Posts Tagged ‘historical’

Pump Up Your Book Presents To End All War Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon GC!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Nicholas Lambros’ TO END ALL WAR: A HISTORICAL NOVEL book blast May 11 – 22! Title: To End All War Author: Nicholas Lambros Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 572 Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Kindle/Paperback It is 1916 and twenty-six-year-old John Morris cannot ignore the Great War anymore. Despite his father’s objections and the fact that America has not even entered the war yet, John leaves Maryland for France where he hopes to fulfill his mission of becoming a flyer in the Lafayette Escadrille. He leaves behind not only his parents, but also his surgeon brother, Michael, and sister, Catherine, who are quietly nurturing their own
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Memory of Your Kiss, Starling and The Ghosts of Peppernell Manor Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lyrical Press/Kensington Books THE MEMORY OF YOUR KISS, STARLING and THE GHOSTS OF PEPPERNELL MANOR  virtual book tour March 16 – April 17!   Title: The Memory of Your Kiss Author: Wilma Counts Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Romance Format: Kindle An Untimely Encounter… When her father falls gravely ill, eighteen-year-old Sydney Isabella Waverly dutifully agrees to marry the earl whose estate borders her family’s modest country home. But on a trip to Bath before she weds, Sydney meets the enigmatic, heroic Captain Zachary Quintin, with whom she feels an unmistakable mutual attraction. Still, they have no choice but to part ways, regretting
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Soldier of Rome: Rebellion in Judea Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you James Mace’s SOLDIER OF ROME: REBELLION IN JUDEA virtual book tour  April 2 – 27!   Title: Soldier of Rome: Rebellion in Judea Author: James Mace Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 430 Genre: Historical Format: Kindle/Paperback In the year 66 A.D. the Roman province of Judea exploded in rebellion. Far from being a revolution of unified peoples, the various Jewish factions of Sadducees, Zealots, Sicarii, and Edomites are in a state of civil war; as anxious to spill the blood of each other as they are to fight the Romans. The Judeans find hope when the Romans commit a serious tactical blunder and
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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 Silver Diaspora Book Blitz – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Christopher T. Rand’s SILVER DIASPORA book blitz March 16- March 27!   Title: Silver Diaspora Author: Christopher T. Rand Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 320 Genre: Historical Memoir Format: Ebook/Paperback Purchase at AMAZON At the outset, the members of author Christopher T. Rand’s family lived in a world of great wealth. They were among the richest people in the United States. But they then faced a dilemma: compelled to choose between staying on in their ancestral world or keeping up with the times in the nation around them and integrating themselves into the American mainstream. With each generation, the pressure on these individuals to choose
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Behind a Lady’s Smile Cover Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for BEHIND A LADY’S SMILE by Jane Goodger on February 26!   Title: Behind a Lady’s Smile Author: Jane Goodger Publisher: Lyrical Press The Lost Heiresses It’s one thing for a girl to lose her way, quite another to lose her heart… Genny Hayes could charm a bear away from a pot of honey. But raised in the forests of Yosemite, she’s met precious few men to practice her smiles upon. Until a marvelously handsome photographer appears in her little corner of the wilderness and she convinces him to take her clear across the country and over the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents One Last Time Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you the cover reveal for ONE LAST TIME by Denise Daisy on February 20!   Title: One Last Time Author: Denise Daisy Publisher: Lyrical Press 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 to change its reputation. There’s just one catch: the host has more in store than dinner.
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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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Pump Up Your Book Presents Love Letters from a Doughboy Book Blitz – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Margie Howd and Melissa Watkins Starr’s Love Letters from a Doughboy book blitz February 2 – 13! Title: Love Letters from a Doughboy Author: Margie Howd with Melissa Watkins Starr Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 178 Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook Purchase at AMAZON Thomas Fletcher first sees her in 1916, at a drug store in Birmingham, Alabama. He doesn’t know her, but her brown hair and beautiful eyes captivate him. He soon learns her name—Juliette Wilcox—and she would learn his. Their attraction cannot be denied, but something stands in their way. Thomas is a drafted soldier, about to be sent to Europe to fight
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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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Pump Up Your Book Presents Oath of Nimrod Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you David Brody’s OATH OF NIMROD virtual book tour November 3 – November 28! Title: Oath of Nimrod Author: David S. Brody Publisher: Eyes That See Pages: 283 Genre: Historical Suspense Format: Paperback/Ebook A mysterious race of North American giants. An ancient Hebrew inscription in a Cherokee burial mound. A blood oath made by blindfolded Freemasons. Are these three historical oddities the reason the CIA is trying to brainwash historian Cameron Thorne and his fiancée Amanda Spencer-Gunn? The answer lies buried in the legends of the Knights Templar, within the rituals of the secretive Freemasons and, most significantly of all, inside the
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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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Pump Up Your Book Presents Next O&W Train From Tennessee Book Blitz

