Posts Tagged ‘historical fiction’

{Historical Fiction/Paranormal} The Witch’s Salvation Blog Tour Sign Up

Francesca Pelaccia will be touring May 5 – 30 with her historical fiction/paranormal, The Witch’s Salvation. We are looking for: Reviews (ebook only) Interviews Author Guest Posts Book Spotlights (HTML provided for both blogger and wordpress blogs) Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you! A witch who demands humanity. The immortal families who denied her of it. Two mortals commanded to right the wrong. That is the fate of the urban princess Anasztasia and the renegade prince Matthias, born shockingly mortal to two immortal families. If they go back in time and restore the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Next O&W Train From Tennessee Book Blitz

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you JR Holbrook’s Next O&W Train from Tennessee book blitz May 5 – May 16! ABOUT NEXT O&W TRAIN FROM TENNESSEE Title: Next O&W Train from Tennessee Genre: Historical Fiction Author: JR Holbrook Publisher: Xlibris EBook: 123 pages Release Date: March 30, 2012 ISBN: 978-1-46918-802-7 James Holbrook is the great-great-grandson of Nancy Moody. Nancy Moody was the daughter of Charlot Moody and Johnathon Moody-Johnathon Moody was killed in the Civil War-Nancy Moody being the mother of Armeldia Moody and the grandmother of Raymond Wright, Selby Wright, Clara, Cora, and Edith. This is the second short story of James Holbrook, who also published Making Sense in 2011. James graduated
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Pump Up Your Book Presents To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Andra Watkins’ To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis virtual book tour March 3 – April 30! Title: To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis Author: Andra Watkins Publisher: Word Hermit Press Pages: 300 Language: English Genre: Historical fiction/Paranormal/Suspense Format: Paperback, Kindle Is remembrance immortality? Nobody wants to be forgotten, least of all the famous. Meriwether Lewis lived a memorable life. He and William Clark were the first white men to reach the Pacific in their failed attempt to discover a Northwest Passage. Much celebrated upon their return, Lewis was appointed governor of the vast Upper
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  • February 5, 2014
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{Virtual Book Tour} Across Great Divides Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Monique Roy’s Across Great Divides virtual book tour March 3 – 28! ABOUT ACROSS GREAT DIVIDES Title: Across Great Divides Genre: Historical Fiction Author: Monique Roy Publisher: Monique Roy Pages: 222 Language: English Format: Paperback/Kindle Across Great Divides is a timeless story of the upheavals of war, the power of family, and the resiliency of human spirit. When Hitler came to power in 1933, one Jewish family refused to be destroyed and defied the Nazis only to come up against another struggle—apartheid in South Africa. Sixteen-year-old twins, Eva and Inge, witness their lives in Berlin change before their eyes. Their
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{Historical Fiction/Paranormal/Suspense} To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis Blog Tour Sign Up

Andra Watkins will be on tour March 3 – April 30 with her historical fiction/paranormal/suspense, To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis. We are looking for reviews (paperback & ebook) mainly, interviews, guest posts, first chapter reveals and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is February 28.  Please sign up on the form below.  If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you! Title: To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis Author: Andra Watkins Publisher: Word Hermit Press Pages: 300 Language: English Genre: Historical fiction/Paranormal/Suspense Format: Paperback, Kindle Is remembrance immortality? Nobody wants to be forgotten, least of all
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{Historical Fiction} Across Great Divides by Monique Roy Blog Tour Sign Up

Monique Roy will be on tour March 3 – 28 with her historical fiction, Across Great Divides. We are looking for reviews (paperback), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is February 15. Please sign up on the form below if you are interested in hosting her and thank you! Across Great Divides is a timeless story of the upheavals of war, the power of family, and the resiliency of human spirit. When Hitler came to power in 1933, one Jewish family refused to be destroyed and defied the Nazis only to come up against another struggle—apartheid in South Africa. Sixteen-year-old twins, Eva and Inge, witness
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First Chapter: Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story by Freddie Owens

