Posts Tagged ‘contemporary fiction’

📚Pump Up Your Book Presents D.W. Brooks’ Homecoming Chaos Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Romantic Suspense

  · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you D.W. Brooks’ Homecoming Chaos Virtual Book Tour January 2 – 31. · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Title: Homecoming Chaos Author: D.W. Brooks Publisher: Life: The Reboot LLC Publication Date: November 21, 2023 Pages: 448 Genre: Romantic Suspense/Contemporary/African American Jamie Scott’s life fell apart four years ago when she broke off her engagement, turned down a dream job, and went overseas to run away from her life. Now she’s back, but the reunion is not without problems. She arrives home just in time to
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Happy Book Birthday to The Key to Circus-Mom Highway by Allyson Rice #BookBirthday#PUYB @circusmomhwy

We’re thrilled to announce the release of Allyson Rice’s new contemporary fiction / women’s fiction The Key to Circus-Mom Highway today! To help celebrate, we are asking our readers if you can please pretty please pick up a copy at Amazon and come back and tell us how you liked it or leave a review at Amazon? Read on to find out about this exciting new release! Congratulations, Allyson, on your contemporary fiction / women’s fiction new release, THE KEY TO CIRCUS-MOM HIGHWAY! The Key to Circus-Mom Highway Title: The Key to Circus-Mom Highway Author: Allyson Rice Publisher: The Total Human Press Pages: 270 Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Women’s Fiction In an attempt
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Triangle of Hope Virtual Book Publicity Tour #ContemporaryFiction #LiteraryFiction

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Michael Meyer’s TRIANGLE OF HOPE Virtual Book Tour April 4 – 29. Inside the Book Title: TRIANGLE OF HOPE Author: Michael Meyer Publisher: Pacific Books Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Literary Fiction BOOK BLURB: If one person can make a difference, just think what three can do. A tender story of love. Three strangers, each harboring a dark secret, become united by chance in a small Irish village, and the wonderful power of the human spirit comes alive. If you believe that love and romance can happen in unusual circumstances, then this book is for you. “From page one, I found myself
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents SERPENT RISING Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Mystery #Suspense #Thriller #ContemporaryFiction

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Victor Acquista’s SERPENT RISING Virtual Book Tour November 18 – December 18! Inside the Book Title: SERPENT RISING Author: Victor Acquista Publisher: BHC Press Pages: 304 Genre: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller/Contemporary Fiction BOOK BLURB: Serena Mendez is haunted and she is hunted… … Haunted by trauma—terrified and scarred as a young child, when a secret initiation into an ancient order of Lightbringers went horribly wrong. Unaware of the power latent in her blood, she is haunted by a life out of sync with her true identity. At twenty-one, she is abrasive, jobless, in debt, and addicted to sedatives. Haunted by her past, she
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents HOW THE DEER MOON HUNGERS Virtual Book Publicity Tour #YA #ComingofAge

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Susan Wingate’s HOW THE DEER MOON HUNGERS Virtual Book Tour July 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: HOW THE DEER MOON HUNGERS Author: Susan Wingate Publisher: Roberts Press Pages: 384 Genre: YA / Coming of Age / Contemporary Fiction BOOK BLURB: For those who enjoy reading books like Where the Crawdads Sing and My Sister’s Keeper MACKENZIE FRASER witnesses a drunk driver mow down her seven-year-old sister and her mother blames her. Then she ends up in juvie on a trumped-up drug charge. Now she’s in the fight of her life…on the inside! And she’s losing. HOW THE DEER
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Survivors’ Dawn Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ashley Warren’s SURVIVORS’ DAWN Virtual Book Tour January 3 – March 30! Inside the Book Title: SURVIVOR’S DAWN Author: Ashley Warren Publisher: Chaparral Press LLC Pages: 316 Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Women’s Fiction / New Adult Fiction BOOK BLURB: A heroic story of three college women’s fight for justice At first glance, Brooke Flanagan, Lauren Le, and Nikki Towers have little in common: a churchgoing virgin, a party girl, and a resident advisor. But they all have their own dreams, dreams that can be shattered in a single night. When freshman Brooke Flanagan first arrives at the university, she’s excited to escape her
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Along Came Jones Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Victoria Bernadine’s ALONG CAME JONES Virtual Book Tour January 3 – 31! Inside the Book Title: ALONG CAME JONES Author: Victoria Bernadine Publisher: Love of Words Publishing Pages: 324 Genre: Chick Lit/Contemporary Fiction BOOK BLURB: Benjamin Ferrin Macon-Jones has it all: a luxurious lifestyle in Toronto and the love of an intelligent, ambitious woman…until that same woman refuses his marriage proposal, tells him he’s a detriment to her career, and leaves him. Unable to deal with his cantankerous family trying to be supportive, he quietly slips away into the Canadian countryside. Lou Upjohn has problems of her own. She’s a
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Gil Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Darin Gabby’s GIL Virtual Book Tour April 3 – 28! Inside the Book Title: GIL Author: Darin Gibby Publisher: Keohler Books Pages: 301 Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Baseball Some gifts come with a price. Twenty years before, high school coach Gil Gilbert gave up his dream to play professional baseball so he could marry his pregnant girlfriend, Keri. When he miraculously discovers that he can pitch with deadly accuracy and speed, he must choose between his successful career and comfortable family life or his chance to play with the Colorado Rockies during a player’s strike. Gil stuns the pitching staff with
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📚 {Contemporary Fiction/Baseball} Gil Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Darin Gibby’s GIL. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than June 8, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via paperback (U.S.) & PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: GIL Author: Darin Gibby Publisher: Koehler Books Pages: 301 Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Baseball Some gifts come with a price. Twenty years before, high school coach Gil Gilbert gave up his dream to play professional
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Pump Up Your Book Presents An Enlightening Quiche Book Blast

