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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Logic Bomb Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Scott Richard Lord’s THE LOGIC BOMB virtual book tour April 6-30! Title: The Logic Bomb Author: Scott Richard Lord Publisher: The Logic Bomb Pages: 264 Genre: Thriller Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle Fiction collides with fact with frightening prescience in Scott Lord’s ripped-from-the-headlines techno-thriller, THE LOGIC BOMB. In his exciting debut as a novelist, Lord, a practicing lawyer, mixes shady financial deals, organized crime, and the real-life threat of cyber warfare into an unlikely but always entertaining blend of high drama and comedy. Scott Turow, author of the bestselling legal thriller PRESUMED INNOCENT, hails Lord as “a terrific writer. Read THE LOGIC BOMB.”
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Queen of Sparta Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you T.S. Chaudhry’s THE QUEEN OF SPARTA virtual book tour April 6-30! Title: The Queen of Sparta Author: T.S. Chaudhry Publisher: Top Hat Books Pages: 383 Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle Author T.S. Chaudhry offers a new spin on Spartan history in his novel, THE QUEEN OF SPARTA. In the book, Queen Gorgo, the wife of the courageous Spartan leader, Leonidas, surreptitiously organizes the Greek resistance against the invasion of the mighty Persian king, Xerxes, and his massive army. Although founded on the writings of historian, Herodotus, Chaudhry’s revision of the 480 B.C. invasion challenges readers to imagine the brilliant and
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{YA} Grey Blog Tour Sign Up

Christi J. Whitney will be touring May 4 – June 26 with her young adult urban fantasy, GREY (Book 1 in the Romany Outcasts series)! We are looking for: Reviews (ebook only – you will be sent to NetGalley) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Grey (The Romany Outcasts Series, Book 1) Author: Christi J. Whitney Publisher: HarperCollins/HarperVoyager Pages: 400 Genre: Young Adult (Urban Fantasy) Format: Paperback/Kindle Sebastian Grey always thought he was a fairly normal teenager – good friends, decent grades, and a pretty sweet job
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Hearts Beneath the Badge Book Excerpt Tour Sign Up

Karen Solomon will be touring May 4-29 with her nonfiction, HEARTS BENEATH THE BADGE!  This is a book excerpt tour.  Bloggers will post their book excerpts chronologically so the reader can hop from blog to blog to not only get an exclusive glimpse into Karen’s new book but also have a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card!  All bloggers’ Twitter handle or Facebook link will be included in the Rafflecopter. We are looking for: Book Excerpt Spotlights ONLY Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Hearts Beneath the Badge Author: Karen
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{YA Fantasy} The Jack of Souls Blog Tour Sign Up

Stephen Merlino will be touring May 4-29 with his YA fantasy, THE JACK OF SOULS! We are looking for: Reviews mainly (Paperback or ebook available) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Read first chapter here! Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: The Jack of Souls Author: Stephen C. Merlino Publisher: Tortoise Rampant Books Pages: 352 Genre: YA Fantasy Format: Paperback/Hardcover/Kindle An outcast rogue named Harric must break a curse laid on his fate or die by his nineteenth birthday. As his dead-day approaches, nightmares from the spirit world stalk him and tear at
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Getting It Right Book Blast

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you A.M. Arthur’s GETTING IT RIGHT book blast April 20 – May 15! Title: Getting It Right (Book one of the Restoration series) Author: A.M. Arthur Publisher: Carina Press (Harlequin) Pages: 249 Genre: Contemporary Romance / M/M Format: Kindle/Nook For a dramatic male/male read, look no further than Getting It Right by A.M. Arthur. This contemporary romance is full of heart-wrenching moments guaranteed to draw you in and leave you wanting more. Detective Nathan Wolf might just be a junior detective, but he tackles every case with the passion that he lacks in his personal life. A series of failed relationships
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{Supernatural Fantasy} The Ghostcrow Blog Tour Sign Up

