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Pump Up Your Book Presents Devil in the Wires Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Tim Lee’s DEVIL IN THE WIRES virtual book tour May 19 – June 12!   Title: Devil in the Wires Author: Tim Lees Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Genre: Thriller/Suspense Format: Kindle “It’s a perfect circle, Chris. The god receives his audience, the grid receives the power—and we light up Chicago.” After the perilous retrieval of a long-dormant god from Iraq, Chris Copeland—professional god hunter and company troubleshooter—is about ready to quit his job. But his employers at the Registry have other plans…plans to build a power facility on the shores of Lake Michigan. Adam Shailer, a rising star at the Registry, thinks
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(Romantic Suspense) Deadly Strain – #1 Biological Response Team Series by Julie Rowe – Blog Tour Sign Up

  Julie Rowe will be touring June 15- August 31, 2015 with her romantic suspense novel, Deadly Strain – #1 Biological Response Team Series! We Are looking for: Book Reviews (eBook / PDF) Author Guest Post Author Interview Character Interviews Book Spotlight   Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host the tour, we will email you a tour host confirmation. Thank you!       Book one of Biological Response Team Series Major Grace Samuels, a trauma surgeon deployed to Afghanistan, spends her life helping her fellow soldiers overcome disease and combat injuries. But her own wounds are harder to heal. Wracked with guilt over
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  • May 7, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Color of Our Sky Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Amita Trasi’s THE COLOR OF OUR SKY virtual book tour July 6 – 31! Title: The Color of Our Sky Author: Amita Trasi Publisher: Bloomhill Books Pages: 424 Genre: Women’s Fiction/Suspense Format: Paperback/Kindle A sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends—one struggling to survive the human slave trade and the other on a mission to save her—two girls whose lives converge only to change one fateful night in 1993. India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old girl from the lower caste Yellamma cult of temple prostitutes has come of age to fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute. In an attempt
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{Juvenile Fiction} Ben’s School Daze Blog Tour Sign Up

Robin Sim & Joanne Larcom will be touring July 6 -31 with their juvenile fiction/children’s picture book, BEN’S SCHOOL DAZE! We are looking for: Reviews only (PDF) Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Ben’s School Daze Authors: Robyn Sims and Joanne Larcom Publisher: Peence & Rogue Designs Pty Ltd Pages: 28 Genre: Children’s Picture Book This is a story about Ben, a lively and active boy, who finds the sensory experiences within his day to be overwhelming. Loud noises vibrate through his body and “shoes and sock bother him.. they never feel
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First Chapter: The Jack of Souls by Stephen C. Merlino

Title: The Jack of Souls Author: Stephen C. Merlino Publisher: Tortoise Rampant Books Pages: 352 Genre: YA Fantasy Format: Paperback/Hardcover/Kindle An outcast rogue named Harric must break a curse laid on his fate or die by his nineteenth birthday. As his dead-day approaches, nightmares from the spirit world stalk him and tear at his sanity; sorcery eats at his soul. To survive, he’ll need more than his usual tricks. He’ll need help—and a lot of it—but on the kingdom’s lawless frontier, his only allies are other outcasts. One of these outcasts is Caris, a mysterious, horse-whispering runaway, intent upon becoming the Queen’s first female knight. The other is Sir
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First Chapter: The Ark by Laura Liddell Nolen

