Pump Up Your Book Presents Exceeding Expectations Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Lisa April Smith, author of the mystery suspense novel, Exceeding Expectations (2old2wait2young2giveup), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 7 – April 20 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

About Lisa April Smith

Author Lisa April Smith lives with her husband, He-who-wishes-to-remain-anonymous, in Eternal Playland, Florida, a delightful spot just off I-95. Ms. Smith describes Eternal Playland as: “a little piece of level heaven with occasional dampness, where the bugs are plentiful but respectful, and even the smallest strip mall contains at least one pizza place and a nail salon.”

Before discovering a passion for writing, Ms. Smith sold plumbing and heating, antiques, taught ballroom dancing, tutored, modeled, designed software and managed projects for IBM and returned to college multiple times to study anthropology, sociology and computer science, in which she holds degrees, as well as psychology, archeology, literature, history and art. Combine those widely diverse interests with a love of travel and a gift for writing page-turners and it’s easy to understand one reviewer’s unbridled praise for Exceeding Expectations, “She (Ms. Smith) has a brilliance for conveying characters, and the intellectual capacity to place them in historical settings that sparkle with glamorous detail. . . that make it fun to read . . . ” But it takes much more than lush settings, an eye for detail and a love of history to write a page-turner. Read what another reviewer said about Exceeding Expectations: “Lisa April Smith . . . has woven an intriguingly rich tapestry of delightful well-developed characters into a perfectly balanced plot bursting with riveting mystery, crimes of the petty and the horrible sort, suspenseful twists, and romantic tension complete with love scenes that sizzle and pop.”

For more about the author, her books, and upcoming projects visit her website: http://www.LisaAprilSmith.com

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About Exceeding Expectations

It’s 1961 and Palm Beach socialite, irresistible rascal and devoted father Jack Morgan encounters genuine danger while staging his suicide to shield his beloved daughters from disgrace. Next, meet his daughter Charlotte (Charlie), an over-indulged 23 year-old struggling to cope with the traumatizing loss of her beloved father, her sister’s resulting mental breakdown and the discovery that she’s suddenly penniless. Fortunately Raul, an admiring young attorney, appears to offer assistance. As terrified as she is about daily survival, Charlie soon realizes that she has to learn what drove her father to kill himself. With Raul’s much needed ego-bolstering, the drive of necessity and unforeseen determination, Charlie finds a practical use for her annoyingly lean 5’ 11” frame. In time, this career finances her hard-wrought independence, her sister’s costly treatment and an emotional eye-opening journey to Paris.

Jumping back in time to romantic pre-WWII Paris readers meet young Alan Fitzpatrick – aka Jack Morgan – lack-luster artist, expert lover, irresistible rascal, and the bewitching girl who will become the mother of his children. Not even Charlie’s relentless detective work will uncover all Jack’s secrets, but in a fireworks of surprise endings, she discovers all that she needs to know and more:  disturbing truths about her father, hew own unique talent, crimes great and small and a diabolical villain.

Exceeding Expectations Virtual Book Publicity Tour Schedule

Wednesday, March 7

Interview and review at Read 2 Review

Friday, March 9

Interviewed at The Readiacs

Monday March 12

Interviewed & reviewed at All Things Books

Wednesday, March 14

Interviewed & reviewed at Alexa Loves Books

Saturday, March 17

Interviewed & reviewed at Book Talks with Charla

Tuesday, March 20

Interviewed & reviewed at Confessions of Reader

Thursday, March 22

Interviewed at The Book Vixen

Wednesday, March 28

Interviewed & reviewed at Purple Jelly Bean Chair Reviews

Saturday, March 31

Interviewed at Jeanz Book Read n Review

Monday, April 2

Interviewed at Pump Up Your Book

Tuesday, April 3

Guest blogging & Book Giveaway at Books in the Burbs

Wednesday, April 4

Interviewed & book giveaway at A Bookish Libraria

Thursday, April 5

Guest blogging at Acting Balanced

Friday, April 6

Book review & book giveaway at Acting Balanced

Book review and guest blogging at Jersey Girl Book Reviews

Saturday, April 7

Guest blogging/Book Giveaway at Carol’s Notebook

Monday, April 9

Book spotlight/Book Giveaway at Cocktails and Books

Guest blogging/Book Giveaway at Thoughts in Progress

Tuesday, April 10

Book spotlight/Book Giveaway at Sincerely Stacie

Wednesday, April 11

Interviewed at Literarily Speaking

Thursday, April 12

Book spotlight/Book Giveaway at Peeking Between the Pages

Friday, April 13

Interviewed at Blogcritics

Monday, April 16

Book spotlight  at Pudgy Penguin Perusals

Book review/Book Giveaway at My Book Addiction Reviews

Wednesday, April 18

Guest blogging at Coffee and a Keyboard

Thursday, April 19

Guest blogging at Hands and Home

Friday, April 20

Book reviewed at Hands and Home

Book reviewed at Book Nook Club

Guest Blogging at The Writer’s Life

Saturday, April 21st

Book review and Interview Arianne Cruz’s Blog

Monday, April 23rd

Book review and Interview at Book Sniffers Anonymous

Wednesday, April 25th

Book review and interview at Novel Opinion

Lisa April Smith’s  EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS VIRTUAL BOOK PUBLICITY TOUR will officially begin on March 5 and end on April 20 2012. Please contact Dorothy Thompson at thewriterslife(at)gmail.com if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing her book. Thank you!

UPDATE: THIS TOUR IS FULL.  THANKS TO ALL PARTICIPATING BOOK REVIEWERS AND TOUR HOSTS!

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