Pump Up Your Book Presents Macaroni and Cheese for Thanksgiving Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Cheryl C. Malandrinos’ MACARONI AND CHEESE FOR THANKSGIVING virtual book tour December 5 – 16! Inside the Book Title: MACARONI AND CHEESE FOR THANKSGIVING Author: Cheryl C. Malandrinos Publisher: Guardian Angel Publishing Pages: 16 Genre: Children’s Picture Book Ten-year-old Macy is waiting for her grandparents to arrive on Thanksgiving. When the front door swings open, Grandma and Grandpa are covered with hugs and kisses. Crash! Everyone rushes in to find the dog gnawing a meaty turkey leg. Can Macy’s quick thinking save dinner? Amazon | Barnes & Noble Meet the Author Cheryl C. Malandrinos is a freelance writer and editor. She
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Charmed Little Lie Cover Reveal!

  Pump Up Your Book Presents Sharla Lovelace’s A CHARMED LITTLE LIE Cover Reveal November 11, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: A Charmed Little Lie Author: Sharla Lovelace Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Women’s Fiction Format: Ecopy    Charmed, Texas . . . quaint, quirky, and when it comes to romance, there’s no place quite as enchanting. Lanie Barrett didn’t mean to lie. Spinning a story of a joyous marriage to make a dying woman happy is forgivable, isn’t it? Lanie thinks so, especially since her beloved Aunt Ruby would have been heartbroken to know the truth of her niece’s sadly loveless, short-of-sparkling existence. Trouble is, according to the will, Ruby didn’t
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Joseph’s Journey: When Dad Left and Never Came Back Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Christina Nicole Smith’s JOSEPH’S JOURNEY: WHEN DAD LEFT AND NEVER CAME BACK 2ND EDITION virtual book tour December 5 – 16! Inside the Book Title: Joseph’s Journey: When Dad Left and Never Came Back 2nd Edition Author: Christina Nicole Smith Publisher: Be A Blessing Enterprises Pages: 44 Genre: Juvenile Literature/Nonfiction As a mother, how do you explain an absentee father to your child without blame, anger or resentment? Empower them! Seven-year-old Joseph shares his story about when he first learns about the POWER of choice he possesses after his father leaves and doesn’t come back. His mother teaches him the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Captain Hawkins Book Blast!

We invite you to H. Peter Alesso’s CAPTAIN HAWKINS Book Blast November 16 – December 16! Leave a comment on each of his tour stops to let him know you stopped by! Inside the Book: Title: Captain Hawkins Author: H. Peter Alesso Publisher: Independent Pages: 207 Genre: Science Fiction Jamie Hawkins was living on an obscure planet in the twenty third-century when on one fateful night—his life changed forever. His heroic effort to save the lives of innocent women and children, caught in the cross-fire of war, placed him squarely in the crosshairs of avenging soldiers. A former marine, Hawkins was stunned when his rescue effort was seen as
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The True Meaning of Myrrh: A Christmas Day Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you John Manderino’s THE TRUE MEANING OF MYRRH: A CHRISTMAS DAY virtual book tour December 5 – 9! Inside the Book Title: The True Meaning of Myrrh Author: John Manderino Publisher: Ice Cube Press Pages: 101 Genre: Fiction Set in suburban Chicago during the 1960’s, The True Meaning of Myrrh is an amusing, but gritty, look at the holiday season as it used to be. The nostalgia classics: turkey, snowball fights, droopy Christmas trees, and midnight Mass are leavened with a drunken Santa, oedipal anguish, prostitutes and an aggressive midget. One brother can’t shake his profound disappointment at receiving slippers when
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Shepherd Ave Cover Reveal

