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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Love Below Book Blitz – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Dr. Shereese V. Battle’s The Love Below book blitz October 6 – October 17!   Title: The Love Below Author: Dr. Shereese V. Battle Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 216 Genre: Self-Help Format: Ebook Purchase at AMAZON Are You Ready For Change? Read. Reminisce. Receive. Restore. Ever dated someone and felt the need to take drastic measures to preserve your feelings?  Yeah, me too!  You want to give more of you, show more of yourself, and open up a little more.  But, you’re afraid!  You’re afraid that something so sweet could become so bitter.  So you caution yourself…  See, the beauty in Robot Love is it
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First Chapter: Ash to Steele by Karen-Anne Stewart

Title: Ash to Steele Author: Karen-Anne Stewart Publisher: Karen-Anne Stewart Pages: 342 Genre: New Adult Romance Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON Emma Who I am and all I believe is marred with just one glance into angry, steel blue eyes. He seems to control my air, my ability to breathe. He makes me crave everything I know is a sin. Pure becomes tainted and lines are blurred. It’s my fault; I’m the one who isn’t strong enough. I’ve been damaged…broken. Breck’s words haunt me…’There’s a consequence for every choice you make.’ Breck I’ve had so many women I can’t even remember over half of their names, but none of
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  • December 2, 2013
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First Chapter: The Black Song Inside by Carlyle Clark

Title: The Black Song Inside Author: Carlyle Clark Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Pages: 435 Language: English Genre: Mystery/Thriller Format: Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook Purchase at AMAZON Atticus Wynn and Rosemary Sanchez, newly engaged private investigators, have seen the dark and violent side of life. Nothing, though, has prepared them for an explosive murder investigation that threatens to tear their relationship apart as they struggle to solve a case that could leave them in prison or dead. Atticus’s manipulative ex-girlfriend bursts back into their lives wielding a secret about Rosemary’s family that she exploits to force the couple into investigating the execution-style slaying of her lover. The case thrusts Atticus and
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  • November 4, 2013
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First Chapter: Maggie’s Turn by Deanna Lynn Sletten

Title: Maggie’s Turn Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction Author: Deanna Lynn Sletten Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 246 Language: English ISBN-10: 1491277289 ISBN-13: 978-1491277287 Purchase at AMAZON Maggie Harrison is a devoted wife and mother, always putting the needs of her family ahead of her own. Then, one day, without planning to, she drives away, leaving behind an indifferent husband and two sulking teenagers. Maggie goes off on a quest of self-exploration, enjoying adventures, meeting new people, and rediscovering her passions. For the first time in years, she dreams about what she wants out of life, and she realizes that her deteriorating marriage can no longer continue as it is. Can she
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First Chapter: Dark Lullaby by Mayra Calvani

Title:  Dark Lullaby Genre: Supernatural/Psychological Thriller Author: Mayra Calvani Publisher: Mayra Calvani Pages: 250 Language: English At a tavern one Friday night, astrophysicist Gabriel Diaz meets a mysterious young woman. Captivated by her beauty as well as her views on good and evil, he spends the next several days with her. After a while, however, he begins to notice a strangeness in her…especially the way she seems to take pleasure in toying with his conscience. The young woman, Kamilah, invites him to Rize, Turkey, where she claims her family owns a cottage in the woods. In spite of his heavy workload and the disturbing visions and nightmares about his
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First Chapter: The Old Rectory: Escape to a Country Kitchen by Julia Helene Ibbotson

Title: The Old Rectory: Escape to a Country Kitchen Author: Julia Helene Ibbotson Paperback: 128 pp. Publisher: New Generation Publishing Language: English ISBN-10: 1909593753 ISBN-13: 978-1909593756 Purchase your copy at AMAZON. Author Julia Ibbotson and her husband glimpsed the old Victorian rectory on a cold January day. It was in dire need of renovation, in the midst of the English moorlands and a mile from the nearest village, but they determined to embark on a new life in the country, to make the sad neglected house glow again and to settle into the life of the small traditional village. As Julia researches the history of the house and village,
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Deborah Hawkins, author of ‘Dance for a Dead Princess’

ABOUT DANCE FOR A DEAD PRINCESS Wall Street Attorney Taylor Collins, has something Nicholas Carey, the 18th Duke of Burnham, has been searching for since the death of the Princess of Wales: the videotape Diana made in January 1997 before her death in August, naming her assassins. Determined to avenge Diana’s death by exposing her killers, Nicholas lures Taylor to England with his promise to sell his ancestral home, Burnham Abbey,  to one of her clients, a boarding school for American girls.   But Nicholas, who has dated American actresses since the death of his beloved wife, ten years earlier and who has vowed never to fall in love again,
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Lisa Boucher, author of ‘Jesus, Mo,and Cheese Puffs’