M.K. Theodoratus will be touring May 4-29 with her supernatural fantasy novelette, THE GHOSTCROW: A TALE OF ANDOR! We are looking for: Reviews (ebook only; reviewer will be sent copy from Kindle store) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Read excerpt here! Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: The Ghostcrow: A Tale of Andor Author: M.K. Theodoratus Publisher: Smashwords Pages: 55 Genre: Supernatural Fantasy Format: Kindle/Nook Seeing ghosts has plagued Dumdie Swartz since early childhood. Afraid that ghost guts might stick to her if she stepped through them, thirteen-year-old Dumdie Swartz still cringes
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{Contemporary Romance / M/M} Getting It Right Book Blast Sign Up

A.M. Arthur will be touring April 20 – May 15 with his contemporary romance/M/M, GETTING IT RIGHT! We are looking for: Book Spotlights (Please note this is a book blast only) Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Getting It Right (Book one of the Restoration series) Author: A.M. Arthur Publisher: Carina Press Pages: 249 Genre: Contemporary Romance / M/M Format: Kindle/Nook For a dramatic male/male read, look no further than Getting It Right by A.M. Arthur. This contemporary romance is full of heart-wrenching moments guaranteed to draw you in and leave you
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{SciFi} Quantum Level Zero Blog Tour Sign Up

Ted Grosch will be touring May 4-29 with his scifi novel, QUANTUM LEVEL ZERO! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback & ebook) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Quantum Level Zero Author: Ted Grosch Publisher: Double Dragon eBooks Pages: 287 Genre: SciFi Format: Kindle/Nook Winston Churchill stated that history is written by the victors. Germany terrorized Britain’s civilian population with V1 and V2 rockets. The Nazi historians would have a legitimate rational for that had they won the war. Quantum Level Zero takes place in a dystopian
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  • March 14, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Meditation is an Open Sky Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Whitney Stewart’s MEDITATION IS AN OPEN SKY: MINDFULNESS FOR KIDS virtual book tour April 6-30! Title: Meditation is an Open Sky: Mindfulness for Kids Author: Whitney Stewart Publisher: Albert Whitman Pages: 32 Genre: Children’s Picture Book Format: Hardcover/Kindle Feeling mindful is feeling good! You know when you’re having a bad day, you have that wobbly feeling inside and nothing seems to go right? Find a quiet place, sit down, and meditate! In this daily companion, kids of any age will learn simple exercises to help manage stress and emotions, find focus, and face challenges. They’ll discover how to feel safe
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Peer Through Time Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you David T. Pennington’s PEER THROUGH TIME virtual book tour May 4-29! Title: Peer Through Time Author: David T. Pennington Publisher: Quantaj Publishing Pages: 371 Genre: Science Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle In 2079, a time travel experiment sends physicist Carmela Akronfleck further back in time than she’d intended. Though she’s still in her small northern California town, the year is 1936 and she must learn to live without the technology she’s come to rely on. Her neurological implants should be dormant, but she receives a cryptic message, periodically accompanied by an audio transmission from the future. It’s the voice of her former
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Treasure at Devil’s Hole Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jody M. Mabry’s THE TREASURE AT DEVIL’S HOLE virtual book tour May 4-29! Title: The Treasure at Devil’s Hole Author: Jody Mabry Publisher: Maybury and Gilliam Literary Pages: 220 Genre: Middle Grade Children’s Format: Paperback/Kindle How would you feel if you knew you had a legendary treasure right in your own back yard? Francis “Bug” Mosser knows, and will do nearly anything to find it, even if it means defying the most villainous person he knows—Mom! Standing in Bug’s way is his nemesis Tad Pricket, the red headed, pock-holed bully who’s suddenly been seen walking Bug’s girl, Melanie, home from
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{Middle Grade} The Treasure at Devil’s Hole Blog Tour Sign Up

