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Pump Up Your Book Presents Friend of the Devil Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mark Spivak’s FRIEND OF THE DEVIL virtual book tour September1 5 – December 15! Inside the Book Title: Friend of the Devil Author: Mark Spivak Publisher: Black Opal Books Pages: 325 Genre: Culinary Thriller In 1990 some critics believe that America’s most celebrated chef, Joseph Soderini di Avenzano, sold his soul to the Devil to achieve culinary greatness. Whether he is actually Bocuse or Beelzebub, Avenzano is approaching the 25th anniversary of his glittering Palm Beach restaurant, Chateau de la Mer, patterned after the Michelin-starred palaces of Europe. Journalist David Fox arrives in Palm Beach to interview the chef for
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Save The Last Dance Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Eric Joseph and Eva Ungar Grudin’s SAVE THE LAST DANCE virtual book tour September 5 – November 30! Inside the Book Title: Save The Last Dance Author: Eric Joseph & Eva Ungar Publisher: Hargrove Press Pages: 360 Genre: Literary Fiction A tale of the power and peril of first love rediscovered. Adam Wolf and Sarah Ross were teenage sweethearts who grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio in the late 50’s and early 60’s. They set a wedding date when they turned fifteen. The day came and went. For most of their lives the two were out of contact. With their
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Disinheritance Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you John Sibley’s DISINHERITANCE virtual book tour September 5 – October 28! Inside the Book Title: DISINHERITANCE Author: John Sibley Williams Publisher: Apprentice House Press Pages: 98 Genre: Poetry A lyrical, philosophical, and tender exploration of the various voices of grief, including those of the broken, the healing, the son-become-father, and the dead, Disinheritance acknowledges loss while celebrating the uncertainty of a world in constant revision. From the concrete consequences of each human gesture to soulful interrogations into “this amalgam of real / and fabled light,” these poems inhabit an unsteady betweenness, where ghosts can be more real than the flesh
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Things We Said Today Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lise McClendon’s THE THINGS WE SAID TODAY virtual book tour September 5-30! Inside the Book Title: The Things We Said Today – A Bennett Sisters Novel Author: Lise McClendon Publisher: Thalia Press Pages: 274 Genre: Women’s Fiction Five sisters, all lawyers, well-trained in the art of demanding what’s necessary.It’s enough to drive a wedding planner to tears. Then add in a European venue, a Scottish hunting lodge, and a reluctant bride, and things get dicey. Can the middle sister, Merle, rally the troops, deal with the in-laws, and stop a powerful storm from ruining everything? Merle has powers of persuasion,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Going Home: A Comedy Virtual Play Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you John Arnold’s GOING HOME: A COMEDY virtual play tour September 5-30! Inside the Book Title: Going Home: A Comedy Author: John Arnold Publisher: Independent Pages: 128 Genre: Play (Comedy) Going Home is a light-hearted comedy about a family vacation across the U.S. in the early 1960s. The Sacramento Bee called it “a gentle journey down memory lane…’Going Home’ shows us where we belong.” For More Information Going Home: A Comedy is available at Amazon. Pick up your copy at Barnes & Noble. Meet the Author John Arnold has had his work presented in either a reading or production at American
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Living In My Father’s Dream Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ms. Johnnie Renee’s LIVING IN MY FATHER’S DREAM: WEEP ME NOT virtual book tour September 5-30! Inside the Book Title: Living In My Father’s Dream: Weep Me Not Author: Ms. Johnnie Renee Publisher: JR Perez Imprint Pages: 426 Genre: Urban Fiction A powerful love story, not between a man and a woman, but a real father and his Mafia-bred son ANTONIO “SHAWN” PEREZ, JR. The only grandson of a Mafia drug lord, Shawn wanted to become a drug dealer at the age of twelve, but his dad said no. Just to teach Shawn that drugs are a killer, his dad made
