Author Archive

{Science Fiction/Mystery Crossover for Review} The Case of the Displaced Detective Series by Stephanie Osborn

Stephanie Osborn will be touring September 16 – October 18 with her science fiction/mystery crossover series, The Case of the Displaced Detective Series. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest posts, and book spotlights/excerpts. If you are interested in reviewing, please let me know which book and/or books you are interested in. ABOUT THE CASE OF THE DISPLACED DETECTIVE: THE ARRIVAL The Case of the Displaced Detective: The Arrival is a SF mystery in which brilliant hyperspatial physicist, Dr. Skye Chadwick, discovers there are alternate realities, often populated by those we consider only literary characters. Her pet research, Project: Tesseract, hidden deep under Schriever AFB, finds Continuum 114, where Sherlock
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Deborah Hawkins, author of ‘Dance for a Dead Princess’

ABOUT DANCE FOR A DEAD PRINCESS Wall Street Attorney Taylor Collins, has something Nicholas Carey, the 18th Duke of Burnham, has been searching for since the death of the Princess of Wales: the videotape Diana made in January 1997 before her death in August, naming her assassins. Determined to avenge Diana’s death by exposing her killers, Nicholas lures Taylor to England with his promise to sell his ancestral home, Burnham Abbey,  to one of her clients, a boarding school for American girls.   But Nicholas, who has dated American actresses since the death of his beloved wife, ten years earlier and who has vowed never to fall in love again,
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Mike Thomas, author of The Mysterious Treasure of Jerry Lee Thorton

ABOUT THE MYSTERIOUS TREASURE OF JERRY LEE THORTON What does a guy do when his best friend starts doing things that are completely out of character? In the case of Luke McAllister, you can’t do anything – until you figure out exactly what it is that is different. The fact that his best friend is a girl complicates matters a heap. Nothing makes sense when RaeNell Stephens, the girl that has “the best curve ball he’s ever seen”, starts blushing and acting like a durned female. All of this at the beginning of the ‘summer to end all summers’ too. This is the summer that Luke, RaeNell, and their
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Presents The Princess Diana Conspiracy Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Alan Power, author of the true crime/royalty book, The Princess Diana Conspiracy, as he tours the blogosphere  August 29 – September 27, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE PRINCESS DIANA CONSPIRACY The Princess Diana Conspiracy is primarily a detailed investigation into the brutal murder of Diana, Princess of Wales but British democracy is also questioned. Evidence is presented that MI6 perverted the course of justice and that they murder people but also that Diana was a target “within their code”. The police are proven to have conspired, “to get their stories straight” at the inquest and there is also further
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Lisa Boucher, author of ‘Jesus, Mo,and Cheese Puffs’

ABOUT JESUS, MO, AND CHEESE PUFFS Flo’s deformed eye doesn’t bother her a bit. Nope. Never mind the eye patch or her aversion to mirrors. But when she wins $40,000 in the lottery, she decides to get one of those “TV doctors” to fix her bad eye. It’s a long way from Indiana to California, so she and Mo, pack along some extra bags of cheese puffs for the trip. Funny thing about life, it doesn’t always follow a plan. Flo and Mo, primed for an adventure, get sidetracked at every turn. For one, there’s the young family with the broken-down car they stop to help only two hours
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Andy Straka, author of ‘Dragonflies: Shadows of Drones

ABOUT DRAGONFLIES: SHADOWS OF DRONES Shamus-Award winning crime novelist Andy Straka breaks new ground with this near-future science fiction thriller in which a former pilot and the ex-infantryman who saved her life search for justice in a world where surveillance by micro-drones is fast becoming the reality. Former Army helicopter pilot Raina Sanchez is plagued by nightmares. She can’t erase the memories of being shot down in Afghanistan, of losing her foot in the crash, and the death of her commanding officer. When asked by an ex-military contact to participate in a secret drone operation with ties to the war, she jumps at the chance to exorcise some of
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{New Children’s Book For Review} The Funny Adventures of Little Nani by Cinta Garcia De La Rosa