Jody Mabry will be touring May 4-29 with his middle grade novel, THE TREASURE AT DEVIL’S HOLE! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback & ebook) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: The Treasure at Devil’s Hole Author: Jody Mabry Publisher: Maybury and Gilliam Literary Pages: 220 Genre: Middle Grade Children’s Format: Paperback/Kindle How would you feel if you knew you had a legendary treasure right in your own back yard? Francis “Bug” Mosser knows, and will do nearly anything to find it, even if it means defying
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{Science Fiction} Peer Through Time Blog Tour Sign Up

David T. Pennington will be touring May 4-29 with his science fiction, PEER THROUGH TIME! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback & ebook) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Peer Through Time Author: David T. Pennington Publisher: Quantaj Publishing Pages: 371 Genre: Science Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle In 2079, a time travel experiment sends physicist Carmela Akronfleck further back in time than she’d intended. Though she’s still in her small northern California town, the year is 1936 and she must learn to live without the technology she’s come
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Genius De Milo Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Russ Colchamiro’s GENIUS DE MILO virtual book tour April 6 – June 26! Title: Genius De Milo Author: Russ Colchamiro Publisher: Crazy 8 Press Pages: 320 Genre: SciFi/Comedy Format: Paperback/Kindle Best pals Jason Medley and Theo Barnes barely survived a backpacking trip through Europe and New Zealand that — thanks to a jar of Cosmic Building Material they found — almost wiped out the galaxy. But just as they envision a future without any more cosmic lunacy: The Earth has started fluxing in and out of existence, Theo’s twin girls are teleporting, and Jason can’t tell which version of his
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Stonehill Downs Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sarah Remy’s STONEHILL DOWNS virtual book tour April 6-30! Title: Stonehill Downs Author: Sarah Remy Publisher: Harper Collins/Voyager Pages: 400 Genre: Fantasy Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook Stonehill Downs follows Mal, a powerful mage who functions as Lord Vocent, the king’s personal forensic scientist and detective.  Magic and murder are his calling.  Never have the two entangled in quite as terrifying a manner as on Stonehill Downs, where Avani, a Goddess-gifted outsider, has discovered a host of gruesome corpses reeking of supernatural malfeasance.  The investigation is haunted by ghosts of Mal’s past, and the two quickly learn that they must cast aside their
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Nalah Goes to Mad Mouse City Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Anne Sawyer-Aitch’s NALAH GOES TO MAD MOUSE CITY virtual book tour May 4-29! Title: Nalah Goes to Mad Mouse City Author: Anne Sawyer-Aitch Publisher: Magic Lantern Press Pages: 44 Genre: Children’s Picture Book Format: Paperback The adventures of Nalah continue! One day Nalah finds herself bored and lonesome because all of her imaginary friends have gone away on vacation. But wait – not all. Mad Tooth, the little mouse who lives in her sock drawer, is still busy munching away on her knee-highs. When she finds out why Nalah is sad, she offers to take her down through the sock
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Dream Called Marilyn Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mercedes King’s A DREAM CALLED MARILYN virtual book tour April 6-30! Title: A Dream Called Marilyn Author: Mercedes King Publisher: Triumph Productions Pages: 177 Genre: Historical / Modern Historical / Psychological Thriller Format: Kindle In the summer of 1962, nothing could prepare Dr. Charles Campbell for his first meeting with new client, Marilyn Monroe. A reputable L.A. psychiatrist, he’s been hired by a studio executive to treat and subdue the star, no matter what it takes. Although he’s been warned about Ms. Monroe’s unpredictability, she’s not what he expected. Gaining Marilyn’s trust means crossing doctor-patient boundaries, and trying to separate
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{Fantasy} Stonehill Downs Blog Tour Sign Up