Title: The Ark Author: Laura Liddell Nolen Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 239 Genre: YA Scifi Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook There’s a meteor headed for Earth, and there is only one way to survive. It’s the final days of earth, and sixteen-year-old Char is right where she belongs: in prison. With her criminal record, she doesn’t qualify for a place on an Ark, one of the five massive bioships designed to protect earth’s survivors during the meteor strike that looks set to destroy the planet. Only a select few will be saved – like her mom, dad, and brother – all of whom have long since turned their backs on Char. If she
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Pump Up Your Book Presents While Being a Parent Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Eddie Marie Durham’s WHILE BEING A PARENT book blast May 25 – June 5! Title: While Being a Parent Author: Eddie Marie Durham Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 216 Genre: Family Format: Kindle/Paperback/Hardcover Being a parent is a lifetime job. No one knows that more than Eddie Marie Durham, mother of three adult sons. In her guidebook filled with practical parenting advice, Durham shares not only her personal experiences but also poetry, scripture, and quotes in order to help parents find their way down what can be a very challenging road while raising children in today’s world. Durham, a retired elementary school teacher, has
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Pump Up Your book Presents Thorhilde Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ole-Bjorn Tobiassen’s THORHILDE book blast May 25 – June 5! Title: Thorhilde The Viking Queen Author: Ole-Bjorn Tobiassen Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 194 Genre: Fantasy Format: Kindle/Paperback/Hardcover This book is the first in this series of Norwegian migrations to the United States. This book will cover the first migration to America through Iceland and Greenland; the next one will cover the migration to America through Holland, England, and Normandy. Finally, the third book will cover the last migration to America, when half of the Norwegian population left for the new world.   Thirty-five years with the navy, shipyards, shipbuilding, and naval academies, as
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Let’s Talk About Tickling Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Veronica Frances’ LET’S TALK ABOUT TICKLING virtual book tour June 1 – September 30! Title: Let’s Talk About Tickling Author: Veronica Frances Publisher: Blue Note Books Pages: 240 Genre: Relationships/Nonfiction/Self-Help Format: Kindle Let’s Talk About Tickling is an honest, straightforward discussion about tickling. Discover the many different aspects of tickling—the fantasies, the realities, the many paradoxes of the tickling fetish and how to come to terms with ones own sensuality. A refreshing and very welcome find, Let’s Talk About Tickling is for anyone who wishes to expand their awareness of tickling and other related fetishes. This book will be of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Destiny’s Tapestry Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Betty June Gilliland’s DESTINY’S TAPESTRY book blast May 25 – June 5!     Title: Destiny’s Tapestry Author: Betty June Gilliland Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 346 Genre: Biography Format: Kindle/Paperback/Hardcover On a stormy night, as a hurricane raced up the Gulf Coast and created havoc in its path, Betty Gilliland was born on a corn shuck mattress in a barn at the foot of Sand Mountain. As soon as the midwife wrapped her in a blanket and gently laid her in a cow manger, Gilliland began a journey through life that would eventually test her spirit, courage, and, most of all, her power to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents You Won’t Remember This Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kate Blackwell’s YOU WON’T REMEMBER THIS virtual book tour June 1 – 26! Title: You Won’t Remember This Author: Kate Blackwell Publisher: Bacon Press Books Pages: 232 Genre: Short Stories/Southern Fiction Format: Kindle The twelve stories in Kate Blackwell’s debut collection illuminate the lives of men and women who appear as unremarkable as your next-door-neighbor until their lives explode quietly on the page. Her wry, often darkly funny voice describes the repressed underside of a range of middle-class characters living in the South. Blackwell’s focus is elemental—on marriage, birth, death, and the entanglements of love at all ages—but her gift
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Unexpected Rain Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jason LaPier’s UNEXPECTED RAIN virtual book tour June 1 – 26! Title: Unexpected Rain Author: Jason LaPier Publisher: HarperCollins (HarperVoyager) Pages: 350 Genre: SciFi Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook In a domed city on a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, a recently hired maintenance man named Kane has just committed murder. Minutes later, the airlocks on the neighbourhood block are opened and the murderer is asphyxiated along with thirty-one innocent residents. Jax, the lowly dome operator on duty at the time, is accused of mass homicide and faced with a mound of impossible evidence against him. His only ally is Runstom, the rogue police
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Core Attraction Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ashlinn Craven’s CORE ATTRACTION virtual book tour June 1 – 26! Title: Core Attraction Author: Ashlinn Craven Publisher: Crimson Romance Pages: 201 Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Kindle Living with her dad and single since the Ice Age, Fiona Halpin’s plan is to get a promotion, a swanky house, and a boyfriend—strictly in that order. So when Dr. Declan MacCarthy and his protest leaflets turn up outside the power plant where she handles public relations, she’s almost too busy doing damage control to notice how gorgeous he is. Almost. Declan has returned from Japan to settle in his Irish hometown and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Book of Steven Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon GC!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Steven T. Stevenson’s THE BOOK OF STEVEN book blast May 11 – 22!   Title: The Book of Steven Author: Steven T. Stevenson Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 284 Genre: Religious Format: Kindle/Paperback For those of you who are bent on destroying yourselves, or even contemplating an attempt, you might want to reconsider your options. Ultimately getting rid of “you” may be more difficult than it seems. And if you do choose to stick around and participate, you will have to roll up your sleeves and live according to you. That may mean following a path which has been laid by others, or choosing to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Your Right To Know God Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Emmanuel W. Ettoh’s  book blast May 11 – 22!   Title: Your Right to Know God Author: Emmanuel Ettoh Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 138 Genre: Religious Format: Kindle/Paperback This book underscores the natural right of all humans to know God. Today, we are told that God is irrelevant to our livelihood and we do not need God for anything. This deception emanates from our lack of understanding of and about God. In this book, you will find insight into: -Who God really is. -How and why it is your right to know God. -The benefits of knowing God for the individual, nation and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents To End All War Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon GC!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Nicholas Lambros’ TO END ALL WAR: A HISTORICAL NOVEL book blast May 11 – 22! Title: To End All War Author: Nicholas Lambros Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 572 Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Kindle/Paperback It is 1916 and twenty-six-year-old John Morris cannot ignore the Great War anymore. Despite his father’s objections and the fact that America has not even entered the war yet, John leaves Maryland for France where he hopes to fulfill his mission of becoming a flyer in the Lafayette Escadrille. He leaves behind not only his parents, but also his surgeon brother, Michael, and sister, Catherine, who are quietly nurturing their own
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Loss Angeles Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mathieu Cailler’s LOSS ANGELES virtual book tour May 4-29! Title: Loss Angeles Author: Mathieu Cailler Publisher: Short Story America Press Pages: 217 Genre: Short Stories Format: Hardcover Set in the glamorous city of Los Angeles, California, LOSS ANGELES skips the shine and celebrity the city is known for and instead dives deeply into the lives of ordinary Angelenos. In each of the fifteen stories in this collection, author Mathieu Cailler examines the private lives of a diverse mix of characters. This collection of stories showcases the rawness of real life, the complexity of navigating personal challenges and internal conflicts, and
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{Juvenile Fiction} Angels, Angels, Everywhere Blog Tour Sign Up