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Fairly Safe Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Deborah Ann Davis” FAIRLY SAFE virtual book tour August 1 – October 28! Inside the Book Title: FAIRLY SAFE Author: Deborah Ann Davis Publisher: D&D Universe Pages: 356 Genre: Young Adult When Mistaken Identity collides with Secret Identity, who wins? JACOB HAS COME A LONG WAY FOR AN ORPHANED FOSTER KID. He has a mentor, a great job, and has finally fallen in love. Granted, she mistook him for a stalker when they met, but every relationship has its little problems. Unfortunately, for the past few years, as the object of his affection pops in and out of his life, she has refused
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Missing Piece Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Uzo Okoye’s MISSING PIECE virtual book tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: Missing Piece Author: Uzo Okoye Publisher: Independent Pages: 164 Genre: Inspirational/Legal Thriller John Williams’ picture perfect life is stripped apart, piece by piece and lies in a crumpled heap, just after he finds true fulfilment. And to make matters worse, a troubling dark secret from his past returns to haunt him. Will John accept his new reality? Is he brave enough to fight for the truth? Or will the enticement to return to his seemingly perfect past prove too much of a temptation to resist? For More Information Missing Piece is
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Paris Runaway Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Paulita Kincer’s PARIS RUNAWAY virtual book tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: Paris Runaway Author: Paulita Kincer Publisher: Oblique Press Pages: 256 Genre: Women’s Fiction When divorced mom Sadie Ford realizes her 17-year-old daughter Scarlett has run away to Paris all she can imagine are terrorist bombings and sex slaves. After learning her daughter chased a French exchange student home, Sadie hops on the next plane in pursuit. She joins forces with the boy’s father, Auguste, and the two attempt to find the missing teens. The chase takes Sadie and Auguste to the seedier side of Marseille,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Paradox Forged in Blood Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mary Frances Fisher’s PARADOX FORGED IN BLOOD virtual book tour August 22 – 26! Inside the Book Title: Paradox Forged in Blood Author: Mary Frances Fisher Publisher: Cambron Press Pages: 300 Genre: Historical Fiction A murder on Millionaire’s Row. A killer’s chilling words, “Shh. I know where you live.” A woman tormented by her guilt-ridden past. A historical murder mystery, Paradox Forged in Blood is set in Cleveland, Ohio, during the late 1930s. Four decades after the murder of socialite Louis Sheridan, the cold case is resurrected with receipt of new evidence that transports detectives back to Nazi Germany. The
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Baseball’s Dynasties and the Players Who Built Them Book Blast!

We invite you to Jonathan Weeks’ BASEBALL DYNASTIES AND THE PLAYERS WHO BUILT THEM Book Blast July 18 – August 19! Leave a comment on his tour stops below to let him know you stopped by! Inside the Book: Title: Baseball’s Dynasties and the Players Who Built Them Author: Jonathan Weeks Publisher: Rowan and Littlefield Pages: 408 Genre: Sports History Baseball has had its fair share of one-and-out champions, but few clubs have dominated the sport for any great length of time. Given the level of competition and the expansive length of the season, it is a remarkable accomplishment for a team to make multiple World Series appearances in
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Shabdon Ki Holi Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Subhash Kommuru’s SHABDON KI HOLI virtual book tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: Shabdon Ki Holi Author: Subhash Kommuru Publisher: Kommura Books Pages: 34 Genre: Children’s Shabdon Ki Holi is a funny story with bright illustrations and lively cartoon written in Hindi. Ramesh and Suresh are two siblings who love to blabber and find it very funny. But this holi they experience a adventure like never before and meet entertaining creatures/jeevs who are lot of fun but their vocabulary is very limited. See how both siblings go from blabbering to teaching Bandhu, Pratham and his fellow creatures
