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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Mother Road Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Jennifer Allee, author of the Christian contemporary fiction, The Mother Road (Abingdon Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere May 1 – 25 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT JENNIFER ALLEE As a child, Jennifer Allee lived above a mortuary in the heart of Hollywood, California, which may explain her unique outlook on life. She has written skits, activity pages, and over one hundred contributions to Concordia Publishing House’s popular My Devotions series. Her novels include The Love of His Brother (Five Star, November 2007), The Pastor’s Wife, (Abingdon Press, February 2010), The Mother Road (Abingdon Press, April 2012), and the
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PUMP UP YOUR BOOK PRESENTS A DARKLY HIDDEN TRUTH VIRTUAL BOOK PUBLICITY TOUR 2012

Join Donna Fletcher Crow, author of the clerical mystery, A Darkly Hidden Truth (Monarch Books/ Kregel), as she virtually tours the blogosphere May 1 – 25 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT DONNA FLETCHER CROW Donna Fletcher Crow is the author of 38 books, mostly novels dealing with British history.  The award-winning Glastonbury, an Arthurian grail search epic covering 15 centuries of English history, is her best-known work. Donna and her husband live in Boise, Idaho.  They have 4 adult children and 11 grandchildren. She is an enthusiastic gardener. Her newest release is A Darkly Hidden Truth, book 2 in her clerical
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New Mystery Romance for Review: Last of the Seals by Greg Messel

Greg Messel will be touring June 4 – July 27 with his mystery romance Last of the Seals. The year is 1957 in San Francisco. Sam Slater is a lifetime minor league baseball player for the San Francisco Seals. The Seals have just one more season left as San Francisco is about to become a major league city. The Giants are coming to town in 1958 and the Seals will be displaced. Sam has come to the end of his baseball career and is going to join the private detective agency of his best friend. When his friend is brutally murdered, Sam must go it alone and try to
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New Paranormal Romance for Review: The Claimed by Caridad Pineiro

Caridad Pineiro will be touring June 4 – 22 with her paranormal romance, The Claimed. Victoria Johnson loves her life. She’s her own boss in a quaint beachside town, and has great friends who keep her grounded. If only they knew who she really is: an heiress to an ancient race who possesses astonishing superhuman powers. It’s Victoria’s duty to restore her clan of Light Hunters to their former glory by choosing the perfect mate. In Christopher Sombrosa, she just may have found him. Strong, smart, and successful, Christopher exudes a powerful energy. Their connection is sensual, irresistible-and forbidden. A member of the Shadow Hunter clan, Christopher has defied
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New Nonfiction Book for Review: 1001 First Lines by Scarlett Archer

Scarlett Archer will be touring June 4 – 22 with her nonfiction book, 1001 First Lines. Have you ever wondered which novels contain the most famous opening lines? Or how the writers of Science Fiction compare to those of Romance? Now you can compare for yourself, with 1001 of the best and worst First Lines from fifteen genres. 1001 First Lines is for the writers and the readers of the world, providing inspiration and instruction. Purchasing the paperback gives you a checklist of titles to tick off as you go! Visit her website at www.scarlettarcher.com or her book blog at www.101firstlines.wordpress.com. If you would like to review 1001 First
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New Mystery for Review: A Darkly Hidden Truth by Donna Fletcher Crow

Donna Fletcher will be touring May 1 – 25 with her mystery novel, A Darkly Hidden Truth. Felicity can’t possibly help Father Antony find the valuable missing icon. She’s off to become a nun. Then her impossible mother turns up unexpectedly. And a good friend turns up murdered. . . Breathtaking chase scenes, mystical worship services, dashes through remote waterlogged landscapes keep the pages turning. Felicity learns the wisdom of holy women from today and ages past and Antony explores the arcane rites of the Knights Hospitaller. But what good will any of that do them if Felicity can’t save Antony’s life? You can visit her website at www.donnafletchercrow.com.
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Win a copy of Kenny Scudero’s Comfortably Awkward at Darlene’s Book Nook!

