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Pump Up Your Book Presents I Need A Man Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you O. Jermaine Simmons’ I NEED A MAN virtual book tour November 7 – December 30! Inside the Book Title: I Need A Man Author: O. Jermaine Simmons Publisher: Certa Publishing Pages: 116 Genre: Religion & Spirituality In today’s world, there is a real need for men to engage in honest dialogue regarding their struggles and triumphs in life. While there are many definitions of manhood, both sacred and secular, many men find it difficult to apply those truths to their daily lives. “I need a Man” offers a fresh perspective on the issues of godly manhood and mentoring. Using the Holy
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Early Years Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

   Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Rachel G. Carrington’s THE EARLY YEARS book blast October 24 – November 4!   Inside the Book: Title: The Early Years Author: Rachel G. Carrington Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback Author Rachel G. Carrington lays no claim to lofty jobs, higher education, nor grand accomplishments except for a love-filled, multifaceted, family-oriented, poverty-to-plenty life. In The Early Years, the first in a series, she shares her story. As a young teenager, just entering high school in the small town of Denton, Kentucky, Carrington planned to attend college and become a teacher. With coursework geared toward college attendance, she was offered a lucrative
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Dowsing and Ley Lines Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gerald Chatfield’s DOWSING AND LEY LINES Virtual Book Tour!   Inside the Book: Title: Dowing and Ley Lines Author: Gerald Chatfield Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Reference Format: Ebook This book contains information on dowsing for beginners and advanced alike. It provides information on how to find and follow more than five hundred ley marks across the south of the British Isles. It also contains unique insight on how shadow ley lines are connected to time as we measure it in minutes and hours. Also answers as to why the legendary figure of the Long Man of Wilmington is positioned where he is on
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Dowsing and Ley Lines Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gerald Chatfield’s DOWSING AND LEY LINES Book Blast October 24 – November 4!   Inside the Book: Title: Dowing and Ley Lines Author: Gerald Chatfield Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Reference Format: Ebook This book contains information on dowsing for beginners and advanced alike. It provides information on how to find and follow more than five hundred ley marks across the south of the British Isles. It also contains unique insight on how shadow ley lines are connected to time as we measure it in minutes and hours. Also answers as to why the legendary figure of the Long Man of Wilmington is positioned where
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Nearest and Dearest Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Caroline Jolly’s NEAREST AND DEAREST  Book Blast October 24 – November 4!   Inside the Book: Title: Nearest and Dearest Author: Caroline Jolly Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Humorous Format: Ebook Effie McIver has been living quietly on her own since the break up of her marriage to Jack who left her for her best friend. A visit to the doctor leaves her feeling restless and she experiences further disturbance during a visit to her daughter’s house. These events lead her to conclude that something must be done to change her life. With the help of her friend Susie she decides to venture into
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Altered Starscape Virtual Book Tour

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ian Douglas’ ALTERED STARSCAPE virtual book tour October 17 – November 11! Inside the Book:   Title: Altered Starscape Author: Ian Douglas Release Date: October 25, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Format: Ebook   Galaxies collide in a thrilling new series from bestselling author Ian Douglas, as the last humans in the universe face off against a new threat 2162. Thirty-eight years after first contact, Lord Commander Grayson St. Clair leads theTellus Ad Astra on an unprecedented expedition to the Galactic Core, carrying more than a million scientists, diplomats, soldiers, and AIs. Despite his reservations about their alien hosts, St.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Vampire’s Hunger Virtual Book Tour!

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Carla Susan Smith’s A VAMPIRE’S HUNGER virtual book tour October 25 – November 18! Inside the Book:   Title: A Vampire’s Hunger Author: Carla Susan Smith Release Date: October 25, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Paranormal Romance Format: Ebook/Paperback A PROMISE BROKEN   Rowan Harper sacrificed her blood and her soul to keep her friend, Aleksei, alive—and in the process, broke a bond of sacred trust with her lover, Gabriel.But her act of heroism wasn’t enough to stop the evil bent on tearing the world asunder. Newly turned vampires are slaughtering innocents, and those lurking in the darkness are threatening the people
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Perfect Prey Virtual Book Tour!

