisher: Angus MacGregor Genre: Children’s Book Format: Kindle  Mimi Sommers is the author of Relax a bye Baby: A bedtime guide to get your little one relaxand sleep tight. Inspired by her 6 years old son, she created a fun and interactive approach to bedtime through meditation and body relaxation. This book takes readers on a step-by-step body relaxation journey side-by-side with captive and imaginative illustrations, sprinkled with a little gratitude and a whole lot of affirmations. This book is designed to help the sleep
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Pump Up Your book Presents Bridesmaid Blues Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Boone Brux’s BRIDESMAID BLUES virtual book tour June 30 – July 31!     Title: Bridesmaid Blues Author: Boone Brux Publisher: Entangled Lovestruck Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Kindle  A wedding. An ex. And a secret. Maid-of-Honor Dani Brown can handle anything that comes her way when it comes to her best friend’s wedding. That is, until the bride asks for a huge favor-Dani needs to distract the best man, who happens to be Dani’s ex. The ex she has fantasized dismembering for a year now. The ex she’ll have to suck it up and play nice with if this wedding is to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Shakespeare Conspiracy Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jeffrey Hunter McQuain’s THE SHAKESPEARE CONSPIRACY virtual book tour August 3 – August 28!     Title: The Shakespeare Conspiracy Author: Jeffrey Hunter McQuain Publisher: Telemachus Press Genre: Fiction/Thriller Format: Kindle  What makes a secret worth dying for? That’s what Christopher Klewe, a brash young professor from Virginia, finds out in Jeffrey Hunter McQuain’s new thriller “The Shakespeare Conspiracy” when he stumbles upon the most shocking cover-up in literary history. On a rainy Halloween at Washington’s Kennedy Center, a masked killer brutally stabs Klewe’s best friend. Before dying, the victim deliberately drops his raincoat across a puddle and scrawls the letters “SoN”
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  • June 3, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Myth and Magic Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mae Clair’s MYTH AND MAGIC virtual book tour June 15 – July 3!   Title: Myth and Magic Author: Mae Clair Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Contemporary Romantic Suspense Format: Kindle  AS CHILDREN THEY PLAYED GAMES OF MYTH AND MAGIC… Veronica Kent fell in love with Caith Breckwood when they were children. As a teenager, she was certain he was the man she was destined to marry. But a traumatic event from Caith’s past led him to fear a future together. He left Veronica, hoping to save her from a terrible fate. Twelve years later, Caith, now a P.I., is hired to investigate bizarre
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Breaking the Silence Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Maria Nieto’s BREAKING THE SILENCE book blast June 15 – 26!   Title: Breaking the Silence Author: Maria Nieto Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 202 Genre: Historical Thriller Format: Kindle/Paperback On a sweltering summer day, the streets of Old Madrid that once resonated with the laughter of children playing are empty and silent. But inside the apartment buildings there is life as families faithfully wait for updates about an army uprising in Spanish Morocco. Before long, their greatest fears come true. As rebel troops storm Madrid and chaos fills the streets, six-year-old Mari wonders why she cannot go outside to play. Unfortunately, she has no
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Going Home, Gambling on a Dream, Look of Love and Bachelorette for Sale Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lyrical Press’ GOING HOME, GAMBLING ON A DREAM, THE LOOK OF LOVE and BACHELORETTE FOR SALE virtual book tour June 15 – July 3!     Title: Going Home Author: Stacy Finz Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Kindle  The small mountain town of Nugget, California, has a strange way of giving people unexpected reasons to start over—and find the most irresistible chances to fall in love… Maddy Breyer needs to prove she can make her own life after betrayal blew up her previous happily-ever-after. Staying totally focused on renovating a decrepit mansion into a bed-and-breakfast might help her—and this recession-hit
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Wicked Ride, Waking the Dragon and Brand of the Pack Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lyrical Press’ WICKED RIDE,WAKING THE DRAGON and BRAND OF THE PACK virtual book tour June 15 – July 3!   Title: Wicked Ride Author: Rebecca Zanetti Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Paranormal Romance Format: Kindle  “Non-stop action and a hero to die for!” —Alexandra Ivy If you love the Dark Protectors, these wicked hot Realm Enforcers are for you! Alexandra Monzelle is a hard-fighting, heat-packing Seattle vice cop, and she’s not much interested in being protected. Her short skirt and sex-kitten heels are tools to lure her suspects into talking about the deadly new drug hitting the streets. She can take care