Win a copy of Kenny Scudero’s Comfortably Awkward at Darlene’s Book Nook today! For Albert Ferenzo, life is a series of ironic events that may or may not have a reason behind them. While struggling to find a niche for himself, Albert blames the corporate world for hindering his dream of making money and living a prosperous life. After playing the good guy his entire life, Albert decides that the only way to get ahead in the world is to be the bad guy. Albert questions his own fate as he drives himself to insanity in an effort to find happiness. The destinies of Albert and everyone around him
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Thriller Author A.K. Alexander

I started writing when I was nine-years-old. I used to write short stories on my dad’s notepads. One day he read one and he said to me, “You are a writer.” It stuck. My dad is still my biggest supporter and he is also my mentor in many ways. I went to college at The University of Southern California. My parents though didn’t think that “creative writing” at USC was a major that would likely be lucrative in the long run, so I figured I would be logical and look at writing in the journalistic field. God (the Universe), etc. had a different plan for me. Soon after I
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New African American Fiction for Review: Just Beneath the Surface by R.H. Ramsey

R.H. Ramsey will be touring May 1 – 25 with her African American fiction novel, Just Beneath the Surface. When Kendall Berkely takes a look in the mirror, she not only desperately wants to run away from the stranger staring back at her; but she also knows that her days are numbered. She can feel it in her bones, and has the bruises to prove it. To make matters worse, Kendall will soon discover that her seventeen year old daughter, Diamond is on a path nearly just as dangerous. After the demise of the family unit she once knew, a distracted mother, and being forced to accept a new
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New Political Memoir for Review: Back Channel: The Kennedy Years by William Bertram MacFarland

William Bertram MacFarland will be touring May 1 – 25 with his political memoir, Back Channel: The Kennedy Years. This the first book of a remarkable memoir of a Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy. Known familiarly as Bertie Mac, he reported directly to the President and his office was in the West Wing of the White House. Prior to achieving that position, he had been betrayed by his own government – the United States – and handed over to the Soviets. He was tortured in the Lubyanka prison in Moscow before being covertly rescued by two high ranking Soviet Generals who wanted to convey information directly to
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Pump Up Your Book 5th Anniversary Hoedown: Win Pump Up Your Book Mouse Pad + $25 Amazon Gift Card!

It’s day 4 of our month long 5th anniversary hoedown where we give YOU the presents! Today Dorothy Thompson is stopping off at SOS Aloha with a great giveaway! Win a Pump Up Your Book Mouse Pad and $25 Amazon Gift Card plus Kim has a special surprise!! To win, click on the image below and good luck! Click on image at left to enter the other giveaways we have this month!


Pump Up Your Book Chats with Dog Memoir Author Barbara Lampert

Barbara Lampert is a Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in relationships. She’s been in private practice in Brentwood, California for over twenty years. She considers her work a calling and loves what she does. She has a doctorate in medical sociology and two master’s degrees – one in psychology and one in sociology. Barbara has adored dogs her whole life. They’re her passion! She notes that for a lot of people, their dogs are their best friends. She loves helping people know that’s ok – that a soul-satisfying relationship may be found with any being and needs to be treasured. Besides her love of dogs, Barbara is an avid
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Pump Up Your Book 5th Anniversary Hoedown: Win Pump Up Your Book T-shirt + $10 Amazon Gift Card!

It’s day 3 of our month long 5th anniversary hoedown where we give YOU the presents! Today Dorothy Thompson is stopping off at The Book Faery Reviews with a great giveaway! Win a Pump Up Your Book T-Shirt and $10 Amazon Gift Card!! To win, click on the image below and good luck! Click on image at left to enter the other giveaways we have this month!


Win a copy of Kim Antieau’s Her Frozen Wild at Workaday Reads!

Win a copy of Kim Antieau’s Her Frozen Wild at Workaday Reads today! Scientists in the Altai in Siberia uncover the 2,500 year old frozen mummy of a tattooed priestess or shaman. This mummy has the same mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA) as American archaeologist Ursula Smith whose mother disappeared in Siberia 30 years earlier. Ursula travels from the U.S. to Siberia to unravel the mystery of the “lady” and meets Sergei Ivanovich Polyakov, a Russian doctor who graciously invites her into his home. After they become lovers, she discovers he has the same tattoos on his body as the tattooed lady. He tells a disbelieving Ursula that they have met
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Win a copy of Jill Muehrcke’s Waking Up Happy at Let’s Book It!

Win a copy of Jill Muehrcke’s Waking Up Happy at Let’s Book It today! WAKING UP HAPPY: A HANDBOOK OF CHANGE WITH MEMOIRS OF RECOVERY AND HOPE: Powerful, absorbing, and beautifully written, this first-of-its-kind book of transformation and healing includes memoirs of people who have recovered from addictions, harmful habits, and intolerable situations, along with exercises readers can do to make the same transformations in their own lives. Half of the proceeds of this book will be donated to the Recovery Foundation helping people build new lives – so every time someone buys a book, they will be helping someone TRANSFORM THEIR LIFE! Would you like to be notified
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Win copy of Valerie Stocking’s The Promised Land!

