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Straight From the Author’s Mouth: Book Selling Secrets Revealed

If it’s one question that is asked more than any other question that authors ask me about book promotion, it’s “How can I make more sales?”  That’s the million dollar question, isn’t it? The problem with finding a direct answer is that it can get complicated.  What might work for one might not work for another.  The best advice I can give is to make sure you have all your ducks in a row before the book is even published.  The cover is one of the most important assets an author can have.  As shallow as that sounds, a book cover can make or break a sale.  The second
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Dark Lullaby Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing Mayra Calvani, author of the supernatural/psychological thriller, Dark Lullaby, as she tours the blogosphere October 7 – 31! ABOUT DARK LULLABY Title:  Dark Lullaby Genre: Supernatural/Psychological Thriller Author: Mayra Calvani Publisher: Mayra Calvani Pages: 250 Language: English At a tavern one Friday night, astrophysicist Gabriel Diaz meets a mysterious young woman. Captivated by her beauty as well as her views on good and evil, he spends the next several days with her. After a while, however, he begins to notice a strangeness in her…especially the way she seems to take pleasure in toying with his conscience. The young woman, Kamilah,
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Hypothyroidism, Health and Happiness: The Riddle of Illness Revealed by Dr. Steven Hotze Virtual Book Publicity Tour – Win a Kindle Fire HD and $100 Amazon Gift Card

Join Dr. Steven Hotze, author of the non-fiction health book, Hypothyroidism, Health and Happiness: The Riddle of Illness, as he tours the blogosphere November 3- April 30 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT HYPOTHYROIDISM, HEALTH AND HAPPINESS Have you ever thought to yourself, “I think I might have a thyroid problem. I’m tired all the time, no matter how much I exercise, I can’t seem to lose weight, my hair’s falling out, and overall I just feel blah.” If so, it is essential that you explore the very real possibility that indeed, you do have hypothyroidism. In Hypothyroidism, Health & Happiness, Dr. Steven
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  • September 24, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Weak at the Knees Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jo Kessel’s Weak at the Knees virtual book tour October 7 – January 17! Jo’s tour is part of a $100 Amazon Gift Card & Gift Basket giveaway. See details below on how you can enter to win! ABOUT WEAK AT THE KNEES Title: Weak at the Knees Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance Author: Jo Kessel Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 292 Language: English ISBN-10: 1490397604 ISBN-13: 978-1490397603 “We got so busy living life that we forgot to live our dreams.” Danni Lewis has been playing it safe for twenty-six years, but her sheltered existence is making her feel old ahead of
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents M.E.R.C.A.T.O.: The Underground Art of Wealth Creation Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Jimmy Slagle, author of the financial/investing/personal finance book,  M.E.R.C.A.T.O.: The Underground Art of Wealth Creation, as he tours the blogosphere October 21 – January 31, 2014 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT M.E.R.C.A.T.O.: THE UNDERGROUND ART OF WEALTH CREATION From the author of Dart-Throw Trading comes a compelling financial parable of anguish, loss, hope and redemption. The story of a young, struggling family is one that has become all-too-common in the stalled economy of 2009. Steve, a professional man in his early forties, has discovered that he and his family are just one more casualty of the American recession. Formerly a top
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents How to Trade Stocks Using Options: The Dart-Throw Traders Kick A$$ Strategies to Throwing Darts – Picking Stocks-Making Money Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Jimmy Slagle, author of the financial/investing/personal finance book,  How to Trade Stocks Using Options: The Dart-Throw Traders Kick A$$ Strategies to Throwing Darts – Picking Stocks – Making Money, as he tours the blogosphere October 21 – January 31, 2014 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT HOW TO TRADE STOCKS USING OPTIONS How To Trade Stocks Using Options: The Dart-Throw Traders Kick A$$ Strategies to Throwing Darts – Picking Stocks – Making Money is an instant trading classic. This book will take you on a 12-month trading journey that will educate, inspire, and entertain you. There is more to trading stocks (using
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  • September 17, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Luthecker Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Keith Domingue’s Luthecker virtual book tour October 7 – 31! ABOUT LUTHECKER Title: Luthecker Genre: Thriller Author: Keith Domingue Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 374 Language: English ISBN-10:  1478361638 ISBN-13: 978-1478361633 ALEX LUTHECKER lives off of the grid. He prefers the comfort of the night. He avoids the crowded and chaotic daylight hours, because the relentless anxieties of the multitudes overwhelm him. This is because Alex has a rare gift. He is a pattern reader. Patterns in nature, patterns in social groups, patterns in individual behavior, he can recognize them all. With one conversation, he knows all of your secrets. He
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Public Enemies Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jess Money’s Public Enemies virtual book tour October 7 – 31! ABOUT PUBLIC ENEMIES Title: Public Enemies Genre: Political Thriller Author: Jess Money Publisher: Finchville Publishing Pages: 436 Language: English The only thing the elite fear, an uprising of the people, is about to be realized. After bankruptcy took away his dying wife’s medical care, Thomas Paine is on a crusade for a Second Bill of Rights using violence against politicians, banksters, and CEO’s. How far will FBI Agent Darren Medlin go to stop the public from joining Paine’s insurgency? Forced to publicize Paine’s demands, what decisions will talk
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  • September 14, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents A Christmas Carol 2: The Return of Scrooge Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Robert J. Elisberg’s A Christmas Carol 2: The Return of Scrooge virtual book tour October 7 – 31! ABOUT A CHRISTMAS CAROL 2: THE RETURN OF SCROOGE Title: A Christmas Carol 2: The Return of Scrooge Genre: Holiday/Humor Author: Robert J. Elisberg Publisher: Third Road Press Pages: 156 Language: English ISBN-10: 0615727573 ISBN-13: 978-0615727578 It’s five years to the day after dear old Ebenezer Scrooge has passed away and left his thriving firm to his former clerk, Bob Cratchit. However, Bob’s overly-generous benevolence with lending and charity-giving has driven the company into the ground, on the verge of bankruptcy.
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  • September 12, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Buried Threads Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kaylin McFarren’s Buried Threads virtual book tour October 7 – December 31! Kaylin’s tour is part of a $100 Amazon Gift Card giveaway. See details below on how you can enter to win! ABOUT BURIED THREADS   Title: Buried Threads Genre: Erotic Romantic Suspense Author: Kaylin McFarren Publisher: Creative Edge Publishing LLC Pages: 328 Language: English ISBN-13: 978-1492120469 Rachel’s mouth sagged. “You mean you’re really a monk? But how’s that possible? You’re not even wearing a robe, and your hair…” He simply smiled.  A disturbing prophecy sends a treasure hunting duo on an urgent race to rescue a country in
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{Virtual Book Tour} She Ain’t Heavy Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing Arnine CumskyWeiss, author of the chick lit, She Ain’t Heavy as she tours the blogosphere October 7 – November 27! ABOUT SHE AIN’T HEAVY   Title: She Ain’t Heavy Genre: Chick Lit Author: Arnine Cumsky Weiss Publisher: Academy Chicago Press Pages: 255 Language: English ISBN-10: 0897337220 ISBN-13: 978-0897337229 Just when counter clerk Teddy Warner is about to be evicted from her Scranton apartment, she bumps into beautiful, brilliant, blond Rachel – her estranged childhood friend whose mother forbid their friendship thinking Teddy was beneath them. Teddy and Rachel reconnect over hot chocolate and under New Year’s Eve fireworks.  Their discussion
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Becoming Josephine Book Blast