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Laura Salters’ PERFECT PREY virtual book tour October 10 – November 4! Inside the Book:   Title: Perfect Prey Author: Laura Salters Release Date: October 18, 2016 Publisher: Witness Impulse Genre: Thriller/Suspense Format: Ebook   “Laura Salters is a vibrant new voice.” –C L Taylor, Internationally bestselling author of THE LIE When best friends Carina Corbett and Erin Baxter are assigned to cover a Serbian music festival for their magazine, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. And it is, until Erin vanishes into thin air on their last night in the country. Terrified, Carina launches a desperate search, discovering that
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Pump Up Your Book Chaste Virtual Book Tour

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jesse Teller’s CHASTE virtual book tour October 10 – November 4! Inside the Book:   Title: Chaste Author: Jesse Teller Release Date: October 5, 2016 Publisher: Amazon Digital Genre: Dark Fantasy/Horror Format: Ebook/Paperback   When her devout parents died, Cheryl turned her back on her god. Years of denial and self-loathing have defeated her. Her life consists of taking orders and succumbing to abuse. A group of strangers stops in Chaste for the night, but an unnamed threat is preying on the town. Tragic deaths have become more and more frequent. Cheryl wants to protect these travelers, expose the evil force,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Of the Abyss Virtual Book Tour!

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Amelia Atwater-Rhodes’ OF THE ABYSS virtual book tour October 3 – 28! Inside the Book:   Title: Of the Abyss Author: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Release Date: September 27, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Genre: Dark Fantasy/Horror Format: Ebook   After decades of strife, peace has finally been achieved in Kavet—but at a dark cost.  Sorcery is outlawed, and anyone convicted of consorting with the beings of the other realms—the Abyssi and the Numini—is put to death. The only people who can even discuss such topics legally are the scholars of the Order of the Napthol, who give counsel when questions regarding the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Chasing Love Cover Reveal

  Pump Up Your Book Presents Melissa West’s CHASING LOVE Cover Reveal September 29, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Chasing Love Author: Melissa West Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Women’s Fiction Format: Ecopy    Farming family land on sunny Crestler’s Key, the sweet, sexy Littleton brothers are notorious bachelors. But all that will change when the right woman comes along . . . There aren’t many things Charlie Littleton values more than his lifelong friendship with his buddy Lucas, currently home from a tour in Iraq. But when he discovers that Lucas’s younger sister, Lila, is back to assist the town’s overburdened veterinarian, Charlie is torn. She’s no longer the skinny,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents How to Save the World Virtual Book Tour!

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lexie Dunne’s HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD virtual book tour October 3 to October 14! Inside the Book:   Title: How to Save the World Author: Lexie Dunne Release Date: October 4, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyage Impulse Genre: Paranormal/Urban Format: Ebook/Paperback In the third book of Lexie Dunne’s action-packed Superheroes Anonymous series, Hostage Girl returns once again to save the world. Gail Godwin—once so famous for being kidnapped by supervillains, the media still calls her Hostage Girl—is done with superheroes and their shadowy schemes. She’s got a cute boyfriend, a great roommate, and she’s even returned to her old job. For
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Murder at the Fortune Teller’s Table Cover Reveal!

  Pump Up Your Book Presents Janet Finsilver’s MURDER AT THE FORTUNE TELLER’S TABLE Cover Reveal September 30, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Murder at the Fortune Teller’s Table Author: Janet Finsilver Publisher: Lyrical Underground Genre: Mystery/Thriller Format: Ecopy    Poisons, prophecies—and a peculiar past . . . When a local woman begins searching for a couple she hasn’t seen since the 1960s, Redwood Cove Bed and Breakfast manager Kelly Jackson and the crime-solving group, the “Silver Sentinels,” are quick to help out. They’re also quick to guess that they’re in over their heads after the woman is found dead beside the body of a Greek fortune teller—and a fellow
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Golden Age of Charlie Book Tour!

  Inside the Book: Title: The Golden Age of Charli Author: Jena C. Henry Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback Charlotte McAntic spent her thirties, forties, and even fifties in peace and harmony aligning her marriage, mortgage, careers, and children. As she stumbles into a new phase of life—also known as the Golden Years—Charli cannot help but wonder where the gold and her husband, Pud, are hiding. Pud is happily cruising down the retirement path that, for him, leads straight to the golf course. While Charli spends her days at home cleaning out closets and the basement, she yearns to gaze deeply into Pud’s blue eyes and remember all the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Vampire’s Honor Virtual Book Tour

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Carla Susan Smiths’ A VAMPIRE’S HONOR virtual book tour September 27 to October 21! Inside the Book:   Title: A Vampire’s Honor Author: Carla Susan Smith Release Date: September 27, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Fantasy Format: Ebook/Paperback Sins Of The Past … Rowan Harper thought being with a vampire would keep her out of harm’s way. But true evil lurks in the darkness, and not even her lover, Gabriel, knows all of its tricks. Rowan may be his Promise, the one woman who can save Gabriel’s soul, but the two of them have a long and complicated history that Rowan
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Uniformly Dead Cover Reveal!

