Posts Tagged ‘fiction’

Pump Up Your Book Presents Until Next Time Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Nictoria Robbins’ UNTIL NEXT TIME Book Blast June 27 – July 8!   Inside the Book: Title: Until Next Time Author: Nictoria Robbins Publisher: Xlibris Genre: Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback Jake and Kirsten met on an online dating site, and their journey began, sometimes difficult; but for some reason, they keep coming back to each other, to lost souls. Kirsten is not sure what Jake wants, and neither does she. This story is about two people who try to hide their feelings. They care about each other, but it will end up tearing them apart. Not all stories have a happy ending. Meet the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Lost Along the Way Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Erin Duffy’s novel LOST ALONG THE WAY on tour July 12 – August 5!   Inside the Book: Title: Lost Along the Way Author: Erin Duffy Release Date: July 12, 2016 Publisher: William Morrow Genre: Women’s Fiction Format: Hardcover/Ebook/Audio A fresh, funny, and insightful novel about what it really means to be “friends forever” from the acclaimed author of Bond Girl and On the Rocks. All through childhood and adolescence, Jane, Cara, and Meg swore their friendship would stand the test of time. Nothing would come between them, they pledged. But once they hit their twenties, life got more complicated and the BFFs began to grow distant.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Constantine Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Heather Grothaus’ CONSTANTINE Cover Reveal June 8! Inside the Book: Title: Constantine Author: Heather Grothaus Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Ecopy   A shadow has fallen over the medieval Holy Land, and four courageous Crusaders have banded together to root out the enemy. The Brotherhood of Fallen Angels have dedicated their lives to the pursuit of justice. But is there room in their hearts for love?  Evil is everywhere, and General Constantine Gerard has witnessed more than his share. Yet he never dreamed the ugliness that darkened the castle at Chastellet would cost him his wife and child.  Now
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Elixir Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ruth Vincent’s ELIXIR virtual book tour May 2 – 13!   Inside the Book: Title: Elixir Author: Ruth Vincent Release Date: May 3, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genre: Fiction/Fantasy/Urban Format: Ebook   Mabily “Mab” Jones is just a twenty-something, over-educated, under-employed New Yorker trying to survive as a private eye’s unpaid intern… or is she? Once a powerful fairy, but tricked by the Fairy Queen into human form, Mab is forced to face her changeling past when investigating a missing person case at a modern speakeasy. Obadiah Savage bootlegs fairy Elixir to human customers thirsting for a magical fix. But when Mab
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Golden Age of Charli Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

  Inside the Book: Title: The Golden Age of Charli Author: Jena C. Henry Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback Charlotte McAntic spent her thirties, forties, and even fifties in peace and harmony aligning her marriage, mortgage, careers, and children. As she stumbles into a new phase of life—also known as the Golden Years—Charli cannot help but wonder where the gold and her husband, Pud, are hiding. Pud is happily cruising down the retirement path that, for him, leads straight to the golf course. While Charli spends her days at home cleaning out closets and the basement, she yearns to gaze deeply into Pud’s blue eyes and remember all the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Enter, Knight Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you K.A. Keith’s ENTER,KNIGHT Virtual Book Tour!   Inside the Book: Title: Enter Knight Author: K.A. Keith Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback Two infants, born simultaneously, are infused with otherworldly energies as the most ancient evil stirs. The Knight Apieron Farsinger, and Adestes Malgrim represent the heights of their opposing martial traditions in classic East versus West confrontation. In this medieval action adventure, Apieron’s country Ilycrium is conquered, while more sinister assaults transpire from beyond the lands of light. The Knight Apieron Farsinger, father to three small children and husband to a gentle wife, must leave hearth and home in quest
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Enter, Knight Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you K.A. Keith’s ENTER,KNIGHT Book Blast March 28 – April 8!   Inside the Book: Title: Enter Knight Author: K.A. Keith Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback Two infants, born simultaneously, are infused with otherworldly energies as the most ancient evil stirs. The Knight Apieron Farsinger, and Adestes Malgrim represent the heights of their opposing martial traditions in classic East versus West confrontation. In this medieval action adventure, Apieron’s country Ilycrium is conquered, while more sinister assaults transpire from beyond the lands of light. The Knight Apieron Farsinger, father to three small children and husband to a gentle wife, must leave hearth and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Amelia’s Prayer Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Christiane Banks’ AMELIA’S PRAYER BOOK TOUR June 6 – July 30!   Inside the Book: Title: Amelia’s Prayer Author: Christiane Banks Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Religious Fiction Format: Ebook/Hardcover/Paperback Sebastian Lavalle is just fifteen when he leaves home in 1934 to join the navy. Seven years later, Sebastian unfortunately knows all too well about the horrors of World War II and what it is like to fear the unknown. When repairs force his ship to the rugged shore of Newcastle, the young French naval officer is invited to a tea dance to celebrate Bastille Day. He seizes the opportunity, hoping to find
