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Pump Up Your Book Presents My Father’s Daughter, From Rome to Sicily Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gilda Morina’s MY FATHER’S DAUGHTER, FROM ROME TO SICILY virtual book tour October 5-30! Title: My Father’s Daughter, From Rome to Sicily Author: Gilda Morina Syverson Publisher: Divine Phoenix and Pegasus Books Pages: 277 Genre: Memoir/Travel/Family Relationships In this multigenerational memoir, My Father’s Daughter, From Rome to Sicily, our author travels with her Italian-born father, Italian-American mother, and very-American husband to the villages of her ancestors. This trilogy tale leads the reader through ancient sites of Rome, landscapes of a picturesque countryside, seaside villages of Sicily, olive trees in the valley of Mount Etna, while contrasting an emotional journey between
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Pump Up Your Book Presents His Rebel Heart Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Amber Leigh Williams‘ HIS REBEL HEART virtual book tour October 5-30! Title: His Rebel Heart Author: Amber Leigh Williams Publisher: Harlequin (Superromance) Pages: 380 Genre: Contemporary Romance Being a single mother and successful florist is tough, especially when your new next-door neighbor is the man who shattered your heart. Eight years ago, bad boy James Bracken walked away from Adrian Carlton…and their unborn child. Now he’s back. And Adrian’s desire to protect her son from the truth of his biological father isn’t enough to hide the wild blue eyes of father and son, or to keep Adrian from surrendering to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Illusion of an Ending Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Danielle Soucy Mills’ ILLUSION OF AN ENDING virtual book tour October 5-30! Title: Illusion of an Ending Author: Danielle Soucy Mills Publisher: Aerial Awareness Media Pages: 200 Genre: Visionary & Metaphysical Fiction Three peoples’ life stories intertwine with a synchronistic twist. Jimmy Pollaski, a young man at the peak of his potential, dies suddenly in a motorcycle accident. As his spirit hovers above his lifeless body, he calls out to his mother, Patricia, only to find that his words are inaudible. He then promises to find some way to transmit his message to the world of the living. It is
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Martina McAtee’s CHILDREN SHOULDN’T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS virtual book tour October 5 – November 30! Title: Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things Author: Martina McAtee Publisher: Martina McAtee Pages: 450 Genre: YA Paranormal Romance 17 year old Ember Denning has made an art of isolating herself. She prefers the dead. She spends her days skipping school in old cemeteries and her nights hiding from her alcoholic father at the funeral home where she works. When her own father dies, Ember learns her whole life is a lie. Standing in the cemetery that’s been her sanctuary, she’s threatened by the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Not in God’s Name Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Paula Fouce’s NOT IN GOD’S NAME: MAKING SENSE OF RELIGIOUS CONFLICT virtual book tour October 5-30! Title: Not in God’s Name: Making Sense of Religious Conflict Author: Paula Fouce Publisher: Paradise Filmworks International Pages: 254 Genre: Nonfiction/Religion Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook/iTunes “We’re all praying to the same Divine, which is called by many names or no name at all.” In her new book, NOT IN GOD’S NAME: MAKING SENSE OF RELIGIOUS CONFLICT (based on award winning film that aired on PBS “Not in God’s Name: In Search of Tolerance with the Dalai Lama”), Paula Fouce searches for solutions to end the escalating
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Pump Up Your Book Presents New Pony Day! Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jen K. Blom’s NEW PONY DAY! virtual book tour October 5-30! Title: New Pony Day! Author: Jen K. Blom Publisher: Jen K. Blom Pages: 28 Genre: Children’s Picture Book Today’s the day Josie gets her new pony – if she can find him, that is! Her cat Pasta’s along for the ride, too, but there’s no telling if he’ll help or not – he’s a cat! For More Information New Pony Day! is available at Amazon. Pick up your copy at Barnes & Noble. Discuss this book at PUYB Virtual Book Club at Goodreads. Jen K Blom is an international