Title: Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story Author: Freddie Owens Publisher: Blind Sight Publications Pages: 332 Language: English Genre: Historical Fiction/Coming of Age Format: Paperback & eBook Purchase at AMAZON A storm is brewing in the all-but-forgotten backcountry of Kentucky. And, for young Orbie Ray, the swirling heavens may just have the power to tear open his family’s darkest secrets. Then Like The Blind Man: Orbie’s Story is the enthralling debut novel by Freddie Owens, which tells the story of a spirited wunderkind in the segregated South of the 1950s and the forces he must overcome to restore order in his world. Rich in authentic vernacular and evocative
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  • January 2, 2014
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{Virtual Book Tour} Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Freddie Owens’  Then Like a Blind Man: Orbie’s Story virtual book tour January 6 – March 28!  Freddie will be giving away a Kindle Fire HD at the end of his tour!   Title: Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story Author: Freddie Owens Publisher: Blind Sight Publications Pages: 332 Language: English Genre: Historical Fiction/Coming of Age Format: Paperback & eBook A storm is brewing in the all-but-forgotten backcountry of Kentucky. And, for young Orbie Ray, the swirling heavens may just have the power to tear open his family’s darkest secrets. Then Like The Blind Man: Orbie’s Story is the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Brave Are the Lonely Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Jack Langley’s military historical fiction novel, Brave Are the Lonely Book Blast January 7 – January 21! Jack 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 BRAVE ARE THE LONELY   Title: Brave Are the Lonely Genre: Military Author: Jack Langley Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 210 Language: English ISBN – 978-1-47599-563-3 Jim Mathews is a high school senior in a small town near Little Rock, Arkansas, and his future doesn’t look bright. He works a variety of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Faith and John Book Blast- Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce LaVonne J. Helmer’s historical fiction novel , Faith and John Book Blast January 7 – January 21! LaVonne 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 FAITH AND JOHN     Title: Faith and John Genre: Historical Fiction Author: LaVonne J. Helmer Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 172 Language: English ISBN – 978-1-45025-045-0 Set in the Dakota Territory in the 1800s, John and Faith meet, fall in love, and begin to plan their lives together. For Faith,
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Southern Winds A’ Changing Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Elizabeth Carroll Foster’s historical southern fiction novel, Southern Winds A’ Changing Virtual Book Tour  February 17 – March 14! Elizabeth will be giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card. To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below or on participating blogs throughout the tour and good luck! All participating bloggers willing to host are eligible to win. ABOUT SOUTHERN WINDS A’ CHANGING Title: Southern Winds A’ Changing Genre: Historical Fiction Author: Elizabeth Carroll Foster Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 410 Language: English ISBN – 978-1-49170-108-9 It is 1932, and racial prejudice is common in Deer Point, Arkansas, where the lives of two women—a white school teacher and
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  • November 5, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Saving Jackie K Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you L.D.C. Fitzgerald’s Saving Jackie K virtual book tour December 2 – 27! ABOUT SAVING JACKIE K Title: Saving Jackie K Genre: Historical Fiction/Thriller/Action Author: L.D.C. Fitzgerald Publisher: Ursa Minor Publishing Pages: 378 Language: English ISBN: 978-0-9837473-1-4 Format: Paperback, Hardback & Kindle The First Lady in Danger? Jump into the past to save her! Enter an upside-down world where Soviet henchmen botched their mission to eliminate John F. Kennedy fifty years ago, slaying his wife Jackie instead. The unthinkable crime incites Americans and triggers an unending war with Russia. In present day, as the two superpowers teeter on the brink of
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Historical Fiction Author Mike Hartner

Mike Hartner is a father, son, author, patriot, geek (ret), and husband. His love of all things genealogical led him to writing, and writing has now led him to fiction and a large epic saga. He lives in Vancouver, BC with his wife and son. His latest book is the historical romance, I, Walter. Visit his website at www.accidentalauthor.ca. Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book? To learn about myself and others. Q: Which part of the book was the hardest to write? The ending Q: Does your book have an underlying message that readers should know about?   Just that each person is unique and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Red Qipao Book Blast & Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Ayo Shanti’s historical mystery/suspense novel The Red Qipao November 11-29! Ayo 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. Thank you! ABOUT THE RED QIPAO   Title: The Red Qipao Genre: Historical Mystery/Suspense Author: Ayo Shanti Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 343 Language: English All the stories that filled my childhood, even the ones about my beloved Lemminkainen, were overshadowed by my growing obsession with the mystery surrounding Mother. And at the heart of her mystery was
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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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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Christian Historical Fantasy Adventure Author Gary L. Doman