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Killer Pursuit Virtual Book Publicity Tour – Win $25 Amazon Gift Card & Books!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jeff Gunhus’ KILLER PURSUIT virtual book tour August 1 – October 28! Inside the Book Title: KILLER PURSUIT Author: Jeff Gunhus Publisher: Seven Guns Press Pages: 352 Genre: Thriller When a high-society call girl is murdered in her Georgetown home, investigators find two cameras hidden in the walls of her bedroom. One has its memory erased, presumably by the murderer. The second is connected to the Internet through an encrypted connection…and no-one knows who’s on the other end. Special Agent Allison McNeil is asked by beleaguered FBI Director Clarence Mason to run an off-the-record investigation of the murder because of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Fairly Certain Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Deborah Ann Davis” FAIRLY CERTAIN virtual book tour July 5 – August 31! Inside the Book Title: Fairly Certain Author: Deborah Ann Davis Publisher: D&D Universe Pages: 196 Genre: New Adult What happens when a Computer Geek challenges a Medieval Outlaw? PETIR TAKES A ROUGH TUMBLE IN THE CONNECTICUT WOODS, and awakens in the middle of old England. His instinct to freak out is tempered by the arrival of a fair maiden wearing a bow… and arrow. In his college world, fair maiden types don’t ordinarily go for computer geek types, but for some reason, he is no longer in his world.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Eugenia: Destiny and Choice Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Georgeos C. Awgerinos’ EUGENIA: DESTINY AND CHOICE virtual book tour September 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: Eugenia: Destiny and Choice Author: Georgeos C. Awgerinos Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 280 Genre: Romantic Thriller Debut novelist Georgeos Constantin Awgerinøs paints an epic love story and political thriller in EUGENIA: DESTINY AND CHOICE. The title character, Eugenia “Jenny” Corais, a Columbia University graduate, is an idealistic young feminist and intellectual who charts her destiny against such volatile backdrops as cabaret-era Berlin, America during the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War protests, and the violent final days of colonial Africa. With its potent combination
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Raising Sleepy Stones Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you P.H.T. Bennet’s RAISING SLEEPY STONES virtual book tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: Raising Sleepy Stones Author: P.H.T. Bennet Publisher: Dramkeeper Publishing Pages: 360 Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Like every kid in Solasenda, Kiva Stone has been far too busy training for one of the five town guilds to think about something as useless as dreaming. But when she and her sister DeeDee uncover a mysterious plot to get rid of them, their only hope lies with a shadowy group of people who wield unimaginable powers drawn from their dreams. As the girls escape with them up
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Raven’s Peak Book Blast – Win Autographed Copy of His Book!

We invite you to Lincoln Cole’s RAVEN’S PEAK Book Blast July 11! Leave a comment on his tour stops during his blast on July 11 and you could win an autographed copy of RAVEN’S PEAK! Giveaway information below. Inside the Book: Title: Raven’s Peak Author: Lincoln Cole Publisher: Kindle Press Pages: 276 Genre: Horror/Paranormal Thriller/Urban Fantasy A quiet little mountain town is hiding a big problem. When the townsfolk of Raven’s Peak start acting crazy, Abigail Dressler is called upon to discover the root of the evil affecting people. She uncovers a demonic threat unlike any she’s ever faced and finds herself in a fight just to stay alive.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Pirates Cycle Series Book Blast – Win Books!