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Heather Webb’s Becoming Josephine  Book Blast December 16 – January 3! Heather will be giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card. To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below or on participating blogs throughout the blast and good luck! All participating bloggers willing to host are eligible to win. ABOUT BECOMING JOSEPHINE   Title: Becoming Josephine Author: Heather Webb Publisher: Plume Pages: 320 Language: English Genre: Historical Fiction Readers are fascinated with the wives of famous men. In Becoming Josephine, debut novelist Heather Webb follows Rose Tascher as she sails from her Martinique plantation to Paris, eager to enjoy an elegant life
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{Social Innovation Book for Review} The Kochia Chronicles by Khanjan Mehta

Khanjan Mehta will be touring October 7 – November 29 with his social innovation book, The Kochia Chronicles. We are looking for reviews, interviews, first chapter reveals, and book spotlights/excerpts. Book Synopsis Kochia, a sleepy community on the shores of Lake Victoria in Western Kenya, is caught in the turmoil among traditional ways of life, excitement brought about by development projects and the throes of relentless globalization. Cellphones are spreading HIV and funerals are killing people. Cows are drowning in enormous holes dug by white people. Girls are dropping out of school and children are being rented to orphanages. Crusades and miracle services are blurring the lines between religion and
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{General Fiction for Review} What Remains by Bart Baker

Bart Baker will be touring October 7 – November 29 with his general fiction novel, What Remains. We are looking for reviews, interviews, first chapter reveals, and book spotlights/excerpts. Book Synopsis When Conner Carter is banished from New York for cheating on his socialite wife, he flies across country to Sonoma, California to stay with his brother Cody, Cody’s ridiculously wealthy husband, Rhett, and their two adopted Cambodian children. Since childhood, Conner has been jealous of the gilded life Cody has led, but Conner learns that what glitters often tarnishes and shatters in shocking and dangerous ways. Having always taken life’s easiest route, Conner now finds that path closed when
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  • September 5, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Diabolist Virtual Book Publicity Tour – Win a $100 Amazon Gift Card and Signed Copies of The Dominic Grey Novels