Gary L. Doman, whose (pen-)surname rhymes with “roman”, the French word for “novel”, was born in Syracuse (New York) and has spent the majority of his life in Connecticut. He has degrees from Fairfield University and the University of Connecticut. He has developed an interest in just about everything, especially history, geography, religion, language, and the natural world. He began writing as a child and has never really stopped, although he does periodically need to eat and sleep, and also devotes considerable time to his other creative and intellectual endeavors; these include his “weblog” the Doman Domain and one of the items of interest found there, namely, “The Best
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  • August 1, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Little Shepherd Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2013 & Giveaway

Join Cheryl C. Malandrinos, author of the Christmas children’s picture book, Little Shepherd, as she virtually tours the blogosphere November 4 – 29, 2013 on her third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————————————————— ABOUT LITTLE SHEPHERD Obed is in the hills outside Bethlehem on the night of Christ’s birth. Can he trust the miracle of Christmas to keep his flock safe while he visits the newborn King? GUARDIAN ANGEL PUBLISHING AMAZON BARNES & NOBLE INDIEBOUND.ORG ————————————————————— ABOUT CHERYL C. MALANDRINOS   Cheryl Malandrinos is a freelance writer, children’s author and editor. Her first children’s book, Little Shepherd, was released in August 2010 by Guardian Angel Publishing. She is
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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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Pump Up Your Book Presents Untimed Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Andy Gavin, author of the Young Adult Time Travel/Adventure novel, Untimed, as he tours the blogosphere July 1 – July 26, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT UNTIMED Charlie’s the kind of boy that no one notices. Hell, his own mother can’t remember his name. So when a mysterious clockwork man tries to kill him in modern day Philadelphia, and they tumble through a hole into 1725 London, Charlie realizes even the laws of time don’t take him seriously. Still, this isn’t all bad. Who needs school when you can learn about history first hand, like from Ben Franklin himself. And
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  • January 26, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Man From 2063 Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Jack Duffy, author of the historical fiction, The Man From 2063, as he tours the blogosphere February 4 – 28 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————————————————— ABOUT THE MAN FROM 2063 I knew it. I knew it, he repeated to himself. A conspiracy. But who had planned the murder? Was Lee Harvey Oswald even involved? If only one could go back in time and solve the mystery. I have to pursue this, he told himself. Someone has to find out the truth once and for all. On November 22, 2063 a new film finally proves a conspiracy was involved in the assassination
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  • January 5, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Aviator’s Wife Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Melanie Benjamin, author of the historical fiction, The Aviator’s Wife, as she tours the blogosphere February 4 – 28 2013 on her third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————————————-   ABOUT MELANIE BENJAMIN Melanie Benjamin is the author of the nationally bestselling Alice I Have Been and The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb. Her latest book is the historical fiction, The Aviator’s Wife. Benjamin lives in Chicago, where she is at work on her next historical novel. Visit the Author: WEBSITE | TWITTER | FACEBOOK ————————————————-   ABOUT THE AVIATOR’S WIFE For much of her life, Anne Morrow, the shy daughter of the U.S. ambassador
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  • December 16, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents I Stood With Wellington and Forlorn Hope Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join James Mace, author of the historical fiction novels, I Stood With Wellington and Forlorn Hope, as he tours the blogosphere January 14 – March 22, 2013 on his third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT JAMES MACE James Mace was born in Edmonds, Washington, and grew up in Meridian, Idaho. He joined the U.S. Air Force out of high school, and three years later changed over to the U.S. Army. He spent a career as a soldier, including service in the Iraq War. In 2011, he left his full-time position with Army Guard and devoted himself completely to writing. His series, “Soldier of Rome – The
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Proxy Assassin Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join John Knoerle, author of spy fiction, The Proxy Assassin: Book Three of the American Spy Trilogy, as he tours the blogosphere November 5 – January 11 on his third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT JOHN KNOERLE John Knoerle began his creative endeavors in the early 70s as a member of the DeLuxe Radio Theatre, a comedy troupe in Santa Barbara. He then moved to LA and did stand-up comedy, opening for the likes of Jay Leno and Robin Williams. Knoerle wrote the screenplay Quiet Fire, which starred Karen Black, and the stage play The He-Man Woman Hater’s Club, an LA Time’s Critic’s Choice. He
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  • October 27, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Beside Two Rivers Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Rita Gerlach, author of the Christian historical fiction, Beside Two Rivers, as she tours the blogosphere November 5 – 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT RITA GERLACH Rita Gerlach lives with her husband and two sons in a historical town nestled along the Catoctin Mountains, amid Civil War battlefields and Revolutionary War outposts in central Maryland.  In many of her stories, she writes about the struggles endured by early colonists, with both American and English settings. Her new historical series for Abingdon Press entitled ‘Daughters of the Potomac‘ was launched in February 2012, with Before the Scarlet Dawn, book 1,
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Like #Titanic? #Win a copy of Michael Bowler’s ‘A Matter of Time’ at #Goodreads!