We invite you to Chris Gerrib’s THE PIRATES CYCLE Book Blast July 5 – 29! Leave a comment on his tour stops and you could win a paperback set of The Pirates Cycle or one of two ebook sets! Giveaway information below. Inside the Series: Title: The Pirates Cycle Series Author: Chris Gerrib Publisher: Cincinnatus Press Genre: Science Fiction When eighteen-year-old Janet Pilgrim’s boyfriend was killed in a training accident at the space academy, she thought she was going to be thrown out. Instead, she soon found herself shipping out as a junior astronaut on the forty-year old spacecraft Windy City bound for Mars. But freighters and passenger ships
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  • June 25, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Cocktails & Mock-Tales Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Julianne McLean & Mark Lynch’s COCKTAILS & MOCK-TALES virtual book tour June 6 – August 31! Inside the Book Title: Cocktales & Mock-Tales Authors: Julianne McLean & Mark Lynch Publisher: ASJ Publishing Pages: 90 Genre: Humor Cocktails and Mock- Tales is not just about alcoholic beverages. The book is about sensations that tickle your tastebuds and humour that tickles your fancy. It includes non-alcoholic beverages that the whole family can enjoy and even herbal recipes for the adventurous. Have one extremely tall high ball glass and a giant cocktail shaker at the ready Ingredients: Unlimited centilitres of wit and humour
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Godspeed, Carry My Bullet Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ian Lewis’ GODSPEED, CARRY MY BULLET virtual book tour July 25 – 29! Inside the Book Title: Godspeed, Carry My Bullet Author: Ian Lewis Publisher: Independent Pages: 325 Genre: Thriller Bobby Clyne has nothing to lose. Two illegitimate governments have taken the place of the fallen United States: The Directorate in the East and the United States Valiant in the West. And he’s just learned that a man who once terrorized his family as a low-ranking member of the Military Police is set to become the Grand Marshall of the Ohio Region. Armed with his father’s Dragunov sniper rifle, Bobby
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  • June 19, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents I Have Faith Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Davin Whitehurst’s I HAVE FAITH virtual book tour July 5 – September 30! Inside the Book Title: I Have Faith Author: Davin Whitehurst Publisher: Childlike Faith Publishing Pages: 26 Genre:  Children Are you ready to get your child excited about faith? “I Have Faith” puts your child right in the footsteps of Danny as he begins to learn about faith. Danny and his older brother have been wanting a dog, but both know their parents don’t think they are ready for a dog. When Danny’s mom begins teaching him what the bible says about faith, he puts his faith into action.
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  • June 18, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Scar Tissue Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you MC Domovitch’s SCAR TISSUE virtual book tour July 5 – September 30! Inside the Book Title: Scar Tissue Author: MC Domovitch Publisher: Lansen Publishing Pages: 396 Genre: Romantic Suspense/Thriller/Paranormal When successful model Ciara Cain wakes up in hospital, remembering nothing of the weeks she has been missing, her only clues are the ugly words carved into her skin. According to the police she was a victim of the Cutter, a serial killer who has already murdered three women. For her protection the police and her doctors give a press conference, announcing that because her amnesia is organically caused, her memory
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Scapegoat: A Flight Crew’s Journey From Heroes to Villains to Redemption Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Emilio Corsetti’s SCAPEGOAT: A FLIGHT CREW’S JOURNEY FROM HEROES TO VILLAINS TO REDEMPTION virtual book tour August 1 – September 30! Inside the Book Title: Scapegoat: A Flight Crew’s Journey from Heroes to Villians to Redemption Author: Emilio Corsetti Publisher: Odyssey Publishing, LLC Pages: 472 Genre: Nonfiction Narrative “This is the kind of case the Board has never had to deal with-a head-on collision between the credibility of a flight crew versus the airworthiness of the aircraft.” NTSB Investigator-in-Charge Leslie Dean Kampschror On April 4, 1979, a Boeing 727 with 82 passengers and a crew of 7 rolled over and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Shadows of an Empress Book Blast & Book Giveaway!

