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Pump Up Your Book Presents Generations of Betrayal Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you NSLeumas’ GENERATIONS OF BETRAYAL book blast May 25 – June 5!     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 *
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Rabbit Culture Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Tito Capaldo’s THE RABBIT CULTURE book blast May 25 – June 5!   Title: The Rabbit Culture Author: Tito Capaldo Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 200 Genre: Family/Relationship Format: Kindle/Paperback Direct and vivid in its telling of the details of the adoption of a 7-year old boy from Romania after the collapse of Communism, the novel manages ultimately to deliver much more. Despite this story, I have been very lucky in my life … I had two wonderful parents, who, in their simplicity they taught me to love and respect Nature and its Laws. I have had satisfactory work experience both economically and professionally, first as
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Drive In by Douglas Gardham Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Douglas Gardham’s THE DRIVE IN book blast May 25 – June 5!   Title: The Drive In Author: Douglas Gardham Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 130 Genre: Short Stories Format: Kindle/Paperback Have you ever been intrigued by what mysteries lie behind the doors and windows of the places you pass by on your drive into work everyday? The Drive In takes you on Tom Johnson‘s commute. Unlike Tom, you’ll get to peek behind some of those closed doors. Remember going to the “Drive-In” theatre? Each story reveals what goes on like watching the “dusk ‘til dawn” features through your car’s windshield. Meet the people at the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Lost Princess Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for LOST PRINCESS by Dani-Lyn Alexander on May 20! Title: Lost Princess Author: Dani-Lyn Alexander Publisher: Lyrical Press Ryleigh Donnovan’s life changed forever the day she met Jackson Maynard, a Death Dealer, and followed him home to the kingdom of Cymmera. Now she is trying to care for her sister while saving a realm she knows nothing about… Jackson has reluctantly accepted the throne of Cymmera, in place of his father. But his world is in turmoil, the kingdom under constant threat of attack. Worse still, Jackson suspects there is a traitor among his court. A powerful prophet has
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with H.O. Tanager, author of Autograph Penis

  H. O. Tanager is an adventurer, performance poet, and psychologist… but not all at the same time. Slammaster of Boise, she has reached National Poetry Slam, Individual World Poetry Slam, Group Piece, and Women of the World Poetry Slam Finals stages as a competitor, backup dancer, emcee, and opening act. She has also made top four at the NUPIC underground indies, been featured as part of the Slam Legends Showcase, and has been Haiku Deathmatch Champion. Her first full-length work, Autograph Penis, was published in 2014 and tells the tale of the National Poetry Slam with prose Kirkus Reviews describes as “funny, vehement, self-deprecating and gorgeous.” For More
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Beyond Redemption Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Michael R. Fletcher’s BEYOND REDEMPTION virtual book tour June 8 -26!   Title: Beyond Redemption Author: Michael R. Fletcher Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Genre: Fantasy Format: Kindle/Paperback Faith shapes the landscape, defines the laws of physics, and makes a mockery of truth.  Common knowledge isn’t an axiom, it’s a force of nature.  What the masses believe is. But insanity is a weapon, conviction a shield. Delusions give birth to foul new gods. Violent and dark, the world is filled with the Geisteskranken—men and women whose delusions manifest, twisting reality.  High Priest Konig seeks to create order from chaos.  He defines the beliefs
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Devil in the Wires Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Tim Lee’s DEVIL IN THE WIRES virtual book tour May 19 – June 12!   Title: Devil in the Wires Author: Tim Lees Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Genre: Thriller/Suspense Format: Kindle “It’s a perfect circle, Chris. The god receives his audience, the grid receives the power—and we light up Chicago.” After the perilous retrieval of a long-dormant god from Iraq, Chris Copeland—professional god hunter and company troubleshooter—is about ready to quit his job. But his employers at the Registry have other plans…plans to build a power facility on the shores of Lake Michigan. Adam Shailer, a rising star at the Registry, thinks
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Ghost For Sale Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for GHOST FOR SALE by Sandra Cox on May 13! Title: Ghost For Sale Author: Sandra Cox Publisher: Lyrical Press Caitlin King can’t believe that her shopaholic cousin actually bought two ghosts off of eBay. But she can’t ignore the truth when she starts seeing sexy Liam O’Reilly, who’s been dead for over a hundred years. He’s a fascinating specter, and the more time Caitlin spends with him, the closer they become—sending them both spiraling into a star-crossed tailspin. No matter how desperately they long for each other, there’s just no future with a guy who’s already stopped breathing. In
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Seth Mullins, author of The Edge of the Known Trilogy

