Posts Tagged ‘historical’

Pump Up Your Book Presents Within a Captain’s Fate Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lisa A. Olech ‘s WITHIN A CAPTAIN’S FATE Cover Reveal February 12! Inside the Book: Title: Within a Captain’s Fate Author: Lisa A. Olech Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy Wherever the tides take you . . . Guided by the winds of fate, Henry ‘Ric’ Robbins arrives on a hot June day in Port Royal. But the moment he sets foot on what should be a pirate’s paradise, he’s driven to steal a woman destined for slavery, survives the worst natural disaster to ever hit the isle of Jamaica, and answers the call to be captain of the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Conquering William Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sarah Hegger’s CONQUERING WILLIAM Cover Reveal February 10! Inside the Book: Title: Conquering William Author: Sarah Hegger Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy “Sarah Hegger has a gift for storytelling that is not to be missed. She’s a personal favorite of mine.” —Kathryn Le Veque, USA Today bestselling author A practical marriage… He married for convenience, but William of Anglesea had hoped for more than piety from his new bride. Raised in a convent and thrice widowed, prim Lady Alice of Tarnwych seems like an innocent when it comes to the marriage bed—except for the tentative passion he senses
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Forbidden Legacy Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Diana Cosby’s FORBIDDEN LEGACY Cover Reveal February 5! Inside the Book: Title: Forbidden Legacy Author: Diana Cosby Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy A betrothal neither wants . . . a passion neither can resist. When the English murder Lady Katherine Calbraith’s family, she refuses their demands to wed an English noble to retain her home. Avalon Castle is her birthright, one she’s determined to keep. After Katherine’s daring escape, she’s stunned when Scotland’s king agrees to allow her to return to Avalon, but under the protection of Sir Stephan MacQuistan . . . as the knight’s wife. To
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Roman Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Heather Grothaus’s ROMAN Cover Reveal February 1! Inside the Book: Title: Roman Author: Heather Grothaus Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ecopy Unjustly accused, four daring Crusaders have banded together in the Medieval Holy Land to clear their names and protect a kingdom in peril. With their unique gifts, the Brotherhood of Fallen Angels Abbey are prepared to face any challenge. But are they ready for love? It is not the first time Roman Berg has escaped death, and it will likely not be the last. There is a price on his head, and his tall Nordic bearing makes him
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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/Fantasy/Horror} The Samsaric Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for G.W. Lwin’s historical/fantasy/horror novel, THE SAMSARIC. This is an Amazon review campaign and not a tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon, Goodreads & B&N no later than April 21. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click the links below to take you directly to THE SAMSARIC”s Amazon, Goodreads & B&N pages. Review copies will be sent in PDF format. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: The Samsaric Author: G.W. Lwin Publisher: Independent Pages: 344 Genre: Historical/Fantasy/Horror Historical fantasy horror based on vampirism on ancient Mesopotamia. The plague of 1918 A.D:
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Soldier Boy Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Allan Green’s SOLDIER BOY Virtual Book Tour!   INSIDE THE BOOK   Title: Soldier Boy Author: Allan Green Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Ebook/Paperback Tom Blaine, the son of poor coal miners, sees his life with a vision unclouded by coal dust. His intelligence is his key for a better future in his home in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Pennsylvania. Instead of following his father and older brother down the mine shafts, he opts for a life surrounded by love. His heart belongs to Nola, the daughter of the local grocer, and his working hours are spent in her family’s
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Wicked Whispers Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for WICKED WHISPERS by Tina Donahue on November 18!   Title: Wicked Whispers Author: Tina Donahue Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook Follow the heart through darkness . . . As the Inquisition gains force, even the faintest rumor can brand one a heretic. In this world it is Sancha’s gift—or curse—to be blessed with the gift of healing. But the villagers are in need of her arts more than ever, and she feels it is her duty to help them at the risk of losing her life. And at the sacrifice of her heart . . . Enrique
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Such A Dance Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you SUCH A DANCE by Kate McMurray virtual book tour October 26 – November 20, 2015! Title: Such a Dance Author: Kate McMurray Release Date: October 27, 2015 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook When a vaudeville dancer meets a sexy mobster in a speakeasy for men, the sparks fly, the gin flows, the jazz sizzles—and the heat is on… New York City, 1927. Eddie Cotton is a talented song-and-dance man with a sassy sidekick, a crowd-pleasing act, and a promising future on Broadway. What he doesn’t have is someone to love. Being gay in an era of prohibition and police raids,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Bold Seduction and My Lady Faye Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you BOLD SEDUCTION and MY LADY FAYE virtual book tour September 21- October 16! Title: Bold Seduction Author: Karyn Gerrard Release Date: September 1, 2015 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook/Paperback An Intriguing Proposition Passion. Seduction. Pleasure. These are the qualities of any courtesan worth her salt. As owner of The Starling Club, London’s most notorious house of ill-repute, Madame Philomena McGrattan has seen it all, heard it all, done it all. There is little that surprises her anymore, and even less that excites her. So when she is presented a chance at an irresistible seduction, she can’t help but
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Pump Up Your Book Presents One Last Time, Starry Knight, Behind a Lady’s Smile and Wedding Matilda Virtual Book Tour!