  Pump Up Your Book Presents Charlie Carillo’s SHEPHERD AVE Cover Reveal November 10, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Shepherd Ave Author: Charlie Carillo Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Fiction Format: Ecopy    An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year “An excellent writer and a marvelous storyteller. . . . He creates a special world on Shepherd Avenue that I loved to enter and hated to leave.” –Ferrol Sams From acclaimed author Charlie Carillo comes a poignant, darkly funny, coming-of-age story set in the heart of Italian-American Brooklyn, New York, and the heat of one eventful 1960s summer . . . Ten-year-old Joey Ambrosio has barely begun to grieve
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Pump Up Your Book Presents In Jesus’ Arms Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mary E. Keenan’s IN JESUS’ ARMS Book Blast November 14 – 25!   Inside the Book: Title: In Jesus’ Arms Author: Mary E. Keenan Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Religion Format: Ebook What if you could literally see Christ and listen to Him answer some of your deepest spiritual questions: Who receives eternal life, and why? Are we still “us” after death? What happens in heaven? And is there an unseen dimension here on earth? In In Jesus’ Arms: One Woman’s Trip to Heaven, author Mary E. Keenan shares here amazing journey being in the arms of Jesus Christ. Opening with the story of her
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Toxicity Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Denis O’Rourke’s TOXICITY Book Blast November 14 – 25! Inside the Book: Title: Toxicity Author: Denis O’Rourke Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 326 Genre: Suspense Format: Ebook Toxicity In this exciting prequel to O’Rourke’s thrilling debut novel, Proposition, Napa Valley attorney, Riley Scofield is up to her pretty neck in another toxic mess. And this time it’s not just environmental. Riley’s trying to mend a long-standing feud between the Scofield and Royster families when she’s asked to represent the sale of a client’s condemned toxic property. When Riley discovers the contamination reports have been falsified, the client’s property value goes up—way up. The client tells
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Under an Indifferent Heaven Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sharad Keskar’s UNDER AN INDIFFERENT HEAVEN Book Blast November 14 – 25!   Inside the Book: Title: Under an Indifferent Heaven Author: Sharad Keskar Publisher: AuthorHouse Genre: General Fiction Format: Ebook In 1881, in the village of Pali, a seven-year-old boy, forced to make sense of his father’s desertion and mother’s early death, finds himself expelled from family and community. An outcast, he is taken on a bullock-cart journey to an orphanage, where Das Gupta, its clerk, aware of the boy’s high-caste, takes him to meet Jacob Rivers, Agnes, and their daughter, Esther. Soon he learns that as an infant, he was secretly
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Believers Guide to Bible Chronology Book Blast -Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Charles Ozanne’s THE BELIEVER’S GUIDE TO BIBLE CHRONOLOGY Book Blast November 14 – 25! Inside the Book: Title: The Believer’s Guide to Bible Chronology Author: Charles Ozanne Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 256 Genre: Religion & Spirituality Format: Ebook In this work the whole panorama of Bible Chronology has been subjected to close examination from the creation of Adam to the end of Acts. The aim has been to open up that system of dating which commends itself as most probably correct from the biblical perspective. Having done that he has looked for ways to harmonise the resultant scheme with the contradictory dates derived from
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Honor Before Heart Cover Reveal

  Pump Up Your Book Presents Heather McCorkle’s HONOR BEFORE HEART Cover Reveal November 8, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Honor Before Heart Author: Heather McCorkle Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Romance Format: Ecopy    Risking it all for love and valor . . . When Corporal Sean MacBranian awakens after being injured in battle, he is sure the luck o’ the Irish has run out on him. Or that he’s died and gone to Heaven. There can be no other explanation for the blond-haired, blue-eyed angel standing before him. But his “angel” is a truehearted lass named Ashlinn, and she wears a nurse’s uniform. Her tender ministrations have brought him
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Pump Up Your Book Presents So Wrong It Must Be Right Cover Reveal!

  Pump Up Your Book Presents Nicole Helm’s SO WRONG IT MUST BE RIGHT Cover Reveal November 7, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: So Wrong It Must Be Right Author: Nicole Helm Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Romantic Comedy Format: Ecopy    It’s all fun and games until fantasy gets real . . . At twenty-seven, Dinah Gallagher thought she’d have it all figured out. Instead, she’s having mind-blowing online sex with a man she knows nothing about and fighting for her rightful place in the family business. Part of that battle means expanding their century-old restaurant by getting the stubborn urban farmer next door to sell them his lot. But
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Knight Secrets Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book Presents C.C. Wiley’s KNIGHT SECRETS Cover Reveal November 9, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Knight Secrets Author: C.C. Wiley Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy    Sworn to protect the crown, a Knight of the Swan must never surrender—not even to love . . . England, 1415. Ordered never to leave the lonely tower on her family estate, Lady Clarice Margrave is suddenly set free when her home is plundered. Now she is determined to discover the truth behind her father’s alleged treason. But an act of daring only propels her into a new prison, with the very knight who destroyed her home as
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A Darker Shore Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Malia Zaidi’s A DARKER SHORE virtual book tour December 5 – January 13! Inside the Book Title: A Darker Shore Author: Malia Zaidi Publisher: Bookbaby Pages: 400 Genre: Historical Mystery 1926: A year has passed since the events of “A Poisonous Journey” and Lady Evelyn has made a home for herself in Greece, living with her cousin, Briony, her husband, Jeffrey and Daniel Harper. Disturbing this island idyll is a letter, which arrives from France with troubling information about the Daniel’s long-believed-dead brother, Henry. A new journey awaits! With the shadows of the Great War reaching out, Lady Evelyn and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Unawqi, Hunter of the Sun Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kali Kucera’s UNAWQI, HUNTER OF THE SUN virtual book tour December 5 – January 13! Inside the Book Title: Unawqi, Hunter of the Sun Author: Kali Kucera Publisher: Independent Pages: 218 Genre: Mythical Realism In a time when supernatural and industrial worlds are staged to collide, an Andean boy finds himself in the center of an epic struggle between the cosmos and the earth. Unawqi is born with both insurmountable power and a fate of certain death, both of which are challenged by his hunt of the emperor, Aakti, the Sun: the very force that desires to abandon the earth
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sight Unseen Book Blast!