Sarah Reny will be touring April 6-30 with her fantasy novel, STONEHILL DOWNS! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Stonehill Downs Author: Sarah Remy Publisher: Harper Collins/Voyager Pages: 400 Genre: Fantasy Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook Stonehill Downs follows Mal, a powerful mage who functions as Lord Vocent, the king’s personal forensic scientist and detective.  Magic and murder are his calling.  Never have the two entangled in quite as terrifying a manner as on Stonehill Downs, where Avani, a Goddess-gifted outsider, has discovered a
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{Children’s Picture Book} Nalah Goes to Mad Mouse City Blog Tour Sign Up

Anne Sawyer-Aitch will be touring May 4-29 with her children’s picture book, NALAH GOES TO MAD MOUSE CITY! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback) Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Nalah Goes to Mad Mouse City Author: Anne Sawyer-Aitch Publisher: Magic Lantern Press Pages: 44 Genre: Children’s Picture Book Format: Paperback The adventures of Nalah continue! One day Nalah finds herself bored and lonesome because all of her imaginary friends have gone away on vacation. But wait – not all. Mad Tooth, the little mouse who lives in her sock drawer, is
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First Chapter: You’re Not From Around Here, Are You? Reminiscences by Helga Stipa Madland

Title: You’re Not From Around Here, Are You? Reminiscences Author: Helga Stipa Madland Publisher: Aventine Press Pages: 202 Genre: Memoir Format: Paperback/Kindle I start with when I was born, then there was a World War, and then I went to Norman.—Klodnitz, in Upper Silesia, now a part of Poland, was my birth place; when everything collapsed in 1945 at the end of WWII, my family and I became refugees. We trekked across Germany, to the west, and eventually settled in a small village and then another one. Next was Canada, then the United States, Missouri; eventually we settled in Idaho, where my Father, who was a forester, found a
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  • March 2, 2015
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First Chapter: Czar Nicholas, The Toad, and Duck Soup by Elisabeth Amaral

Title: Czar Nicholas, The Toad, and Duck Soup Author: Elisabeth Amaral Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 324 Genre: Memoir Format: Paperback/Kindle The mid-1960s through the mid-1970s was a heady, turbulent time. There was a lot going on back then, and author Elisabeth Amaral was in the middle of it all: the fights for women’s rights, racial equality, a music revolution, be-ins, love-ins, riots in the streets, the rage against the Vietnam War, and sex, drugs, and rock and roll. It was an amazing time to be young. In Czar Nicholas, The Toad, and Duck Soup, Amaral shares her recollections of those times. She and her husband gave up their jobs in
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First Chapter: Escape Through the Wilderness by Gary Rodriguez

Title: Escape Through the Wilderness Author: Gary Rodriguez Publisher: Tate Publishing Pages: 254 Genre: Teens/Children Format: Paperback/Kindle Sixteen-year-old Savannah Evans walks with a slight limp thanks to a gymnastics’ accident that dashed her Olympic dreams, but didn’t stop her from attending an adventure camp in Idaho. At Camp Arrowhead, she quickly befriends Jade Chang and Rico Cruz, but Conner Swift taunts Savi because of her injury. When the four are teamed together for an overnight white-water river rafting adventure, Savi refuses to get in the same raft with Conner. Unfortunately, the director will not reassign her. A fun expedition down the river turns into a nightmare when their raft
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{Historical/Psychological Thriller} A Dream Called Marilyn Blog Tour Sign Up

Mercedes King will be touring April 6 – 30 with her historical/psychological thriller, A DREAM CALLED MARILYN! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback) Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: A Dream Called Marilyn Author: Mercedes King Publisher: Triumph Productions Pages: 177 Genre: Historical / Modern Historical / Psychological Thriller Format: Kindle In the summer of 1962, nothing could prepare Dr. Charles Campbell for his first meeting with new client, Marilyn Monroe. A reputable L.A. psychiatrist, he’s been hired by a studio executive to treat and subdue the star, no matter what it
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TONIGHT 6:30 P.M. (EST) Kevin V. Symmons LIVE on A Book and a Chat

