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{Virtual Book Tour} The Magic Crystals Series Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Stephen Hayes, author of the YA fantasy series, The Magic Crystals, as he tours the blogosphere July 1 – August 30 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE MAGIC CRYSTALS SERIES The Magic Crystals is a story of the greatest power in the world, a power so supreme that it can control most aspects of life. Amazing if used for good, terribly dangerous if in the wrong hands, the question throughout is exactly how this power should be used. Should it be wielded to its fullest extent to benefit all of humankind, or tamed in order to protect others from it?
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  • June 24, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pretty Is As Pretty Does Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Debby Mayne, author of the Christian fiction, Pretty is as Pretty Does, as she tours the blogosphere July 1 – 26 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT PRETTY IS AS PRETTY DOES Priscilla Slater goes to her 10-year high school reunion as a successful business woman. Even though she got rid of her mousy brown hair, swapped out her discount store wardrobe for designer clothes, and now has perfectly straight teeth, she can’t get past feeling like the ugly duckling. Her parents’ disapproval for her choice of careers—running a chain of hair salons—deepens her self-doubt. She experiences self-discovery and learns that
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Training Temptation Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Diana Baron, author of the erotic romance, Training Temptation, as she tours the blogosphere July 1 – 26 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT TRAINING TEMPTATION Caught in a web of deceit, Caroline must run the race of her life to save her family home. Her reputation as the high society owner of the #1 stable for Ponygirls in the world is on the line. And, there’s only one man who can help her win. Edward Hastings is steamy, passionate, and dangerous. With molten brown eyes and a rock hard body, the notorious playboy could have any woman in the world,
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  • June 16, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Hollywood Strip Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Shamron Moore, author of the chick lit, Hollywood Strip, as she tours the blogosphere July 1 – 26 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!   ABOUT HOLLYWOOD STRIP A young Midwestern girl moves to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune only to find success is more than she bargained for. Callie is a plucky young woman who knows exactly what she wants: fame, fortune, and a fabulous career as a Hollywood actress. A starring role in an unlikely hit movie and a romance with a sexy, chart-topping singer brings her instant notoriety. But in the City of Angels, overnight success is a breeding
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  • June 13, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Keeper of the Black Stones Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join PT McHugh, author of the YA fantasy/time travel, Keeper of the Black Stones, as he tours the blogosphere July 1 – August 30 2013 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ————————————————-   ABOUT PT MCHUGH PT McHugh didn’t start out as a storyteller. He was, however, born into a family of that encouraged imagination. He became a fan of history in school and then went to college to become a construction engineer, to build a world of straight lines, angles, and equations. He was just as surprised as everyone else when he realized that he believed in magic, and might just know the
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Aberration Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Lisa Regan, author of the crime thriller, Aberration, as she tours the blogosphere July 1 – 26 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT ABERRATION FBI analyst Kassidy Bishop is assigned to the “For You” killer’s task force after a series of sadistic murders bearing the same signature arise in different parts of the country. The homicides are both calculated and savage, occurring in different states, but bearing the same signature: the words “for you” scribbled at each crime scene. The case chills Kassidy, bringing back memories of her own encounter with a violent criminal five years earlier. Kassidy’s mentor, legendary agent
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  • June 4, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents A Voice in the Night Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Ernestine Dail, author of the children’s mystery, A Voice in the Night, as she tours the blogosphere July 1 – 26 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT A VOICE IN THE NIGHT Brian, Josh, and Thomas arrived at Blackstone Cabin with great expectations of fishing and having fun. Now in the midst of a raging storm, and a hooded stranger frantically knocking at their door, the boys desperately wished for Josh’s father, Mr.Joplin, to return to the cabin. Will he return in time to save the boys from danger, or will the boys open the door to the frantic knocking of