We invite you to Erin Leigh Crisp’s SIGHT UNSEEN Book Blast on December 5! Leave a comment on each of her tour stops to let her know you stopped by! Inside the Book: Title: Sight Unseen Author: Erin Leigh Crisp Publisher: Independent Pages: 198 Genre: Christian Romance Emilia Phillips is looking for a career and a way out of her day job. She is not looking for a man to rescue her heart. Asher Mason wants his life back. He lost his sight and the hero-life he loved in a millisecond. He no longer trusts his instincts, especially about women. But the sweet-smelling waitress in his favorite café tempts
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Remnants of Trust Virtual Book Tour

 Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Elizabeth Bonesteel’s REMNANTS OF TRUST virtual book tour November 7 – 18! Inside the Book:   Title: Remnants of Trust Author: Elizabeth Bonesteel Release Date: November 8, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Science Fiction/Military Format: Ebook In this follow-up to the acclaimed military science fiction thriller The Cold Between, a young soldier finds herself caught in the crosshairs of a deadly conspiracy in deep space. Six weeks ago, Commander Elena Shaw and Captain Greg Foster were court-martialed for their role in an event Central Gov denies ever happened. Yet instead of a dishonorable discharge or time in a military prison, Shaw and Foster
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Pump Up Your Book Presents An Enlightening Quiche Book Blast

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Eva Pasco’s AN ENLIGHTENING QUICHE virtual book tour November 7 – 30! Inside the Book:   Title: An Enlightening Quiche Author: Eva Pasco Release Date: August 22, 2016 Publisher: Infinity Publishing Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback Dysfunctional. Deceptive. Demure. More than meets the eye at face value, Augusta Bergeron, stuck in a holding pattern, engages in morally destructive behavior she attributes to maternal abandonment. In for a rude awakening upon eggs-huming her mother’s quiche recipe, she unravels its significance and forsakes erroneous assumptions. Enlightened, Augusta feels compelled to redress all the havoc she’s wrought in the aftermath of a tragedy. Augusta:Tarry
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Weaver Virtual Book Tour

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Emmi Itaranta’s THE WEAVER virtual book tour November 7 – 18! Inside the Book:   Title: The Weaver Author: Emmi Itaranta Release Date: November 1, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Dystopian Format: Ebook The author of the critically acclaimed Memory of Water returns with this literary ecological tale in the vein of Ursula K. Le Guin and Sheri S. Tepper, in which an innocent young woman becomes entangled in a web of ancient secrets and deadly lies that lie at the dark center of her prosperous island world. Eliana is a model citizen of the island, a weaver in the prestigious
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Duck Squad Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you John Arnold’s DUCK SQUAD virtual book tour December 5 – January 13! Inside the Book Title: Duck Squad Author: John Arnold Publisher: Createspace Pages: 75 Genre: Fantasy Three ducks escape from a university lab experiment and find sanctuary in a fraternity house. They discover human beings can be their friends – and enemies. Their adventures begin righting wrongs – and getting even. BUYING LINKS: Amazon | Barnes & Noble Meet the Author John Arnold has had his work presented in either a reading or production at American Conservatory Theater (San Francisco) playreading series; California Playwrights Festival, Sacramento; Out and About
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First Chapter: Your Body, Your Style: Simple Tips on Dressing to Flatter by Rani St. Pucchi

Title: Your Body, Your Style Author: Rani St. Pucchi Publisher: Koehler Books Pages: 150 Genre: Nonfiction Rani St. Pucchi, a trend-setting designer whose designs have been recognized in Entertainment Tonight, Harper’s Bazaar, WWD, Town and Country, Bride’s, Cosmopolitan Bride, Martha Stewart Weddings and The Knot, can help define the style that flatters you most — no matter what age or stage of life you are in or what your body type is. Women from all over the world have clamored to have a private consultation with Rani so they may benefit from her expertise and regain their self-confidence and shine. In Your Body, Your Style, Rani shares with you
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First Chapter: Beethoven in Love: Opus 139 by Howard J. Smith

Title: BEETHOVEN IN LOVE; OPUS 139 Author: Howard Jay Smith Publisher: SYQ Pages: 385 Genre: Literary Fiction/Biographical Fiction At the moment of his death, Ludwig van Beethoven pleads with Providence to grant him a final wish—one day, just a single day of pure joy. But first he must confront the many failings in his life, so the great composer and exceedingly complex man begins an odyssey into the netherworld of his past life led by a spirit guide who certainly seems to be Napoleon, who died six years before. This ghost of the former emperor, whom the historical Beethoven both revered and despised, struggles to compel the composer to confront the
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First Chapter: I, Angus by Mike Hartner