 TONIGHT,  February 24, at 6:30 p.m (EST), Kevin V. Symmons, will appear LIVE on A Book and a Chat, one of online radio’s most popular and sought after shows hosted by Barry Eva. Kevin Symmons has a BS and an MBA. He has attended the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music and studied in France. After a successful career in business management and consulting, he returned to his first love: writing. His first novel, a spell-binding paranormal romance titled “Rite of Passage” is set in the chaotic period after World War II. It’s received dozens of great reviews and was a RomCon Reader’s Crown Finalist for 2013. His second
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  • February 23, 2015
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Czar Nicholas, The Toad, and Duck Soup Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Elisabeth Amaral’s CZAR NICHOLAS, THE TOAD, AND DUCK SOUP: A MEMOIR OF MARRIAGE, MIME AND MOVING ON virtual book tour March 2 – April 30! Title: Czar Nicholas, The Toad, and Duck Soup Author: Elisabeth Amaral Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 324 Genre: Memoir Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook The mid-1960s through the mid-1970s was a heady, turbulent time. There was a lot going on back then, and author Elisabeth Amaral was in the middle of it all: the fights for women’s rights, racial equality, a music revolution, be-ins, love-ins, riots in the streets, the rage against the Vietnam War, and sex, drugs, and rock
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{Thriller} The Logic Bomb Blog Tour Sign Up

Scott Richard Lord will be touring April 6 – 30 with his thriller, THE LOGIC BOMB! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: The Logic Bomb Author: Scott Richard Lord Publisher: The Logic Bomb Pages: 264 Genre: Thriller Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle Fiction collides with fact with frightening prescience in Scott Lord’s ripped-from-the-headlines techno-thriller, THE LOGIC BOMB. In his exciting debut as a novelist, Lord, a practicing lawyer, mixes shady financial deals, organized crime, and the real-life threat of cyber warfare into an unlikely
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Legion’s Lawyers Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Vince Aiello’s LEGION’S LAWYERS virtual book tour March 2 – 27! Title: Legion’s Lawyers Author: Vince Aiello Publisher: SarEth Publishing Pages: 296 Genre: Thriller Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle LEGION’S LAWYERS, the latest thriller by Vince Aiello about the Legion law firm, dissects, in Aiello’s signature punchy style, the driving ambition within the firm and its deadly consequences. The firm’s head, Roger Legion, has appeared in Aiello’s previous books about the firm, LEGAL DETRIMENT and THE LITIGATION GUY. Readers have developed mixed reactions to Legion, who is both a brutal taskmaster and a great litigator. Love him or hate him, all look forward
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{SciFi Comedy} Genius De Milo Blog Tour Sign Up

Russ Colchamiro will be touring April 6 – June 26 with his scifi comedy, GENIUS DE MILO! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback U.S. only & ebook) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Genius De Milo Author: Russ Colchamiro Publisher: Crazy 8 Press Pages: 320 Genre: SciFi/Comedy Format: Paperback/Kindle Best pals Jason Medley and Theo Barnes barely survived a backpacking trip through Europe and New Zealand that — thanks to a jar of Cosmic Building Material they found — almost wiped out the galaxy. But just as
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Ribbons of Death Book Blitz!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Edith A. Petrick’s RIBBONS OF DEATH book blitz March 2 – 13! Title: Ribbons of Death Author: Edita A. Petrick Publisher: Solstice Publishing Pages: 371 Genre: Suspense Thriller Format: Paperback/Kindle The ancients believed that once in a Blue Moon a child with Peacetaker powers is born. Such child, when grown to maturity, can seed murderous madness in people’s minds by merely walking amongst them. A simple amulet activates the Peacetaker’s powers. When a horribly scarred man knocks on the door of Stella Hunter’s ramshackle cottage in upstate Montana, she lets him in. What’s there to lose? The book critics killed
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