Posts Tagged ‘book publicity’

{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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{Science Fiction/Mystery Crossover for Review} The Case of the Displaced Detective Series by Stephanie Osborn

Stephanie Osborn will be touring September 16 – October 18 with her science fiction/mystery crossover series, The Case of the Displaced Detective Series. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest posts, and book spotlights/excerpts. If you are interested in reviewing, please let me know which book and/or books you are interested in. ABOUT THE CASE OF THE DISPLACED DETECTIVE: THE ARRIVAL The Case of the Displaced Detective: The Arrival is a SF mystery in which brilliant hyperspatial physicist, Dr. Skye Chadwick, discovers there are alternate realities, often populated by those we consider only literary characters. Her pet research, Project: Tesseract, hidden deep under Schriever AFB, finds Continuum 114, where Sherlock
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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: I, Walter by Mike Hartner

Title: I, Walter Author: Mike Hartner Publisher: Eternity 4 Popsicle Publishing Pages: 224 Language: English ISBN-10: 0973356154 ISBN-13: 978-0973356151 Purchase at AMAZON This is the life story of Walter Crofter, an English commoner who ran from home at the age of 11.  After two years living on the street, he ended up on a Merchant Mariners boat in the service of the Crown. On his first voyage, he rescued a girl from pirates.  A very important girl, who stole his heart before she was returned to her home. This is the story of his life.  What adventures he had at sea; what took him off the waters, and what
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First Chapter: Brimstone and Water by Sharon House

Title: Brimstone and Water Author: Sharon House Format: Paperback & Electronic Length: 264 pages Publisher: Tate Publishing Purchase at AMAZON Orphaned as a toddler, Caralynn Davidson grieves the loss of her grandfather as she takes over the reins of the family estate near a small Swiss village, but the Brimstone and Water from millennia ago that destroyed an ancient civilization is about to change Caralynn’s life. She receives a letter from her grandfather, charging her with the mission of bringing an ancient soul to rest. “But I thought only God could bring a soul to rest,” she whispers with the loosely held pages still in her hand. Mynah is
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{First Chapter} Marcie by Carly M. Duncan

Title: Marcie Author: Carly M. Duncan Paperback: 136 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Language: English ISBN-10: 148011832X ISBN-13: 978-1480118324 Purchase at AMAZON When Kate’s mother, Marcie, dies mysteriously she is forever tormented by the many questions surrounding her mother’s death. In Marcie’s absence Kate clings to her mother’s husbands, searching for solace. As family secrets are revealed Kate works to build her own life and family, but the mystery of her mother’s death sidetracks her until she finally gets the answer she’s always hoped for. First Chapter: FEBRUARY 1977 A call in the middle of the night can never bear good news. In fact, the sound of each ring sends a
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Room of Tears Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Linda Merlino, author of the paranormal suspense novel, Room of Tears, as she tours the blogosphere  September 16 – October 18, 2013 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT ROOM OF TEARS At 9:59 a.m. on September 11, 2001, Diane O’Connor’s life as a firefighter’s wife changes forever, shattering her faith. Four decades later, a note still hangs on her kitchen cabinet in Queens, the paper yellowed with age. Diane knows the scribbled sentences by heart; she’d left them the morning of 9/11 for her husband, Billy. In the summer of 2041, Diane invites Friar Antonio Ortiz to her home. He is a
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  • August 1, 2013
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents Lilliana Anderson’s Phoenix: The Beauty in Between Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Lilliana Anderson’s Phoenix: The Beauty in Between Book Blast September 30 – October 31!  Lilliana will be giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card to one lucky person at the end of the blast.  To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below or on participating blogs throughout the blast and good luck! ABOUT PHOENIX: THE BEAUTY IN BETWEEN Title: Phoenix: The Beauty in Between Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance Author: Lilliana Anderson Publisher: Lilliana Anderson Pages: 208 Language: English After being unceremoniously kicked out of home at a young age, Paige was forced to fend for herself. In a bid to
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How to Promote Your Book Without Breaking the Bank