Michelle Beber will be touring June 1 – August 28 with her juvenile fiction/children’s picture book, ANGELS, ANGELS, EVERYWHERE! We are looking for: Reviews (ebooks) Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Angels, Angels, Everywhere Author: Michelle Beber Publisher: Balboa Press (Hay House) Pages: 30 Genre: Juvenile Fiction/Children’s Picture Book Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook Angels, Angels, Everywhere is a non-denominational, multiracial book written in delightful rhythm and rhyme and accompanied by charming illustrations.  The themes of constant support and unconditional love are designed to help children deal with everyday experiences in life. By developing children’s
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Black Coffee Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you R.L. Byrd’s Black Coffee virtual book tour May 4- May 29!     Title: Black Coffee Author: R.L. Byrd Publisher: R.L. Byrd Publishing Pages: 304 There are ALWAYS two sides to every story. In R.L. Byrd’s debut novel, Looking for Sweet Love, the Love Forum Divas told their side.  Now it’s the Brothers’ turn. . . . The Love Forum is back and the relationship dilemmas continue within the infamous Dallas, Texas, urban radio station, K103.5. DK “Love” Niles, the popular Disc Jockey from the DK and Melissa Morning Show, takes over the reins of hosting the new Love Forum called The Brothers
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Grey Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Christi J. Whitney’s GREY virtual book tour May 4 – June 26! Title: Grey (The Romany Outcasts Series, Book 1) Author: Christi J. Whitney Publisher: HarperCollins/HarperVoyager Pages: 400 Genre: Young Adult (Urban Fantasy) Format: Paperback/Kindle Sebastian Grey always thought he was a fairly normal teenager – good friends, decent grades, and a pretty sweet job in his foster brother’s tattoo shop. But when strangers arrive in town, Sebastian soon realizes that his world is nothing at all what it seemed. Secretive gypsies surround him, shadowy figures stalk him, and the girl he’s been dreaming about turns up at school. Now
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{Southern Fiction/Women’s Fiction/Short Stories} You Won’t Remember This Blog Tour Sign Up

Kate Blackwell will be touring June 1 – 26 with her collection of southern fiction/women’s fiction short stories, YOU WON’T REMEMBER THIS! We are looking for: Reviews (paperbacks – US only please/ebooks) Interviews Guest Posts Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: You Won’t Remember This Author: Kate Blackwell Publisher: Bacon Press Books Pages: 232 Genre: Short Stories/Southern Fiction Format: Kindle The twelve stories in Kate Blackwell’s debut collection illuminate the lives of men and women who appear as unremarkable as your next-door-neighbor until their lives explode quietly on the page. Her wry,
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{Fantasy/Horror} Shaytan: A Journey Into Evil Blog Tour Sign Up

David S. Arthur will be touring June 1 – 26 with his fantasy/horror novel, SHAYTAN: A JOURNEY INTO EVIL! We are looking for: Reviews (paperbacks – US only please) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Shaytan: A Journey Into Evil Author: David S. Arthur Publisher: Brighton Publishing LLC Pages: 395 Genre: Adventure/Thriller India – 1947. In the heart of the jungle, death stalks the night. The authorities claim it is a man-eating leopard. The natives believe it is something far more terrifying—a creature that by day wears
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{YA} ’89 Walls Blog Tour Sign Up

