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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 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 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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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 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 The Day of the Dragonking Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Edward B. Irving’s novel, The Day of the Dragonking (Urban Fantasy / Satire) from May 17 – June 30, 2016.   Inside the Book:     Inside The Book Title: The Day of the Dragonking Book 1: The Last American Wizard Series Author: Edward B. Irving Publisher: Ronin Robot Press Publication Date: Paperback – February 2, 2106 / eBook – May 17, 2016 Pages: 316 pages Genre: Urban Fantasy / Satire   A “mystical terrorist group” sacrifices an airplane full of innocents to a dragon and uses the deaths to power an event that wreaks magical havoc on Washington, D.C. All the wizards in the U.S. government’s
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Pump Up Your Book Presents MacClinton Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sam Griffith’s novel, MacClinton (Political Science / Political Satire) from May 1 – June 30, 2016.   Inside the Book:     Inside The Book Title: MacClinton Author: Sam Griffith Publisher: Conservative Press Books Pages: 176 pages Genre: Political Science / Political Satire MacClinton, a modern tale of Bill Clinton’s political career told in the format of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This amusing drama is fleshed out with notes that detail Clinton’s scandals and cover-ups. After reading it, you’ll want to examine the character and actions of political candidates before voting for or against them. “When a citizen gives his suffrage [vote] to a man of known
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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 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
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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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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Pump Up Your Book Presents Love, Lattes and Angel, The Siren’s Dance and Sweet Last Drop Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you LOVE, LATTES AND ANGEL, THE SIREN’S DANCE, and SWEET LAST DROP and  virtual book tour April 25 – May 13!   Inside the Book: Title: Love, Lattes and Angel Author: Sandra Cox Release Date: April 12, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Young Adult Format: Ebook   Some teens go to the Caribbean on spring break. Piper goes to save the world.  Piper Dunn isn’t who you would call a normal teenager. For one thing, she doesn’t want anyone to know she was born with a blowhole. Even stranger, she has two love interests. Joel, a fellow dolphin-human hybrid, and Tyler, a human. It’s
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Kaitlin’s Tale Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Christine Amsden’s KAITLIN’S TALE virtual book tour May 16 – August 5!   Inside the Book: Title: Kaitlin’s Tale Author: Christine Amsden Release Date: May 16, 2016 Publisher: Twilight Times Books Genre: Urban Fantasy/Pararnormal Romance     Kaitlin Mayer is on the run from the father of her baby – a vampire who wants her to join him in deadly eternity. Terrified for her young son, she seeks sanctuary with the Hunters Guild. Yet they have their own plans for her son, and her hopes of safety are soon shattered. When she runs into Matthew Blair, an old nemesis with an agenda
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Grim Tidings Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Caitlin Kittredge’s GRIM TIDINGS virtual book tour April 18 – May 13!   Inside the Book: Title: Grim Tidings Author: Caitlin Kittredge Release Date: April 19, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Paranormal Format: Ebook/Paperback     In this thrilling sequel to Black Dog—the first volume of award-winning Caitlin Kittredge’s dark urban fantasy series, Hellhound Chronicles—a soul catcher must stop demonic monsters from her past from infecting the world. After winning her freedom from a reaper and facing off against a fearsome demon boss, Ava is now a masterless hellhound. Her friend, Leo, has found a new life after death: He’s returned as the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents An Eye For an Eye Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you L.D. Beyer’s AN EYE FOR AN EYE virtual book tour April 18 – May 13!   Inside the Book: Title: An Eye for an Eye Author: L.D. Beyer Release Date: January 15, 2016 Publisher: Old Stone Mill Publishing Genre: Military Format: Ebook/Paperback     A powerful drug lord threatens to bring America to its knees. Only one man can stop him. Two years ago, Secret Service Agent Matthew Richter faced the most difficult decision of his life, knowing that by saving the former, the latter would die. In the aftermath, he fled Washington and the agency that failed him. With wounds he’s
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Golden Age of Charli Virtual Book Publicity 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 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 The World Weavers Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kelley Grant’s THE WORLD WEAVERS virtual book tour April 19 – May 13!   Inside the Book: Title: The World Weavers Author: Kelley Grant Release Date: April 19, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Format: Ebook/Paperback     It has been a year since Sulis Hasifel fled to the desert, narrowly escaping death at the hands of a vengeful god. The time of the final battle, the final confrontation with the deities of her world, is nearing. Lured by the call of their long-trapped powers, the deities will descend upon the Obsidian Temple, where the Chosen await. But the war between gods
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Four Score and More Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you LaVera Edick’s Four Score and More Book Tour June 1 – July 29!   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
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Don Quixote Explained Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Emre Gurgen’s DON QUIXOTE EXPLAINED Book Tour!   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 Pasamonte can avoid criminality
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Mark Christopher Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Stan Matthew’s MARK CHRISTOPHER Book Tour!   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 church. While enrolled in
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  • April 1, 2016
  • Cover Reveals, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Soldier Finds His Way Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Irene Onorato’s A SOLDIER FINDS HIS WAY Cover Reveal April 7! Inside the Book: Title: A Soldier Finds His Way Author: Irene Onorato Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Romance Format: Ecopy   Sometimes getting lost is the best way home . . . After a painful youth spent in foster homes, Special Forces soldier Edward Giordano has all but given up on love. Returning to New York from a dangerous mission in Costa Rica with no one to welcome him home, he knows he must find a way through his bitterness and embrace faith, or he’s destined for misery and loneliness. But he
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Knit Tight Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Annabeth Albert’s KNIT TIGHT virtual book tour April 12 – May 16!   Inside the Book: Title: Knit Tight Author: Annabeth Albert Release Date: April 12, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: LGBT Format: Ebook   It’s no secret that Portland, Oregon, has some of best restaurants, shops, and cafés in the country. But it’s the hard-working men who serve it all up that keep us coming back for more… One of Portland’s hottest young baristas, Brady is famous for his java-topping flair, turning a regular cup of joe into a work of art. Every Wednesday—aka “Knit Night”—hordes of women and their needles
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Pump Up Your Book Presents To Win Her Heart, Dreaming August and Pass Interference Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you TO WIN HER HEART, DREAMING AUGUST and PASS INTERFERENCE virtual book tour April 12 – May 13!   Inside the Book: Title: To Win Her Heart Author: Mackenzie Crowne Release Date: April 12, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook In order to protect her, they’ll both have to let their guards down… Country music’s It Girl Jessi Tucker is fed up with her family’s stifling security measures. The threat of a dangerous stalker has gotten the men in her life—including her football star cousin, Tuck Tucker—monitoring her every move. To get the freedom she yearns for, Jessi hatches a plan to
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