Seth Mullins first conceived of his dream to write novels in his early teens, and this one desire has stayed with him throughout all the other myriad twists and turns of life. His inspirations include methods of inner exploration such as dream-work and shamanism and his experiences as a songwriter and performing musician. He studied creative writing at Santa Fe Community College in New Mexico and Lane Community College in Oregon. Seth has lived in Connecticut, New Mexico, Oregon and (currently) Vermont. For More Information Visit Seth’s website. Connect with Seth on Twitter. Title: What Casts the Shadow Author: Seth Mullins Pages: 240 Genre: Metaphysical Format: Paperback/Kindle A troubled young rock
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sex, Secrets and Happily Ever After Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for SEX, SECRETS and HAPPILY EVER AFTER by Deb Julienne on May 6!   Title: Sex, Secrets and Happily Ever Afters Author: Deb Julienne Publisher: Lyrical Press Angel Talbot is anything but pure—in fact some might even consider her a bit wicked. How else would you describe the manager of an ‘adults only’ store that specializes in helping ladies find that special O. But Angel could use a hand herself. Or two. That is until she stumbles into sexy businessman Travis Wellington. When the Wellington Family had a problem, they sent Travis to fix it. Being the CEO of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents While Being a Parent Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Eddie Marie Durham’s WHILE BEING A PARENT book blast May 25 – June 5! Title: While Being a Parent Author: Eddie Marie Durham Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 216 Genre: Family Format: Kindle/Paperback/Hardcover Being a parent is a lifetime job. No one knows that more than Eddie Marie Durham, mother of three adult sons. In her guidebook filled with practical parenting advice, Durham shares not only her personal experiences but also poetry, scripture, and quotes in order to help parents find their way down what can be a very challenging road while raising children in today’s world. Durham, a retired elementary school teacher, has
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Pump Up Your book Presents Thorhilde Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ole-Bjorn Tobiassen’s THORHILDE book blast May 25 – June 5! Title: Thorhilde The Viking Queen Author: Ole-Bjorn Tobiassen Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 194 Genre: Fantasy Format: Kindle/Paperback/Hardcover This book is the first in this series of Norwegian migrations to the United States. This book will cover the first migration to America through Iceland and Greenland; the next one will cover the migration to America through Holland, England, and Normandy. Finally, the third book will cover the last migration to America, when half of the Norwegian population left for the new world.   Thirty-five years with the navy, shipyards, shipbuilding, and naval academies, as
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Destiny’s Tapestry Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Betty June Gilliland’s DESTINY’S TAPESTRY book blast May 25 – June 5!     Title: Destiny’s Tapestry Author: Betty June Gilliland Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 346 Genre: Biography Format: Kindle/Paperback/Hardcover On a stormy night, as a hurricane raced up the Gulf Coast and created havoc in its path, Betty Gilliland was born on a corn shuck mattress in a barn at the foot of Sand Mountain. As soon as the midwife wrapped her in a blanket and gently laid her in a cow manger, Gilliland began a journey through life that would eventually test her spirit, courage, and, most of all, her power to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Patterns of Change Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for PATTERNS OF CHANGE by Terri DuLong on May 5!   Title: Patterns of Change Author: Terri DuLong Publisher: Lyrical Press Chloe Radcliffe is planning to relocate with Gabe to Ormond Beach on the east coast of Florida. They plan to raise alpacas and open a yarn shop. But unforeseen circumstances prevent this from happening and Chloe finds herself alone. She begins having dreams involving a beautiful Victorian house and a fishpond. Unsure whether to remain in Cedar Key or move forward on her own, Chloe’s life is in a state of limbo. After much thought and encouragement from
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Healing Eden Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for HEALING EDEN by Rhenna Morgan on May 1!   Title: Healing Eden Author: Rhenna Morgan Publisher: Lyrical Press Galena Shantos has never questioned her loyalty to Eden. As sister to the Myren king, she serves as a healer, one of the best in the army fighting to suppress the brutal Lomos Rebellion. She’s never doubted the importance of stopping the rebels bent on enslaving humans, until she spots a warrior across enemy lines—and knows instinctively that their destinies are entwined. . . Rebellion warrior Reese Theron has nothing left to lose. He’s been forced to fight on the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Book of Steven Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon GC!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Steven T. Stevenson’s THE BOOK OF STEVEN book blast May 11 – 22!   