Katie Pierson will be touring June 1 – July 30 with her young adult novel, ’89 Walls! We are looking for: Reviews (50 paperbacks available US only/unlimited PDF ebooks) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: ’89 Walls Author: Katie Pierson Publisher: Wise Ink Creative Publishing Pages: 240 Genre: Young Adult College is not in the cards for Seth. He spends his minimum wage on groceries and fakes happiness to distract his mom from the MS they both know will kill her. It’s agony to carry around a
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  • April 14, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Twist of Fortune Book Publicity Tour & Win Prize!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mike Martin’s A TWIST OF FORTUNE virtual book excerpt tour May 4-29! Title: A Twist of Fortune (Book 4 of the Sgt. Windflower Mystery series) Author: Mike Martin Publisher: Booklocker Pages: 278 Genre: Mystery Format: Paperback A Twist of Fortune is the fourth book in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series and it continues the adventures of Sgt. Windflower as he tries to solve crime and experience the joy and the sadness of life in a small maritime community. Follow along as he feels the sometimes bitter taste of an east coast winter and the unique culinary delights of this part
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{Contemporary Romance} Core Attraction Blog Tour Sign Up

Ashlinn Craven will be touring June 1-26 with her contemporary romance, CORE ATTRACTION! We are looking for: Reviews (10 paperbacks available US only/unlimited ebooks) Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Core Attraction Author: Ashlinn Craven Publisher: Crimson Romance Pages: 201 Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Kindle Living with her dad and single since the Ice Age, Fiona Halpin’s plan is to get a promotion, a swanky house, and a boyfriend—strictly in that order. So when Dr. Declan MacCarthy and his protest leaflets turn up outside the power plant where she handles public relations,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Ark Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Laura Liddell Nolen’s THE ARK virtual book tour May 4 – June 26! Title: The Ark Author: Laura Liddell Nolen Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 239 Genre: YA Scifi Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook There’s a meteor headed for Earth, and there is only one way to survive. It’s the final days of earth, and sixteen-year-old Char is right where she belongs: in prison. With her criminal record, she doesn’t qualify for a place on an Ark, one of the five massive bioships designed to protect earth’s survivors during the meteor strike that looks set to destroy the planet. Only a select few will be
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{Mystery} A Twist of Fortune Book Excerpt Tour Sign Up

Mike Martin will be touring May 4-26 with his mystery, A TWIST OF FORTUNE (Book 4 of Sgt. Windflower Mysteries series)! This is a book excerpt tour. Bloggers will post their book excerpts chronologically so the reader can hop from blog to blog to not only get an exclusive glimpse into Mike’s new book but also have a chance to win an autographed copy of the first book in the series, The Walker on the Cape! All bloggers’ Twitter handles or Facebook links will be included in the Rafflecopter. We are looking for: Book Excerpt Spotlights ONLY Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to
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  • April 10, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Anzard Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Christopher Conroy’s ANZARD virtual book tour May 4-29! Title: Anzard Author: Christopher Conroy Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 154 Genre: Children’s Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle Author Christopher Conroy has just released a book for kids aged 8-12 called ANZARD. Teachers, parents, producers…take note!  This appealing and well-written book would give Lewis Carroll (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) reason to worry.  As a matter of fact if you mixed in one part Harry Potter, with one part Pinocchio then added a generous helping of Alice in Wonderland…you’d get Anzard! ANZARD tells the story of how a young boy named Justin Cavell learns to listen to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Ticktock to Triumph Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon GC!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Betty Wyatt’s TICKTOCK TO TRIUMPH virtual book tour April 20-May 1!     Title: Ticktock to Triumph Author: Betty Wyatt Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Religion Format: Kindle/Paperback Ticktock to Triumph presents a unique collection of prose and poetry written by author Betty Wyatt over the course of fifty years. It is her legacy of soul songs that offers her homespun wisdom captured in God moments, the love of nature and personal insights. She hopes her writing may comfort and give hope to people who are living with life’s daunting challenges, found in the pain of sorrow and loneliness. To Purchase Ticktock to Triumph Journaling
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Pump Up Your Book Presents No Crystal Stair Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon GC!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sarah Smith Ducksworth’s NO CRYSTAL STAIR virtual book tour April 20-May 1!   Title: No Crystal Stair Author: Sarah Smith Ducksworth Publisher: Trafford Genre: Poetry Format: Kindle Each poem in this collection is a reflection upon the author’s personal life or is a response to her vicarious interactions in the lives of characters she has met in real life or in books. Through the critical lens of poetry, she has looked for deeper meanings inside those experiences. Though the writer ends with an understanding that her life has not been a “crystal stair,” alluding to the hardships the titular character in Langston
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