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  • May 30, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Crying Shame, The Uninvited and Them Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lyrical Press’ A CRYING SHAME, THE UNINVITED and THEM by William Johnstone  virtual book tour June 15 – July 3!   Title: A Crying Shame Author: William Johnstone Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Thriller/Horror Format: Kindle  Each night they emerged from the murky depths of the swamp to claim another victim—a lovely, innocent, fertile female who would be carried off in huge hairy arms and plunged into a nightmare world of terror. Her screams would echo in the darkness. Her face would contort in the throes of horror and pain. But once taken, each became a mother of an unholy child, a
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  • May 28, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Dressed to Kill Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lynn Cahoon’s DRESSED TO KILL virtual book tour June 22 -July 17!   Title: Dressed to Kill Author: Lynn Cahoon Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Cozy Mystery Format: Kindle Jill Gardner—owner of Coffee, Books, and More in the tucked-away town of South Cove, California—is not particularly thrilled to be portraying a twenties flapper for the dinner theater murder mystery. Though it is for charity… Of course everyone is expecting a “dead” body at the dress rehearsal…but this one isn’t acting! It turns out the main suspect is the late actor’s conniving girlfriend Sherry…who also happens to be the ex-wife of Jill’s main squeeze. Sherry is
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Pump Up Your Book Presents An Oath Broken, Only Marriage Will Do and Valentine Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lyrical Press’ AN OATH BROKEN, ONLY MARRIAGE WILL DO and VALENTINE virtual book tour June 15 – July 3!   Title: An Oath Broken Author: Diana Cosby Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Kindle  An arranged marriage to a Scot? Unacceptable!   Lady Sarra Bellacote would sooner marry a boar than a countryman of the bloodthirsty brutes who killed her parents. And yet, despite—or perhaps because of—her valuable holdings, she is being dragged to Scotland to be wed against her will. To complicate the desperate situation, the knight hired to do the dragging is dark, wild, irresistible. And he, too, is
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Beautiful Criminal, Hot as Blazes, A Brilliant Deception and Her Foreign Affair Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lyrical Press’ BEAUTIFUL CRIMINAL, HOT AS BLAZES, A BRILLIANT DECEPTION and HER FOREIGN AFFAIR virtual book tour June 15 – July 3!   Title: Beautiful Criminal Author: Shady Grace Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Kindle  Long days, precious nights… Mima Etu lives a quiet life with her sled dogs in the stunning Canadian Rockies. But that all changes when she stumbles upon a plane crash while out on a supply run. She’s shocked to discover the pilot is still alive—though barely. With the sun setting and the temperatures quickly dropping, Mima knows he’d never survive the trip to the nearest
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Generations of Betrayal Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you NSLeumas’ GENERATIONS OF BETRAYAL virtual book tour!     Title: Generations of Betrayal Author: NSLeumas Publisher: Trafford Pages: 690 Genre: Political Science Format: Kindle/Paperback . . .more-praises “You need to know everything in GOB if you are to understand the subversive forces which are destroying our nation, & our White-Heritage.” -gp “GOB is the one phenomenal’ ‘underground’ book that — if read by enough people — will turn America upside down!” -ss ¼-million words * No greater-action exists that YOU now can do for our-cause than to spread “GOBs” message!! * Hidden-truths revealed. . . .never-before combined in one-book * The most-important book
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Pump Up Your Book Presents One Month Week Day Hour Minute Second Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Rebecca Marie’s One Month Week Day Hour Minute Second virtual book publicity tour June 22 – July 15! Title: One Month Week Day Hour Minute Second Author: Rebecca Marie Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 113 Genre: Self Help/Personal Growth Format: Ebook Purchase at AMAZON Abuse knows no boundaries. It doesn’t care if you are rich or poor, old or young. It can enter your life at any time and stay as long as you let it. In One Month Week Day Hour Minute Second, author Rebecca Marie discusses that the key is to release the secrets, talk about the abuse, and take the power away
