Posts Tagged ‘book promotions’

{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Children of the Knight Virtual Publicity Book Tour

Join Michael Bowler, author of the edgy YA, Children of the Knight, as he tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! {ABOUT CHILDREN OF THE KNIGHT} According to legend, King Arthur is supposed to return when Britain needs him most. So why does a man claiming to be the once and future king suddenly appear in Los Angeles? This charismatic young Arthur creates a new Camelot within the City of Angels to lead a crusade of unwanted kids against an adult society that discards and ignores them. Under his banner of equality, every needy child is welcome, regardless
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{FEATURED AUTHOR} Elizabeth Fountain, author of ‘An Alien’s Guide to World Domination’ + Win $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Elizabeth Fountain left a demanding job as a university administrator in Seattle to move to the small town of Ellensburg, Washington, and pursue her dream of writing novels.  She started writing in grade school; fortunately, most of her tortured high school poetry and song lyrics are lost to posterity. Her first book was five years in the making, and offered lots of opportunities to give up along the way; that might be why it’s a tale of people, aliens, and dogs who face the impossible, and do it anyway.  An independent publishing house in Calgary, Champagne Book Group, released the novel in April. Now Liz has three more novels
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  • July 7, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Lost Heir Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Andi O’Connor, author of the fantasy novel, The Lost Heir, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE LOST HEIR Always a meticulous planner, Darrak Hunter leads a dull life until his dreams become plagued with visions of a peculiar and distant world.  Waking up to a brilliant purple sun looming ominously in the sky, Darrak is met by a mysterious violet-eyed sorcerer who whisks him away from the struggling Earth. Thrown into the clutches of a foreign world where magic is reality and not all is as it seems, Darrak embarks on a journey
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  • July 7, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Brimstone and Water Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Sharon House, author of the historical romance, Brimstone and Water, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT BRIMSTONE AND WATER 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
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Deviltry Afoot Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Carol Pritt, author of the paranormal novel, Deviltry Afoot, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 27 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT DEVILTRY AFOOT A mother’s love is a powerful force of nature. Tina’s daughter is savagely murdered.  Tina comes to know the police won’t be able to solve the crime because the answers are to be found in the supernatural realm and sets out determined to find answers herself. Donald chose evil when he was a living being. Brought back to spirit he continues spreading terror. As Tina explores, others come to know that something outside the norm is
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  • July 4, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Enchanted Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Win $100 Amazon Gift Card!

Join Elaine Cantrell, author of the fantasy romance, The Enchanted, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – September 27 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!  Elaine will be giving away a $100 Amazon Gift Card at the end of her tour on September 27.  Enter through the Rafflecopter form below! *** Contest is over!  Congratulations to Linda Henderson for winning the $100 Amazon Gift Card!*** ABOUT THE ENCHANTED Forced by his father into a marriage he didn’t want, Prince Alan soon finds that his bride isn’t the sweet, submissive creature he expected.  Morgane has the heart of a dragon and beauty beyond compare,
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Angel Killer Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join PJ Nunn, author of the mystery novel, Angel Killer, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT ANGEL KILLER The death of a child is every mother’s nightmare.  But what if the child has no mother?  What if their little bodies are discarded like garbage and no one even seems to care that they’re gone? Shari Markham, psychologist for the Dallas Police Department, knows what it feels like to be unclaimed and unwanted. She can’t turn away, even if it means demons dancing in her dreams at night.  But when her relentless pursuit of information
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Marcie Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Carly M. Duncan, author of the chick lit novel, Marcie, as she tours the blogosphere August 5 – 30 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT MARCIE When Kate’s mother, Marcie, dies mysteriously she is forever tormented by the many questions surrounding her mother’s death. In Marcie’s absence Kate clings to her mother’s husbands, searching for solace. As family secrets are revealed Kate works to build her own life and family, but the mystery of her mother’s death sidetracks her until she finally gets the answer she’s always hoped for. Purchase your copy at AMAZON.   ABOUT CARLY M. DUNCAN Carly M. Duncan
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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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  • 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 18, 2013
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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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{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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{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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{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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  • 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 15, 2013
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{Book Blast} Pump Up Your Book Presents Colin M. Drysdale’s For Those in Peril on the Sea Book Blast – Win $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash

Join Colin M. Drysdale, author of the post-apocalyptic thriller, For Those in Peril on the Sea, as he tours the blogosphere July 1 – 5 on his first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! Colin 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 July 1 – 5 and good luck!  If you would like to host Colin, please leave a comment below or email Dorothy at thewriterslife (at) gmail.com. ABOUT FOR THOSE IN PERIL ON THE SEA After a six week voyage across the Atlantic, they couldn’t wait to get to
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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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