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you ONE LAST TIME, STARRY KNIGHT, BEHIND A LADY’S SMILE and WEDDING MATILDA virtual book tour September 21- October 16!   Title: One Last Time Author: Denise Daisy Release Date: August 4, 2015 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook When it comes to love, time is all they need… Averie is terrified of anything remotely scary, but when she finds herself short of cash, she has no choice but to work on the catering staff at the creepy historic Faulkner mansion. The Faulkner Plantation was the site of a bloody massacre in the 1800s, and the event is an attempt
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Madness of Lord Westfall Virtual Book Tour!

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mia Marlowe’s THE MADNESS OF LORD WESTFALL virtual book tour September 16- October 16!   Title: The Madness of Lord Westfall Author: Mia Marlowe Release Date: September 21, 2015 Publisher: Entangled Select Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook Pierce Langdon, Viscount Westfall is mad. Everyone knows it. He fell from a tree when he was a boy and woke to hear strange voices. When the voices grow stronger as he grows older, his family commits him to Bedlam. But what he hears are the thoughts of those around him—a gift to be used in service to the Order of the M.U.S.E. Until he
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Earl’s New Bride Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Frances Fowlkes’ THE EARL’S NEW BRIDE virtual book tour September 7 – October 2!     Title: The Earl’s New Bride Author: Frances Fowkles Publisher: Entangled Scandalous Genre: Historical Romance Format: Kindle England, 1819 The Earl of Amhurst has returned to his estate in search of a wife and, more importantly, an heir. Simon Devere isn’t interested in some comely, simpering creature. A beautiful woman only brings heartbreak and ruin, and Simon’s disfigured visage is proof enough of that. No, he wants a wife who is unattractive and undesirable—and the homelier, the better. But nothing about Lady Henrietta Beauchamp is homely. She
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{Steampunk / Historical / Alternate History} Book Review Campaign: Steampunk Carnival by Cassandra Leuthold

Pump Up Your Book is offering book review requests for Cassandra Leuthold’s steampunk / historical novel, Steampunk Carnival. This is not a tour. If requesting review copies, you must post your review at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Goodreads by November 1st. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click the buttons below to take you directly to Steampunk Carnival’s Amazon, B&N, and Goodreads pages. Review copies will be in eBook, ePub and PDF formats.     Title: Steampunk Carnival Book 1: Steam World Series Author: Cassandra Leuthold Publisher: Green Hill Press Publication Date: August 9, 2014 Pages: 276 ISBN:  978-0991131945 ASIN: B00MK9FPH2 Genre: Steampunk / Historical / Alternate History Format: eBook, ePub,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Begun by Time Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Morgan O’Neill’s BEGUN BY TIME virtual book tour August 24- September 18!   Title: Begun by Time Author: Morgan O’Neill Publisher: Entangled Select Historical Genre: Historical Romance Format: Kindle In 1945, a man disappeared into thin air… In the final days of World War II, Catherine Hastings meets the man she wants to marry. Flight surgeon Jonathan Brandon isn’t just handsome-he’s everything Catherine could hope for in her betrothed. But her dream of a happily ever after is shattered when Jonnie disappears shortly before their wedding…leaving Catherine bereft, broken-hearted, and with a lifetime of unanswered questions. Arthur Howard is smitten with the lovely
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{Historical Romance} Begun by Time Blog Tour Sign Up!