Title: I, Angus Author: Mike Hartner Publisher: Eternity 4 Popsicle Publishing Pages: 260 Genre: Historical Fiction During a time of civil strife and purging the North has lost more men to Wars then it ever did to Nature. Angus has grown up learning that his life is better off with only him and a family. But is that really in the Grand Plan. The North needs someone to build community. But first, Angus needs to be forged… beaten, shaped, bolded and trained. Watch as Angus hits both lows and highs across the lands of England, Scotland and France, before meeting a challenge of new land. For More Information I,
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Pump Up Your Book! Announces Rani St. Pucchi’s Your Body, Your Style: Simple Tips on Dressing to Flatter Virtual Book Tour

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Pump Up Your Book! is proud to announce Rani St. Pucchi’s Your Body, Your Style: Simple Tips on Dressing to Flatter virtual book tour starting November 1 and ending February 10.  Rani will be guest appearing at blogs throughout the U.S. and international regions talking about her phenomenal new book that will help the average woman in America which is size 14 and that relationship starts with an individual’s relationship to self.. Thirty years ago, Rani St. Pucchi took the bridal world by storm, despite having no formal training in fashion. She is an award winning couture fashion designer and founder of the world-renowned bridal house
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Spaces Between Notes Book Blast!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kristina M. Sanchez’s SPACES BETWEEN NOTES Book Blast October 27! Inside the Book Title: Spaces Between Notes Author: Kristina M. Sanchez Publisher: Amazon Genre: Contemporary Romance   Nikolai Amorosa is one of those men’s men. You know the type—allergic to feelings, couldn’t have a heartfelt discussion if he tried, which he never did. Then, he lost his voice, and any chance of communication went out the window. Unable to speak or otherwise interact with anyone, Niko’s anger was off the charts. It could’ve been worse; he could’ve been in jail. Instead, he found himself doing construction on Carys Harper’s house. Carys
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Pump Up Your Book Presents I, Angus Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mike Hartner’s I, ANGUS virtual book tour November 1 – January 27! Inside the Book Title: I, Angus Author: Mike Hartner Publisher: Eternity 4 Popsicle Publishing Pages: 260 Genre: Historical Fiction During a time of civil strife and purging the North has lost more men to Wars then it ever did to Nature. Angus has grown up learning that his life is better off with only him and a family. But is that really in the Grand Plan. The North needs someone to build community. But first, Angus needs to be forged… beaten, shaped, bolded and trained. Watch as Angus
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Your Body, Your Style: Simple Tips on Dressing To Flatter Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Rani St. Pucchi’s YOUR BODY, YOUR STYLE: SIMPLE TIPS ON DRESSING TO FLATTER virtual book tour November 1 – February 10! Inside the Book Title: Your Body, Your Style Author: Rani St. Pucchi Publisher: Koehler Books Pages: 150 Genre: Nonfiction Rani St. Pucchi, a trend-setting designer whose designs have been recognized in Entertainment Tonight, Harper’s Bazaar, WWD, Town and Country, Bride’s, Cosmopolitan Bride, Martha Stewart Weddings and The Knot, can help define the style that flatters you most — no matter what age or stage of life you are in or what your body type is. Women from all over
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Poisonous Journey Book Blast!

We invite you to Malia Zaidi’s A POISONOUS JOURNEY Book Blast November 1-30! Leave a comment on each of her tour stops to let her know you stopped by! Inside the Book: Title: A Poisonous Journey Author: Malia Zaidi Publisher: Bookbaby Pages: 385 The year is 1925, a time that hovers between two catastrophic wars, a time of jazz and sparkle, and a time of peace and reflection. For Lady Evelyn, struggling to outrun the ghosts of her tragic past, it is a time of transformation. Left orphaned after a fire when she was only four, Lady Evelyn Carlisle was raised in London by her stern aunt and uncle.
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{Historical Romance} I, James Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Mike Hartner’s I, JAMES. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than January 19, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent paperback (U.S.) and PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: I, JAMES Author: Mike Hartner Publisher: Eternity4Popsicle Publishing Pages: 320 Genre: Historical Fiction He’s fighting for his life. She’s a spitfire in disguise. Can they break their bonds to find love on the
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{Children’s Fiction} The Adventures of Fawn: Book 1: ‘Til the Last Snowflake Falls Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Al E. Boy’s THE ADVENTURES OF FAWN: BOOK 1: ‘TIL THE LAST SNOWFLAKE FALLS. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than January 19, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent PDF only. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: THE ADVENTURES OF FAWN: BOOK 1: ‘TIL THE LAST SNOWFLAKE FALLS Author: Al E. Boy’s Publisher: Independent Pages: 530 Genre: Children’s Fiction The series “The
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