Posts Tagged ‘historical’

📚Pump Up Your Book Presents Kayleigh Kavanagh’s One Foot in the Ether: Whispers of the Pendle WitchesVirtual Book Tour #Paranormal #Historical #Fantasy

· ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kayleigh Kavanagh’s One Foot in the Ether: Whispers of the Pendle Witches Virtual Book Tour October 6 – 31! · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Title: One Foot in the Ether: Whispers of the Pendle Witches Author: Kayleigh Kavanagh Publication Date: September 29, 2025 Pages: 400 Genre: Historical Paranormal Fantasy Formats: Kindle Demdike and Chattox, famed witches of Pendle Forest, might be dead, but they’re not gone. Bound to their bloodline, they’ve spent the past two and a half centuries watching over their descendants, waiting
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📚 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 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 A Brazen Bargain Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Laura Trentham’s A BRAZEN BARGAIN virtual book tour February 1-26! Inside the Book Title: A Brazen Bargain Author: Laura Trentham Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages: 236 Genre: Regency Historical Romance Love soothes the deepest of scars. Minerva Bellingham is at her wits’ end. Her younger brother, Simon, will have them penniless and on the streets if his extravagant gambling habit isn’t curtailed. An enormous debt to Lord Rafe Drummond is the final indignity. Signing over her dowry is their only choice. Until Lord Drummond suggests something much more scandalous. She can keep her dowry—in exchange for the Bellinghams working three months
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{Historical/Psychological Thriller} A Dream Called Marilyn Blog Tour Sign Up

Mercedes King will be touring April 6 – 30 with her historical/psychological thriller, A DREAM CALLED MARILYN! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback) Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title: A Dream Called Marilyn Author: Mercedes King Publisher: Triumph Productions Pages: 177 Genre: Historical / Modern Historical / Psychological Thriller Format: Kindle In the summer of 1962, nothing could prepare Dr. Charles Campbell for his first meeting with new client, Marilyn Monroe. A reputable L.A. psychiatrist, he’s been hired by a studio executive to treat and subdue the star, no matter what it
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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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{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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First Chapter: The Blood of the Fifth Knight by E.M. Powell

Title: T he Blood of the Fifth Knight Author: E.M. Powell Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Pages: 355 Genre: Historical Mystery/Thriller Format: Paperback/Kindle/Audiobook Purchase at AMAZON England, 1176. King Henry II has imprisoned his rebellious Queen for her failed attempt to overthrow him. But with her conspirators still at large and a failed assassination attempt on his beautiful mistress, Rosamund Clifford, the King must take action to preserve his reign. Desperate, Henry turns to the only man he trusts: a man whose skills have saved him once before. Sir Benedict Palmer answers the call, mistakenly believing that his family will remain safe while he attends to his King. As Palmer
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Blood of the Fifth Knight Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you E.M. Powell’s THE BLOOD OF THE FIFTH KNIGHT virtual book tour January 5 – February 13! Title: The Blood of the Fifth Knight Author: E.M. Powell Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Pages: 355 Genre: Historical Mystery/Thriller Format: Paperback/Kindle/Audiobook England, 1176. King Henry II has imprisoned his rebellious Queen for her failed attempt to overthrow him. But with her conspirators still at large and a failed assassination attempt on his beautiful mistress, Rosamund Clifford, the King must take action to preserve his reign. Desperate, Henry turns to the only man he trusts: a man whose skills have saved him once before. Sir
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First Chapter: The Last Ancient by Eliot Baker

Title: The Last Ancient Author: Eliot Baker Publisher: Burst Books, imprint of Champagne Books Pages: 316 Genre: Supernatural Thriller, Historical Mystery Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON Around Nantucket Island, brutal crime scenes are peppered with ancient coins, found by the one man who can unlock their meaning. But what do the coins have to do with the crimes? Or the sudden disease epidemic? Even the creature? And who–or what–left them? The answer leads reporter Simon Stephenson on a journey through ancient mythology, numismatics, and the occult. Not to mention his own past, which turns out to be even darker than he’d realized; his murdered father was a feared arms
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  • March 10, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Terminus Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Joshua Graham, author of the paranormal suspense novel, Terminus, as he tours the blogosphere April 1 – 29 2013 on his fourth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT TERMINUS How far must an angel fall to find his destiny? Having witnessed one too many senseless deaths, Nikolai, a disillusioned Reaper 3rd Class, resigns his commission with the Angel Forces after a tedious century of gathering souls. Immediately, another division recruits him with the promise of a more rewarding career, and issues his initial assignments: To bring down a few very dangerous threats to the human race.  In the process, Nikolai falls in love with one
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  • November 10, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Rosedale the Vampyre Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Lev Raphael, author of the historical supernatural fiction, Rosedale the Vampyre, as he tours the blogosphere December 3 –  14 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT LEV RAPHAEL Lev Raphael is the author of twenty-four books in genres from memoir to mystery to Jane Austen mashup.  He’s been in love with storytelling since second grade and a reader of catholic tastes since he discovered his first public library.  Lev has published traditionally with large and small houses, and recently gone indie because it’s the wave of the future.  His latest fiction, Rosedale the Vampyre, grows out of his love of The
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Texan’s Choice Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Shelley Gray, author of the Christian historical fiction, A Texan’s Choice, as she tours the blogosphere November 5 – 302012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT SHELLEY GRAY Shelley Gray’s first Amish novel, Hidden, was nominated for the Inspirational Readers Choice award. Her book Simple Gifts won the Reviewers Choice Award. Shelley’s novel, The Protector, recently made the New York Times bestseller list.  Her novels have won the prestigious HOLT Medallion Award, the Reviewers Choice Award, and been highlighted in the Philadelphia Enquirer, Time Magazine, and USA Today. She’s also been interviewed on NPR as well as numerous regional radio stations. In
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Glastonbury: A Novel of the Holy Grail Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Donna Fletcher Crow, author of the historic epic, Glastonbury: A Novel of the Holy Grail, as she tours the blogosphere September 4 – 28 2012 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT DONNA FLETCHER CROW Donna Fletcher Crow is the author of 40 books, mostly novels dealing with British history.  The award-winning Glastonbury, A Novel of the Holy Grail, an Arthurian grail search epic covering 15 centuries of English history, is her best-known work. Donna and her husband live in Boise, Idaho.  They have 4 adult children and 11 grandchildren. She is an enthusiastic gardener. Donna is also the author of The Monastery
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New Book for Review: Historical Coming of Age ‘The Promised Land’ by Valerie Stocking

Valerie Stocking will be touring March 5 – April 20 with her historical coming of age novel, The Promised Land. It’s 1966, just two years after President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, and twelve-year-old Joy Bradford’s life is changing dramatically. Born and raised in the white suburbs of Connecticut, Joy is moving to Willets Point, Florida to live with her mother Jessica because her parents are divorcing. Hoping it really is the Promised Land that her mother describes, she joins in Jessica’s enthusiasm only to find out how horribly wrong that vision is. Unfortunately for Joy, the move does nothing to change her mother’s
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