Win a copy of Michael Bowler’s historical fiction, A Matter of Time, at Goodreads today! Enter below! Goodreads Book Giveaway A Matter of Time by Michael Bowler Giveaway ends September 28, 2012. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win About the Book: What is your destiny? This question haunts 20-year-old Jamie Collins. A junior at Santa Clara University in 1986, Jamie has friends, a professor who mentors him, and a promising future as a writer. Then the dreams begin – nightmarish visions that transport him back to a time and place fifty years before he was born: Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912! Less than a week before
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Matter of Time Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Michael Bowler, author of the thriller/romance/historical fiction novel, A Matter of Time, as he tours the blogosphere September 4 – 28 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT MICHAEL BOWLER Michael Bowler grew up in San Rafael, California. He attended St. Raphael’s School and Marin Catholic High School before attending Santa Clara University. Titanic and her tragic fate fascinated him for as far back as he can remember. He has a vast collection of artwork, memorabilia and virtually every book ever written about the disaster. He majored in English and Theatre at Santa Clara and got a master’s in film production from Loyola
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with “Willow Pond” author Carol Tibaldi

C arol Tibaldi is the author of “Willow Pond.” Carol Tibaldi was born and raised in Bayside, New York and attended Queens College of the City University of New York. She loves to travel and has lived in London and Los Angeles. For twenty five years she worked as a newspaper reporter and covered the crime beat. She is a history buff and loves to research different time periods having a special affinity of the prohibition era and the Civil War. Willow Pond is her first novel and she is hard at work on the sequel. You can visit Carol Tibaldi’s website at www.caroltibaldi.com Link to book on Amazon
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Pump Your Book Presents Willow Pond Virtual Publicity Tour 2012

Join author Carol Tibaldi, author of the historical romance novel, Willow Pond, as she tours the blogosphere this September 3rd – 29th with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT CAROL TIBALDI : Carol Tibaldi was born and raised in Bayside, New York and attended Queens College of the City University of New York. She loves to travel and has lived in London and Los Angeles. For twenty five years she worked as a newspaper reporter and covered the crime beat. She is a history buff and loves to research different time periods having a special affinity of the prohibition era and the Civil War. Willow Pond is her first novel
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Flesh Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Khanh Ha, author of the historical literary novel, Flesh, as he tours the blogosphere August 6 – September 29, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT KHANH HA Khanh Ha was born in Hue, the former capital of Vietnam. During his teen years he began writing short stories which won him several awards in the Vietnamese adolescent magazines. He graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism. Flesh is his first novel. He is at work on a new novel. To find out more visit his website at : http://www.authorkhanhha.com/ or his blog at: http://authorkhanhha.blogspot.com/ ABOUT FLESH The setting is Tonkin (northern
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Interview: Author Kfir Luzzatto of “The Evelyn Project”

It is with pleasure that we bring you a personal interview with Kfir Luzzatto who is the author of “The Evelyn Project.”  Mr. Luzzatto, a resident of Israel, is a well-known patent attorney who turned his hand to writing fiction with much success!  Kfir is touring with Pump Up Your Book Virtual Book Tours from July 2nd through August 31st in a national tour of reviews, interviews, guest posts and spotlights.  Please see our Authors On Tour listing “The Evelyn Project” for a posting of his tour. “The Evelyn Project” is a paranormal suspense/thriller written in contemporary times in a European setting.  Luzzatto’s characters are vividly drawn and alive
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