Title: The Book of Steven Author: Steven T. Stevenson Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 284 Genre: Religious Format: Kindle/Paperback For those of you who are bent on destroying yourselves, or even contemplating an attempt, you might want to reconsider your options. Ultimately getting rid of “you” may be more difficult than it seems. And if you do choose to stick around and participate, you will have to roll up your sleeves and live according to you. That may mean following a path which has been laid by others, or choosing to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Your Right To Know God Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Emmanuel W. Ettoh’s  book blast May 11 – 22!   Title: Your Right to Know God Author: Emmanuel Ettoh Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 138 Genre: Religious Format: Kindle/Paperback This book underscores the natural right of all humans to know God. Today, we are told that God is irrelevant to our livelihood and we do not need God for anything. This deception emanates from our lack of understanding of and about God. In this book, you will find insight into: -Who God really is. -How and why it is your right to know God. -The benefits of knowing God for the individual, nation and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents To End All War Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon GC!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Nicholas Lambros’ TO END ALL WAR: A HISTORICAL NOVEL book blast May 11 – 22! Title: To End All War Author: Nicholas Lambros Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 572 Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Kindle/Paperback It is 1916 and twenty-six-year-old John Morris cannot ignore the Great War anymore. Despite his father’s objections and the fact that America has not even entered the war yet, John leaves Maryland for France where he hopes to fulfill his mission of becoming a flyer in the Lafayette Escadrille. He leaves behind not only his parents, but also his surgeon brother, Michael, and sister, Catherine, who are quietly nurturing their own
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Pump Up Your Book Presents After She’s Gone Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for AFTER SHE’S GONE by Lisa Jackson on April 30!   Title: After She’s Gone Author: Lisa Jackson Publisher: Kensington Books Cassie Kramer and her younger sister, Allie, learned the hazards of fame long ago. Together, they’d survived the horror of a crazed fan who nearly killed their mother, former Hollywood actress Jenna Hughes. Still, Cassie moved to L.A., urging Allie to follow. As a team, they’d take the town by storm.  But Allie, finally free of small-town Oregon, and just that little bit more beautiful, also proved to be more talented—and driven. Where Cassie got bit parts, Allie
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Orphan’s Blade Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for ORPHAN’S BLADE by Aubrie Dionne on April 29!   Title: Orphan’s Blade Author: Aubrie Dionne Publisher: Lyrical Press In the battle for a kingdom, every alliance counts…   Princess Valoria only cares about her music and her destiny: to unite the Kingdom of Ebonvale with the House of Song and succeed where her father has failed. As if that weren’t challenge enough, she must contend with her marriage to a battle hungry brute of a prince…until she falls for his adopted brother, the orphaned son of a blacksmith. But with a horde of undead gathering to attack Ebonvale,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents His New Jam and His Work of Art by Shannyn Schroeder Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for HIS NEW JAM and HIS WORK OF ART by Shannyn Schroederon April 28!   Title: His New Jam Author: Shannyn Schroeder Publisher: Lyrical Press Sydney Peters can’t wait to finally drop the cymbals in marching band and devote time to her true love: drums. With the semester coming to a close, she’s blocking out the cacophony during practice, especially sax serenades from Hunter Reed. But when Hunter offers her a paid gig as a drummer in his band, Sydney quickly changes her tune. The two favor different styles, but they make beautiful music together…in more ways than one.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Black Coffee Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you R.L. Byrd’s Black Coffee virtual book tour May 4- May 29!     Title: Black Coffee Author: R.L. Byrd Publisher: R.L. Byrd Publishing Pages: 304 There are ALWAYS two sides to every story. In R.L. Byrd’s debut novel, Looking for Sweet Love, the Love Forum Divas told their side.  Now it’s the Brothers’ turn. . . . The Love Forum is back and the relationship dilemmas continue within the infamous Dallas, Texas, urban radio station, K103.5. DK “Love” Niles, the popular Disc Jockey from the DK and Melissa Morning Show, takes over the reins of hosting the new Love Forum called The Brothers
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Ticktock to Triumph Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon GC!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Betty Wyatt’s TICKTOCK TO TRIUMPH virtual book tour April 20-May 1!     Title: Ticktock to Triumph Author: Betty Wyatt Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Religion Format: Kindle/Paperback Ticktock to Triumph presents a unique collection of prose and poetry written by author Betty Wyatt over the course of fifty years. It is her legacy of soul songs that offers her homespun wisdom captured in God moments, the love of nature and personal insights. She hopes her writing may comfort and give hope to people who are living with life’s daunting challenges, found in the pain of sorrow and loneliness. To Purchase Ticktock to Triumph Journaling
