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Pump Up Your Book Presents Little Cotton Heart Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Florentine Pfluger’s LITTLE COTTON HEART Book Blast May 23 – June 3!   Inside the Book: Title: Little Cotton Heart Author: Florentine Pfluger Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Poetry Format: Ebook Author Florentine Pfluger was mentally and spiritually trapped in a religious cult, along with her husband and children, for approximately ten years. During that time, she kept journals in which she wrote original poetry. In Little Cotton Heart, Pfluger shares the verses that resulted from that period, progressing from the realization of her family’s entrapment through the process of being set free and into the mental breakdown that followed. She experienced a psychological crash
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Pump Up Your Book Presents You Are Here Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Chris Delyani’s YOU ARE HERE book blast May 23 – June 3!   Inside the Book: Title: You Are Here Author: Chris Delyani Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Romance Format: Ebook/Paperback All Peter Bankston ever wanted to do was paint. An aspiring painter, Peter scratches out a pauper’s living in San Francisco, wanting nothing more than to be left alone. Instead, he finds himself getting involved with not one but two very different men. Like Peter, getting involved with another man is the last thing on Nick Katsaris’s mind. Smart, handsome, and good-humored, Nick’s done more than just survive—he’s positively thriving in
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Last County Fair Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Stan Matthews’ THE LAST COUNTY FAIR book blast May 23 – June 3!   Inside the Book: Title: The Last County Fair Author: Stan Matthews Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Mystery/Detective Format: Ebook/Paperback It is 1967 when a feud begins that could lead to the death of the one-hundred-year-old Chesterton county fair. When veteran reporter Art James is sent to investigate, he immediately delves into a case that will take him six days and hopefully provide him with a much-coveted feature story byline. Bob soon learns that the county is interested in selling the fairgrounds and that there are as many proponents
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Musings of a Mad Scientist Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you David Gretch’s MUSINGS OF A MAD SCIENTIST book blast May 23 – June 3!   Inside the Book: Title: Musings of a Mad Scientist Author: David Gretch Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Philosophy/Mind and Body Format: Ebook/Paperback What if human nature, in its most primal and innocent stage, is kind and gentle? What if despite the hostility, deception, and corruption of the moment, we earthlings are in fact spirit beings capable of reversion to our innate condition of being a kind and gentle species? If such a synchronous evolutionary leap in consciousness is possible, then past rules can be overlooked as newer
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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 May 23 – June 3!   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
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Jericho Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Alex Gordon’s JERICHO on tour May 23 – June 10! Inside the Book: Title: Jericho Author: Alex Gordon Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Supernatural Format: Ecopy/Paperback For readers of Deborah Harkness, J.D. Horn, Lev Grossman, and any supernatural thriller, a young witch must risk death and damnation to defeat a powerful ancient evil in Alex Gordon’s follow-up to the masterful debut Gideon. In unearthing her father’s secret past, Lauren Reardon discovered a shocking truth about herself. She is a Child of Endor, a sect of witches who believe they are the guardians of the “thin places”—areas across the globe where evil can seep through the divide
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Summer on the Cape, The Accidental Boyfriend, Never Let Go and Her Perfect Game Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you SUMMER ON THE CAPE, THE ACCIDENTAL BOYFRIEND, NEVER LET GO and HOT AND NERDY 2 virtual book tour May 24 – June 17!   Inside the Book: Title: Summer on the Cape Author: J.M. Bronston Release Date: May 24, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook New York City-based portrait artist Allie Randall’s career is taking off. With a major show coming up, it’s not the best time for her to leave town. Nonetheless, she’s persuaded to spend the summer on Cape Cod, creating seascapes for an important client. Soon the city girl finds herself seduced by the bayside beaches, the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Murder at Morningside Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sandra Bretting’s MURDER AT MORNINGSIDE May 24 – June 17! Inside the Book: Title: Murder at Morningside Author: Sandra Bretting Publisher: Lyrical Underground Genre: Mystery Format: Ecopy Hat designer Missy DuBois opened her shop, Crowning Glory, along Louisiana’s Great River Road to cater to the sophisticated Southern bride. But bless her heart, who knew creating stylish wedding veils would lead to murder? Hired to craft a veil for a socialite getting married at Morningside Plantation means Missy can bask in the height of antebellum atmosphere. But when the bride is found dead in a women’s bathroom, Missy the milliner finds herself