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  • May 25, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Ancient Guardians: The Legacy of the Key Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join S.L. Morgan, author of the YA fantasy, Ancient Guardians: The Legacy of the Key (Book 1 in the Ancient Guardian series), as she tours the blogosphere July 1 – 26 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT ANCIENT GUARDIANS: THE LEGACY OF THE KEY No matter where you are, facing your reality with passion and purpose will always lead down the path you were intended to go. While Reece Bryant is making her way through this world on her own, she is suddenly confronted with the truth of her existence, and the reality of her future. It is when she encounters two
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Traveling for Love: Searching for Self, Hoping for Love Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Becky Due, author of the women’s fiction, Traveling for Love: Searching for Self, Hoping for Love, as she tours the blogosphere July 1 – 26 2013 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT TRAVELING FOR LOVE: SEARCHING FOR SELF, HOPING FOR LOVE Amanda’s life is suddenly turned upside down when her husband tells her he wants a divorce. She realizes she no longer knows who she is – her life revolved around her husband. At age 40, she finds herself divorced, childless, living in an apartment with a roommate, with little education and no career path. Can Amanda heal her pain and find
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  • May 11, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents OCD, the Dude & Me Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Lauren Roedy Vaughn, author of the contemporary humorous young adult, OCD, the Dude & Me, as she tours the blogosphere June 3 – July 26 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT OCD, THE DUDE & ME Seventeen-year-old Danielle Levine is your typical high school teenager – if you count having OCD and ADHD as typical. Danielle’s “special” conditions lead her to a school for students with learning disabilities, and, even here, she struggles to fit in. How Danielle navigates her status as a “learning-challenged” teen pariah is told, with equal parts pain and hilarity, in Lauren Roedy Vaughn’s debut Young Adult
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Pump Up Your Book Presents San Francisco Secrets Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Greg Messel, author of the mystery/historical romance, San Francisco Secrets, as he tours the blogosphere June 3 – July 26 2013 on his fifth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO SECRETS Noted novelist and newspaper editor Edgar Watson Howe once said. “A man who can keep a secret may be wise but he is not half as wise as a man with no secrets to keep” As the spring of 1958 arrives in San Francisco, it seems that baseball player turned private eye, Sam Slater and his fiancée, TWA stewardess Amelia Ryan, are surrounded by people who have secrets. A prominent doctor, John
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Fulton Incident Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Jordan Ekeroth, author of the suspense, The Fulton Incident, as he tours the blogosphere June 3 – 28 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE FULTON INCIDENT International intrigue rooted in a secret history. Mysterious and unlikely allies. The memory of a lost love. A race against time. Josh Fulton is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame after catching a charismatic leader in an act of infidelity. But when he finds himself alone and hunted through the dark streets of a foreign city, he is forced to face the truth that he has found himself embroiled in a far deeper conspiracy
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Birr Elixir Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Jo Sparkes, author of the fantasy, The Birr Elixir, as he tours the blogosphere June 3 – 28 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE BIRR ELIXIR Marra had never heard of Birr Elixir. But when Drail of the Hand of Victory saw the words in an old book, she found herself agreeing to make it. Even lacking the right ingredient. And after drinking it, the Hand of Victory defeated a Skullan team, something no one had ever done before. Now Drail walked the path his grandsire had walked, and Marra was offered a place as Brista, his potions mistress. She
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Revived by Grace Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Emma Clay, author of the Christian memoir, Revived by Grace, as he tours the blogosphere May 6 – June 28 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT SURVIVED BY GRACE Emma Clay lived a life of rebellion, led astray by her own desires and her attraction to an indulgent life and a difficult man. This book is her memoir, telling the powerful story of her downward decline and the way God brought her back to himself through his love. Moving between personal storytelling, Biblical reflection, and political application, Revived by Grace is a book that speaks to the wounded place in all
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  • April 16, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A List of Offences Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Dilruba Z. Ara, author of the women’s fiction, A List of Offences, as she tours the blogosphere May 6 – July 26 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT A LIST OF OFFENCES Daria, the heroine of the book is born under unusual circumstances that cause the people of her small village to gossip; yet as she grows she becomes an intelligent, sensitive and spiritual beauty that one feels is destined for a perfect life. After a flood, a boy is found on the bank of her river. Daria’s parents adopt the boy, and Daria befriends him. As they grow Daria begins