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Eva Pasco’s AN ENLIGHTENING QUICHE virtual book tour November 7 – 30! Inside the Book:   Title: An Enlightening Quiche Author: Eva Pasco Release Date: August 22, 2016 Publisher: Infinity Publishing Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback Dysfunctional. Deceptive. Demure. More than meets the eye at face value, Augusta Bergeron, stuck in a holding pattern, engages in morally destructive behavior she attributes to maternal abandonment. In for a rude awakening upon eggs-huming her mother’s quiche recipe, she unravels its significance and forsakes erroneous assumptions. Enlightened, Augusta feels compelled to redress all the havoc she’s wrought in the aftermath of a tragedy. Augusta:Tarry
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Spaces Between Notes Book Blast!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kristina M. Sanchez’s SPACES BETWEEN NOTES Book Blast October 27! Inside the Book Title: Spaces Between Notes Author: Kristina M. Sanchez Publisher: Amazon Genre: Contemporary Romance   Nikolai Amorosa is one of those men’s men. You know the type—allergic to feelings, couldn’t have a heartfelt discussion if he tried, which he never did. Then, he lost his voice, and any chance of communication went out the window. Unable to speak or otherwise interact with anyone, Niko’s anger was off the charts. It could’ve been worse; he could’ve been in jail. Instead, he found himself doing construction on Carys Harper’s house. Carys
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Pump Up Your Book Presents On Top of the World (Until the Bell Chimes) Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you David Lamb’s ON TOP OF THE WORLD (UNTIL THE BELL CHIMES) virtual book tour October 3- December 16! Inside the Book Title: ON TOP OF THE WORLD (UNTIL THE BELL CHIMES) Author: David Lamb Publisher: Woolly Mammoth Books Pages: 240 Genre: Contemporary Romance Fiction/Multicultural/Humor/Satire 2016 BEST FICTION-Pacific Book Awards. FROM THE FUNNY AND NATURALLY BRILLIANT DAVID LAMB, award-winning playwright of the New York Times celebrated play, Platanos Y Collard Greens, comes a modern spin on Dickens’ classic tale that perfectly combines humor and romance in a story re-imagined for our digital, consumerist age.  This version of Scrooge and Belle is familiar, yet unlike
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sweet Southern Hearts Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Susan Schild’s SWEET SOUTHERN HEARTS Cover Reveal August 22! Inside the Book: Title: Sweet Southern Hearts Author: Susan Schild Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Women’s Fiction Format: Ecopy  Susan Schild welcomes you back to the offbeat Southern town of Willow Hill, North Carolina, for a humorous, heartwarming story of new beginnings, do-overs, and self-discovery… When it comes to marriage, third time’s the charm for Linny Taylor. She’s thrilled to be on her honeymoon with Jack Avery, Willow Hill’s handsome veterinarian. But just like the hair-raising white water rafting trip Jack persuades her to take, newlywed life has plenty of dips and bumps.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents America’s Next Reality Star Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Laura Heffernan’s AMERICA’S NEXT REALITY STAR Cover Reveal August 22! Inside the Book: Title: America’s Next Reality Star Author: Laura Heffernan Publisher: Lyrical Shine Genre: Women’s Fiction Format: Ecopy  SEEKING THE SMART ONE Twenty-four-year-old Jen Reid had her life in good shape: an okay job, a tiny-cute Seattle apartment, and a great boyfriend almost ready to get serious. In a flash it all came apart. Single, unemployed, and holding an eviction notice, who has time to remember trying out for a reality show? Then the call comes, and Jen sees her chance to start over—by spending her summer on national TV.
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Amazon Review Campaign – Taken Away by Patricia Yager Delagrange