Win a copy of Valerie Stocking’s The Promised Land at Colloquium today! It’s 1966, just two years after President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, and twelve-year-old Joy Bradford’s life is changing dramatically. Born and raised in the white suburbs of Connecticut, Joy is moving to Willets Point, Florida, to live with her mother Jessica because her parents are divorcing. Hoping it really is the Promised Land that her mother describes, she joins in Jessica’s enthusiasm only to find out how horribly wrong that vision is. Unfortunately for Joy, the move does nothing to change her mother’s emotional and mental instability, resulting in a continuation
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Pump Up Your Book 5th Anniversary Hoedown: Win Pump Up Your Book Tote Bag w/Paperback Copy of Romancing the Soul!

It’s day 2 of our month long 5th anniversary hoedown where we give YOU the presents!  Today Dorothy Thompson is stopping off at Let’s Book It with a great giveaway! Win a Pump Up Your Book tote bag with a paperback copy of Dorothy’s anthology of soul mate stories, Romancing the Soul tucked inside!  Sorry, only U.S. and Canada residents may enter (blame the postal system!).  To win, click on the image below and good luck! Click on image at left to enter the other  giveaways we have this month!


Win a copy of A.K. Alexander’s thriller DADDY’S HOME!

Win a copy of A.K. Alexander’s thriller novel, Daddy’s Home, at Literarily Speaking today! A KILLER STALKS HIS PREY… A calculating and deadly killer is in search for what he terms as his perfect family. Preying upon single mothers and their innocent children, the police have dubbed him “The Family Man.” HE WATCHES THEM…HE TAKES THEM… He plays out his role as the perfect father. When things don’t go so perfect in his insane fantasy world, the family man kills. HOLLY JENNINGS IS ON THE CASE… Crime Scene Investigator Holly Jennings of the San Diego Police Department is determined to track him down and see that justice is served.
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Medical Thriller Author Rudy A. Mazzocchi

Rudy A. Mazzocchi is best known as a medical device and biotechnology entrepreneur, inventor, and angel investor, with a history of starting new technology ventures throughout the U.S. and Europe. He’s been privileged to have the opportunity to see the newest innovations in healthcare and work with some of the most brilliant researchers, scientists and physicians in the industry. Authoring more than 50 patents, he has helped pioneer new companies involved in cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, neurosurgery and even embryonic stem-cell development. Through these efforts, he has become the recipient of many technology and business awards, including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Healthcare and the Businessman
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Pump Up Your Book 5th Anniversary: Win I Cannot Live Without Books Pendant + Pump Up Your Book Magnet!

Woot!  Today kicks off the Pump Up Your Book 5th Anniversary party!  Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Pump Up Your Book, happy birthday to you!  We are celebrating big and inviting our blogger friends to help us out give away some fantastic prizes!  Today, we’re giving away a ‘I Cannot Live Without Books’ pendant and a Pump Up Your Book magnet on our dear friend April Pohren’s blog, Cafe of Dreams! Take a look at the pendant!  Isn’t that cute?  What book lover can resist that?  So hop over to April’s blog and fill out the Rafflecopter thingee and it could be yours!
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Win a copy of Rudy Mazzocchi’s medical thriller ‘Equity of Evil’ today!

Win an e-copy of Rudy Mazzocchi’s medical thriller, Equity of Evil, at Literarily Speaking today! A Venture Capital Fund makes a risky investment to start a challenging new business that appears capable of reaching profitabililty with modest capital requirements. The real challenge: optimizing one of the most frequently performed surgical procedure in the World — Abortion. Founding Partner, Roman Citrano, a successful entrepreneur turned venture capitalist, soon struggles with what he believes is his choice to establish the controversial new company. He soon realizes that he and others are but pawns on a massive, ugly chessboard being manipulated to benefit a far larger, illicit market in human organs for
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In honor of Titanic 100th Anniversary, Yvonne Lehman gives away copy of ‘Hearts That Survive: A Novel of the Titanic’ today!

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Yvonne Lehman is giving away a copy of her book, Hearts That Survive: A Novel of the Titanic, at  Literarily Speaking! In April 1912, Lydia Beaumont is on her way to a new life with a boundless hope, against all that Craven Dowd desires for her and himself. Her friendship with Caroline Chadwick deepens as they plan Lydia’s wedding on board the “grandest ship ever built.” Then both women suffer tragic losses when the “unsinkable” Titanic collides with an iceberg and there are only 20 lifeboats for 2207 passengers. They struggle to keep their families and dreams
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Win a copy of Kim Antieau’s Her Frozen Wild today!