Join Layton Green, author of the suspense/mystery/thriller novel, The Diabolist, as he tours the blogosphere  October 1 – October 31, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE DIABOLIST In this gripping thriller, the bizarre murder of a Satanic priest in San Francisco draws Dominic Grey and Viktor Radek, private investigators of cults, to the scene. Witnesses claim a robed figure, seemingly able to appear and disappear at will, set fire to the priest. When the leader of another Satanic cult in Paris dies under similar circumstances, the case only grows stranger… and more dangerous. Convinced that a charismatic New Age prophet is
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Forward to Camelot: 50th Anniversary Edition Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Susan Sloate and Kevin Finn, authors of the thriller/suspense novel, Forward to Camelot: 50th Anniversary Edition, as they tours the blogosphere December 2 – January 31 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT FORWARD TO CAMELOT: 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION WHERE WERE YOU THE DAY KENNEDY WAS SAVED? On the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination comes a new edition of the extraordinary time-travel thriller first published in 2003, now extensively revised and re-edited, and with a new Afterword from the authors. On November 22, 1963, just hours after President Kennedy’s assassination, Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as President aboard Air Force One using
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Juice Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Herve Bebele, author of the erotic paranormal book, The Juice, as he tours the blogosphere  October 7 – October 31, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE JUICE The Juice is the second book in the trilogy “The Senses”. In the first book “The Scent” we met Herve and his avatar Richard. They were unaware they had been selected by the African queen to assist her in the production of the Pokako juice and to its safe keeping. The Scent detailed the story of how Richard discovered the women who had the ability to squirt their orgasmic fluid and responded only
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{Self-Help Memoir for Review} Through the Withering Storm by Leif Gregersen

Leif Gregersen will be touring October 7 through December 13, 2013 with his self-help memoir, Through the Withering Storm. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest posts, and book spotlights/excerpts.  This book is available in paperback for review and is 188 pages. Book Synopsis Mental illness is something that is a great deal more common than many think. Statistics show that 1 in 5 North Americans will require treatment for a major disorder at some point in their lives. This means either you or a family member or friend close to you are very likely to be stricken down by a failure of our most essential and complicated organ in
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  • August 31, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} The Old Rectory: Escape to a Country Kitchen Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing Julia Helene Ibbotson, author of the memoir/autobiography, The Old Rectory: Escape to a Country Kitchen as she tours the blogosphere September 2 – 27! ABOUT THE OLD RECTORY: ESCAPE TO A COUNTRY KITCHEN Title: The Old Rectory: Escape to a Country Kitchen Author: Julia Helene Ibbotson Paperback: 128 pp. Publisher: New Generation Publishing Language: English ISBN-10: 1909593753 ISBN-13: 978-1909593756 Author Julia Ibbotson and her husband glimpsed the old Victorian rectory on a cold January day. It was in dire need of renovation, in the midst of the English moorlands and a mile from the nearest village, but they determined to
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Wrage Virtual Book Publicity Tour + Win $25 Starbucks Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing Joseph Spencer, author of the occult crime thriller, Wrage, as he tours the blogosphere September 2 – October 31! ABOUT WRAGE Title: Wrage Author: Joseph Spencer Publisher: Damnation Books LLC (June 1, 2013) Genre: Occult Crime Thriller Pages: 214 Language: English ISBN-10: 161572978X ISBN-13: 978-1615729784 Sometimes the toughest fight lies within yourself. As more dark secrets come to light, the battle for souls pushes Prairieville to the brink of war in the living and supernatural realms. Jeff Wrage swears a blood oath to Abaddon, the supernatural avenger of murder victims, to hunt the crooked cop who butchered his wife. Jeff
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  • August 22, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Depression and Your Child Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing Deborah Serani, author of the self-help parenting book, Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers, as she tours the blogosphere September 2 – October 31! ABOUT DEPRESSION AND YOUR CHILD: A GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS Title: Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers Genre: Self-Help, Parenting Author: Deborah Serani Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (September 16, 2013) Pages: 242 Language: English ISBN-10: 1442221453 ISBN-13: 978-1442221451 Seeing your child suffer in any way is a harrowing experience for any parent. Mental illness in children can be particularly draining due to the mystery surrounding it,
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  • August 20, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Lila: The Sign of the Elven Queen Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mark J. Grant’s Lila: The Sign of the Elven Queen virtual book tour!  Mark’s tour is part of a huge Kindle Fire Giveaway.  See details below on how you can enter to win! ABOUT LILA: THE SIGN OF THE ELVEN QUEEN Title: Lila: The Sign of the Elven Queen Genre: Children’s Fiction Author: Mark J. Grant Publisher: Mascot Books Pages: 230 Language: English ISBN-10: 162086357X ISBN-13: 978-1620863572 Lila is a polite six-year-old girl who lives with her mama and papa in New York City. She has two cats, and would now like to have a dog–except dogs are not allowed
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Guilty Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing Vincent Zandri, author of the thriller novel, The Guilty, as he tours the blogosphere September 2 – 27 on his sixth virtual book tour! ABOUT THE GUILTY Jack Marconi is back. In The Guilty, Jack finds himself investigating a local restaurateur who’s not only obsessed with the sexy, dark romance novel, Fifty Shades of Grey, he’s accused of attempting to murder his school teacher girlfriend. As the now brain-damaged young woman begins recalling events of that fateful winter night when she was allegedly pushed down the front exterior stairs of a West Albany mansion, she becomes the target of the
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Presents The Princess Diana Conspiracy Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Alan Power, author of the true crime/royalty book, The Princess Diana Conspiracy, as he tours the blogosphere  August 29 – September 27, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE PRINCESS DIANA CONSPIRACY The Princess Diana Conspiracy is primarily a detailed investigation into the brutal murder of Diana, Princess of Wales but British democracy is also questioned. Evidence is presented that MI6 perverted the course of justice and that they murder people but also that Diana was a target “within their code”. The police are proven to have conspired, “to get their stories straight” at the inquest and there is also further
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{New Children’s Book For Review} The Funny Adventures of Little Nani by Cinta Garcia De La Rosa