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Little Boy Gan From Passion-Filled Everland & Reimburse the Universe Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lisa McDonald’s LITTLE BOY GAN FROM PASSION-FILLED EVERLAND & REIMBURSE THE UNIVERSE virtual book tour October 5-30! Title: Little Boy Gan From Passion-Filled Everland Author: Lisa McDonald Publisher: Lisa McDonald Pages: 36 Genre: Children’s Picture Book McDonald’s first book, LITTLE BOY GAN FROM PASSION-FILLED EVERLAND, tells the story of ten-year-old Gan. Gan is humble and wise with a loving spirit that he shares with the animals he meets in the magical forest where the story takes place. The curious animals watch Gan and observe his kindness and humility. Soon they seek the boy out to learn the secret of his
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  • September 8, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Animals Have Feelings, Too! Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Karen Lee Stevens ANIMALS HAVE FEELINGS, TOO! EXPLORING EMOTIONS FROM A TO Z virtual book tour October 5-30! Title: Animals Have Feelings, Too!: Exploring Emotions From A to Z Author: Karen Lee Stevens Publisher: All for Animals Pages: 32 Genre: Children’s Picture Book Filled with humor and whimsical illustrations, this enchanting and educational A to Z guide takes young readers on a journey through the alphabet with a lovable Labrador retriever named Sandy, who shows kids that animals and people share many of the same feelings. From A is for Affectionate to Z is for Zonked, Animals Have Feelings, Too!
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Evolved Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Aubrey Coletti’s EVOLVED virtual book tour September 1 – 30! Title: Evolved Author: Aubrey Coletti Publisher: Escape Artist Press Genre: YA/Scifi/Thriller The boarders of J. Alter High have fought their school, sabotaged their school, and attempted to destroy their school. Yet the powerful Academy and its enigmatic Headmistress have remained always one step ahead of them. Now they must decide whether or not to work with the school, to unlock the abilities that brought them there — a decision that could tear them all apart. But choose they must, before they are out of moves, out of options . .
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Chemo on the Rocks: My Great Alaskan Adventure Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Rebecca L. Durkin’s CHEMO ON THE ROCKS: MY GREAT ALASKAN MISADVENTURE virtual book tour September 1 – 30! Title: Chemo on the Rocks: My Great Alaskan Misadventure Author: Rebecca L. Durkin Publisher: Christine F. Anderson Publishing & Media Pages: 178 Genre: Memoir Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle/Nook Chemo on the Rocks is a shoreside seat on Rebecca (Becky) Durkin’s great Alaskan misadventure. It highlights the hilarity and heartache of a young girl who finds herself marooned in Ketchikan—fondly known as “The Rock”—where she remains on her self-imposed Alaskatraz for almost thirty years. Chemo on the Rocks is witty, inspirational, satirical, and sometimes terrifying.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents What’s the Deal with Teens and Time Management Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Leslie Josel’s WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH TEENS AND TIME MANAGEMENT virtual book tour September 1 – 30! Title: What’s the Deal with Teens and Time Management: A Parents’ Guide to Helping Your Teen Succeed Author: Leslie Josel Publisher: People Tested Media Pages: 88 Genre: Nonfiction/Parenting Time management is a challenge for everyone, but it is a particularly daunting challenge for teens. More than 70% of teens in the US struggle with time management and the numbers are growing. Teens are busier than ever and they lack the necessary tools to manage their time. Nationally recognized time management expert, Leslie Josel,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Teddy Bear Eye Club Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Suzanne M. Hurley’s THE TEDDY BEAR EYE CLUB virtual book tour September 1 – 30! Title: The Teddy Bear Eye Club Author: Suzanne M. Hurley Publisher: Wings ePress Pages: 286 Genre: Young Adult Format: Kindle/Nook Depressed, fourteen-year-old Mayah Lewis hides from the world, until she befriends new girl, beautiful bald-headed Celeste Daniels. Everything begins looking up, until one day, Celeste disappears. For More Information The Teddy Bear Eye Club is available at Amazon. Pick up your copy at Barnes & Noble. Discuss this book at PUYB Virtual Book Club at Goodreads All her life, Suzanne M. Hurley had a secret.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Defending Nora Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sarah Leyton’s DEFENDING NORA virtual book tour September 1 – 30! Title: Defending Nora Author: Sarah Leyton Publisher: Siren Bookstrand Pages: 184 Genre: Romance/Erotica With nothing more exciting in her life than her bangs catching on fire while trying to flambé, Nora Connolly’s life was terrifically uneventful. Well, uneventful until her house got raided and she found out her boyfriend was actually a CIA agent turned traitor. When he escapes custody and begins stalking her she is forced to turn to the only man she knows can protect her, the man she’s been swooning over since high school. When Nora