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Singapore Secrets Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Irene Onorato’s SINGAPORE SECRETS on tour May 23 – June 17! Inside the Book: Title: Singapore Secrets Author: Irene Onorato Publisher: eLectio Publishing Genre: Romance Format: Ecopy/Paperback Secrets . . . Angry because her father, Louisiana Senator Jacob Windsor, has announced his engagement to Hollywood starlet Kara Bordeaux, Julia Windsor decides she’d rather leave home than be subjected to heightened security and a deluge of paparazzi. She travels to Singapore, severs all communication with those she’s left behind, and chooses to live a life of anonymity. When Julia meets handsome Gabriel Davenport, she keeps her true purpose for being in Singapore a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Shadow of the Void Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Nathan Garrison’s SHADOW OF THE VOID virtual book tour May 24 – June 17!   INSIDE THE BOOK     Title: Shadow of the Void Author: Nathan Garrison Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Genre: Dark Fantasy Format: Kindle/Paperback   With comparisons to N.K. Jemison, Michael J. Sullivan, and Joe Abercrombie, readers have fallen in love with The Veiled Empire, the first book in The Sundered Worlds trilogy. Now, Nathan Garrison takes the story to the next level Shadow of the Void. The Veil has fallen . . . and the gods have been woken. For many, a new dawn has risen, as freedom from the tyrannical
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Pump Up Your Book Presents In Too Deep Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kristina Matthews’ IN TOO DEEP Cover Reveal May 16! Inside the Book: Title: In Too Deep Author: Kristina Matthews Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Romance Format: Ecopy   Oh, baby! For the first time in her life, adventure reporter Miranda Wilde has a plan that doesn’t involve scaling mountains or swimming with sharks. Miranda is about to do something scarier—she’s about to become a mother. Determined to deliver the news to her unborn baby’s father, Miranda arrives in Swift River to find the rugged resort owner with whom she shared an unexpectedly sexy weekend. Except Carson Swift is out of town—on his honeymoon—leaving
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Woodwalker Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Emily B. Martin’s WOODWALKER virtual book tour May 17 – June 10!   Inside the Book: Title: Woodwalker Author: Emily B. Martin Release Date: June 14, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Fantasy/Coming of Age Format: Ebook   “What on earth would I gain from that?” I asked him. “Risk my own neck by violating my banishment just to leave you? The sentence placed on me if I return is execution. If I’m entering the mountains again, I’d damn well better get something out of it.” Exiled from the Silverwood and the people she loves, Mae has few illusions about ever returning to her home.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The God Wave Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Patrick Hemstreet’s THE GOD WAVE virtual book tour May 17 – June 10!   Inside the Book: Title: The God Wave Author: Patrick Hemstreet Release Date: May 17, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Thriller/Suspense Format: Ebook/Paperback/Hardcover/Audio   A team of neuroscientists uncover amazing new capabilities in the brain that may steer human evolution toward miraculous and deadly frontiers in this spectacular debut work of speculative science fiction—Limitless meets James Rollins—that combines spirituality and science in an inventive, mind-blowing fashion. For decades, scientists have speculated about the untapped potential of the human brain. Now, neuroscientist Chuck Brenton has made an astonishing breakthrough. He has
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Massacre of Innocents Book Blast

   Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Loren Abbey and Pamela Zibura’s A MASSACRE OF INNOCENTS book blast May 23 – June 3!   Inside the Book: Title: A Massacre of Innocents Author: Loren Abbey & Pamela Zibura Publisher: iUniverse Genre: True Crime/Murder Format: Ebook In 1952 on a highway in the small Northern California mountain village of Chester, a local businessman and four small children are carjacked, robbed and savagely bludgeoned. Three of the children are killed. A year earlier, a Folsom gold mine operator had been murdered in a home break-in robbery attempt and five months after the Chester murders, the quiet Southern California city of Burbank
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Ocean at the End of the Lane Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Neil Gaiman’s THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE virtual book tour June 21 – July 31!   Inside the Book: Title: The Ocean at the End of the Lane Author: Neil Gaiman Release Date: June 28, 2016 Publisher: William Morrow Genre: Coming of Age Format: Ebook/Paperback/Hardcover/Audio   UK National Book Awards 2013 “Book of the Year” “Fantasy of the very best.” Wall Street Journal A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was
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{Coming of Age/Fantasy} Woodwalker by Emily B. Martin Virtual Book Tour!