Morgan O’Neill will be touring August 25 – September 18 with her historical romance, BEGUN BY TIME! We are looking for: Reviews (ecopy only) Guest Posts Interview Book Spotlight Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you!     Title: Begun by Time Author: Morgan O’Neill Publisher: Entangled Select Historical Genre: Historical Romance Format: Kindle In 1945, a man disappeared into thin air… In the final days of World War II, Catherine Hastings meets the man she wants to marry. Flight surgeon Jonathan Brandon isn’t just handsome-he’s everything Catherine could hope for in her betrothed. But
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Promises Kept Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Scarlett Dunn’s PROMISES KEPT virtual book tour August 24 – September 4!   Title: Promises Kept Author: Scarlett Dunn Publisher: Zebra Pages: 352 Genre: Historical Western Romance Format: Kindle/Paperback Lady of marriageable age with two young boys, in need of husband. I am a good cook and hard worker.  Victoria Eastman grew up in a Texas saloon–an experience that made her tough, resourceful, and determined to forge a new life. So she places an ad in a gentleman’s newspaper. . .and soon finds herself a suitable arrangement on a farm in Promise, Wyoming. Only problem is that her would-be husband turns up dead
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Pump Up Your Book Presents What To Do With A Duke Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sally MacKenzie’s WHAT TO DO WITH A DUKE virtual book tour August 24 – September 4! Title: What To Do With A Duke Author: Sally MacKenzie Publisher: Zebra Genre: Historical Romance Format: Kindle/Paperback/Audio Welcome to the charming, fatefully named village of Loves Bridge, where a woman destined for spinsterhood can live a life of her own choosing—or fall unexpectedly, madly in love… Miss Isabelle Catherine Hutting would rather be lounging in the library than circling the ballroom in search of a husband any day. So when Cat hears that the town’s infamous Spinster House is open for a new resident, she jumps at
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Danger Wears White and Lady Beresford’s Lover Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lyrical Press’ DANGER WEARS WHITE and LADY BERESFORD’S LOVER virtual book tour July 20 – July 31!   Title: Danger Wears White Author: Lynne Connolly Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Kindle/Paperback “Full of political intrigue, steamy romance and plenty of twists and turns…a well crafted story that kept me on the edge of my seat until the very last page. If Lynne Connolly isn’t on your auto-buy list, she should be.”~Sharon Cullen, author of Sebastian’s Lady Spy Hoping to live down her family’s connections to the traitorous Jacobite cause, Imogen wants nothing more than a quiet life in the country. When
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{Historical Romance} What to Do With A Duke Blog Tour Sign Up!

Sally Mackenzie will be touring August 24 – September 4 with her historical romance, What to Do With A Duke! We are looking for: Reviews (ebook) Interviews Guest Post Book Spotlight/Excerpt Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you!     Title: What To Do With A Duke Author: Sally Mackenzie Publisher: Zebra Pages: 352 Genre: Historical Romance Format: Paperback/Kindle/Audible Welcome to the charming, fatefully named village of Loves Bridge, where a woman destined for spinsterhood can live a life of her own choosing—or fall unexpectedly, madly in love… Miss Isabelle Catherine Hutting would rather
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Not Always A Saint Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mary Jo Putney’s NOT ALWAYS A SAINT virtual book tour August 24-September 18!   Title: Not Always a Saint Author: Mary Jo Putney Publisher: Zebra Pages: 352 Genre: Historical Romance Format: Paperback/Kindle/Audible “Adventure, passion and pure reading pleasure!”  –Jo Beverley After the death of his sweetheart when he was at university, Daniel Herbert buried his grief in medical studies and his passion for healing. Viewed as a saint by those who know him, in his own mind he never quite manages to live up to his own high standards. Most men would be thrilled to learn they’ve inherited a title and estate from
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Pirate’s Command Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Meg Hennessy’s A PIRATE’S COMMAND virtual book tour July 28 – August 25!     Title: A Pirate’s Command Author: Meg Hennessy Publisher: Entangled: Seclect Historical Genre: Historical Romance Format: Kindle  His secrets could destroy her… New Orleans, 1817 Colette Kincaid once knew such love and delicious passion in the arms of her pirate husband, Donato de la Roche. Yet Colette could not continue to live as the wife of a pirate, when reunited with her family. So she fled, taking their son with her and reconciling herself to never seeing her husband again… Until their son is taken. Donato is convinced
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Lions in the Garden Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for LIONS IN THE GARDEN by Chelsea Luna on July 24!     Title: Lions in the Garden Author: Chelsea Luna Publisher: Lyrical Press Prague, 1610 Ludmila Novakova–Mila–has barely set foot outside Prague Castle in her seventeen years. But with the choice between braving the bandits and wolves of Bohemia’s uneasy roads or being married off to a disgusting old baron, she’s taken what she can carry and fled. Escape won’t be easy. Even Mila has heard the rumors of a rebellion coming against the court. The peasants are hungry. The king hasn’t been seen in months. Mila’s father,
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{Historical Romance} Not Always a Saint Blog Tour Sign Ups!