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  • April 14, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents When the Morning Glory Blooms Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Cynthia Ruchti, author of the Christian fiction, When the Morning Glory Blooms, as she tours the blogosphere May 6 – 31 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT WHEN THE MORNING GLORY BLOOMS Becky rocks a baby that rocked her world. Sixty years earlier, with her fiancé Drew in the middle of the Korean Conflict, Ivy throws herself into her work at a nursing home to keep her sanity and provide for the child Drew doesn’t know is coming. Ivy cares for Anna, an elderly patient who taxes Ivy’s listening ear until the day she suspects Anna’s tall tales are not just
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Magic’s Daughter & Dancing in the Flame Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Ann Gimpel, author of the spicy paranormal romances, Magic’s Daughter and Dancing in the Flame, as she tours the blogosphere May 6 – 31 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT MAGIC’S DAUGHTER Destined to be surrounded by magic yet have none of her own, Cassie walks a thin line between love and danger. Her mother is dying and her boyfriend has turned into something which terrifies her. By the time she wakes up to the danger she’s in, it’s nearly too late. Cassie’s friend Jeremy warns her about her scumbag boyfriend, but she’s not listening. Deeply disturbing events unfold. Her life hangs
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  • April 12, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Narcotic Nation Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Scarlett Savage, author of the fantasy, Narcotic Nation, as she tours the blogosphere May 6 – 31 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT NARCOTIC NATION It’s present-day America, but in which all Narcotics were legalized fifteen years ago with the advent of the Freedman Bill (the formal name for the Legalization). While there is finally plenty of money to pay police, teachers, firemen, and other public workers, and no one in the country is without food, shelter, or insurance, the government now utilizes methods designed to keep usage within a safe parameter…violating many Constitutional rights in the process. The country is torn
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Knights of Galaria: The Crystals of Power Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join O.S. Gill, author of the sci-fi fantasy, The Knights of Galaria: The Crystals of Power, as he tours the blogosphere May 6 – 31 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE KNIGHTS OF GALARIA: THE CRYSTALS OF POWER For Kaz Silverwynd, graduation from the Galarian Knight Academy begins normally, but an the attempt on the life of Xul Xandu, the newly-appointed head of the Confederation of Nations, pushes Kaz and his team into an epic and dangerous adventure. The action ranges from the floating city of Civitas to the underwater empire of Aequoria to the moon colony of Ourea. Kaz leads his
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  • April 9, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Heart Stone Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Sherry Kyle, author of the Christian fiction, The Heart Stone, as she tours the blogosphere May 6 – 31 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE HEART STONE When the biological father of Jessica MacAllister’s son decides to break their custody agreement, Jessica and her son visit her Uncle George for advice and refuge… Following a year of grief, Evelyn Sweeney is finally ready to move on. Pondering her new path in life, her mind drifts to her first love, George MacAllister… When the lives of these two women cross, they discover that one heart-shaped ring binds their stories together. But
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Always the Baker, Finally the Bride Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Sandra D. Bricker, author of the Christian fiction, Always the Baker, Finally the Bride, as she tours the blogosphere May 6 – 31 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT ALWAYS THE BAKER, FINALLY THE BRIDE In the first book, readers fell in love with Emma Rae and Jackson, and they’ve gotten more acquainted with them in the two books that followed. But now it’s time for the diamond to meet the road as Jackson fields an offer to sell The Tanglewood, a move that will uproot this high-flying family act once and for all. Get reacquainted with all of the lovable
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  • April 7, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Seeds of Evidence Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Linda J. White, author of the Christian fiction, Seeds of Evidence, as she tours the blogosphere May 6 – 31 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT SEEDS OF EVIDENCE Stressed-out FBI Special Agent Kit McGovern returns to her grandmother’s Chincoteague Island home in search of peace. But when a little boy’s body washes up on the beach, Kit cannot resist throwing herself into the mystery of his murder. Her only clues: the tomato seeds in the Latino boy’s gut, and the acorns in his pockets. The medical examiner points out that the volume of tomato seeds in the boy’s gut could
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  • April 6, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Cat That God Sent Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Jim Kraus, author of the Christian fiction, The Cat That God Sent, as he tours the blogosphere May 6 – 31 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE CAT THAT GOD SENT Jake Wilkerson, a disillusioned young pastor who is an expert at hiding his fears, takes on a new assignment in a small, rural church in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. It’s a far piece from anywhere and full of curiously odd and eccentric people, including Sally Grainger, a single woman and veterinarian who dismisses all Christians as “those people,” and Tassy, a young runaway with a secret. His first day on the