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Pump Up Your Book Presents I, Mary Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mike Hartner’s I, MARY virtual book tour September 1 – November 27! Title: I, Mary Author: Mike Hartner Publisher: Eternity 4 Popsickle Publishing Pages: 266 Genre: Historical Romance Mary Crofter’s first trip on the water was just after her first birthday, when her parents came from her birthplace in Kilwa to Portsmouth. She’s been on several trips from Portsmouth to London and other places since. She loves the water and the water seems to love her. Can she survive on the water? Will people ever take seriously a GIRL as a sailor? Will she ever come off the water? If
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Secret Letters Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Abby Bardi’s THE SECRET LETTERS virtual book tour September 1 – 30! Title: The Secret Letters Author: Abby Bardi Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Pages: 165 Genre: Women’s Fiction When thirty-seven-year-old slacker-chef Julie Barlow’s mother dies, her older sister Pam finds a cache of old letters from someone who appears to be their mother’s former lover. The date stamped on the letters combined with a difficult relationship with her father leads Julie to conclude that the letters’ author was a Native American man named J. Fallingwater who must have been her real father. Inspired by her new identity, Julie uses her small
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Avalon Relics: Lilith Links Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you J.L. Clark’s THE AVALON RELICS: LILITH LINKS virtual book tour September 1 – 30! Title: The Avalon Relics: Lilith Links (Volume 1) Author: J.L. Clark Publisher: Createspace Pages: 315 Genre: YA Fantasy Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook Sophia Bennett is looking forward to celebrating her eighteenth birthday with her best friend Angie.  After graduating high school and enjoying the last days of her summer vacation the most important things on her mind are getting ready for college and catching the eye of her high school crush Jake…at least, until the night of her birthday party. Suddenly, Sophia is thrust into a world that
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Circle Dance Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lynne Constantine’s CIRCLE DANCE virtual book tour September 1 – 30! Title: Circle Dance Author: Lynne Constantine & Valerie Constantine Publisher: Bookbaby Pages: 261 Genre: Women’s Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle/Audible/Nook Young, smart and beautiful with everything figured out – or so they thought. Born into a prosperous Greek American family, sisters Nicole and Theodora have achieved the perfect balance between the old world rich in Greek tradition and the freedom of life in America. Nicole’s world spins out of control when she falls for a married senator who shares her heritage and her dreams. The decisions she makes will affect the
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  • August 21, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Cocktales: An After-50 Memoir Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Morgan Malone’s COCKTALES: AN AFTER-50 MEMOIR virtual book tour September 1 – 30! Title: Cocktales: An After-50 Dating Memoir Author: Morgan Malone Publisher: Turquoise Morning Press Pages: 264 Genre: Romantic Memoir An After-50 Dating Memoir…or Eight Years, around Eighty Men, but not nearly Eight Thousand Kisses. There I was. Approaching 50, widowed for 15 years, alone for all that time, except for two kids, one dog, a full-time legal career, a house, a mortgage, some dear friends…and a wish. I just wanted to feel like a woman one more time. Not “Mom.” Not “Your Honor.” Not “Sis.” But, a desirable
