Posts Tagged ‘historical’

📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Blake’s Folly Romance Trilogy Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Romance #Historical

  · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you J. Arlene Culiner’s Blake’s Folly Romance Trilogy Virtual Book Tour April 24 – May 19. · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Inside the Series · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Title: Blake’s Folly Romance Trilogy Author: J. Arlene Culiner Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Pages: App. 214 pp. each Genre: Historical / Contemporary Romance By 2023, the silver boomtown of Blake’s Folly, once notorious for saloons, brothels, speakeasies, and divorce ranches, has become a semi-ghost town of abandoned shacks and weedy dirt roads.
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Later Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Historical #Inspirational #Adventure

  · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Colette R. Harrell’s Later Virtual Book Tour August 15 – October 14. · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Inside the Book: Title: Later Author: Colette R. Harrell Publisher: Intentional Entertainment LLC Pages: 204 Genre: Historical / Interracial / Supernatural / Paranormal Blurb: In 1859, Junie Benson was a twelve-year-old genius and enslaved. His older sister, Sari, had her own difficulties, including being auctioned to the highest bidder. She was also beautiful, flighty, and had a repetitive dream about a hazel-eyed white stranger.  Everybody with the
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Thunder on the Moor Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Historical #TimeTravel #Romance

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Andrea Matthews’ THUNDER ON THE MOOR Virtual Book Tour May 6 – June 6. Inside the Book Title: THUNDER ON THE MOOR Author: Andrea Matthews Publisher: Independent Genre: Historical Time Travel Romance BOOK BLURB: Maggie Armstrong grew up enchanted by her father’s tales of blood feuds and border raids. In fact, she could have easily fallen for the man portrayed in one particular image in his portrait collection. Yet when her father reveals he was himself an infamous Border reiver, she finds it a bit far-fetched—to say the least—especially when he announces his plans to return to his sixteenth century Scottish
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents BLACK ROCKS AND RAINBOWS Audiobook Tour #YA #Historical

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Susan C. Riford’s BLACK ROCKS AND RAINBOWS Audiobook Virtual Tour July 12 – August 13. Inside the Book Title: BLACK ROCKS AND RAINBOWS Author: Susan C. Riford Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Genre: YA / Historical BOOK BLURB: The journey of a lifetime told in the audiobook BLACK ROCKS AND RAINBOWS begins with a ship: “An enormous canoe, with great white wings like a magnificent bird.” This is the merchant schooner Triumph from New England, anchored offshore by what is now known as the Big Island of Hawaii, and in 1807, the sight of it captivates a young Hawaiian boy’s imagination and
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📚First Chapter Reveal: ASCENSION (THE DEMON HUNTERS SERIES BOOK ONE) by A.S. Fenichel

ASCENSION (THE DEMON HUNTERS BOOK ONE) By A.S. Fenichel BOOK BLURB: When demon hunters threaten London, even ladies must answer the call… Lord Gabriel Thurston returns home from war to find his fiancée much changed. She’s grown from a sweet girl into a mysterious woman who guards her dark secrets well. When he sees her sneaking away from a ball, he’s convinced it’s for a lover’s rendezvous. Following her to London’s slums, Gabriel watches in horror as his fiancée ruthlessly slays a man. Lady Belinda Clayton’s only concern was her dress for the next ball—until demons nearly killed her, and a group of Demon Hunters saved her life. Now, a
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents THE DEMON HUNTERS SERIES Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Paranormal #Historical #Romance

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you A.S. Fenichel’s THE DEMON HUNTERS SERIES Virtual Book Tour June 22 – August 20. Inside the Series Title: DEMON HUNTER SERIES Author: A.S. Fenichel Publisher: Independent Pages: 320 – 340 each book Genre: Paranormal Historical Romance SERIES BLURB: In a world fraught with demons threatening to destroy humankind, a company of demon hunters will risk everything to save the world. ASCENSION When demon hunters threaten London, even ladies must answer the call… Lord Gabriel Thurston returns home from war to find his fiancée much changed. She’s grown from a sweet girl into a mysterious woman who guards her dark secrets
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents SAFE HARBOR Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Historical #WWII #Romance

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gerhardt Roberts’ SAFE HARBOR Virtual Book Tour November 16 – December 16! Inside the Book Title: SAFE HARBOR Author: Gerhardt Roberts Publisher: Roberts Ink Pages: 311 Genre: Historical / World War II / Romance In World War II Berlin, Jews such as Erich Reinhold, who can pass for Aryan, and his sweetheart, Nessa Baumgartner, go underground. In a city where Jewish life is being snuffed out, they soon find themselves in a world of false identification papers and forged ration cards, risking their lives to help others escape to freedom. Safety is a foreign word, danger is everywhere and
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Wolves At Our Door Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Giveaway @SPetrek_Toche44 #Historical #VBT