We are taking review requests for Patricia Yager Delagrange’s new contemporary fiction novel, Taken Away.  This is not a tour.  If requesting review copies, you must post your review at Amazon, B&N and Goodreads by October 6.  When you are ready to submit your review, click the Amazon, B&N and Goodreads links below. Review copies will be in PDF format only.  Please use the form below to sign up.  Thank you!   Title: Taken Away Author: Patricia Yager Delagrange Publisher: Ravenswood Publishing Pages: 400 Genre: Contemporary Fiction Jessee Bradford, a respected young veterinarian in Santa Barbara, California, comes home to find his wife Serena and baby daughter Sofia missing.
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{Contemporary Fiction} Meet Me in Barcelona Blog Tour Sign Up

Mary Carter will be returning August 4 – October 31 with her contemporary fiction, Meet Me in Barcelona!  Mary will be giving away a 3 book set (My Sister’s Voice, Three Months in Florence and Sunnyside Blues) at the end of her tour.  All bloggers who host the book tour are eligible to enter and win.  This tour also comes with a one day book blitz on July 29. We are looking for: Reviews (paperback) Interviews Author Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you!   A surprise trip to Barcelona
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First Chapter: Meet Me in Barcelona by Mary Carter

Title: Meet Me in Barcelona Author: Mary Carter Publisher: Kensington Pages: 352 Genre: Mainstream fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle/MP3 CD, Audiobook, MP3 Audo, Unabridged Purchase at AMAZON A surprise trip to Barcelona with her boyfriend, Jake, seems like the perfect antidote to Grace Sawyer’s current woes. The city is dazzling and unpredictable, but the biggest surprise for Grace is discovering who arranged and paid for the vacation. Carrie Ann wasn’t just Grace’s foster sister. Clever, pretty, and mercurial, she was her best friend—until everything went terribly wrong. Now, as she flees an abusive marriage, Carrie Ann has turned to the one person she hopes will come through for her. Despite her
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  • November 27, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Wifey Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Fey Ugokwe’s Wifey virtual book tour December 2 – 27! ABOUT WIFEY Title: Wifey Author: Fey Ugokwe Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publisher: Pink Purse International Pages: 154 Language: English ISBN-10: 0615764908 ISBN-13: 978-0615764900 Purchase at AMAZON When life as a curiously paired, young married couple in California–in the midst of a growing state and national economic crisis–becomes literally unworkable, Rodney, an earnestly toiling, playboy of a husband, unilaterally determines that he and P.V., his ambitious but naive, exotic wife, should relocate to Texas. So P.V., a struggling sophomore realtor and avid foodie, and Rodney, a newly unemployed marketer and sports addict,
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{Contemporary Fiction for Review} Wifey by Fey Ugokwe

Fey Ugokwe will be touring December 2 – 31 with her contemporary fiction, Wifey. We are looking for reviews (paperback), interviews, guest posts, and book spotlights. THIS TOUR IS CLOSED.  THANKS TO ALL REVIEWERS AND BLOG HOSTS!   Book Description: When life as a curiously paired, young married couple in California–in the midst of a growing state and national economic crisis–becomes literally unworkable, Rodney, an earnestly toiling, playboy of a husband, unilaterally determines that he and P.V., his ambitious but naive, exotic wife, should relocate to Texas. So P.V., a struggling sophomore realtor and avid foodie, and Rodney, a newly unemployed marketer and sports addict, sell virtually everything they
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Pump Up Your Book Presents How Blue Are the Ridges Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Ken Ollis’ contemporary fiction novel How Blue Are the Ridges Book Tour February 3 – February 28! Ken will be giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card and 10 eBook copies of his book. To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below or on participating blogs throughout the blast and good luck! All participating bloggers willing to host are eligible to win. Thank you! ABOUT HOW BLUE ARE THE RIDGES Title: How Blue Are the Ridges Genre: Contemporary Fiction Author: Ken Ollis Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 604 Language: English In the midst of the Great Depression, the people of the Blue Ridge Mountains are as
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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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  • June 19, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Jesus, Mo, and Cheese Puffs Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Lisa Boucher, author of the cozy fiction novel, Jesus, Mo, and Cheese Puffs, as she tours the blogosphere  August 5 – October 25, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! 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
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Penny Kim, author of ‘Desert Wedding’