Mary Jo Putney will be touring August 24 – September 18 with her historical romance, Not Always A Saint! We are looking for: Reviews (ebook) Interviews Guest Post Book Spotlight/Excerpt Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you!   Title: Not Always a Saint Author: Mary Jo Putney Publisher: Zebra Pages: 352 Genre: Historical Romance Format: Paperback/Kindle/Audible After the death of his sweetheart when he was at university, Daniel Herbert buried his grief in medical studies and his passion for healing. Viewed as a saint by those who know him, in his own mind, he
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Highlander vs Warrior – Who’s the Best Hero?

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Diana Cosby and Heather Grothaus and their leading men in a Hero vs. Hero challenge June 15 – June 22!   VS   Want to know more? Read on below to see each hero’s stats! GIRIC ARMSTRONG from AN OATH BROKEN by Diana Cosby age:  22 occupation: Giric Armstrong, Earl of Terrick physical appearance: 6’ 1″, with ice blue eyes, and black hair, muscular build special skills: swordmanship, kissing, lovemaking, and strategy. Swoon factor: his intense blue eyes, his fierceness as a protector of those he loves, his honor, and his kindness. real life analogue: Henry Cavill: http://thehollywoodbillboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/henry-cavill5.png quote: “Naught could be as special to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Bosom of Abraham Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Beatrice Blue Pipe’s THE BOSOM OF ABRAHAM book blast June 29- July 10!   Title: The Bosom of Abraham Author: Beatrice Blue Pipe Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 90 Genre: Historical Biography Format: Kindle/Paperback As a child, Beatrice Blue Pipe was confused and hurt by what her teachers told her. As a student, her teachers at Canada’s Christian-administered residential school system taught that God hated Canada’s First Peoples and First Nations. From Blue Pipe’s perspective, she was condemned. As she grew, the hateful lessons of her youth slowly consumed her, and like too many others, she attempted to silence those demons with alcohol and thoughts
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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 Breaking the Silence Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Maria Nieto’s BREAKING THE SILENCE book blast June 15 – 26!   Title: Breaking the Silence Author: Maria Nieto Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 202 Genre: Historical Thriller Format: Kindle/Paperback On a sweltering summer day, the streets of Old Madrid that once resonated with the laughter of children playing are empty and silent. But inside the apartment buildings there is life as families faithfully wait for updates about an army uprising in Spanish Morocco. Before long, their greatest fears come true. As rebel troops storm Madrid and chaos fills the streets, six-year-old Mari wonders why she cannot go outside to play. Unfortunately, she has no
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Pump Up Your Book Presents An Oath Broken, Only Marriage Will Do and Valentine Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lyrical Press’ AN OATH BROKEN, ONLY MARRIAGE WILL DO and VALENTINE virtual book tour June 15 – July 3!   Title: An Oath Broken Author: Diana Cosby Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Kindle  An arranged marriage to a Scot? Unacceptable!   Lady Sarra Bellacote would sooner marry a boar than a countryman of the bloodthirsty brutes who killed her parents. And yet, despite—or perhaps because of—her valuable holdings, she is being dragged to Scotland to be wed against her will. To complicate the desperate situation, the knight hired to do the dragging is dark, wild, irresistible. And he, too, is
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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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