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Soren Paul Petrek’s WOLVES AT OUR DOOR Virtual Book Tour July 1 – September 27! Inside the Book Title: WOLVES AT OUR DOOR Author: Soren Paul Petrek Publisher: Editions Encre Rouge/Hachette Livre Pages: 319 Genre: Historical/Action/Adventure BOOK BLURB: The Allies and the Nazis are in a deadly race to develop the ultimate weapon while supersonic V-2 rockets rain down on London. Madeleine Toche and Berthold Hartmann, the German super assassin who taught her to kill, search for the secret factory where Werner von Braun and his Gestapos masters use slave labor to build the weapons as the bodies of
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Old Man’s Request Virtual Book Publicity Tour #historical #suspense #VBT

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Joab Stieglitz’s THE OLD MAN’S REQUEST: BOOK ONE OF THE UTGARDA TRILOGY Virtual Book Tour March 4 – 29! Inside the Book Title: THE OLD MAN’S REQUEST Author: Joab Stieglitz Publisher: Rantings of a Wandering Mind Pages: 117 Genre: Historical Suspense BOOK BLURB: An Innocent Favor for a Dying Old Friend… Fifty years ago, a group of college friends dabbled in the occult and released a malign presence on the world. Now, on his deathbed, the last of the students, now a trustee of Reister University enlists the aid of three newcomers to banish the thing they summoned. Russian
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Josephine Baker’s Last Dance @SherryJones #historical #biography #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sherry Jones’ JOSEPHINE BAKER’S LAST DANCE Virtual Book Tour March 4 – April 26! Inside the Book Title: JOSEPHINE BAKER’S LAST DANCE Author: Sherry Jones Publisher: Gallery Books Pages: 304 Genre: Biography/Historical From the author of The Jewel of Medina, a moving and insightful novel based on the life of legendary performer and activist Josephine Baker, perfect for fans of The Paris Wife and Hidden Figures. Discover the fascinating and singular life story of Josephine Baker—actress, singer, dancer, Civil Rights activist, member of the French Resistance during WWII, and a woman dedicated to erasing prejudice and creating a more equitable
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Passengers Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Historical #Fiction #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Elizabeth Collums’ PASSENGERS Virtual Book Tour January 28 – Feb 28! Inside the Book Title: PASSENGERS Author: Elizabeth Collums Publisher: Amite River Press Pages: 309 Genre: Historical Fiction/Family Drama BOOK BLURB: During the Great Irish Famine the Ewing family made their way from their rural cottage to the village of Highland Way. Annie, the oldest daughter was left to care for her mother and younger sister after her father left to find work in Dublin. A mysterious letter arrives from America forcing Annie, Lily, and Katy into a harrowing journey. The hand written note not only will expose deep secrets,
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents I Am Number 13 Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Paranormal #Historical #Fantasy #Thriller #VBT @AndraWatkins

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Andra Watkins’ I AM NUMBER 13 Virtual Book Tour November 12 – December 21! Inside the Book Title: I AM NUMBER 13 Author: Andra Watkins Publisher: Word Hermit Press Pages: 275 Genre: Paranormal Historical Fantasy Thriller Speculative Fiction   BOOK BLURB: When Emmaline Cagney’s father dies on her graduation day, she foregoes college and heads to Honduras to volunteer with Nicaraguan refugees. It’s 1986. The Sandinista-Contra war rages in the jungles all around her. But when General James Wilkinson reenters her life during a hurricane, can she trust him? Or should she flee? Because of his unsolved death, Wilkinson is
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A Highland Emerald Virtual Book Publicity Tour @RayburnLady #Scottish #Historical #Romance #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Brenda B. Taylor’s A HIGHLAND EMERALD Virtual Book Tour September 3 – 28! Inside the Book Title: A HIGHLAND EMERALD Author: Brenda Taylor Publisher: Bethabara Press Pages: 268 Genre: Scottish Historical Romance BOOK BLURB: Aine MacLean is forced into an arranged marriage with Sir William, Chief of Clan Munro, yet her heart belongs to a handsome young warrior in her father’s guard. She must leave Durant Castle, the home of her birth on the Isle of Mull, and travel across Scotland in a perilous journey to her husband’s home on Cromarty Firth. William agrees to a year and day of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Forbidden Knight Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book Presents Diana Cosby’s FORBIDDEN KNIGHT Cover Reveal November 22, 2016 Inside the Book:   Title: Forbidden Knight Author: Diana Cosby Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy    “Diana Cosby is superbly talented.” —Cathy Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author Deep within Scotland, a healer and a warrior join forces to protect Scotland’s future . . . There is an intruder in the woods near King Robert Bruce’s camp, but when Sir Thomas MacKelloch comes face-to-face with the interloper, he is shocked to discover his assailant is a woman. The fair lady is skilled with a bow and arrow and defiant in her responses. The
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Poisonous Journey Book Blast!

