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Pump Up Your Book Presents Memoir of a Journey with Mental Illness Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you M.S. Burke’s MEMOIR OF A JOURNEY WITH MENTAL ILLNESS book blast May 23 – June 3!   Inside the Book: Title: Memoir of a Journey with Mental Illness Author: M.S. Burke Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook M.S. Burke was only nineteen years old when she inexplicably tried to kill herself. It made no sense: She lived a privileged life of yacht clubs, tennis lessons, private schools, and summers in Canada. If you named it, she had it, including an incredible family-with three sisters she adored and two loving, supportive parents. Many years later, she still starts each day with
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Eliminating Fear in Your Life Through God’s Word Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Rovilla McClellan Lorimor’s ELIMINATING FEAR IN YOUR LIFE THROUGH GOD’S WORD book blast May 23 – June 3!   Inside the Book: Title: Eliminating Fear In Your Life Through God’s Word Author: Rovilla McClellan Lorimor Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Juvenile Non-Fiction Format: Ebook This book was softly and lovingly inspired by the voice of God to Pastor Rovilla during a three day fast. On the first day, God provided the title for the book,” Eliminating Fear in Your Life Through God’s Word” and stated that far too many Christian people are living in fear and depression which gives Him no glory,
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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 You Must Only To Love Them: Lessons Learned in Turkey Book Blast!

We invite you to Ann Marie Mershon’s YOU MUST ONLY TO LOVE THEM: LESSONS LEARNED IN TURKEY Book Blast May 16! Inside the Book: Title: You Must Only To Love Them: Lessons Learned in Turkey Author: Ann Marie Mershon Publisher: Maple Hill Publications Pages: 282 Genre: Memoir/Travel Living overseas is the best way to understand the world and its varied cultures. Recently divorced, Ann Marie decided to pursue her life dream of living overseas and accepted a position as a prep school English teacher in Istanbul. Ann Marie battled loneliness as she tried to make the most of her ex-pat existence, and her forays into the Muslim culture and
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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 Jules: The 2nd Adventure Book Blast!

We invite you to Kaelia Stevens’ JULES: THE 2ND ADVENTURE Book Blast May 2 – 27! Inside the Book: Title: Jules Author: Kaelia Stevens Publisher: Independent Pages: 94 Genre: Magical Realism War. It doesn’t start with armies or bombs. It doesn’t start with declarations or protests. It doesn’t start with speeches. It starts with one thing. Intent. Jules understands this concept. She intends to kill a cult leader. She intends to undo magic from the past. She intends to get her family home. She intends to start a war. For More Information Jules is available at Amazon. Pick up your copy at Barnes & Noble. Writing from a young
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  • April 9, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Last Maharajan Book Blast!

We invite you to Susan Wingate’s THE LAST MAHARAJAN Book Blast April 16! Inside the Book: Title: The Last Maharajan Author: Susan Wingate Publisher: Roberts Press Pages: 152 Genre: Romantic Thriller/Women’s Fiction With her mother dying and her marriage falling apart, Euly Winger returns to her birth place in order to uncover a dark secret about her parent’s divorce. Something that has haunted their family since Euly was a young adult. But when Euly meets up with an old acquaintance, her time back home turns nightmarish when he angrily reveals everything he knows about her parents. A suspenseful and inspirational read, THE LAST MAHARAJAN is a story of love–in
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Golden Age of Charli Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

  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 Four Score and More Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

  Inside the Book: Title: Four Score and More Author: LaVera Edick Publisher: Trafford Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback Statement from Author I was born in 1925. This is my story of growing up on a farm and following the oft-times bumpy road of life. It is the story of my family and ancestors, those pioneers who cut the trails and paved the roads for our journey through life. Several major events helped shape the lives and attitudes of those born before 1940. It was a struggle raising a family in the thirties: not only was the nation in a financial crisis, Mother Nature was in an ugly mood. When people
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Tears of the Silenced Book Blast

We invite you to Misty Griffin’s TEARS OF THE SILENCED Book Blast April 4-29! Inside the Book: Title: Tears of the Silenced Author: Misty Griffin Publisher: Independent Pages: 444 Genre: Biography/Memoir One freezing morning in early March I made a dash for a tiny police station in rural Minnesota. I was a frightened Amish girl with no where to go, a second grade education and no ID or social security card…… Based on the authors tragic true life story. When I was six years old my family started to live and dress like the Amish. My sister and I were kept as slaves on a mountain ranch where we were subjected
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Little Wine Guide Book Blast – Win Wine Basket!

We invite you to Ariel Heart’s THE LITTLE WINE GUIDE Book Blast April 4 – 29! Inside the Book: Title: The Little Wine Guide Author: Ariel Heart Publisher: Blazing Sword Publishing, Ltd. Pages: 60 Genre: Nonfiction  Don’t know much about wine? From Cabernet to Chardonnay, from buying wine to enjoying it; this jam-packed little book removes the mystery and makes learning about wine fun. The Little Wine Guide is presented in a conversational tone and helps you discover what interests you in the world of wine as you embrace your personal wine style. For More Information The Little Wine Guide is available at Amazon. Pick up your copy at
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  • April 1, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Free of Malice Book Blast – Win $25 B&N Gift Card & Autographed Copy!