  Pump Up Your Book Presents Greta McKennan’s UNIFORMLY DEAD Cover Reveal September 28, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Uniformly Dead Author: Greta McKennan Publisher: Lyrical Underground Genre: Thriller/Suspense Format: Ecopy    Historical seamstress Daria Dembrowski has her work cut out for her as she searches for a killer’s pattern . . . Daria has come up with a brilliant new plan to expand her seamstress business beyond stitching wedding gowns—historical sewing. And with Civil War re-enactors setting up camp in her hometown of Laurel Springs, Pennsylvania, she has plenty of opportunities, including one client playing a Confederate colonel who’s a particular stickler for authenticity. But soon the small-town peace
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Mixed Signals Virtual Book Tour!

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Diane Barnes’ MIXED SIGNALS virtual book tour September 27 to October 21! Inside the Book:   Title: Mixed Signals Author: Diane Barnes Release Date: September 27, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Women’s Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback Getting dumped is never easy, but there’s a special bonus sting if your ex-fiancé is a producer for a popular morning radio show. Jillian Atwood’s breakup with Nico has become the hosts’ number-one topic. They’re even running a competition to find him a new girlfriend. The entire population of Boston, it seems, is tuning in with an opinion about who Nico should date next—and what Jillian
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Sweetheart Kiss Cover Reveal

  Pump Up Your Book Presents Cheryl Ann Smith’s THE SWEETHEART KISS Cover Reveal September 27, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: The Sweetheart Kiss Author: Cheryl Ann Smith Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Mystery/Suspense Format: Ecopy    Jess Lucas works hard at the all-female PI firm Brash & Brazen, and after a brush with death, she’s determined to play hard too—preferably with a certain detective on the Ann Arbor police force . . . Jess was stuck at a frenemy’s wedding, playing bridesmaid in a mustard-yellow monstrosity, when chaos erupted. First the bride’s ex tried to stop the wedding. Then someone really put a damper on the big day by sending
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Dusk Until Dawn Cover Reveal!

  Pump Up Your Book Presents Andie J. Christopher’s DUSK UNTIL DAWN Cover Reveal September 23, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Dusk Until Dawn Author: Andie J. Christopher Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Women’s Fiction Format: Ecopy    No boundaries. Bartender and aspiring painter Maya Pascual loves turning up the heat. And dumping a vodka-and-karma chaser on the man who broke her heart is perfect Bronx girl payback. But how can she resist when Miami playboy prince Javier Hernandez begs to make it up to her. . . No regrets. Between his disastrous personal life and his wealthy family’s meddling, Javi needs to get back on track. The only thing that’s
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Brainwalker Virtual Book Tour!

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Robyn Mundell and Stephan Lacast’s BRAINWALKER virtual book tour October 3 to November 25! Inside the Book:   Title: Brainwalker Author: Robyn Mundell & Stephan Lacast Release Date: September 26, 2016 Publisher: DualMind Publishing Genre: Science Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback Fourteen year-old Bernard is full of out of the box ideas—ideas that nobody appreciates. Not his ultra-rational father, not his classmates, and definitely not his teacher, who’s fed up waiting for Bernard’s overdue science project. You’d think with a hotshot quantum physicist for a dad, the assignment would be easy as “pi”, but with his relationship with his father on rocky ground,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Bolt From the Blue Cover Reveal!

  Pump Up Your Book Presents Maggie Wells’ A BOLT FROM THE BLUE Cover Reveal September 21, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: A Bolt From the Blue Author: Maggie Wells Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ecopy    True love, like lightning, never strikes twice—or does it? As a free-spirited young woman, Hope Elliot was desperate to escape her snobbish high society family. So she ran off to Paris, where she lived for twenty-five years. Now widowed, she’s come home to settle her family’s massive lakefront estate. But before she can put her mother’s house on the market, it needs a major renovation. Enter master electrician Mick McInnes, a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Puppy Love Cover Reveal!

  Pump Up Your Book Presents Kelly Moran’s PUPPY LOVE Cover Reveal September 20, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Puppy Love Author: Kelly Moran Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Women’s Fiction Format: Ecopy    This playboy has met his match, and she’s organized… After a passionless marriage under the scrutiny of high society, Avery Stowe is taking back her life. All she wants is a little privacy and a quiet place to raise her autistic daughter, Hailey. Redwood Ridge, Oregon, seems to offer all the right ingredients. Except for the problem of the local sexy veterinarian. The last thing she needs in her life is to fall for his irresistible allure,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sick to Death Virtual Book Tour!