ABOUT JESUS, MO, AND CHEESE PUFFS Flo’s deformed eye doesn’t bother her a bit. Nope. Never mind the eye patch or her aversion to mirrors. But when she wins $40,000 in the lottery, she decides to get one of those “TV doctors” to fix her bad eye. It’s a long way from Indiana to California, so she and Mo, pack along some extra bags of cheese puffs for the trip. Funny thing about life, it doesn’t always follow a plan. Flo and Mo, primed for an adventure, get sidetracked at every turn. For one, there’s the young family with the broken-down car they stop to help only two hours
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First Chapter: Brimstone and Water by Sharon House

Title: Brimstone and Water Author: Sharon House Format: Paperback & Electronic Length: 264 pages Publisher: Tate Publishing Purchase at AMAZON Orphaned as a toddler, Caralynn Davidson grieves the loss of her grandfather as she takes over the reins of the family estate near a small Swiss village, but the Brimstone and Water from millennia ago that destroyed an ancient civilization is about to change Caralynn’s life. She receives a letter from her grandfather, charging her with the mission of bringing an ancient soul to rest. “But I thought only God could bring a soul to rest,” she whispers with the loosely held pages still in her hand. Mynah is
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Ian Haight, author of ‘Magnolia and Lotus’

ABOUT IAN HAIGHT Ian Haight was a co-organizer and translator for the UN’s global poetry readings held annually in Pusan, Korea, from 2002-4. He has been awarded 5 translation grants from the Daesan Foundation, Korea Literature Translation Institute, and Baroboin Buddhist Foundation for the translation, editing, promotion, and publication of Korean literature. Ian is the editor of Zen Questions and Answers from Korea (2010), and along with T’ae-yŏng Hŏ, the translator of Borderland Roads: Selected Poems of Kyun Hŏ (2009) both from White Pine Press. Ian’s translations, essays, poems, and interviews have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Writer’s Chronicle, Barrow Street and Hyundae Buddhist News, among many other publications. For
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents Kathleen Ann Gallagher’s A Summer’s Journey Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon/Paypal Gift Card!

Join Kathleen Ann Gallagher, author of the contemporary romance novel, A Summer’s Journey, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! Kathleen 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 Kathleen, please email Tracee at tgleichner (at) gmail.com. ABOUT A SUMMER’S JOURNEY Savannah Mason, the career minded journalist, spends long hours at work, hoping to take the spot as anchor. She continues to fight for independence and refuses to allow her demanding
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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: When the Morning Glory Blooms by Cynthia Ruchti

Title: When the Morning Glory Blooms Author: Cynthia Ruchti Format: Paperback, ebook Length: 352 pages Publisher: Abingdon Books Purchase at AMAZON 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 idle ramblings. They’re Anna’s disjointed memories of a remarkable life. Finding a faint thread of hope she can’t resist
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Lyle Prouse, author of ‘Final Approach: Northwest Airline Flight 650 Tragedy and Triumph

Lyle Prouse was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1938. He is part Comanche and grew up in an alcoholic home in a World War II housing project. He was active in his Native American community. After graduating from High School in Wichita, Lyle joined the Marines as a private but made the rare transition from enlisted to officer grade and ultimately Captain, a jet fighter pilot flying combat missions in Vietnam. After his discharge from the Corps, Lyle became an airline captain for Northwest Airlines and flew for nearly 22 years before the same alcoholism that killed his parents almost destroyed his life. He was the first commercial pilot
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New Christian Fiction Suspense for Review: Shattered Silence by Margaret Daley

Margaret Daley will be touring October 1 – 26 2012 with her Christian fiction suspense, Shattered Silence (Abingdon Press). Short Description: A series of murders seem like a hate crime, but things aren’t what they appear. Long Description: A serial killer is targeting illegal aliens in southern Texas. Texas Ranger Cody Jackson is paired with a local police officer, Liliana Rodriguez, to investigate the murders. While the case brings Cody and Liliana ever closer, the tension between Americans and Mexican Americans heightens. Fighting their attraction, Cody and Liliana race to discover who is behind the murders and bring peace to the area. What they uncover isn’t what they expected.
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New Young Adult Fantasy Romance for Review: Voluspa: A Magical World by Sam D. & Ray East