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Midnight Serenade Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Alli Sinclair’s MIDNIGHT SERENADE Cover Reveal January 29! Inside the Book: Title: Midnight Serenade Author: Alli Sinclair Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Women’s Fiction Format: Ecopy On the sultry streets of Buenos Aires, the daughter of a world class tango diva searches for answers about the mother who abandoned her—and uncovers decades of lies and deception… After twenty years of wondering why her mother chose the tango over her, Dani McKenna finally travels to Argentina. What was it about this beautiful, mysterious land that enticed one woman away from her own child—and broke another’s heart? As a journalist, Dani may have the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Slim Pickins’ in Fat Chance, Texas and Linny’s Sweet Dream List Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you SLIM PICKINS’ IN FAT CHANCE, TEXAS and LINNY’S SWEET DREAM LIST virtual book tour January 5 – January 29, 2016!       Title: Slim Pickins’ in Fat Chance, Texas Author: Celia Bonaduce Release Date: January 5, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Womens Fiction Format: Ebook “A fresh, heartwarming voice.” —Jodi Thomas, New York Times bestselling author It’s been a year since an eccentric billionaire summoned seven strangers to the dilapidated, postage stamp-sized town of Fat Chance, Texas. To win a cash bequest, each was required to spend six months in the ghost town to see if they could transform it—and themselves—into
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Battle of Top Hat Wood Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Taylor Samuel Lyen’s THE BATTLE OF TOP HAT WOOD Book Blast December 7 – 18! Title: The Battle of Top Hat Wood Author: Taylor Samuel Lyen Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Juvenile Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback “An Educational, Inspirational Tale About Spiders That’s Fun to Read.” Kirkus Reviews Jerry thes pider is a smart-aleck jumping spider that reluctantly joins Alma’s quest to vanquish the evil Sitharon. Hanging in her web above the entrance to the old Presbyterian Church in a small California town, Alma has a nightmare about the horrible slaughter of innocent spiders by a giant flying beast, a Sitharon that lives in the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Lonesome Town Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you LONESOME TOWN by Tom Mendicino on tour  November 23 – December 11! Title: Lonesome Town Author: Tom Mendicino Release Date: November 24, 2015 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: General Fiction Format: Ebook Charlie Beresford and Kevin “KC” Conroy came of age in Tom Mendicino’s KC, At Bat and Travelin’ Man. Now they’re struggling with the realities of adulthood, in this powerfully honest story of unlikely friendship and enduring love. At twenty-two, Charlie Beresford has a Dartmouth degree, an entry-level radio job, and a hunch that he’s already made one of the biggest mistakes of his life. It’s no wonder his old high-school crush,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Flickers Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for FLICKERS by Kathryn Jordan on September 2! Title: Flickers Author: Kathryn Jordan Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: General Fiction Format: Kindle At eighteen, Jack Sutter and Violet Winters are obsessed with their love for each other, but he’s the gardener’s boy and she’s the only child of one of California’s “robber baron” millionaires. When Violet’s family pressures her into marrying the socially perfect but emotionally cold Maury Rediston, Jack vows that someday he’ll take her away, and after a few months of a loveless marriage, Violet’s ready to share his dream. In order to win his Violet, Jack must
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Beyond Duty Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you James DeVries’s BEYOND DUTY virtual book tour from September 28 – October 23!   Title: Beyond Duty Author: James DeVries Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 334 Genre: Fiction Format: Kindle/Paperback/Hardcover The continuing story of Lt. Jeff Lacy is dangerous and sad. The story opens with Jeff’s participation in a Top Secret mission to observe Russian Submarine missile tests. When he has a change of duty station Jeff lands in the middle of a dangerous plot and his beloved wife Molly is killed. In despair Jeff retires from the Navy and soon finds himself working as an agent for the CIA in the United Arab Emirates.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Beyond Duty Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you James DeVries’s BEYOND DUTY book blast July 27 – August 7 !   Title: Beyond Duty Author: James DeVries Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 334 Genre: Fiction Format: Kindle/Paperback/Hardcover The continuing story of Lt. Jeff Lacy is dangerous and sad. The story opens with Jeff’s participation in a Top Secret mission to observe Russian Submarine missile tests. When he has a change of duty station Jeff lands in the middle of a dangerous plot and his beloved wife Molly is killed. In despair Jeff retires from the Navy and soon finds himself working as an agent for the CIA in the United Arab Emirates. While there