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Greg Levin’s SICK TO DEATH virtual book tour September 26 to October 31! Inside the Book:   Title: Sick to Death Author: Greg Levin Release Date: September 3, 2016 Publisher: White Rock Press Genre: Thriller/Suspense/Dark Humor Format: Ebook/Paperback KNOWING YOU’RE DYING CAN BE MURDER. When Gage Adder finds out he has inoperable pancreatic cancer, things really start to look up for him. He leaves his soul-crushing job, joins a nice terminal illness support group, and takes up an exciting new hobby: Beating the hell out of bad guys. Gage’s support group friends Jenna and Ellison don’t approve of his vigilante activities.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents To the Studs Cover Reveal!

  Pump Up Your Book Presents Roxanne Smith’s TO THE STUDS Cover Reveal September 19, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: To the Studs Author: Roxanne Smith Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Romance Format: Ecopy    Designed for love… No one says no to fiery but talented home designer Neve Harper—which is how she convinces her elusive neighbor, Duke Kennicot, to help out with her latest renovation job. Not only is Duke a design aficionado, he’s got the inside scoop on the cabin’s owner. And since Neve’s ulterior motive is a romance with the boss, Duke is her ideal wingman. Except from the moment they’re alone in the remote Ozark mountain location,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents I Asked My Father Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Dorothy Rice, R.N.’s I ASKED MY FATHER Book Tour!   Inside the Book: Title: I Asked My Father Author: Dorothy Rice, R.N. Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Religion Format: Ebook This is a small book of poetry. It was written while the author was close to death from Lupus. Why, then, does pain inspire, and inspiration produce fruits to uplift and comfort. God only knows. But there is knowing here and insights only the heart knows through suffering. If you are suffering, or know someone who is, you may find these poems a salve and solution to why good people have to suffer. For, as
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Rise of Gideon Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Stan Matthews’ THE RISE OF GIDEON Book Tour!   Inside the Book: Title: The Rise of Gideon Author: Stan Matthews Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Ebook It is the early 1960s when journalism student Art James first meets Professor Gideon Pratt at a Midwestern university. When Art secures a reporter job after graduation, Gideon summons him, reveals that the university is harboring a Communist cell, and asks Art to write a story about it. Art, driven by his desire to earn accolades, writes the article. But when Gideon’s name is slashed from the story, Art angrily resigns. Years later, Art lands a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents I Asked My Father Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Dorothy Rice, R.N.’s I ASKED MY FATHER Book Blast September 19 – September 30!   Inside the Book: Title: I Asked My Father Author: Dorothy Rice, R.N. Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Religion Format: Ebook This is a small book of poetry. It was written while the author was close to death from Lupus. Why, then, does pain inspire, and inspiration produce fruits to uplift and comfort. God only knows. But there is knowing here and insights only the heart knows through suffering. If you are suffering, or know someone who is, you may find these poems a salve and solution to why good people
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Rise of Gideon Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Stan Matthews’ THE RISE OF GIDEON Book Blast September 19 – September 30!   Inside the Book: Title: The Rise of Gideon Author: Stan Matthews Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Ebook It is the early 1960s when journalism student Art James first meets Professor Gideon Pratt at a Midwestern university. When Art secures a reporter job after graduation, Gideon summons him, reveals that the university is harboring a Communist cell, and asks Art to write a story about it. Art, driven by his desire to earn accolades, writes the article. But when Gideon’s name is slashed from the story, Art angrily resigns.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Life Changing ABC Scriptures with Stories – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Katherine Dye’s LIFE-CHANGING ABC SCRIPTURES WITH STORIES Book Blast September 19 – September 30!   Inside the Book: Title: Life-Changing ABC Scriptures with Stories Author: Katherine Dye Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Religion/Spirituality Format: Ebook Life Changing— In the beautiful collection of fictional southern style short stories, set in her hometown, Katherine Dye highlights many nooks and crannies of New Albany, Mississippi, and if you are a native, you will delight in reading about the places you often see. If not … well, you will want to visit this lovely little artisan town and see for yourself the wonders of the pleasant and less complex
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Gold Rush Bride Cover Reveal!

  Pump Up Your Book Presents Shirley Kennedy’s GOLD RUSH BRIDE Cover Reveal September 16, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Gold Rush Bride Author: Shirley Kennedy Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy    Letitia Tinsley’s well-ordered spinster life is thrown into chaos when she learns her beloved brother has mysteriously disappeared from his gold mining claim in California. Determined to discover the truth, Letty sets out on the treacherous journey west. But there’s only one thing more perilous than a single lady traveling alone into the rugged frontier—and that is sharing the passage with Garth Morgan. The wealthy bachelor is astoundingly arrogant—and dangerously handsome. Worse, Letty is forced
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