Win a copy of Kim Antieau’s Her Frozen Wild at Books, Products and More today! Scientists in the Altai in Siberia uncover the 2,500 year old frozen mummy of a tattooed priestess or shaman. This mummy has the same mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA) as American archaeologist Ursula Smith whose mother disappeared in Siberia 30 years earlier. Ursula travels from the U.S. to Siberia to unravel the mystery of the “lady” and meets Sergei Ivanovich Polyakov, a Russian doctor who graciously invites her into his home. After they become lovers, she discovers he has the same tattoos on his body as the tattooed lady. He tells a disbelieving Ursula that they
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Pump Up Chats with Entrepreneur and Author Andreas Dudas

Andreas was born in 1964 in Switzerland to immigrant parents who spent more than 10 years in a forced labour camp. He was constantly ridiculed by the citizens of his home town, bullied by his fellow students, excluded from any social and sports activities and dismissed from school. Despite such an adverse, he was not willing to comprise himself for the sake of others’ opinions or letting people influence him in a negative way. Against all odds, he started to develop both a thick skin for fighting his way towards a life he really deserved and a big heart respecting others despite their harsh behaviour. The reward? People started
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Mystery Suspense Author Lisa April Smith

Author Lisa April Smith lives with her husband, He-who-wishes-to-remain-anonymous, in Eternal Playland, Florida, a delightful spot just off I-95. Ms. Smith describes Eternal Playland as: “a little piece of level heaven with occasional dampness, where the bugs are plentiful but respectful, and even the smallest strip mall contains at least one pizza place and a nail salon.” Before discovering a passion for writing, Ms. Smith sold plumbing and heating, antiques, taught ballroom dancing, tutored, modeled, designed software and managed projects for IBM and returned to college multiple times to study anthropology, sociology and computer science, in which she holds degrees, as well as psychology, archeology, literature, history and art.
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Pump Up Your Book! 5th Year Anniversary Celebration * Giveaways * Free Blog Tours * Book Jewelry * Amazon GCs!

Pump Up Your Book is celebrating its 5th Year Anniversary by giving YOU prizes throughout the month of April. This event allows us the opportunity to say thank you to our authors, bloggers, reviewers and readers for their patronage. Pump Up Your Book opened its virtual doors the first week of April 2007 with one customer. Today our client list has grown to an average of 30 – 50 authors a month. What started as an experiment, escalated into one of the largest virtual book tour companies on the Internet. We have represented authors from all walks of life and platforms: from self-published authors to celebrities such as Judge
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New Book for Review: Super Luke Faces His Bully

Dr. Jackie C. Cogswell is touring in May 2012 with her Christian children’s book, Super Luke Faces His Bully. Super Luke Faces His Bully is a fun loving adventure spoken straight from the heart of a super-sweet eight-year-old bully victim, Luke Giggleheart. The Word of God is used as a lens to examine some of the issues that can make a person act like either a bully or a victim. During this adventure, Luke, our tender-hearted bully victim, learns about fear, being courageous and getting adults to help, while praying for his enemies. Book excerpt: Getting back to growing pains, my most humongous pain was when Bulldog Jones, the
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New Suspense Novel for Review: Dark Side of Valor by Alicia Singleton

Alicia Singleton will be back June 4 – August 24 with her suspense novel, Dark Side of Valor.  If you didn’t get a chance to review/host her last February now is the chance to host her in June, July or August.  Alicia is the one to watch in the suspense genre! Child advocate Lelia Freeman saves children for a living. As the director of ChildSafe Shelters, she ventures to abandoned squats and crackhouses to rescue teens from the hellish streets of Los Angeles. When she is summoned to Washington to serve on a committee that aids the children of a war-torn African nation, Lelia is kidnapped and becomes a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Adventures of Baby Jaimie: Baby Jaimie Gets Stage Fright Virtual Book PublicityTour

Join Jaimie Hope, author of the children’s book, The Adventures of Baby Jaimie: Baby Jaimie gets Stage Fright, as she virtually tours the blogosphere in April 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book. About The Adventures of Baby Jaimie Baby Jaimie is in her first year of school. She has made a lot of friends and learned a lot of things. Now she will learn what it means to be a team player when she is in her very first play. Follow Baby Jaimie as she learns the lesson that there are no small parts, only small actors. About Jaimie Hope Jaimie Hope was
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New Suspense Thriller for Review: Visions of You by C.Y. Bourgeois

C.Y. Bourgeois will be touring May 1 – 18 2012 with her suspense thriller, Visions of You. Shelby Leight is a wise-cracking, lighthearted teenager, looking forward to a fun-filled senior year in high school.  She already knows the pain of losing a loved one, but has worked her way through the grief to come out on the other side. Then, in the fall of 1975, in the sleepy, picturesque town of Palmer Alaska, the unthinkable happens.  There’s a serial killer on the hunt and one of Shelby’s best friends has disappeared. The sudden loss of her friend in such a violent manner awakens something in her, an ability to
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