ABOUT PENNY KIM Penny Kim is a Washington, DC lurker and resident of Alexandria, Virginia. She is active in several area book groups that span several genres, from murder mysteries to chick lit and beyond. Currently working on her second book, her debut novel “Desert Wedding” is a compelling coming of age story for the Millennium generation. To purchase Desert Wedding, click here. ABOUT DESERT WEDDING There is nothing more exciting than when your best friend gets married. And for Elsie McKenna, it seems like she’s got the maid of honor thing figured out. But as the big day date gets closer and wedding planning takes over, Elsie’s friendship
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New Christian Contemporary Novel for Review: ‘The Moses Quilt’ by Kathi Macias

Kathi Macias is touring in February with her Christian contemporary novel, The Moses Quilt. The Moses Quilt is a contemporary novel that bridges racial and generational divides. With a realistic and compassionate look into a twenty-first-century dilemma, multiple award-winning author Kathi Macias introduces readers to a confused and apprehensive young woman, Mazie Hartford. Facing major decisions about the love of her life and her future, she must also wrestle with a nagging question about her family’s past. She finds the answer to her questions in a most unexpected way—her great-grandmother’s Moses quilt. As her great-grandmother begins to explain how each patch represents a story of courage and freedom, Mazie
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  • October 22, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents No Time for Love Virtual Book Publicity Tour – Godiva Chocolates/Book Giveaway

Join JB Miller, author of the chick lit novel, No Time for Love, as she tours the blogosphere November 15 ’12 – January 25 ’13 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The No Time for Love Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of a Godiva Chocolates/Book  Giveaway. See details further down on how you can win! ———————————– ABOUT JB MILLER J.B. Miller is a published author of fiction, non-fiction, award-winning poetry, music, and numerous articles and blogs. No Time For Love is her first novel. She resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three children. Visit her blog at http://notimeforlovebyjbmiller.wordpress.com.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents the Unexpected Christmas Hero Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Kathi Macias, author of the contemporary Christmas novel, Unexpected Christmas Hero, as she travels the blogosphere from November 12 -24, 2012 on her twelfth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT KATHI MACIAS Kathi Macias is a multi-award winning writer who has authored nearly 40 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. She won the 2008 Member of the Year award from AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association) and
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  • August 7, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Third Grace Virtual Book Publicity Tour – Kindle Fire HD Giveaway!

Join Deb Elkink, author of the women’s fiction,  The Third Grace, as she tours the blogosphere October 1 – November 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT DEB ELKINK When author and city-slicker Deb Elkink fell in love and married an introverted cowboy, she moved from her bright lights to his isolated cattle ranch far off in the prairie grasslands. Still—between learning to pilot a light aircraft, sewing for a costume rental store, and cooking for branding crews of a hundred—Deb graduated with a B.A. in Communications from Bethel University in St. Paul, MN; she also holds an M.A. in Theology (both
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New Book for Review: Unexpected Christmas Hero by Kathi Macias

Kathi Macias is touring November 12th – November 23rd with her second annual contemporary Christmas novel, Unexpected Christmas Hero. Never expecting to be homeless, Josie Meyers and her children are shocked when circumstances force them to live on the streets. Rick, a down-and-out disabled vet, befriends them, reawakening memories of a faith Josie had in childhood. But can she reconcile her once-held beliefs with her current situation? Will she and her children even survive long enough to try to rekindle Josie’s faith? Visit Kathi online at www.kathimacias.com. 240 pages If you would like to review, Unexpected Christmas Hero, please email Cheryl Malandrinos at ccmal(at)charter(dot)net or fill out the form
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New Book for Review: The Deliverer by Kathi Macias

Kathi Macias is touring September 10th – 21st with the third and final book of her contemporary international suspense “Freedom” series. The Deliverer picks up just months after Special Delivery leaves off, continuing with the stories of Mara, freed from slavery but still struggling with scars and memories from the past; Jonathan, attending Bible college but strongly drawn to Mara, despite her past; and Lawan, having escaped the brothel in Thailand and miraculously reunited with her younger sister in the US and adopted by the same family. Will Mara be able to move past the pain and hatred that bind her, even if it means traveling back to the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Wanting Rita Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012 + Kindle Fire Giveaway

Join Elyse Douglas, the husband/wife writing team of the women’s fiction novel, Wanting Rita, as they tour the blogosphere July 2 – August 24 2012 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The Wanting Rita Book Publicity Tour is part of huge Kindle Fire giveaway. See details further down on how you can win one for your own! ABOUT ELYSE DOUGLAS Elyse Douglas is the pen name for the married writing team Elyse Parmentier and Douglas Pennington. Elyse grew up near the sea, roaming the beaches, reading and writing stories and poetry, receiving a Master’s Degree in English Literature from Columbia University. She has enjoyed
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