Authors are doing it every day – finding ways to promote their books without breaking the bank.  Money doesn’t grow on trees as we all know but at Pump Up Your Book, we offer different ways to promote your book that won’t send you to the poor house. In order to promote your book, the author does everything in his or her power to get the word out about their book but sometimes it’s just not enough.  That’s why they come to us.  Some of them have an unlimited budget and others are watching their pennies and that’s fine.  We let authors know the different ways you can promote
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  • July 26, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Lion’s Head Deception Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Kindle Fire HD Giveaway

Join Chuck Waldron, author of the dystopian thriller, Lion’s Head Deception, as he tours the blogosphere August 5 – October 31 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!  Chuck’s tour is part of a huge Kindle Fire Giveaway.  See details below on how to enter! {ABOUT LION’S HEAD DECEPTION} In the prologue, the backdrop for Lion’s Head Deception is set, amongst rioting and unrest in a destabilized city. Matt Tremain is a shy, private person who discovers a passion for writing blogs—a mission that propels him into investigative reporting. A tipster warns him of a diabolical scheme Matt simply can’t ignore. After the tipster is
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Keeper of Reign Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Emma Right, author of the young adult fantasy novel, Keeper of Reign, as she tours the blogosphere  August 11 – August 30, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT KEEPER OF REIGN Books written in blood. Most are lost, their Keepers with them. A curse that befell a people. A Kingdom with no King. Life couldn’t get more harrowing for the Elfies, a blend of Elves and Fairies. Or for sixteen-year-old Jules Blaze. Or could it? For Jules, the heir of a Keeper, no less, suspects his family hides a forgotten secret. It was bad enough that his people, the Elfies of
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents Kathleen Ann Gallagher’s A Summer’s Journey Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon/Paypal Gift Card!

Join Kathleen Ann Gallagher, author of the contemporary romance novel, A Summer’s Journey, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first 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 A SUMMER’S JOURNEY Savannah Mason, the career minded journalist, spends long hours at work, hoping to take the spot as anchor. She continues to fight for independence and refuses to allow her demanding
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  • July 15, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Upir and the Monster Gang Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Sharron Thornton and Raymond Thornton, author and illustrator of the illustrated tweenie novel, Upir and the Monster Gang, as they tour the blogosphere  October 1 – November 16, 2013 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT UPIR AND THE MONSTER GANG Coming from a long line of highly respected vampires, Upir knew that going to Neewollah, the Monster Mausoleum, would help him live up to his family’s reputation, but he never anticipated the terrifying turn his stay there would take. Upon entering, Upir befriends several strange creatures and their nights soon become treacherous when they have to dodge flying skulls whose hollow eye
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  • July 15, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Tower of Obsidian Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join L.T. Getty, author of the historical fantasy/mythological novel, Tower of Obsidian, as she tours the blogosphere  September 2 – September 27, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT TOWER OF OBSIDIAN When Kale mac Tadhg is betrayed by his Lord’s men, he is sent on an impossible quest: slay a witch in a tower, and end a people’s curse. Both Kale’s best friend and brother-in-arms Aaron Smithson and former betrothed Aoife of Westgate set out to rescue him, but their journey takes them into the uncharted waters and Northwestern Nordic colonies, to a land cursed and all but forgotten. They begin to
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  • July 14, 2013
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents KD Pryor’s The Portal’s Choice Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash

Join KD Pryor, author of the YA paranormal, The Portal’s Choice, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! KD 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 KD, please email Dorothy at thewriterslife (at) gmail.com. ABOUT THE PORTAL’S CHOICE Journal, just in case . . . I didn’t ask to meet ghosts. Shoot, I was fine without them in my life. Uncle Craig and Hannah were nasty to me, but at
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Children of the Knight Virtual Publicity Book Tour

