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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{YA/New Adult/Inspirational} A Second Chance Book Blast Sign Up

We invite you to join Dana K. Ray’s A SECOND CHANCE Book Blast July 5-29. There is a $25 Amazon Gift Card giveaway. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: A Second Chance Author: Dana K. Ray Publisher: eLectio Publishing Pages: TBA Genre: YA/New Adult/Inspirational A past she can’t forget… Raven will do just about anything to forget a horrific event from the past that still haunts her. Forced to attend church because of a promise she made at a party, she is immediately attracted to the young, handsome preacher but is unconvinced of his promises of a better life. A future he refuses to accept… Matthew has everything planned
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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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{YA Fantasy} Ophelia Adrift Blog Tour Sign Up

Helen Goltz will be touring July 5 – 11 with her YA fantasy, OPHELIA’S ADRIFT. We are looking for reviews only and we will send you the link from NetGalley to pick up your copy. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: Ophelia Adrift Author: Helen Goltz Publisher: Atlas Productions Pages: 185 Genre: YA Fantasy Ophelia’s first love might be her last. In her wildest dreams, Ophelia Montague never imagined she would leave the city, her friends, her school and move to a seaside village. But when her parents die in an accident, that’s just where she finds herself—ensconced in a rambling house on the beach, with her uncle, Sebastian,
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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 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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Book Marketing Tip: How Important Is Your Book Cover?

We have had thousands of book covers come through whether they are for blog tours, book blasts, cover reveals, trailer blitzs, and review campaigns to name a few.  One of our most recent things we offer are the book review campaigns.  The book review campaigns are for  authors wanting more reviews at Amazon.  Plus, the bloggers may add your review to your page at Goodreads and your selling page at B&N as well as on their own blog.  Just what the author wants.  But the main focus is Amazon.  This is where books get noticed.  The more reviews your book gets, not only will that make your book look
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{YA Fantasy} Sunborn Rising: Beneath the Fall Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Aaron Safronoff’s YA fantasy adventure, SUNBORN RISING: BENEATH THE FALL. This is an review campaign and not a tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon and Goodreads no later than August 14. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon and Goodreads pages. Review copies will be sent in PDF/Mobi/ePub format. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: SUNBORN RISING: BENEATH THE FALL Author: Aaron Safronoff Publisher: Neoglyphic Entertainment Pages: 385 Genre: YA Fantasy Adventure The World of Cerulean. Light and water flow from
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Murder For Me Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Russel Little’s MURDER FOR ME Cover Reveal! Please stop at the blogs who will be hosting her on May 13! Inside the Book Title: MURDER FOR ME Author: Russell Little Publisher: Independent Genre: Psycho-Thriller Larry Lamb is a mediocre attorney. His last client committed suicide. Larry Lamb is a mediocre husband. His wife divorced him because she thinks he’s crazy. But Larry Lamb’s luck is about to turn around. Oil tycoon Don Stonek needs an attorney good enough to be convincing—but bad enough to lose his case. Stonek’s wife Ava is the victim of multiple murder attempts, and his lover
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Shadow of the Void Virtual Book Tour!

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

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

We are taking review requests for Catherine Astolfo’s mystery, OPERATION BABYLIFT: A KIRA CALLAHAN MYSTERY. This is an review campaign and not a tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon, B&N and/or Goodreads no later than August 11. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and clicks below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon, B&N and Goodreads pages. Review copies will be sent in PDF format. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: OPERATION BABYLIFT: A KIRA CALLAHAN MYSTERY Author: Catherine Astolfo Publisher: Imajin Books Pages: 101 Genre: Mystery When Florence Kensington gives up her coveted spot at
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Woodwalker Virtual Book Publicity Tour

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

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

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

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Thorn Osgood’s THE RECLAMATION virtual book tour June 6 – 30! Inside the Book Title: THE RECLAMATION Author: Thorn Gould Publisher: Mind Wings Audio Pages: 595 Genre: Scifi/Fantasy Corilan, 25, is an IT project manager by day, and spends her free time involved in ecological organizations endeavors. When her long-absent negligent father, Nolan, wants to see her she’s annoyed. Finally, she decides to see him and despite the friction over his absence, from that meeting her life evolves. Nolan tells her of his birthright, an environmental organization, the School of Ancestral Guidance (SAG) and its members having ancestral guides. This
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{Drama/Suspense} The Jungle Within Blog Tour Sign Up