Sam D. & Ray East will be touring August 6 – October 26 2012 with their young adult fantasy romance novel, Voluspa: A Magical World. Centuries ago, war between aliens and humans almost destroyed the world. To prevent such a war from happening again, a mighty ruler then formed a secret society of nine powerful humans and aliens called the Bramhas. These Bramhas each wrote a book imparting ancient wisdom and knowledge. The possession of these books could bring about untold power and success. The nine books were hidden but the desire to possess those books, still cause men to fight wars and turn against each other. One such
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New Fantasy/Science Fiction Book for Review: Drowning Mermaids by Nadia Scrieva

Nadia Scrieva will be touring May 14-July 13, 2012 with her fantasy/science fiction novel Drowning Mermaids! Deep under Arctic waters lies an ice kingdom carved into a glacier. Those who dwell within it possess magnificent biological secrets. Due to the dangers of impending war, the Princess of Adlivun is forced to flee her undersea utopia and regroup with her sisters in Alaska. Captain Trevain Murphy is a successful king crab fisherman who has spent his life building his empire above the sea, and knows nothing of the empire beneath it. When he meets a mysterious dancer whose father has just died, he extends kindness towards her, unaware of her
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First Chapters: The Right Track by Jill Limber

THE RIGHT TRACK, by Jill Limber, Buroughs Publishing Group, Kindle $2.99. Jefferson Kennedy runs his life and his business in an orderly, practical and scheduled way. When he decides it is time for him to marry, he does his research and picks the most likely candidates for the position from women he has met over the years. As he travels cross-country in his private restored antique train car, his new gourmet chef is amused at his plans, and when she begins to fall for him, things heat up in the kitchen, turning Jefferson’s plans into chaos as he falls in love with his fun-loving, madcap companion. The First Chapter:
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Pictures of the Past Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Deby Eisenberg, author of the historical fiction, Pictures of the Past (Studio House Literary), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Deby Eisenberg As the leader of an established Chicago area Book Club, Deby Eisenberg challenged herself to write a novel that her avid readers could not put down and would love to discuss. With a Masters Degree from the University of Chicago, she is a former English teacher and journalist. Inspired by so many wonderful books and formidable authors, and drawing on her love of literary research, art, architecture, Jewish history,
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Honor Redeemed Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Loree Lough, author of the Christian fiction novel, Honor Redeemed (Abingdon Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Loree Lough With more than 3,000,000 copies of her books in circulation, best-selling author Loree Lough’s titles earn 4- and 5-star reviews and industry/reader’s choice awards. She has received nearly 10,000 letters from fans who write to say she’s “a gifted writer whose stories touch hearts and change lives.” Her 9/11 series, First Responders (From Ashes to Honor, Honor Redeemed, A Man of Honor) is no exception, and it’s raising awareness and funds
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The Girl in the Box Online Book Tour December 2011

Join Sheila Dalton, author of the literary mystery novel The Girl in the Box as she virtually tours the blogosphere in December 2011 on her first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Sheila Dalton Sheila Dalton was born in England and came to Canada with her family at the age of six. She studied English Language and Literature at the University of Toronto. She has worked as a barmaid, an art gallery assistant, and an independent craftsperson and artist. Sheila was a freelance writer and editor for many years before becoming an Adult Services Librarian for the Toronto Public Library. She lives in Newmarket, Ontario with her husband
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In Leah’s Wake Virtual Book Publicity Tour Nov/Dec 2011 & Jan 2012

Join Terri Giuliano Long, author of the women’s fiction novel, In Leah’s Wake (Createspace/Inspired Quill), as she virtually tours the blogosphere November 14 – January 27 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Terri Giuliano Long Terri Giuliano Long is the bestselling author of the award-winning novel In Leah’s Wake. Books offer her a zest for life’s highs and comfort in its lows. She’s all-too-happy to share this love with others as a novelist and a writing teacher at Boston College. Her life outside of books is devoted to her family. In her spare time, she enjoys walking, traveling to far-flung places, and
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Abby Finds Her Calling by Naomi King Virtual Book Tour March and April 2012

Join Naomi King, author of the Amish inspirational fiction novel, Abby Finds Her Calling: Home at Cedar Creek Book One (NAL/Penguin), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5th – April 27th, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Naomi King Drawing upon her experiences in Jamesport, the largest Old Order Amish community west of the Mississippi, longtime Missourian Naomi King writes of simpler times and a faith-based lifestyle in her new Home at Cedar Creek series. Like her series heroine, Abby Lambright, Naomi considers it her personal mission to be a listener—to heal broken hearts and wounded souls—and to share her hearth
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New eBook for Review: Christian-spiced Christmas Fiction ‘Slouching Towards Bellingham’ by Anneke Campbell