We invite you to Liz Lazarus’ FREE OF MALICE Book Blast April 11 – May 11! Inside the Book: Title: FREE OF MALICE Author: Liz Lazarus Publisher: Mitchell Cove Publishing LLC Pages: 274 Genre: Suspense/Thriller Laura Holland awakes in the middle of the night to see a stranger standing in her bedroom doorway. She manages to defend herself from the would-be rapist, though he threatens to return as he retreats. Traumatized with recurring nightmares, Laura seeks therapy and is exposed to a unique treatment called EMDR. She also seeks self-protection— buying a gun against the wishes of her husband. When Laura learns she could have gone to prison had
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Don Quixote Explained Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Emre Gurgen’s DON QUIXOTE EXPLAINED Book Blast April 11 – 22!   Inside the Book: Title: Don Quixote Explained Author: Emre Gurgen Publisher: AuthorHouse Genre: Literary Criticism Format: Ebook/Paperback   Don Quixote Explained focuses on seven topics: how Sancho Panza refines into a good governor through a series of jokes that turn earnest; how Cervantes satirizes religious extremism in Don Quixote by taking aim at the Holy Roman Catholic Church; how Don Quixote and Sancho Panza check-and-balance one another’s excesses by having opposite identities; how Cervantes refines Spanish farm girls by transforming Aldonza Lorenzo into Dulcinea; how outlaws like Roque Guinart and Gines
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Mark Christopher Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Stan Matthew’s MARK CHRISTOPHER Book Blast April 11 – 22!   Inside the Book: Title: Mark Christopher Author: Stan Matthews Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Coming of Age Format: Ebook/Paperback As Mark Christopher grows up in a small railroad town during the Great Depression, he dreams of doing something special with his life. Instead, he must face one tragedy after the other as war looms. First, his parents die and then his brother while serving in the Pacific. When the war in Europe ends, Mark’s sister sends him to live with their grandmother and her son. To please them, Mark is baptized in a Baptist
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  • March 30, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The SECRETS of the KEYS Movie Blast – Win DVDs/Downloads!

We invite you to Robin Jay’s THE SECRET OF THE KEYS Movie Blast April 4 – 29! Inside the Book: Title: The SECRETS of the KEYS Producer: Robin Jay Producer: TwoBirds, Inc. Genre: Inspirational/Motivational Imagine getting a life-altering call from your doctor.  That’s exactly what happens to motivational speaker and author “Elizabeth” in The Secrets of the Keys. Now, the inspiration she has used throughout her career to guide others comes back to her as she attempts to make sense of her situation. Elizabeth comes face-to-face with her spiritual guide, “Gwen,” who has an intriguing opportunity for her. Gwen takes Elizabeth on a mystical journey where they encounter impressive experts eager to share
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Restless Book Blast

We invite you to Michelle Bellon’s RESTLESS Book Blast April 6 – May 6! Inside the Book: Title: Restless Author: Michelle Bellon Publisher: Booktrope Editions Pages: 204 Genre:  Contemporary Romance You grow up. You get married. You have a family. At least, that’s what Malea Winters believes she’s supposed to do. So why is it that every time she comes close to finding that happily ever after, she runs? When she meets Garrett Taylor, she warns him that she’s not the marrying type because history has shown that long-term relationships are not her forte. She has a tendency to leave when things get too serious; the direct result of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Unloved Again Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Elan Golomb’s UNLOVED AGAIN Book Blast March 28 – April 8!   Inside the Book: Title: Unloved Again Author: Elan Golomb Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Psychology Format: Ebook/Paperback Love can be hell. It is not an accident which moves us to love the wrong person or to hate the right one, over and over again. Most of us remain unaware of how to escape this perpetual cycle of bad relationships. • Do you continually fall for the wrong person? • Do you find yourself driving the right person away? • Do your relationships quickly switch from blissful to tortured? • Do you criticize unreasonably
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Enter, Knight Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you K.A. Keith’s ENTER,KNIGHT Book Blast March 28 – April 8!   Inside the Book: Title: Enter Knight Author: K.A. Keith Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback Two infants, born simultaneously, are infused with otherworldly energies as the most ancient evil stirs. The Knight Apieron Farsinger, and Adestes Malgrim represent the heights of their opposing martial traditions in classic East versus West confrontation. In this medieval action adventure, Apieron’s country Ilycrium is conquered, while more sinister assaults transpire from beyond the lands of light. The Knight Apieron Farsinger, father to three small children and husband to a gentle wife, must leave hearth and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Though I Don’t Deserve It, God’s Hand of Protection Watches Over Me