We invite you to Malia Zaidi’s A POISONOUS JOURNEY Book Blast November 1-30! Leave a comment on each of her tour stops to let her know you stopped by! Inside the Book: Title: A Poisonous Journey Author: Malia Zaidi Publisher: Bookbaby Pages: 385 The year is 1925, a time that hovers between two catastrophic wars, a time of jazz and sparkle, and a time of peace and reflection. For Lady Evelyn, struggling to outrun the ghosts of her tragic past, it is a time of transformation. Left orphaned after a fire when she was only four, Lady Evelyn Carlisle was raised in London by her stern aunt and uncle.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Rise of Gideon Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Stan Matthews’ THE RISE OF GIDEON Book Tour!   Inside the Book: Title: The Rise of Gideon Author: Stan Matthews Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Ebook It is the early 1960s when journalism student Art James first meets Professor Gideon Pratt at a Midwestern university. When Art secures a reporter job after graduation, Gideon summons him, reveals that the university is harboring a Communist cell, and asks Art to write a story about it. Art, driven by his desire to earn accolades, writes the article. But when Gideon’s name is slashed from the story, Art angrily resigns. Years later, Art lands a
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  • September 6, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Within a Captain’s Power Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book Presents Lisa Olech’s WITHIN A CAPTAIN’S POWER Cover Reveal September 12, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Within a Captain’s Power Author: Lisa Olech Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy    Never underestimate the power of a pirate . . . Captain James Steele is duty bound to capture the privateer Scarlet Night and bring her rebellious crew to England to hang. Then he will leave his majesty’s service, make an upstanding marriage, and join the landed gentry. But the winds of fate are blowing the straitlaced commander utterly off course. Once aboard, James comes face to face with a pirate boy who is in
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Wild Lavender Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book Presents Lynne Connolly’s WILD LAVENDER Cover Reveal August 24, 2016 Inside the Book: Title: Wild Lavender Author: Lynne Connolly Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy    A riotous passion and a forbidden love jeopardize the future of the Emperors of London . . . Ravishingly beautiful and accomplished, Helena has her pick of suitable bachelors—and because she is the only daughter of a powerful duke, her mother is determined she makes a good marriage. But Helena won’t marry any of them, because she is in love with the son of her family’s most dangerous enemy. Though she has now been rebuffed by her beloved, she is resolved to win him back—no matter
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Art of Breathing Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Janie DeVos’ THE ART OF BREATHING Cover Reveal August 18! Inside the Book: Title: The Art of Breathing Author: Janie DeVos Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Format: Ecopy   From author Janie DeVos comes a poignant and richly detailed novel set in 1950s North Carolina, where one young woman struggles to save her own life—and finds the strength to truly live it. When Kathryn Cavanaugh steps over the threshold of the Pelham Sanatorium in 1954, she has no idea when, or if, she will ever leave it again. Despite the rise of promising new treatments, Tuberculosis is still feared and often fatal.
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  • August 13, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Schooling the Viscount Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Maggie Robinson’s SCHOOLING THE VISCOUNT Cover Reveal August 16! Inside the Book: Title: Schooling the Viscount Author: Maggie Robinson Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy Welcome to Puddling‑on‑the‑Wold, where the sons and daughters of Victorian nobility come for a little rest, recuperation, and “rehab,” in this brand-new series of rebellious romance from Maggie Robinson. After a harrowing tour of duty abroad, Captain Lord Henry Challoner fought to keep his memories at bay with two of his preferred vices: liquor and ladies. But the gin did more harm than good–as did Henry’s romantic entanglements, since he was supposed to be
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Welcome to the Empire Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mark Curto Sr.’s WELCOME TO THE EMPIRE Book Blast June 27 – July 8! Inside the Book: Title: Welcome to the Empire Author: Mark Curto Sr. Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 148 Genre: Historic Fiction Format: Ebook From the dawn of recorded time, death, hell, and mayhem have been the calling cards of a Destroyer, who leaves nothing but carnage and desolation in his path. Thousands of years in the future, nine-year-old Prince Marckolius witnesses a brutal assault on his mother by a group of ruthless vampires. Mortified when she dies in his arms and convinced that his uncle had something to do with the