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  • August 15, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Peach of a Pair Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kim Boykin’s A PEACH OF A PAIR virtual book tour September 1 – November 27! Title: A Peach of a Pair Author: Kim Boykin Publisher: Penguin Random House/Berkley Books Pages: 304 Genre: Southern Women’s Fiction “Palmetto Moon” inspired “The Huffington Post” to rave, It is always nice to discover a new talented author and Kim Boykin is quite a find. Now, she delivers a novel of a woman picking up the pieces of her life with the help of two spirited, elderly sisters in South Carolina. April, 1953. Nettie Gilbert has cherished her time studying to be a music teacher
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Search for the Stone of Excalibur Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Fiona Ingram’s THE SEARCH FOR THE STONE OF EXCALIBUR virtual book tour September 1-30! Title: The Search for the Stone of Excalibur Author: Fiona Ingram Publisher: Biblio Publishing Pages: 376 Genre: Juvenile Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook Continuing the adventure that began in Egypt a few months prior in The Secret of the Sacred Scarab, cousins Adam and Justin Sinclair are hot on the trail of the second Stone of Power, one of seven ancient stones lost centuries ago. This stone might be embedded in the hilt of a newly discovered sword that archaeologists believe belonged to King Arthur: Excalibur. However, their
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Carson Chance, P.I., Over the Edge Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you N.E. Brown’s CARSON CHANCE, P.I., OVER THE EDGE virtual book tour August 3 – 28! Title: Carson Chance, P.I., Over the Edge Author: N.E. Brown Publisher: Tate Publishing Pages: 269 Genre: Romantic Suspense Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook Set against the rock and roll era of the early 1960’s, when casual sex and recreational drugs were the norm, a chance meeting on a road trip finds twenty-four year old Carson Chance smitten with a young female hitchhiker he gives a ride to. Sparks fly as the two loners reach out to each other for companionship. They are like two pages torn from the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Leave Yesterday Behind Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lauren Linwood’s LEAVE YESTERDAY BEHIND virtual book tour August 3 – 28! Title: Leave Yesterday Behind Author: Lauren Linwood Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing Pages: 244 Genre: Romantic Suspense Format: Kindle Callie Chennault vaulted to fame on the nighttime soap Sumner Falls, but after a decade of playing the same role, she is ready for a new acting challenge. When Callie is attacked by a stalker on the streets of New York, she takes a leave of absence from the show and returns to her roots in Aurora, Louisiana, to heal both physically and emotionally and determine her next career move.
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  • July 31, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Stop the Diet, I Want to Get Off! Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Win $100 Amazon GC!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lisa Tillinger Johansen’s STOP THE DIET, I WANT TO GET OFF! virtual book tour August 3 – October 30! Title: Stop the Diet, I Want To Get Off! Author: Lisa Tillinger Johansen Publisher: J. Murray Press Pages: 350 Genre: Nonfiction/Nutrition/Health The Paleo.  The Zone.  The Gluten-free.  Another day, another diet.  We’re caught in a never-ending merry-go-round of weight loss plans, fueled by celebrity endorsers, TV doctors and companies angling for a piece of a $60 billion industry.  But do these diets really work?  And how healthy are they? Registered Dietitian Lisa Tillinger Johansen examines dozens of the most wildly popular
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Magno Girl Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Joe Canzano’s MAGNO GIRL virtual book tour August 3 – 28! Title: Magno Girl Author: Joe Canzano Publisher: Happy Joe Control Pages: 320 Genre: Comic Urban Fantasy Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook Price: Paperback $9.89/Kindle $2.99/Nook $2.99 When a Manhattan pizza maker is found dead in his own dough, Magno Girl enlists the aid of her biker ninja boyfriend to help solve the crime – and quickly discovers there’s more to the pie than meets the eye, including a sinister plot that spans the globe. Magno Girl leaps into action. After all, she can fly, she can fight, and she can use her