  We invite you to join Emily B. Martin’s WOODWALKER Book Tour May 17 – June 09. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: Woodwalker Author: Emily B. Martin Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Pages: 336 Genre: Coming of Age/Fantasy “What on earth would I gain from that?” I asked him. “Risk my own neck by violating my banishment just to leave you? The sentence placed on me if I return is execution. If I’m entering the mountains again, I’d damn well better get something out of it.” Exiled from the Silverwood and the people she loves, Mae has few illusions about ever returning to her home. But when she comes across three out-of-place
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{Coming of Age} The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Book Tour Sign Up!

  We invite you to join Neil Gaiman’s THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE Book Tour June 21 – July 31. This is a review only tour. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: The Ocean at the End of the Lane Author: Neil Gaiman Publisher: William Morrow Pages: 256 Genre: Coming of Age UK National Book Awards 2013 “Book of the Year” “Fantasy of the very best.” Wall Street Journal A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Lady Who Drew Me In Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Thomasine Rappold’s THE LADY WHO DREW ME IN Cover Reveal May 10! Inside the Book: Title: The Lady Who Drew Me In Author: Thomasine Rappold Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Paranormal Romance Format: Ecopy   Daisy Lansing’s ability to transfer images from people’s thoughts onto paper was a novelty she used to trot out to amuse her friends. But when her “entranced drawing” begins to cause serious trouble for her guardians, she is banished to the country and forced to marry a man twice her age. After the joyless wedding, Daisy is determined to bury forever the strange skill that upended
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Mayday, Scot of My Dreams and Silent Hearts Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you MAYDAY, SCOT OF MY DREAMS and SILENT HEARTS virtual book tour May 10 – June 10!   Inside the Book: Title: Mayday Author: Olivia Dade Release Date: May 10, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook Passion Between The Stacks Helen Murphy loves her supportive family, her close-knit circle of friends, and her part-time job at the library. What she doesn’t love: the fact that she’s a thirty-six-year-old near-virgin who lives in her parents’ house. Eager to move out and reclaim her independence at long last, she’s determined to get the library’s new Community Outreach Coordinator position. Even if that means
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Time to Die and Time to Live Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you TIME TO DIE and TIME TO LIVE virtual book tour May 17 – June 10!   Inside the Book: Title: Time to Die Author: John Gilstrap Release Date: May 10, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Underground Genre: Mystery/Suspense Format: Ebook WIN, LOSE, OR DIE In the fourth electrifying installment of John Gilstrap’s five-part novel, a desperate manhunt for two reckless lovers takes a dangerous turn—heading straight for a dead end . . . Nicki Janssen is no longer the innocent little girl her father thinks she is. She’s a wanted criminal on the run—with a convicted killer she thought she could trust . . .
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Roger’s Bride Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sarah Hegger’s ROGER’S BRIDE Cover Reveal May 6! Inside the Book: Title: Roger’s Bride Author: Sarah Hegger Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy   A battle of wills . . . As the oldest son and heir to Anglesea, it is Roger’s duty to stand tall and strong. But his tough exterior belies the heart of a true romantic, a devoted son who yearns for the deep love he has witnessed between his parents and his sisters and their husbands. However, with the Anglesea family jockeying for a more advantageous position, Roger must marry judiciously. A fight for the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Death In Devon Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ian Sansom’s DEATH IN DEVON virtual book tour May 10 – June 2!   Inside the Book: Title: Death in Devon Author: Ian Sansom Release Date: May 10, 2016 Publisher: Witness Impulse Genre: Mystery/Crime Format: Ebook/Paperback/Hardcover   Love Miss Marple? Adore Holmes and Watson? Professor Morley’s guide to Devon is a story of bygone England; quaint villages, eccentric locals—and murder… Swanton Morely, the People’s Professor, sets off for Devon to continue his history of England, The County Guides. Morley’s daughter, Miriam, and his assistant, Stephen Sefton, pack up the Lagonda for a trip to the English Riviera. Morely has been invited to give
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Veiled In Blue Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lynne Connolly’s VEILED IN BLUE Cover Reveal May 2! Inside the Book: Title: Veiled in Blue Author: Lynne Connolly Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Romance Format: Ecopy   It is up to the Emperors of London to protect the throne—without risking their hearts… Governess Eve Merton would have fallen into serious trouble on her walk home if a handsome stranger had not stopped to help her. But when Mr. Vernon gives her a lift on his horse, he makes no secret of his attraction. As a well brought-up young lady, Eve does her best not to notice, but when he sets about