Anneke Campbell will be touring December 5 – 16 with her Christian-spiced Christmas fiction novel, Slouching Towards Bellingham! When a pregnant girl named Mary waddles into Bellingham, Indiana, she also wanders right into the hearts of its townspeople. Not to mention their imaginations: Because Mary’s a virgin! Joe the postman is the first to spot her, struggling bedraggled and dirty down the road into town. He introduces her to Violet, the waitress at his favorite diner, who has her own reasons to be kind. Next thing you know their friend Dr. Bob’s examined her and proclaimed her a virgin. And then the whole world wants a piece of her. News
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Veronica’s Nap Virtual Book Publicity Tour October 2011

Join Sharon Bially, author of the women’s fiction novel, Veronica’s Nap (Connaissance Media), as she virtually tours the blogosphere October 3 – 28 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Sharon Bially Sharon Bially lived for twelve years in Paris and Aix-en-Provence before settling with her family in Massachusetts.  A graduate of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, she’s a public relations professional and leads seminars for the Boston-based, nonprofit literary arts center, Grub Street Writers.  She’s also an adult student of ballet and modern dance. Her latest book is the contemporary women’s fiction novel, Veronica’s Nap. You can visit Sharon’s
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A Christmas Journey Home Virtual Book Tour, October 2011

Join Kathi Macias, author of the Christian contemporary seasonal novel, A Christmas Journey Home (New Hope Publishers, October 5, 2011), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in October 2011 on her ninth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kathi Macias Kathi Macias is a multi-award winning writer who has authored more than 30 books and ghostwritten several others. A former newspaper columnist and string reporter, Kathi has taught creative and business writing in various venues and has been a guest on many radio and television programs. Kathi is a popular speaker at churches, women’s clubs and retreats, and writers’ conferences, and won the 2008 Member of the Year award from AWSA (Advanced Writers and
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Pump Up Chats with Joseph Schneller

Joseph Schneller served as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and holds a Psychology degree from Whitworth. He is an alumnus of the Christian Writers Guild. His publishing credits include Focus on the Family’s Thriving Family, Clubhouse, and Focus on the Family; LifeWay’s Stand Firm; and Walk Thru the Bible’s Indeed. He writes nonfiction and humor for adults, and fiction for children, youth, and adults. He and his wife, Kippi, live in Colorado with their two young boys. Your Average Joe: Unplugged is his first book. You can visit Joseph Schneller’s website at www.josephschneller.com. On Your Average Joe: Unplugged Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your
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Glorify Each Day Virtual Book Publicity Tour September & October 2011

Join John Banks, author of the literary fiction novel, Glorify Each Day (819 Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere September 5 – October 28 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About John Banks John Banks was born in Asheville, NC.  His storytelling is very much in the Southern tradition, with a special affinity for humorists such as Mark Twain and the Old Southwest school of writers.  Though entirely imaginary, much of the material in Glorify Each Day must have come from his many years as a teacher in the public schools and community colleges of his native state and from the three
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Pump Up Your Book: New Books for Review October 2011

Are you a book blogger who loves to read books?  You have come to the right place!  We are looking for qualified book bloggers to review our titles.  As these authors will be on tour in October, the deadline for inquiring is September 25.  Contact us by using the form below.  Thanks! Karen Simpson will be touring in October and November with her contemporary speculative fiction novel Act of Grace. Why would Grace Johnson, an African American high school senior, take a bullet to save the life of a Ku Klux Klansman named Jonathan Gilmore? The question hovers unanswered over Grace’s hometown of Vigilant, Michigan. Few people, black or
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Talking Virtual Book Tours with ‘You Never Know’ Lilian Duval

Lilian Duval has been fascinated with lottery winners for years, and they’re the inspiration for her intriguing novel You Never Know, which explores how an ordinary man copes with terrible luck, and later, amazing luck, when he wins the Mega-Millions lottery. Her story collection, Random Acts of Kindness, will be published in 2012. Lilian and her husband are both survivors of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. They live in a small house in New Jersey overlooking a large county park. She’s an amateur classical guitarist and enjoys attending concerts, plays, and movies in New York City. You can visit her website at www.lilianduval.com or follow
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