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  • April 6, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Sixth Power Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Carol Nicolas, author of the YA paranormal, The Sixth Power, as she tours the blogosphere May 6 – 31 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!  This tour is part of a $75 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!  See details on how you can win below! ABOUT THE SIXTH POWER Tania Westing, a high school senior, is one of the Gifted Ones, descendants of an ancient family with seven special powers. Some of the powers are common, and some are rare. Until her geneticist brother Tom was murdered, Tania lived an ordinary life. Now hidden in her mind is a clue that will reveal
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Spellcaster’s Grimoire Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Mark All, author of the paranormal thriller, The Spellcaster’s Grimoire, as he tours the blogosphere May 6 – 31 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE SPELLCASTER’S GRIMOIRE Bestselling witchcraft author Trish Sinclair has a shameful secret: she’s a lousy spellcaster, and the spells in her books belong to others. So when a dying warlock entrusts her with an ancient and powerful grimoire, she runs for her life from his murderer, psychotic witch Kate Cavanaugh. Kate pursues Trish relentlessly to obtain the grimoire, which holds spells to command the fearsome power of a magic crystal hidden in town—and Kate is determined to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Scorned Justice Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Margaret Daley, author of the Christian fiction, Scorned Justice, as she tours the blogosphere April 1 – 26 2013 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT SCORNED JUSTICE Texas Ranger Brody Calhoun is with his parents in west Texas when an unexpected attack injures the brother of Rebecca Morgan, Brody’s high school sweetheart. The local sheriff, a good friend, asks for Brody’s help. At first, it seems an open-and-shut case. As Brody digs deeper, he realizes the attack may be related to an organized crime trial Rebecca will be overseeing. With Rebecca’s help, he compiles evidence involving cattle rustling, bribery and dirty payoffs
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  • March 29, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Search for the Lost Realm Virtual Book Publicity Tour + Win $100 Amazon Gift Card/Paypal Cash!

Join Kraig Dafoe, author of the fantasy/adventure novel, Search for the Lost Realm, as he tours the blogosphere April 1 – May 31 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!This tour is part of a $100 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash giveaway. ABOUT SEARCH FOR THE LOST REALM Search for the Lost Realm is an epic journey in which a young man named Varan wants to find a power which has been missing from the world of Kantania for thousands of years. Varan sets out but soon discovers his true mission is to save the worlds creator from a spiritual bond placed upon him by the
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Pump Up Your Book Announces Next Year in Jerusalem: Around Every Corner, Mystery & Romance in the Holy Land: Part Two

Join Barbara Becker Holstein, author of the romance novel Next Year in Jerusalem Around Every Corner, Mystery & Romance in the Holy Land: Part Two, as she virtually tours the blogosphere in April 1-5, 2012, on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book. About Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, internationally known positive psychologist, inspires thousands with her ENCHANTED SELF®. Around the world, people benefit from her techniques to enhance well-being, and to live up to their potential. Known for her ability to make complex psychological concepts easy to understand and to implement, she has now turned her talents to novel writing.  “A great
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Age Re-Defined Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Robert Henry, author of the health/fitness book, Age Re-Defined, as he tours the blogosphere April 1 – May 31 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT AGE RE-DEFINED Your state of health, how you feel, and how you look are more within your control than you think – even in your forties and fifties (and beyond). This book addresses exercise, fitness, nutrition, wellness, and the mind-body connection. Its purpose is not to promote a particular exercise program or a particular diet plan – although its coverage of exercise, fitness, and nutrition is extensive – but rather to inform, educate, and motivate the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Darkness Before Dawn Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Ace Collins, author of the Christian fiction, Darkness Before Dawn, as he tours the blogosphere April 1 – 26 2013 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN On the same night she discovers she is pregnant, twenty-eight-year-old nurse Meg Richards’ husband is killed in an auto accident caused by a drunken teen. James Thomas, the teen, comes from one of the most influential families in the community. He’s a star athlete and glamour boy at the local high school. Angered by her senseless loss, Meg blames God for what has happened and considers a decision that could change her life
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