Cinta Garcia De La Rosa will be touring September 2 – October 31 with her children’s book, The Funny Adventures of Litle Nani. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest post spots, and character guest post spots. To sign up, click on banner below! Book Synopsis: Little Nani is a little girl who likes helping people. However, when she helps people the results can be a bit unexpected. Why is that? Little Nani is a witch! Or at least she wants to be a witch. With her magic wand, she will try to cast different spells to help her friends, but she won’t be successful all the time. Follow Little Nani in
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Master of Plagues Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join D.B. Reynolds, author of the young adult fantasy novel, Master of Plagues, as he tours the blogosphere  September 2 – November 29, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT MASTER OF PLAGUES Mystical powers. Cosmic adventure. Universally dynamic forces. A gifted individual has been commissioned to take part in of all these phenomenal occurrences. Stuart Duffelmeyer is an NYU student who is targeted by eight of his egomaniacal college classmates once they learn he wants to find a beautiful date for the night. His classmates lure him to a sleazy motel where they play out a heinous prank. His night ends in
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Play Something Dancy Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Dee Simon, author of the non-fiction comedy book, Play Something Dancy: The Tragic Tales of a Strip Club DJ, as he tours the blogosphere  September 2 – September 27, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT PLAY SOMETHING DANCY Los Angeles-based comedian, radio DJ, and host of the Sick and Wrong Podcast, Dee Simon has written a collection of comical and gut-wrenching personal essays about his experience as a strip club DJ in San Francisco in the early 2000s. Most of the stories in the book concern sex, drugs, venereal disease, and diarrhea or a combination thereof. Therefore, if you lack a
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Funny Adventures of Little Nani Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Cinta Garcia de la Rosa, author of the children’s book, The Funny Adventures of Little Nani, as she tours the blogosphere  September 2 – October 31, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE FUNNY ADVENTURES OF LITTLE NANI Little Nani is a little girl who likes helping people. However, when she helps people the results can be a bit unexpected. Why is that? Little Nani is a witch! Or at least she wants to be a witch. With her magic wand, she will try to cast different spells to help her friends, but she won’t be successful all the time. Follow
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents Kathleen Gallagher’s Freya’s Spell Book Blast

Join Kathleen Ann Gallagher, author of the paranormal/mystic romance novel, Freya’s Spell, as she tours the blogosphere August 19 – 30 on her second Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! Kathleen will be giving away a $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash to one lucky reader! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form on the participating blogs below and good luck! If you would like to host Kathleen, please email Tracee at tgleichner (at) gmail.com. ABOUT FREYA’S SPELL The passionate, sex-starved witch, Freya Meyer is tired of wasting time with unsatisfying lovers. She’s in search of a man who can keep up with her. Prospects are slim in Bartlett, the
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Room of Tears Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Linda Merlino, author of the paranormal suspense novel, Room of Tears, as she tours the blogosphere  September 16 – October 18, 2013 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT ROOM OF TEARS At 9:59 a.m. on September 11, 2001, Diane O’Connor’s life as a firefighter’s wife changes forever, shattering her faith. Four decades later, a note still hangs on her kitchen cabinet in Queens, the paper yellowed with age. Diane knows the scribbled sentences by heart; she’d left them the morning of 9/11 for her husband, Billy. In the summer of 2041, Diane invites Friar Antonio Ortiz to her home. He is a
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Ian Haight, author of ‘Magnolia and Lotus’

ABOUT IAN HAIGHT Ian Haight was a co-organizer and translator for the UN’s global poetry readings held annually in Pusan, Korea, from 2002-4. He has been awarded 5 translation grants from the Daesan Foundation, Korea Literature Translation Institute, and Baroboin Buddhist Foundation for the translation, editing, promotion, and publication of Korean literature. Ian is the editor of Zen Questions and Answers from Korea (2010), and along with T’ae-yŏng Hŏ, the translator of Borderland Roads: Selected Poems of Kyun Hŏ (2009) both from White Pine Press. Ian’s translations, essays, poems, and interviews have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Writer’s Chronicle, Barrow Street and Hyundae Buddhist News, among many other publications. For
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Lakeysha-Marie Green, author of ‘Seeds of Beauty’

ABOUT LAKEYSHA-MARIE GREEN Author Lakeysha-Marie Green is no stranger to tackling style dilemmas. A fashion stylist and former women’s fit technologist, her extensive experience in the fashion industry taught her the importance of fit, fashion, and effortless style. Her penchant for creativity led to her work in editorial magazines, international film premieres, and advertising. Passionate about helping women to look their best, Lakeysha-Marie has contributed her style expertise on television and in print publications. Inspired by her own roller coaster ride to self-discovery, Lakeysha-Marie began writing to illustrate the potential for transformation that lies within us all. She holds a degree in fashion design & merchandising, with continued coursework
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Family Interrupted Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Linda Barrett, author of the women’s fiction novel, Family Interrupted, as she tours the blogosphere  October 7 – November 29, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT FAMILY INTERRUPTED Two years after their 12 year old daughter’s accidental death by a motorist, Claire and Jack Barnes go through the motions of celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. When artist Claire produces her gift–a full-scale oil painting of their daughter–Jack has had enough. With his daughter gone, his wife focused on the past and his 20 yearold son living on his own, Jack feels like a stranger in his own home and moves out the
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Keeper of Reign Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Emma Right, author of the young adult fantasy novel, Keeper of Reign, as she tours the blogosphere  August 11 – August 30, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT KEEPER OF REIGN Books written in blood. Most are lost, their Keepers with them. A curse that befell a people. A Kingdom with no King. Life couldn’t get more harrowing for the Elfies, a blend of Elves and Fairies. Or for sixteen-year-old Jules Blaze. Or could it? For Jules, the heir of a Keeper, no less, suspects his family hides a forgotten secret. It was bad enough that his people, the Elfies of
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents Kathleen Ann Gallagher’s Sun, Sand, and Seances Book Blast