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Merry Heart of Madness Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you David A. Ringer and J.D.C. Ormond’s THE MERRY HEART OF MADNESS book blast June 29- July 10! Title: The Merry Heart of Madness Author: David A. Ringer with J.D.C. Ormond Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 378 Genre: Erotica Fiction Format: Kindle Weakened, he is promised only months to live. When Western medicine leaves him without hope, botany professor Dr. Charles Douglas follows his past back to India in search of the only cure left to try. A lifetime ago, before his escape into the academic world, Charles built another life, one rich with intrigue, danger, and easy cash as part of the shadow world of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Boys of Summer Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lucien N. Plante’s BOYS OF SUMMER book blast June 29- July 10! Title: Boys of Summer Author: Lucien N. Plante Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 254 Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Kindle In the Darkness, Mike slid over the side of the ship and in to the water, without knowing direction swam away from the ship into the darkness hoping not to hear the sound of a rifle or the pain of its report. Without knowing where he was Mike hoped he was swimming for shore, hoping he would not end up as fish food. He had escaped the Yankees. This is a story of how
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Shakespeare Conspiracy Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jeffrey Hunter McQuain’s THE SHAKESPEARE CONSPIRACY virtual book tour August 3 – August 28!     Title: The Shakespeare Conspiracy Author: Jeffrey Hunter McQuain Publisher: Telemachus Press Genre: Fiction/Thriller Format: Kindle  What makes a secret worth dying for? That’s what Christopher Klewe, a brash young professor from Virginia, finds out in Jeffrey Hunter McQuain’s new thriller “The Shakespeare Conspiracy” when he stumbles upon the most shocking cover-up in literary history. On a rainy Halloween at Washington’s Kennedy Center, a masked killer brutally stabs Klewe’s best friend. Before dying, the victim deliberately drops his raincoat across a puddle and scrawls the letters “SoN”
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Tug-Of-War Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Judith Somborac’s TUG-OF-WAR book blast May 25 – June 5! Title: Tug-Of-War Author: Judith Somborac Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 148 Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Kindle/Paperback In 1942, in the midst of World War II, three factions struggle for power and control over Serbia: the Royalists, the Partisans, and the Nazis. For those living there, life was put on hold indefinitely while they coped daily with the terrorization of war—an especially disheartening situation for the country’s young people. Fifteen-year-old Miriana, an only child, lives in a small, two-bedroom house in Bela Palanka, Serbia, with her parents, who farm and run a saw and gristmill. Their tiny
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Actor Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Douglas Gardham’s The Actor virtual book tour April 6 – April  30!   Title: The Actor Author: Douglas Gardham Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 352 Genre: Fiction Format: Ebook Purchase at AMAZON It is 1991 when Ethan Jones finally wins the role of his dreams in an upcoming, big screen movie. With the envelope holding the script clutched in his hand, he arrives at his California apartment where he can hardly wait to tell his girlfriend the exciting news. But when he finds the door unexpectedly ajar, he has no idea that in just a few seconds, the life he has fought so hard to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Healing Ruby Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jennifer H. Westall’s HEALING RUBY virtual book tour March 2 – 27! Title: Healing Ruby Author: Jennifer H. Westall Publisher: Jennifer H. Westall Pages: 369 Genre: Christian Historical Fiction Format: Hardback/Paperback/Kindle Ruby Graves, a young girl in Depression-era Alabama, faces the hardships of poverty and loss with as much faith as she can muster. At only the age of thirteen, she’s already lost a younger brother to illness, and now faces losing both her father and the boy who’s stealing her heart to illnesses as well. Armed with her beloved Scriptures, she prays daily for their healing, only to have
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Escape Through the Wilderness Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gary Rodriguez’s ESCAPE THROUGH THE WILDERNESS virtual book tour March 2 – May 29! Title: Escape Through the Wilderness Author: Gary Rodriguez Publisher: Tate Publishing Pages: 254 Genre: Teens/Children Format: Paperback/Kindle Sixteen-year-old Savannah Evans walks with a slight limp thanks to a gymnastics’ accident that dashed her Olympic dreams, but didn’t stop her from attending an adventure camp in Idaho. At Camp Arrowhead, she quickly befriends Jade Chang and Rico Cruz, but Conner Swift taunts Savi because of her injury. When the four are teamed together for an overnight white-water river rafting adventure, Savi refuses to get in the same
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Meadowdale Community Project Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Matt Shea’s THE MEADOWDALE COMMUNITY PROJECT virtual book tour March 2 – March 27! Title: The Meadowdale Community Project Author: Matt Shea Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing Pages: 233 Genre: Fiction/Family Life Format: Paperback/Kindle Demolition crews continue to raze abandoned and condemned structures in the sleepy town of Meadowdale – a city hit hard by the sluggish economy. A once-cherished building is now the dilapidated Meadowdale Community Center (MCC), where the handicapped and mentally-challenged sort recyclable materials and create artwork from refuse that catches their eye. This prompts many to consider the MCC a burial ground for lost causes. But a mysterious stranger in