Join Michael Bowler, author of the edgy YA, Children of the Knight, as he tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! {ABOUT CHILDREN OF THE KNIGHT} According to legend, King Arthur is supposed to return when Britain needs him most. So why does a man claiming to be the once and future king suddenly appear in Los Angeles? This charismatic young Arthur creates a new Camelot within the City of Angels to lead a crusade of unwanted kids against an adult society that discards and ignores them. Under his banner of equality, every needy child is welcome, regardless
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Lucy the Dinosaur Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Joey Ahlbum, author of the children’s books, Lucy the Dinosaur, as he tours the blogosphere  October 1 – November 29, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT LUCY THE DINOSAUR Lucy the Dinosaur is a set of 15 books written by Joey Ahlbum. Moms and dads looking for the best kid’s picture book will love Frederator Books’ newest read along digital book! Lucy is an explorer and a leader.  She has a natural curiosity about things because Lucy wants to learn.  Meet Lucy and her other dino friends as they learn, joke and skateboard! Lucy is a larger than life dinosaur who loves
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{FEATURED AUTHOR} Elizabeth Fountain, author of ‘An Alien’s Guide to World Domination’ + Win $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Elizabeth Fountain left a demanding job as a university administrator in Seattle to move to the small town of Ellensburg, Washington, and pursue her dream of writing novels.  She started writing in grade school; fortunately, most of her tortured high school poetry and song lyrics are lost to posterity. Her first book was five years in the making, and offered lots of opportunities to give up along the way; that might be why it’s a tale of people, aliens, and dogs who face the impossible, and do it anyway.  An independent publishing house in Calgary, Champagne Book Group, released the novel in April. Now Liz has three more novels
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Forever Young Regime Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Rajani Kannepalli Kanth, author of the non-fiction book, The Forever Young Regime: A 21st Century Primer on Youthfulness and Well-Being, as he tours the blogosphere  August 5 through August 30, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! —————— ABOUT THE FOREVER YOUNG REGIME THE ‘FOREVER YOUNG’ REGIME is a one of a kind Self-help Conversation. It is short, simple, and succinct. Yet it encapsulates much philosophical wisdom, conforming to the varied insights of traditional knowledge, current opinion, and a bit of modern ‘quantum’ science .It shows you, in a nutshell, how to achieve – and retain – a buoyant vitality and youthfulness for
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  • July 7, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Lost Heir Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Andi O’Connor, author of the fantasy novel, The Lost Heir, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE LOST HEIR Always a meticulous planner, Darrak Hunter leads a dull life until his dreams become plagued with visions of a peculiar and distant world.  Waking up to a brilliant purple sun looming ominously in the sky, Darrak is met by a mysterious violet-eyed sorcerer who whisks him away from the struggling Earth. Thrown into the clutches of a foreign world where magic is reality and not all is as it seems, Darrak embarks on a journey
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  • July 7, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Brimstone and Water Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Sharon House, author of the historical romance, Brimstone and Water, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT BRIMSTONE AND WATER Orphaned as a toddler, Caralynn Davidson grieves the loss of her grandfather as she takes over the reins of the family estate near a small Swiss village, but the Brimstone and Water from millennia ago that destroyed an ancient civilization is about to change Caralynn’s life. She receives a letter from her grandfather, charging her with the mission of bringing an ancient soul to rest. “But I thought only God could bring a soul
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Deviltry Afoot Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Carol Pritt, author of the paranormal novel, Deviltry Afoot, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 27 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT DEVILTRY AFOOT A mother’s love is a powerful force of nature. Tina’s daughter is savagely murdered.  Tina comes to know the police won’t be able to solve the crime because the answers are to be found in the supernatural realm and sets out determined to find answers herself. Donald chose evil when he was a living being. Brought back to spirit he continues spreading terror. As Tina explores, others come to know that something outside the norm is
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  • July 4, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Enchanted Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Win $100 Amazon Gift Card!

Join Elaine Cantrell, author of the fantasy romance, The Enchanted, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – September 27 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!  Elaine will be giving away a $100 Amazon Gift Card at the end of her tour on September 27.  Enter through the Rafflecopter form below! *** Contest is over!  Congratulations to Linda Henderson for winning the $100 Amazon Gift Card!*** ABOUT THE ENCHANTED Forced by his father into a marriage he didn’t want, Prince Alan soon finds that his bride isn’t the sweet, submissive creature he expected.  Morgane has the heart of a dragon and beauty beyond compare,
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