Join Kathleen Ann Gallagher, author of the contemporary romance novel, Sun, Sand, and Seances, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT SUN, SAND, AND SEANCES Bobbi Collins is a caring and devoted kindergarten teacher who had her world turned upside down when her fiancé died after a lover’s quarrel. Five years later, she still struggles with acceptance. Her role as an educator fills up her week, but on weekends, she longs for something more. When she stumbles across a newspaper ad for a psychic fair in the historic town of Cape May, New Jersey, it seems
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents Kathleen Ann Gallagher’s A Summer’s Journey Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon/Paypal Gift Card!

Join Kathleen Ann Gallagher, author of the contemporary romance novel, A Summer’s Journey, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! Kathleen will be giving away a $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash to one lucky reader! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form on the participating blogs below and good luck! If you would like to host Kathleen, please email Tracee at tgleichner (at) gmail.com. ABOUT A SUMMER’S JOURNEY Savannah Mason, the career minded journalist, spends long hours at work, hoping to take the spot as anchor. She continues to fight for independence and refuses to allow her demanding
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  • July 15, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Upir and the Monster Gang Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Sharron Thornton and Raymond Thornton, author and illustrator of the illustrated tweenie novel, Upir and the Monster Gang, as they tour the blogosphere  October 1 – November 16, 2013 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT UPIR AND THE MONSTER GANG Coming from a long line of highly respected vampires, Upir knew that going to Neewollah, the Monster Mausoleum, would help him live up to his family’s reputation, but he never anticipated the terrifying turn his stay there would take. Upon entering, Upir befriends several strange creatures and their nights soon become treacherous when they have to dodge flying skulls whose hollow eye
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  • July 15, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Tower of Obsidian Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join L.T. Getty, author of the historical fantasy/mythological novel, Tower of Obsidian, as she tours the blogosphere  September 2 – September 27, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT TOWER OF OBSIDIAN When Kale mac Tadhg is betrayed by his Lord’s men, he is sent on an impossible quest: slay a witch in a tower, and end a people’s curse. Both Kale’s best friend and brother-in-arms Aaron Smithson and former betrothed Aoife of Westgate set out to rescue him, but their journey takes them into the uncharted waters and Northwestern Nordic colonies, to a land cursed and all but forgotten. They begin to
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Lucy the Dinosaur Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Joey Ahlbum, author of the children’s books, Lucy the Dinosaur, as he tours the blogosphere  October 1 – November 29, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT LUCY THE DINOSAUR Lucy the Dinosaur is a set of 15 books written by Joey Ahlbum. Moms and dads looking for the best kid’s picture book will love Frederator Books’ newest read along digital book! Lucy is an explorer and a leader.  She has a natural curiosity about things because Lucy wants to learn.  Meet Lucy and her other dino friends as they learn, joke and skateboard! Lucy is a larger than life dinosaur who loves
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Forever Young Regime Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Rajani Kannepalli Kanth, author of the non-fiction book, The Forever Young Regime: A 21st Century Primer on Youthfulness and Well-Being, as he tours the blogosphere  August 5 through August 30, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! —————— ABOUT THE FOREVER YOUNG REGIME THE ‘FOREVER YOUNG’ REGIME is a one of a kind Self-help Conversation. It is short, simple, and succinct. Yet it encapsulates much philosophical wisdom, conforming to the varied insights of traditional knowledge, current opinion, and a bit of modern ‘quantum’ science .It shows you, in a nutshell, how to achieve – and retain – a buoyant vitality and youthfulness for
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Bill Matthies, author of ‘The 7 Keys to Change’