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Thousand Yesteryears and Sin on the Run Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you A THOUSAND YESTERYEARS and SIN ON THE RUN  virtual book tour May 2 – May 27!   Inside the Book: Title: A Thousand Yesteryears Author: Mae Clair Release Date: April 26, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Underground Genre: Thriller/Suspense Format: Ebook  Behind a legend lies the truth… As a child, Eve Parrish lost her father and her best friend, Maggie Flynn, in a tragic bridge collapse. Fifteen years later, she returns to Point Pleasant to settle her deceased aunt’s estate. Though much has changed about the once thriving river community, the ghost of tragedy still weighs heavily on the town, as do rumors and sightings of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Elixir Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ruth Vincent’s ELIXIR virtual book tour May 2 – 13!   Inside the Book: Title: Elixir Author: Ruth Vincent Release Date: May 3, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Fiction/Fantasy/Urban Format: Ebook   Mabily “Mab” Jones is just a twenty-something, over-educated, under-employed New Yorker trying to survive as a private eye’s unpaid intern… or is she? Once a powerful fairy, but tricked by the Fairy Queen into human form, Mab is forced to face her changeling past when investigating a missing person case at a modern speakeasy. Obadiah Savage bootlegs fairy Elixir to human customers thirsting for a magical fix. But when Mab
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Girls’ Weekend Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Cara Sue Achterberg’s GIRLS’ WEEKEND virtual book tour May 2 – June 30!   Inside the Book: Title: Girls’ Weekend Author: Cara Sue Achterberg Release Date: May 3, 2016 Publisher: The Story Plant Genre: Women’s Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback   Dani, Meg, and Charlotte have bonded over babies, barbeques, and backyards, but when they escape for a girls’ weekend away, they can’t bring themselves to return to lives that don’t seem to fit anymore. Harried Dani can’t explain why she feels so discontented until she meets a young gallery owner who inspires her to rediscover the art that once made her happy. Dependable
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Christmas Tree Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Allyson Charles’ THE CHRISTMAS TREE Cover Reveal April 27! Inside the Book: Title: The Christmas Tree Author: Allyson Charles Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Romance Format: Ecopy   DECORATING WITH THE GRINCH It was one little fender bender. Sadie was only in picturesque Pineville, Michigan, for a day, trying to handle the ramshackle house her grandmother left her and juggle the sale of her failing design business at the same time. Her debtors don’t care that it’s almost Christmas. But then neither does the big bad contractor whose truck got squashed. Colt McCoy might be the least festive person she’s ever met. He’s
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Cooking Up Trouble, Skinny Dipping Season, Fiance for Keeps and Flip This Love Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you COOKING UP TROUBLE, SKINNY DIPPING SEASON, FIANCE FOR KEEPS and FLIP THIS LOVE virtual book tour May 2 – May 27!   Inside the Book: Title: Cooking Up Trouble Author: Judi Lynn Release Date: April 12, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook Welcome to Mill Pond and small-town country living, filled with fresh air, fresh food, and plenty of fresh gossip—especially when it comes to romance… It’s impossible not to notice when someone new shows up in Mill Pond. Especially someone as obviously out-of-place as Ian McGregor. His stylish suit and fancy car scream “city slicker.” And when Tessa Lawrence
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Pitchfork of Destiny Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jack Heckel’s THE PITCHFORK OF DESTINY virtual book tour April 25 – May 20!   Inside the Book: Title: The Pitchfork of Destiny Author: Jack Heckel Release Date: May 17, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Mythology Format: Ebook/Paperback     Life in the Kingdom of Royaume has been happily ever for King William Pickett and his fiancee, Lady Rapunzel. But when Volthraxus, the Great Dragon of the North, returns looking for the love of his life, the Great Wyrm of the South, it becomes clear that some fairy tales never end. After Volthraxus discovers his love was slain by the newly crowned
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  • April 19, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Time to Hide, Time to Steal, House of the Hanging Jade and The Deepest Wound Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you TIME TO HIDE, TIME TO STEAL, HOUSE OF THE HANGING JADE and THE DEEPEST WOUND virtual book tour April 26 – May 20!   Inside the Book: Title: Time to Hide Author: John Gilstrap Release Date: April 12, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Thriller Format: Ebook THEY CAN RUN—BUT THEY CAN’T HIDE In the second gripping installment of John Gilstrap’s five-part novel, a pair of young lovers take off on a reckless journey—just one step ahead of the law . . . Nicki Janssen wants to live her life to the fullest—and love her soulmate to the end—no matter how dangerous it is
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