Cinta Garcia De La Rosa will be touring September 2 – October 31 with her children’s book, The Funny Adventures of Litle Nani. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest post spots, and character guest post spots. To sign up, click on banner below! Book Synopsis: Little Nani is a little girl who likes helping people. However, when she helps people the results can be a bit unexpected. Why is that? Little Nani is a witch! Or at least she wants to be a witch. With her magic wand, she will try to cast different spells to help her friends, but she won’t be successful all the time. Follow Little Nani in
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Master of Plagues Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join D.B. Reynolds, author of the young adult fantasy novel, Master of Plagues, as he tours the blogosphere  September 2 – November 29, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT MASTER OF PLAGUES Mystical powers. Cosmic adventure. Universally dynamic forces. A gifted individual has been commissioned to take part in of all these phenomenal occurrences. Stuart Duffelmeyer is an NYU student who is targeted by eight of his egomaniacal college classmates once they learn he wants to find a beautiful date for the night. His classmates lure him to a sleazy motel where they play out a heinous prank. His night ends in
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Play Something Dancy Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Dee Simon, author of the non-fiction comedy book, Play Something Dancy: The Tragic Tales of a Strip Club DJ, as he tours the blogosphere  September 2 – September 27, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT PLAY SOMETHING DANCY Los Angeles-based comedian, radio DJ, and host of the Sick and Wrong Podcast, Dee Simon has written a collection of comical and gut-wrenching personal essays about his experience as a strip club DJ in San Francisco in the early 2000s. Most of the stories in the book concern sex, drugs, venereal disease, and diarrhea or a combination thereof. Therefore, if you lack a
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Funny Adventures of Little Nani Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Cinta Garcia de la Rosa, author of the children’s book, The Funny Adventures of Little Nani, as she tours the blogosphere  September 2 – October 31, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE FUNNY ADVENTURES OF LITTLE NANI Little Nani is a little girl who likes helping people. However, when she helps people the results can be a bit unexpected. Why is that? Little Nani is a witch! Or at least she wants to be a witch. With her magic wand, she will try to cast different spells to help her friends, but she won’t be successful all the time. Follow
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First Chapter: Rock Haulter by Stephen Hayes

Title: Rock Haulter Author: Stephen Hayes Format: ebook Length: 433 pages Publisher: Stephen Hayes Purchase at AMAZON The second installment in the Magic Crystals series, immediately following the events of ‘The Seventh Sorcerer’. The original villain is back, only this time he is on a different mission, taking orders from the evil and cunning Hammerson Sorcerers, and his path will intersect those of John Playman and his friends on Rock Haulter. A desperate race must ensue, Moran and the powers of the Hammersons against the Chopville teens. The prize will be the most powerful of all the Magic Crystals and a control over the balance of life, but such
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents Kathleen Gallagher’s Freya’s Spell Book Blast

Join Kathleen Ann Gallagher, author of the paranormal/mystic romance novel, Freya’s Spell, as she tours the blogosphere August 19 – 30 on her second Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! Kathleen will be giving away a $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash to one lucky reader! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form on the participating blogs below and good luck! If you would like to host Kathleen, please email Tracee at tgleichner (at) gmail.com. ABOUT FREYA’S SPELL The passionate, sex-starved witch, Freya Meyer is tired of wasting time with unsatisfying lovers. She’s in search of a man who can keep up with her. Prospects are slim in Bartlett, the
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