In 1986, I founded what was to become the largest independent market research/database marketing company in the consumer electronics and high tech fields. By the time I sold it in 1997, The Verity Group employed 400+ people at its California and Costa Rica offices. Prior to that, I cofounded Barcus Berry Electronics, Inc. a venture capital-backed start-up with a proprietary audio technology called BBE, which was licensed for use in audio, video, computing, and telecommunication products. From 1977 to 1983, I wore several hats at Pioneer Electronics (USA), Inc. including Director of Market Research, Director Sales Planning, National Sales Manager, Special Markets, Vice President Marketing and, ultimately, Senior Vice
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  • July 2, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Winter of Wishes Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Charlotte Hubbard, author of the Amish/inspirational fiction novel, Winter Wishes, as she tours the blogosphere  September 16 through November 15, 2013 on her third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT WINTER WISHES Snow is falling, cookies are baking, and Christmas is just around the corner in Willow Ridge, Missouri, where a new season marks fresh beginnings for the residents of this tranquil Amish town . . . As another year draws to a close in Willow Ridge, life seems to be changing for everyone but Rhoda Lantz. Her widowed mother is about to remarry, her twin sister is a busy newlywed, and soon Rhoda will
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Self-Help Stress Solutions Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Darlene Josaphe, author of the self-help stress release series Self-Help Stress Solutions, as she tours the blogosphere July 1 through August 30, 2013 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!   ABOUT DARLENE JOSAPHE     Darlene Josaphe helps women manage stress successfully with resources that educate, combined with personal support. Her website, Natural Stress Relief Tips For Women, is an exclusive website for women that provides self-improvement articles, stress reduction resources, and transformational tools to women who want to improve their lives and achieve their life goals. Natural stress relief tips for women is a site about turning your life from OK to
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  • June 21, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Improper Conduct Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Isabel Roman, author of the romantic suspense novel, Improper Conduct, as she tours the blogosphere  July 15 through August 16, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT IMPROPER CONDUCT One month on the job–that was all Detective Jules Marshall had with the LAPD but already she knew two things: 1. Her move from San Francisco was the best move she’d ever made. 2. Sleeping with her sexy as hell boss would be a big mistake. That didn’t stop her from wanting him or from acknowledging the same spark of need in his eyes. And Captain Callum Archer had eyes that devoured her.
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  • June 19, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Jesus, Mo, and Cheese Puffs Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Lisa Boucher, author of the cozy fiction novel, Jesus, Mo, and Cheese Puffs, as she tours the blogosphere  August 5 – October 25, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT JESUS, MO, AND CHEESE PUFFS Flo’s deformed eye doesn’t bother her a bit. Nope. Never mind the eye patch or her aversion to mirrors. But when she wins $40,000 in the lottery, she decides to get one of those “TV doctors” to fix her bad eye. It’s a long way from Indiana to California, so she and Mo, pack along some extra bags of cheese puffs for the trip. Funny thing about
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{New Thriller Novel for Review} The Alchemist Agenda by Marty Weiss

Marty Weiss will be touring July 1 – September 27 with his thriller novel, The Alchemist Agenda. We are looking for reviews, guest post spots, interviews, first chapter reveals, book trailer reveals, character guest posts and book excerpt/spotlights. When Charlie Rocklin and his company Gold Diggers Exploration set out to recover a 17th century shipwreck, they discover an undocumented Nazi submarine with enigmatic symbols. Ariel Ellis, a femme fatale historian with a mysterious past, proves that the U-boat contains the key to a formula more valuable than any sunken treasure, and more deadly than any weapon that has ever existed. In this globetrotting international adventure, Charlie and Ariel uncover an accelerating
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  • June 10, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Alchemist Agenda Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Marty Weiss, author of the thriller novel, The Alchemist Agenda, as he tours the blogosphere  July 1 – September 27, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE ALCHEMIST AGENDA When Charlie Rocklin and his company Gold Diggers Exploration set out to recover a 17th century shipwreck, they discover an undocumented Nazi submarine with enigmatic symbols. Ariel Ellis, a femme fatale historian with a mysterious past, proves that the U-boat contains the key to a formula more valuable than any sunken treasure, and more deadly than any weapon that has ever existed. In this globetrotting international adventure, Charlie and Ariel uncover an
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{New Spiritual Self-Help Book For Review} The What If? Book of Questions by Miggs Burroughs

Miggs Burroughs will be touring August 5 – 30 with his spiritual self-help book, The What If? Book of Questions. We are looking for reviews, guest post spots, interviews, first chapter reveals, book trailer reveals, character guest posts and book excerpt/spotlights. A thoughtful Q & A book that asks life questions about who you are and how you might navigate the challenging choices we all have to make. With charming illustrations throughout, it points a way toward wisdom like a Zen Koan, with each question wrapped in its own. The book can be flipped through at random resulting in many a smile and nod of recognition or awareness. Or
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