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Arthur Luke’s THOUGH I DON’T DESERVE IT, GOD’S HAND OF PROTECTION WATCHES OVER ME Book Blast March 28 – April 8!   Inside the Book: Title: Though I Don’t Deserve It, God’s Hand of Protection Watches Over Me Author: Arthur Luke Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback Though I Don’t Deserve It, God’s Hand of Protection Watches Over Me: My Story spans sixty-four years in the life of a believer in Jesus Christ, telling how God has watched over him and his family. Arthur Luke begins with his childhood in Georgia, follows the sojourns of his military family, narrates the key events
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Pump Up Your Book Presents My Name is Sarah Armstrong Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Judith Turner’s MY NAME IS SARAH ARMSTRONG Book Blast March 28 – April 8!   Inside the Book: Title: My Name is Sarah Armstrong Author: Judith Turner Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Family Life Format: Ebook/Paperback It is 1958 when fourteen-year-old Sarah Armstrong first writes in her journal about her role model, Margaret MacAuley, who survived a dangerous journey with her immigrant family in 1856 to join the Mormon Church in Utah. As Sarah continues to mature in Salt Lake City, she must face important choices after her father decides to leave the Mormon Church. Shunned by her extended family and the Mormon community,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Tangled Web Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Marietta G. Cobb’s TANGLED WEB Book Blast March 28 – April 8!   Inside the Book: Title: Tangled Web Author: Marietta G. Cobb Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Suspense Format: Ebook/Paperback Quincy couldn’t believe the words on his paternal twin sons’ birth certificates. According to the legal documents, the boys had two different fathers, Quincy just one of them. His wife, Madge, has betrayed him, although he’s not surprised. She cajoled him into marriage through drugs and sexual assault—an assault that created the twins. Now, Quincy is resolute in discovering the identity of the second father. Imagine his horror when he finds it to
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  • March 14, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Braking for Bodies Book Blast – Win Cinch Tote & Notepad!

We invite you to Duffy Brown’s BRAKING FOR BODIES Book Blast April 3. Duffy is giving away 20 BRAKING FOR BODIES Cinch Totes & Notepads to be given away at 12 midnight! Inside the Book: Title: BREAKING FOR BODIES (Book 2 Cycle Path Mystery Series) Author: Duffy Brown Publisher: Penguin Berkley Prime Crime Pages: Genre: Cozy Mystery Meet the Author   While others girls dreamed of dating Brad Pitt, Duffy Brown longed to take Sherlock Holmes to the prom. Today she is a National Bestselling author and conjures up who-done-it stories for Berkley Prime Crime. She has two series, the Consignment Shop mysteries set in Savannah and the Cycle
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Saving Jesus Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ralph William Ausman’s SAVING JESUS Book Blast March 28 – April 8!   Inside the Book: Title: Saving Jesus Author: Ralph William Ausman Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Alternative History Format: Ebook/Paperback The canvas of history provides a complex pattern of culture, change, and conflict. Colorful individuals were often the driving forces behind the progression of history. Was there a grander purpose behind these developments, beyond the individual people, locations, and events? History often turns on a simple thought or decision by those in a position to have a significant impact on the ultimate course for humankind. What influence did some of the most significant
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Bomb That Never Was Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you J.R. Shaw’s THE BOMB THAT NEVER WAS Book Blast March 28 – April 8!   Inside the Book: Title: The Bomb That Never Was Author: J.R. Shaw Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Alternative History Format: Ebook/Paperback Praise for The Bomb That Never Was “Hitler has the bomb, and it’s headed for the USA. This meticulously researched historical novel will have you asking, ‘What if?’ This is an intelligent, fast-paced page-turner that will make you forget that you already know how it all turns out. Provocative, informative, and entertaining—I couldn’t put it down.” —Joseph P. DeSario, author of Limbo and Sanctuary and coauthor of Crusade: Undercover
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Pump Up Your Book Presents I Made It Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Juana M. Ortiz’s I MADE IT Book Blast March 28 – April 8!   Inside the Book: Title: I Made It Author: Juana M. Ortiz Publisher: AuthorHouse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback Author Juana Ortiz was born with cerebral palsy in the Dominican Republic, a country where prejudice against people with disabilities is strong. In I Made It, Ortiz shares the story of her experiences and struggles throughout her life, particularly her difficulties within the educational system. Through her writing, she seeks to address common misunderstandings that persist with regard to people with disabilities and their enrollment in school and to raise awareness
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Pump Up Your Book Presents War Ready Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mary Lou Darst’s WAR READY Book Blast March 28 – April 8!   Inside the Book: Title: War Ready Author: Mary Lou Darst Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback “Her memoir is seen through the eyes of the girl living it, not at decades removed, which gives it both freshness and ache.” By Kirkus Indie For young Mary Lou, life was an adventure. Her father served in the military, and she traveled the world with him and her family. His assignments took them to Alaska, Virginia, Japan, Texas, and Germany, as part of the US Army’s responsibilities in policing the world. This
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