Charles M. will be touring June 6 – August 31 with his drama/suspense, THE JUNGLE WITHIN. We are looking for reviews (paperback U.S./PDF), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights/promo. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: The Jungle Within Author: Charles M. Publisher: Createspace Pages: 308 Genre: Drama/Suspense When Evan and Katie said “I do”, they expected to navigate life together side-by-side. But when a car accident and a tawdry affair disrupt life as they know it, Evan and Katie are forced to venture on alternate paths, alone. In the darkest depths of an unforgiving coma, Evan fights to survive the treacherous jungle of his mind. He embarks on a
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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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{Scifi/Fantasy} The Reclamation Blog Tour Sign Up

Thorn Osgood will be touring June 6 – 30 with his scifi/fantasy, THE RECLAMATION. We are looking for reviews (PDF), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights/promo (html included). Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: THE RECLAMATION Author: Thorn Gould Publisher: Mind Wings Audio Pages: 595 Genre: Scifi/Fantasy Corilan, 25, is an IT project manager by day, and spends her free time involved in ecological organizations endeavors. When her long-absent negligent father, Nolan, wants to see her she’s annoyed. Finally, she decides to see him and despite the friction over his absence, from that meeting her life evolves. Nolan tells her of his birthright, an environmental organization, the School of
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{Coming of Age/Fantasy} Woodwalker by Emily B. Martin Virtual Book Tour!

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

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

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

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

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Alexander TOURS AND CURES OF A LIGHTSOLDIER: SURVIVING THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT virtual book tour June 6 – 30! Inside the Book Title: Tours and Cures of a Lightsoldier Author: Alexander King Publisher: O Books Pages: 370 Genre:  Self-Help/Self-Discovery/Spirituality Tours and Cures of a Lightsoldier is a revolution in the Self-help book world. It shakes up the status-quo, by questioning and uncovering the illogical, cold-hearted or incomplete in spiritual teachings. But Alexander King then attempts to find understandings which allow for the Divine and the basis of Life to be truly loving and intelligent again. Perhaps to keep ascending on
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Time to Die and Time to Live Virtual Book Tour

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

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sarah Hegger’s ROGER’S BRIDE Cover Reveal May 6! Inside the Book: Title: Roger’s Bride Author: Sarah Hegger Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy   A battle of wills . . . As the oldest son and heir to Anglesea, it is Roger’s duty to stand tall and strong. But his tough exterior belies the heart of a true romantic, a devoted son who yearns for the deep love he has witnessed between his parents and his sisters and their husbands. However, with the Anglesea family jockeying for a more advantageous position, Roger must marry judiciously. A fight for the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Floor 21 Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jason Luther’s FLOOR 21 virtual book tour June 6 – August 31! Inside the Book Title: Floor 21 Author: Jason Luthor Publisher: Scout Press Pages: 355 Genre: Sci-fi/Dystopian The last of humanity is trapped at the top of an isolated apartment tower with no memory of how they got there or why. All travel beneath Floor 21 is forbidden, and nobody can ever recall seeing the ground floor. Beneath Floor 21, a sickness known as the Creep infests that halls of the Tower. A biological mass that grows stronger in reaction to people’s fear and anger, the Creep prey’s on
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Pump Up Your Book Presents His Lass Wears Tartan Book Blast!

We invite you to Kathleen Shaputis’ HIS LASS WEARS TARTAN Book Blast on June 20! Inside the Book: Title: HIS LASS WEARS TARTAN Author: Kathleen Shaputis Publisher: Crimson Romance Pages:  270 Genre: Paranormal Romance Independent and dedicatedly single, Rogue Bruce enjoys running Castle Baillie with her Aunt Baillie from America. They specialize in romantic Elizabethan-themed weddings, complete with resident ghost, Lord Kai (nothing like a haunted castle to set the mood for love). But love is something Rogue is not the least bit interested in. Content with her work and stable of horses, no man is necessary for her happiness. Matchmaking is in the air, though, focusing on Bruce
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{Literary} Azaleas Don’t Bloom Here Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Frank Klus’ literary/action/dystopian, AZALEAS DON’T BLOOM HERE. This is an review campaign and not a tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon and Goodreads no later than August 3. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and clicks below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon and Goodreads pages. Review copies will be sent in paperback (US) and PDF formats. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: Azaleas Don’t Bloom Here Author: Frank T. Klus Publisher: Createspace Pages: 338 Genre: Literary/Action/Dystopian In a dark and dying world, Eugene Sulke stands on the cusp
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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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