We invite you to Carole Waterhouse’s SHADOWS OF AN EMPRESS Book Blast on July 5 – 29! Inside the Book: Title: Shadows of an Empress Author: Carole Waterhouse Publisher: Anaphora Literary Press Pages: 310 Genre: Literary Fiction After the death of her mother, Sylvia is sent to live with her grandmother on an isolated piece of farmland, where she and a nymph-like companion run through the woods creating an imaginary world where her mother is still alive. When Sylvia marries Dan, everyone sees her life moving from tragic to fairy tale.  But when a recurring dream about a city she can’t identify leaves Sylvia feeling especially unsettled, she goes
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Can’t-idates: Running For President When Nobody Knows Your Name Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Craig Tomashoff’s THE CAN’T-IDATES: RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT WHEN NOBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME virtual book tour July 11 – 15! Inside the Book Title: The Can’t-idates: Running For President When Nobody Knows Your Name Author: Craig Tomashoff Publisher: Bobtimystic Books Pages: 302 Genre: Nonfiction I’m not a political person by nature. Most of the time, it seems the political world plays out more like a lame ‘70s sitcom with all its predictable characters and routine storylines. However, last spring, I got tired of hearing friends and family complain about the lack of exciting, innovative candidates for president. Everyone seemed ready to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Girl in the Air Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Tyler Pike’s GIRL IN THE AIR virtual book tour July 5 – 29! Inside the Book Title: Girl in the Air Author: Tyler Pike Publisher: Tyler Pike Books Pages: 352 Genre:  Magical Realism Action Thriller / YA Paranormal Thriller 6’3″ 200LBS, AIRBORNE AND ANGRY. ARE THEY SMART ENOUGH TO LEAVE HER ALONE? A teenaged loner who sees more than she should, Alice Brickstone’s mission in life is to find out who or what killed her twin brother a decade earlier. All her parents will divulge is that he died on a family trip to an ashram in India, a place
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Suppose Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you D.J. Adamson’s SUPPOSE virtual book tour July 5 – 29! Inside the Book Title: SUPPOSE Author: D.J. Adamson Publisher: Horatio Press Pages: 334 Genre: Mystery/Suspense “What did he want to know about me?” “If you were still alive.” Connivers, murder, and the international shipment of drugs unites the local PDs and the Federal Government, and drags Lillian into a hailstorm of manipulation and danger, whereby she is given two choices: Join? Or die trying? For More Information SUPPOSE is available at Amazon. Discuss this book at PUYB Virtual Book Club at Goodreads. Meet the Author Award Winner at the Midwest
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Body of the Crime Book Blast

We invite you to Jennifer Chase’s BODY OF THE CRIME Book Blast on June 15! Inside the Book: Title: BODY OF THE CRIME Author: Jennifer Chase Publisher: JEC Press Pages: 226 Genre: Crime Thriller Three grisly murders linked to five old cold cases, dubbed the Flower Girl Murders, pushes detectives to their limit to find a clever and extremely brutal serial killer, leaving a California town demanding justice. The District Attorney’s Serial Special Task Force retains the help of the reclusive Dr. Chip Palmer, a forensic expert and criminal profiler, to steer them in the right direction. Palmer is known for his astute academic interpretations of serial and predatory
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Jungle Within Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Charles M.’s THE JUNGLE WITHIN virtual book tour June 6 – August 31! Inside the Book Title: The Jungle Within Author: Charles M. Publisher: Createspace Pages: 308 Genre: Drama/Suspense When Evan and Katie said “I do”, they expected to navigate life together side-by-side. But when a car accident and a tawdry affair disrupt life as they know it, Evan and Katie are forced to venture on alternate paths, alone. In the darkest depths of an unforgiving coma, Evan fights to survive the treacherous jungle of his mind. He embarks on a spiritual journey to understand the meaning of life and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Ophelia Adrift Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Helen Goltz’s  OPHELIA ADRIFT virtual book tour July 5 – 11! Inside the Book Title: Ophelia Adrift Author: Helen Goltz Publisher: Atlas Productions Pages: 185 Genre: YA Fantasy Ophelia’s first love might be her last. In her wildest dreams, Ophelia Montague never imagined she would leave the city, her friends, her school and move to a seaside village. But when her parents die in an accident, that’s just where she finds herself—ensconced in a rambling house on the beach, with her uncle, Sebastian, his boarder—nineteen-year-old Adam Ferrier, and two Great Dane dogs named after shipwrecks. By the ocean’s edge she
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