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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 Roger’s Bride Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sarah Hegger’s ROGER’S BRIDE Cover Reveal May 6! Inside the Book: Title: Roger’s Bride Author: Sarah Hegger Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy   A battle of wills . . . As the oldest son and heir to Anglesea, it is Roger’s duty to stand tall and strong. But his tough exterior belies the heart of a true romantic, a devoted son who yearns for the deep love he has witnessed between his parents and his sisters and their husbands. However, with the Anglesea family jockeying for a more advantageous position, Roger must marry judiciously. A fight for the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents To Tempt An Heiress Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Susanna Craig’s TO TEMPT AN HEIRESS Cover Reveal April 14! Inside the Book: Title: To Tempt An Heiress Author: Susanna Craig Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy   Susanna Craig’s dazzling series set in Georgian England sails to the Caribbean—where a willful young woman and a worldly man do their best to run every which way but towards each other… After her beloved father dies, Tempest Holderin wants nothing more than to fulfill his wish to free the slaves on their Antiguan sugar plantation. But the now wealthy woman finds herself pursued by a pack of unsavory suitors with
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Dilemma in Yellow Silk Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lynne Connelly’s Dilemma in Yellow Silk virtual book tour April 12 – May 13!   Inside the Book: Title: Dilemma in Yellow Silk: The Emperors of London Author: Lynne Connolly Release Date: April 12, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook   Ever ready to do the right thing, The Emperors of London act bravely—and when it comes to matters of the heart, impetuously…   Despite her cover as the daughter of the land steward for Lord Malton, Marcus Aurelius, spirited Viola Gates is tied by birth to the treacherous Jacobite legacy. Not that this keeps her from falling for
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Second Death Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you T. Frohock’s THE SECOND DEATH virtual book tour March 29 – April 22!   Inside the Book: Title: The Second Death Author: T. Frohock Release Date: March 29, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Genre: Historical Fantasy Format: Ebook Save the world, or save his family… For Diago Alvarez, that’s the choice before him. For unless he wants to see his son Rafael die, he must do the unthinkable: Help the Nazis receive the plans to the ultimate weapon. And while Diago grows more comfortable not only with his heritage, but also with his place among Guillermo’s Los Nefilim, he is still
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Vicar’s Frozen Heart, Lions in the Garden and Her One True Love Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you THE VICAR’S FROZEN HEART, LIONS IN THE GARDEN and HER ONE TRUE LOVE virtual book tour March 15 – April 15!   Inside the Book: Title: The Vicar’s Frozen Heart Author: Karyn Gerrard Release Date: March 1, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook His heart begins to heal… He gave her shelter from the storm, nursed her back to health, just as any good man might do for a damsel in distress. But Tremain Colson is more than just a small town vicar performing a gallant duty. He’s an ex-soldier whose spirit has been ravaged by war, a nobleman hiding
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Lady Lost Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jane Goodger’s LADY LOST Cover Reveal March 16! Inside the Book: Title: Lady Lost Author: Jane Goodger Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy Seek, and love will find… All Marcus Granton wants is to be left alone to lick his wounds after the humiliating scandal of his wife’s death in another man’s bed. Secluded in his moldering seaside estate on the cliffs of the Black Sea, he suddenly finds himself host to Lady Lilian Martin, one small child, and an annoying cache of servants all bent on ruining his solitude. Seems the lady got herself into a bit of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents To Kiss a Thief Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Susanna Craig’s TO KISS A THIEF Cover Reveal March 7! Inside the Book: Title: To Kiss a Thief Author: Susanna Craig Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy “A stunning, sensual storyteller, Susanna Craig is an author to watch!”—New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McQuiston In this captivating new series set in Georgian England, a disgraced woman hides from her marriage—for better or worse… Sarah Pevensey had hoped her arranged marriage to St. John Sutliffe, Viscount Fairfax, could become something more. But almost before it began, it ended in a scandal that shocked London society. Accused of being a jewel
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  • February 21, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Charlotte and Loving Lies Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you CHARLOTTE and LOVING LIES virtual book tour February 22 – March 18, 2016!   Inside the Book: Title: Charlotte Author: Virginia Taylor Release Date: February 2, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook A marriage most inconvenient… After losing his first love in childbirth, Nicholas Alden knows with a great certainty that he must never be a father. But to be a husband is a very different matter—mandated by South Australian society, necessary for his family name. So when he meets beautiful social climber Charlotte, he believes he has found a wife he can keep at arm’s length. He is terribly
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