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Pump Up Your Book Presents No Crystal Stair Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon GC!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sarah Smith Ducksworth’s NO CRYSTAL STAIR virtual book tour April 20-May 1!   Title: No Crystal Stair Author: Sarah Smith Ducksworth Publisher: Trafford Genre: Poetry Format: Kindle Each poem in this collection is a reflection upon the author’s personal life or is a response to her vicarious interactions in the lives of characters she has met in real life or in books. Through the critical lens of poetry, she has looked for deeper meanings inside those experiences. Though the writer ends with an understanding that her life has not been a “crystal stair,” alluding to the hardships the titular character in Langston
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Principium The Stone Prophecy Series Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon GC!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Alexandra Lamarre’s PRINCIPIUM The Stone Prophecy Series virtual book tour April 20-May 1!   Title: Principium: The Stone Prophecy Series Author: Alexandra Lamarre Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Fantasy Format: Kindle Ever since her mother’s death twelve years ago, fourteen-year-old Kiarra Johnson wonders if she is a good witch or if she is doomed to a lifetime of evil. Her life is anything but mundane as she lives in a rented room in her father’s home in the village of Kiamika, a magical society hidden from mortals who would persecute them for their gifts. For many years, Kiarra has lived across the lake from
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Correcting Misconceptions Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Rev. Dr. Hazel Ann Gibbs Depeza’s CORRECTING MISCONCEPTIONS virtual book tour April 20-May 1!   Title: Correcting Misconceptions Author: Rev. Dr. Hazel Ann Gibbs De Peza Publisher: Partridge Publishing Genre: Education Format: Kindle The book, a research paper, reveals and analyzes misconceptions about the Spiritual Baptist Faith, an indigenous religious expression of Christianity in Trinidad and Tobago. It highlights the academic bias to the Faith, which is maligned and misunderstood because of its humble beginnings amidst ex-plantation slaves of African descent and its history of persecution and prosecution by the colonial authorities of the early 20th century.The research provided answers to some
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Bookwright Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you George R. Dasher’s BOOKWRIGHT virtual book tour April 20-May 1! Title: Bookwright Author: George R. Dasher Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Science Fiction Format: Kindle/Paperback/Hardcover With his ship crippled and his crew dead, Jarl Hawkins fights for survival in space as his dying spaceship, the Cassiopeia, drifts out of control. But there is nothing he can do, and his own death is certain. Oddly enough, rescue comes in the form of an old wizard named Kvasir, who offers Jarl his chance at a new life on Vanir, a planet unlike anything Jarl has ever encountered. There, the King fights his rivals for control of his
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Day Before Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Liana Brooks’ THE DAY BEFORE virtual book tour April 28 – May 15!   Title: The Day Before Author: Liana Brooks Publisher: Harper Voyage Impulse Pages: 304 Genre: Thriller Format: Kindle A body is found in the Alabama wilderness. The question is: Is it a human corpse … or is it just a piece of discarded property? Agent Samantha Rose has been exiled to a backwater assignment for the Commonwealth Bureau of Investigation, a death knell for her career. But then Sam catches a break—a murder—that could give her the boost she needs to get her life back on track. There’s a snag,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Lady Who Lived Again Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for THE LADY WHO LIVED AGAIN by Thomasine Rappold on April 8! Title: The Lady Who Lived Again Author: Thomasine Rappold Publisher: Lyrical Press In THE LADY WHO LIVED AGAIN, the first book in the new Soul Survivor series, Madeline Sutter and her four gorgeous friends rule the Gilded Age resort town of Glass Lake, NY with silk-covered fists—until the day the entire clique is killed in a devastating accident.  Although Maddie is declared dead at the scene, she later awakens to find herself shunned by once adoring neighbors who now fear she has been touched by the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sacred Relationships Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon GC!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Dr. Kate Pola Brooks’ SACRED RELATIONSHIPS PSYCHOLOGY FOR THE SOUL virtual book tour April 20-May 1!     Title: Sacred Relationships Author: Dr. Kate Pola Brooks Publisher: Xlibris Genre: Psychology/Relationship Format: Kindle/Paperback/Hardcover Everything You Want To Understand About Relationships “Sacred Relationships: Psychology for the Soul”, is designed to define the inter-relatedness of everything and everyone. It gives clarity to the functioning of the mind, the psyche and the heart. “Sacred Relationships” defines the patterns of our thinking, understanding, ‘knowing’ and loving capacities. This book clears up misunderstandings and misinterpretations around our connection to this world, our Selves, and others, within the Universal
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