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{Christian Historical Fiction} Healing Ruby Blog Tour Sign Up

Jennifer H. Westall will be touring March 2 – 27 with her Christian historical fiction, Healing Ruby! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback U.S. only & ebook) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: Healing Ruby Author: Jennifer H. Westall Publisher: Jennifer H. Westall Pages: 369 Genre: Christian Historical Fiction Format: Hardback/Paperback/Kindle Ruby Graves, a young girl in Depression-era Alabama, faces the hardships of poverty and loss with as much faith as she can muster. At only the age of thirteen, she’s already lost a younger brother to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Angel Hair Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Margot Griffith’s ANGEL HAIR book blitz February 16 – 27!     Title: Angel Hair Author: Margot Griffiths Publisher: Xlibris Pages: 280 Genre: General Fiction Format: Ebook Purchase at AMAZON Victoria BC 1958: A haunting first novel of a privileged, tight-knit neighborhood—an insular world of stifling traditional values; a world where the eccentric and gifted Morgan family doesn’t fit. Eleanor and Hugh have settled into the rhythms of a long rift, bound by history and remnants of love. Their ten year old daughter Myfanwy escapes into the world of her imagination, but as conflicts escalate, her older brother Owen seeks a more desperate
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Costly Illusions Book Blitz – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Vesna Grudzinski Sutija’s Costly Illusions book blitz February 2 – 13!     Title: Costly Illusions Author: Vesna Grudzinski Sutija Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 248 Genre: Literary Fiction Format: Ebook Purchase at AMAZON Alexandra, daughter of her Croatian town’s favorite physicians, is hardly an obedient child. As a teenager, she lingers in the streets, lights forbidden cigarettes, and falls in love. But when she is seventeen, Alexandra is forced to leave everything behind when her family decides to immigrate to America. As the ship leaves the dock, Alexandra helplessly watches her hometown disappear in the distance as her tears transform the boat into a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Budapest Romance Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Rozsa Gaston’s BUDAPEST ROMANCE virtual book tour February 2-27! Title: Budapest Romance Author: Rozsa Gaston Publisher: Rozsa Gaston Pages: 266 Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Paperback/Kindle/Audible When Kati Dunai travels to Budapest to settle her father’s estate, the last thing on her mind is the pursuit of pleasure. She’s a busy international conference planner, her life rooted in Manhattan. But from the moment she sets foot in the city of her father’s youth, it’s pleasure that pursues her. At the thermal bath spa hotel where she’s staying, she meets a Dutchman who reminds her of Béla Dunai, her Hungarian refugee father,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents When Santa Goes to Church Book Blitz – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sonja Grimsley Fambro’s When Santa Goes to Church book blitz December 8- December 19!     Title: When Santa Goes to Church Author: Sonja Grimsley Fambro Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 82 Genre: Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback Purchase at AMAZON Storytellers have long filled our imaginations with stories about Santa, Santa’s elves, Mrs. Claus, and Santa’s Christmas Eve trip. In fairy-tale land, it is no mystery that he, along with Rudolph and the rest of the reindeer, must have the busiest Christmas Eve night ever. After all, they are famous for going from town to town leaving gifts for good little girls and good little boys.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Amy Book Blitz – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you William Clifford’s Amy book blitz December 29- January 9!     Title: Amy Author: William A. Clifford Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 268 Genre: Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback Purchase at AMAZON An experiment in creation, with some religious views, that shows the reasons why, we may not want, what we think we want. How plans take on a life of their own, and there is no going back.     Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Raised in Ancaster, in the country setting. Attended Ancaster High and Vocational School, where I got my diploma. After that I enrolled in the working world until my retirement. I am
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sahara Book Blitz – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Angella Ricot’s Sahara book blitz December 1- December 12!   Title: Sahara Author: Angella Ricot Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 240 Genre: Fiction/Suspense Format: Ebook/Paperback Purchase at AMAZON When three sisters overhear their father’s overwhelming deal to sell them into prostitution, they immediately take fate into their own hands in search of their own destiny. They embark on a powerful and compelling journey that takes root in the exotic realm of the Caribbean island of Labadee, later to spring fully fledged in the glamorous cosmopolitan city of New York. Out of the struggle emerges the valiant and beautiful heroine, Sahara, a sensational gold thief
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