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Don’t Hit Me! Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Vanessa de Largie’s DON’T HIT ME! virtual book tour August 3 – 28! Title: Don’t Hit Me! Author: Vanessa de Largie Publisher: Booktrope Pages: 88 Genre: Nonfiction/Memoir/Poetry/Journey Format: Paperback/Kindle #1 Amazon Bestseller # Winner of the 2014 Global eBook Award Bronze (women’s studies) # Winner of the 2014 Honourable Mention Award London Book Festival (memoir) # Five-Star Review Midwest Book Review # Five-Star Review San Francisco Book Review # Five-Star Review #1 Amazon Hall of Fame Reviewer – UK # 3 out of 4 stars Official Online Bookclub Australian actress and author Vanessa de Largie is a survivor of domestic
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Time of Useful Consciousness Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jennifer Ott’s TIME OF USEFUL CONSCIOUSNESS virtual book tour August 3 – 28! Title: Time of Useful Consciousness Author: Jennifer Lott Publisher: Super Jenius Publications Pages: 276 Genre: Women’s Fiction/Historical Fiction Louisa Unger, a young German woman in Post-War World II Germany kills a man in cold blood. In her mind, freedom and preservation cause her to pull the trigger. Arrested by the American Allied forces and confined to a military prison, she greets the man investigating her crime, Colonel Taylor with biting sarcasm and scorn. Despite her offense, her fate is up to her – give up her countrymen
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Below the Water Line Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lisa Karlin’s BELOW THE WATER LINE virtual book tour August 3 – 28! Title: Below the Water Line: Getting Out, Going Back, and Moving Forward in the Decade After Hurricane Katrina Author: Lisa Karlin Publisher: Centennial Publishers Pages: 376 Genre: Memoir Format: Paperback 14.97/Kindle 9.99/Audio 22.99 Below the Water Line provides a gripping account of a family’s hurricane evacuation experiences and all that followed in the decade after Hurricane Katrina. The story begins in August 2005, when author Lisa Karlin, her husband, thirteen-year-old daughter, eleven-year-old son, and two dogs evacuated New Orleans for what they thought would be a two-day
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  • July 19, 2015
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Pump Up Your Book Presents BlackJack Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Christine Donovan’s BLACKJACK virtual book tour August 3 – 28! Title: BlackJack Author: Christine Donovan Publisher: Christine Donovan Books Pages: 336 Genre:  Contemporary Romance Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook Cole Jackson spends fifteen years in prison for a murder he did not commit, the murder of his wife, Lindsey. His talent as a songwriter and an avid reader save him from the loneliness of the cold, dark and unforgiving prison walls. But as he joins the world of the free again, he struggles with his once again fame, because of his rock-n-roll band, of being a convicted killer and the fact that his
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Laguna Nights Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kaira Rouda’s LAGUNA NIGHTS virtual book tour September 1 – 30! Title: Laguna Nights Author: Kaira Rouda Publisher: Real You Publishing Group Pages: 250 Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Paperback/Kindle/Nook Madison Alcott was back in her hometown, caring for her sick mom and working long hours at the best resort in Laguna Beach. She never imagined she’d return to the place where she became famous on the hit reality TV show Laguna Nights, and the place where she was humiliated on national television. Fortunately, the past had stayed tucked away until her old high school boyfriend appeared in the lobby. Josh
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Grey Daze Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Michael Allan Scott’s GREY DAZE virtual book tour September 1 – 30! Title: Grey Daze (A Lance Underphal Mystery) Author: Michael Allan Scott Publisher: Independent Pages: 306 Genre: Mystery/Thriller/Suspense/Supernatural/Paranormal Format: Paperback/Kindle GREY DAZE descends.  A fresh murder spins out of control, twisting into new realms of paranormal mystery. Not for the faint of heart, the third in the Lance Underphal Mystery series, is an interplay of corrupt characters immersed in today’s world. Paranormal twists and fast action in movie-like scenes set the story’s mystery/thriller elements apart from the typical whodunit/serial-killer thriller. Guided by his dead wife, a reluctant psychic finds
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