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Veiled Empire Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Nathan Garrison’s VEILED EMPIRE virtual book tour June 1 -19!     Title: Veiled Empire Author: Nathan Garrison Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Genre: Fantasy Format: Kindle/Paperback The Empire is Shrouded, not only by the barrier that covers the land, but by the lies and oppression of the mierothi regime. Magic is the privilege of the elite, and the people of this shadowed country have forgotten what it means to hope under their rule. But there are some who would resist, with plans put into motion millennia before. For returned to the Empire is a valynkar, servant of the god of light, and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Hidden Truth Behind Beautiful Smiles Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Zack Zaibak’s The Hidden Truth Behind Beautiful Smiles virtual book tour June 15 – July 10!   Title: The Hidden Truth Behind Beautiful Smiles Author: Zack Zaibak Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 152 Genre: Medical/Dentristry Format: Ebook Purchase at AMAZON We are often judged by how we look, and the first thing people notice is a smile. In The Hidden Truth Behind Beautiful Smiles, author Dr. Zack Zaibak tells how modern cosmetic dentistry can transform ordinary smiles into stunning gorgeous ones. Dr. Zaibak, honored by the Consumers Research Council of America for the last five years as one of America’s top dentists, discusses important issues
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Tug-Of-War Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Judith Somborac’s TUG-OF-WAR book blast May 25 – June 5! Title: Tug-Of-War Author: Judith Somborac Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 148 Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Kindle/Paperback In 1942, in the midst of World War II, three factions struggle for power and control over Serbia: the Royalists, the Partisans, and the Nazis. For those living there, life was put on hold indefinitely while they coped daily with the terrorization of war—an especially disheartening situation for the country’s young people. Fifteen-year-old Miriana, an only child, lives in a small, two-bedroom house in Bela Palanka, Serbia, with her parents, who farm and run a saw and gristmill. Their tiny
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Secret History Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Martin Roberts’ SECRET HISTORY book blast May 25 – June 5!   Title: Secret History Author: Martin Roberts Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 300 Genre: History Format: Kindle/Paperback This book is a fascinating account of a number of criminal cases in the United States and in the United Kingdom, some of which resulted in wrong convictions. The book is part narrative, part analysis. The analysis, in particular the demolition of the reputation of Whittaker Chambers,ex-spy and idol of many Americans (he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom) will arouse debate and rethinking of the real lessons of the cases. The British cases will shock the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Untaught and Unlearned Knowledge Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Fred G. Womack’s UNTAUGHT AND UNLEARNED KNOWLEDGE book blast May 25 – June 5!   Title: Untaught and Unlearned Knowledge Author: Fred G. Womack Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 466 Genre: Fantasy Format: History Much has been said and written about faith in recent times, but do people of this generation really know what faith is? Why has raw faith, through the centuries, chosen Christianity in preference to other global religions when the freedom of choice was allowed? In Untaught and Unlearned Knowledge, author Dr. Fred G. Womack provides information and insight into the functioning of faith, which has been neglected by Biblical scholarship for
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  • May 19, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Bloody City Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for THE BLOOD CITY by Megan Morgan on May 19! Title: The Bloody City Author: Megan Morgan Publisher: Lyrical Press On the run . . . It’s been four months since the head of the Institute of Supernatural Research was murdered. But that doesn’t mean June Coffin is out of hiding yet. In a world where being different can get you killed, it’s best to keep a low profile. Especially for a Siren who can control other people with the call of her voice. That goes double if your powers might be inexplicably growing…   On the hunt .
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