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  • July 2, 2013
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{FEATURED AUTHOR} Mary Carter, author of ‘Three Months in Florence’ + GIVEAWAYS!

Mary Carter is a freelance writer and novelist.  Three Months in Florence is her seventh novel. Her other works include:  The Things I Do For You, The Pub Across the Pond, My Sister’s Voice, Sunnyside Blues, She’ll Take It, and Accidentally Engaged.  In addition to her novels she has written three novellas: A Kiss Before Midnight in the anthology, You’re Still the One, A Very Maui Christmas in the New York Times best selling anthology Holiday Magic, and The Honeymoon House in the New York Times best selling anthology Almost Home. Mary is working on two more novellas for winter and summer of 2014, as well as her eighth
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{First Chapter} Training Temptation by Diana Baron

Title of Book: TRAINING TEMPTATION Genre: Erotic Romance Author: Diana Baron Website: www.DianaBaron.com Publisher: Amazon Digital Services PURCHASE TRAINING TEMPTATION HERE SUMMARY: 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, but he only wants her. The first time he’d seen Caroline dressed
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First Chapter: Traveling for Love by Becky Due

Title: Traveling for Love: Searching for Self, Hoping for Love Author: Becky Due Publisher: Telemachus Press Pages: 178 Language: English ISBN-10: 1937698173 ISBN-13: 978-1937698171 Purchase at AMAZON 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 love again? Will she find the career of her dreams? When will Amanda realize that she deserves to be happy? First
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First Chapter: A Voice in the Night by Ernestine Dail

Title of Book: A Voice in the Night Genre: Children’s Mystery Book Length: 46 pp. Author: Ernestine Dail Website: www.bookstop.wix.com/children-books Publisher: Avid Readers Publishing PURCHASE A VOICE IN THE NIGHT AT AMAZON SUMMARY: 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 the hooded stranger outside. FIRST CHAPTER: BLACKSTONE CABIN
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  • June 27, 2013
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents Be Careful What You Wish For Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash

Join R.K. Avery, author of the mystery/thriller, Be Careful What You Wish For, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! R.K. will be giving away a $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash and a signed paperback copy of her book to one lucky reader! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form on the participating blogs below and good luck! ABOUT BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR Bunting Valley, North Dakota—a scenic and picturesque town where nothing dreadful ever happens—is a place where people feel safe leaving their front doors unlocked and their cars running in the driveways. So when
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  • June 24, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Down and Out in Beverly Heels Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Kathryn Leigh Scott, author of the chick lit novel, Down and Out in Beverly Heels, as she tours the blogosphere July 1 – 26 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HEELS Meg Barnes, a beloved actress for her role as TV detective Jinx Forgarty,  has it all but thanks to her newlywed con-man  husband,  loses everything and ends up living on the streets of Tinsel Town in her Ritz-Volvo. This fun, light-hearted romance takes us into the Hollywood social swirl, but also delves into the gritty truth of what it is to be “homeless and hiding
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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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First Chapter: Incidental Daughter by Val Stasik

Title: Incidental Daughter Author: Val Stasik Format: Paperback, ebook Length: 280 pages Publisher: Armery & Hallquist Publishing Purchase at AMAZON When successful publisher Liz Michaels’ marriage to blue blood, Addison Tiffin Payne, fails after the loss of their baby and his growing alcoholism, she pours all her creative energy and passion into her work and finds comfort in her friendship with the co-owners of her company as well as the appearances of the spirits of her Polish mother and grandmother, who never speak except in dreams she cannot remember. Only her feelings from those dreams linger. When Liz’s ex-husband plans to stage her suicide by pushing her off the
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  • June 18, 2013
  • Book Blasts, Featured
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Howling Heart Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash

Join April Bostic, author of the paranormal romance, The Howling Heart, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! April will be giving away a $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash to one lucky reader! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form on the participating blogs below and good luck! If you would like to host April, please click here. ABOUT THE HOWLING HEART Paige Donovan is an ambitious college graduate who aspires to reach the top of the corporate ladder. She’s climbing fast when given the promotion of a lifetime at a prestigious fashion magazine in New York City.
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Dilruba Z. Ara, author of ‘A List of Offences’

Dilruba Z. Ara was born in Bangladesh. Nurtured on Greek mythology by her father, and hearing Indian fairy  tales as bedtime stories from her mother, Dilruba had her first story published when she was eight years old. While in university at the age of twenty, she met  and married her husband, a Swedish Air Force officer, and moved to Sweden, where she obtained degrees in English, Swedish, Classical Arabic and linguistics. She now teaches Swedish and English in Sweden. An accomplished, exhibited artist, her paintings have been used as the covers for the Bangladeshi, Greek, and U.S. editions of A LIST OF OFFENCES. Visit her website at www.dilrubazara.com. Q:
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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 15, 2013
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{Cover Reveal} Pump Up Your Book Presents Romancing the Million $$$ Ghost Cover Reveal – Win Amazon Gift Cards & Ghostie Swag!

Join Heide AW Kaminski, Pam Ryan and Dorothy Thompson, authors of the paranormal romance, Romancing the Million $$$ Ghost, as they tour the blogosphere September 2 – 27 on their first cover reveal with Pump Up Your Book! Heide, Pam and Dorothy will be giving away a ghostie swag to one lucky reader!  To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form on the participating blogs below and good luck! *** Contest is over!*** Congratulations to the following winners! Angela Kramer – Halloween Party Pack Anna Granberg – $25 Amazon Gift Card Amy Gettys – $25 Amazon Gift Card Valerie Rhodes – psychic phone reading from Pam Ryan Ali Lie –
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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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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Michael Bigham, Author of ‘Harkness’

Raised in the mill town of Prineville in Central Oregon beneath blue skies and rimrocks, Michael Bigham attended the University of Oregon and during his collegiate summers, fought range fires on the Oregon high desert for the Bureau of Land Management. He worked as a police officer with the Port of Portland and after leaving police work, obtained an MFA degree in Creative Writing from Vermont College. Michael lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and daughter. Harkness is his first novel. Visit Michael at http://michaelbigham.com/  —————– Thank you for this interview, Michael! Can you tell us why you wrote Harkness: A High Desert Mystery? As with most authors,
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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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  • June 3, 2013
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents Michelle Manning’s Siding with Plato Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash

Join Michelle Manning, author of the Adult YA, Siding with Plato, as she tours the blogosphere July 1 – 26 on her first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! Michelle will be giving away a $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash to one lucky reader! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form on the participating blogs below and good luck! If you would like to host Michelle, please email Dorothy at thewriterslife (at) gmail.com. ABOUT SIDING WITH PLATO Brooke Aarons can’t get to college fast enough. Leaving behind her small town life, she intends to transform herself into a brilliant psychologist with no distractions along the way. But when she
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  • June 3, 2013
  • Announcements, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Summer Special: Book Your Tour $100 Off

Pump Up Your Book is offering authors a huge discount for authors! Book your tour before September 2013 and receive $100 off  (this applies to all packages excluding book blasts). Please add the promo code SUMMER SPECIAL when inquiring to get your discount. This promotional offer begins May 30 and ends September 30. You may book ahead of time to get this special as long as payment is made by September 30.  Inquiries and payments after September 30 will be null and void at this special price. Email Dorothy Thompson at thewriterslife (at) gmail.com or Tracee Gleichner at tgleichner(at)gmail.com for more info.  Please include the name of your book, book
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{First Chapter} The Fulton Incident by Jordan Ekeroth

Title of Book: THE FULTON INCIDENT Genre: Suspense Author: Jordan Ekeroth Website: www.jordanekeroth.com Publisher: Amazon Digital Services PURCHASE THE FULTON INCIDENT HERE SUMMARY: 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 than he’d ever imagined. As his search for truth takes him across
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First Chapters: San Francisco Secrets by Greg Messel

Title: San Francisco Secrets Author: Greg Messel Format: Paperback, ebook Length: 405 pages Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing 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 O’Dell is being blackmailed by someone who has discovered a dark secret from his past. When the private investigator trying to
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First Chapter: The Birr Elixir by Jo Sparkes

Title: The Birr Elixir Author: Jo Sparkes Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Sparkes Productions Language: English ISBN-10: 0985331836 ISBN-13: 978-0985331832 Purchase your copy at AMAZON. Book Synopsis: 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 doubted her ability, but took the chance to escape her slave-like
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First Chapter: Revived by Grace by Emma Clay

Title of Book: REVIVED BY GRACE Genre: Christian Memoir Author: Emma Clay Website: www.EmmaClay.com Publisher: Metokos Press PURCHASE REVIVED BY GRACE HERE SUMMARY: 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 of us that can be healed only by the grace of God. FIRST CHAPTER:
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Lindsey Fairleigh and Lindsey Pogue, Authors of ‘After the Ending’

Lindsey Fairleigh lives her life with one foot in a book—as long as that book transports her to a magical world or bends the rules of science. Her novels, from post-apocalyptic to time travel and historical fantasy, always offer up a hearty dose of unreality, along with plenty of adventure and romance. When she’s not working on her next novel, Lindsey spends her time reading and trying out new recipes in the kitchen. She lives in the Napa Valley with her loving husband and confused cats. You can visit Lindsey’s blog at lindseyfairleigh.blogspot.com. Lindsey Pogue has always been a little creative. As a child she established a bug hospital
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A Heartfelt Goodbye from Morrie Richfield

In all the seven years I’ve been running Pump Up Your Book, I have never had an author personally thank us along with his street team (Hollywood publicist Charlie Barrett and more) in a video.  We will miss you Morrie! Please pick up your copy of Revelation.  Morrie is a terrific guy and it has been a pleasure having him with us…we will miss him! Mr. Breeze is back; so is Michael Ryan and Rover, the magical dog. MR. BREEZE fans can rejoice. REVELATION, Morrie Richfield’s much-anticipated sequel to his novel MR. BREEZE, has arrived. Readers new to the strange but inspiring tale of a super being and his
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Giveaway Winners!

    Congratulations goes out the following winners: BookLady  won a $25 Amazon Gift Card from the Meg the Egg Book Blast Sylvia  won a copy of After the Ending by Lindsey Fairleigh and Lindsey Pogue Thanks to all who participated. Look for more chances to win great prizes by following our book tours.


  • May 27, 2013
  • Book Blasts, Featured
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents H. Peter Alesso’s Midshipman Henry Gallant in Space Book Blast – Win $100 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash

Join H. Peter Alesso, author of the sci-fi romance/space opera, Midshipman Henry Gallant in Space, as he tours the blogosphere July 1 – 26 on his first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! Peter will be giving away a $100 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash to one lucky reader! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form on the participating blogs below and good luck! If you would like to host Peter, please fill out the sign-up form here. ABOUT MIDSHIPMAN HENRY GALLANT IN SPACE As the last star fighter in squadron 111, Midshipman Henry Gallant is on his way from Jupiter to Mars. With the United Planets’ fleet on the
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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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