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you JR Holbrook’s Next O&W Train from Tennessee book blitz May 5 – May 16! ABOUT NEXT O&W TRAIN FROM TENNESSEE Title: Next O&W Train from Tennessee Genre: Historical Fiction Author: JR Holbrook Publisher: Xlibris EBook: 123 pages Release Date: March 30, 2012 ISBN: 978-1-46918-802-7 James Holbrook is the great-great-grandson of Nancy Moody. Nancy Moody was the daughter of Charlot Moody and Johnathon Moody-Johnathon Moody was killed in the Civil War-Nancy Moody being the mother of Armeldia Moody and the grandmother of Raymond Wright, Selby Wright, Clara, Cora, and Edith. This is the second short story of James Holbrook, who also published Making Sense in 2011. James graduated
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Red Qipao Book Blast & Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Ayo Shanti’s historical mystery/suspense novel The Red Qipao November 11-29! Ayo will be giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card. To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below or on participating blogs throughout the blast and good luck! All participating bloggers willing to host are eligible to win. Thank you! ABOUT THE RED QIPAO   Title: The Red Qipao Genre: Historical Mystery/Suspense Author: Ayo Shanti Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 343 Language: English All the stories that filled my childhood, even the ones about my beloved Lemminkainen, were overshadowed by my growing obsession with the mystery surrounding Mother. And at the heart of her mystery was
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Becoming Josephine Book Blast

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Heather Webb’s Becoming Josephine  Book Blast December 16 – January 3! Heather will be giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card. To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below or on participating blogs throughout the blast and good luck! All participating bloggers willing to host are eligible to win. ABOUT BECOMING JOSEPHINE   Title: Becoming Josephine Author: Heather Webb Publisher: Plume Pages: 320 Language: English Genre: Historical Fiction Readers are fascinated with the wives of famous men. In Becoming Josephine, debut novelist Heather Webb follows Rose Tascher as she sails from her Martinique plantation to Paris, eager to enjoy an elegant life
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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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  • December 16, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents I Stood With Wellington and Forlorn Hope Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join James Mace, author of the historical fiction novels, I Stood With Wellington and Forlorn Hope, as he tours the blogosphere January 14 – March 22, 2013 on his third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT JAMES MACE James Mace was born in Edmonds, Washington, and grew up in Meridian, Idaho. He joined the U.S. Air Force out of high school, and three years later changed over to the U.S. Army. He spent a career as a soldier, including service in the Iraq War. In 2011, he left his full-time position with Army Guard and devoted himself completely to writing. His series, “Soldier of Rome – The
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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 Historical Fiction Novel for Review – Flesh by Khanh Ha

Khanh Ha will be touring August 6 through September 29, 2012 with his historical fiction novel, Flesh! The setting is Tonkin (northern Vietnam) at the turn of the 20th century. A boy, Tai, witnesses the beheading of his father, a notorious bandit, and sets out to recover his head and then to find the man who betrayed his father to the authorities. On this quest, Tai’s entire world will shift. FLESH takes the reader into dark and delightful places in the human condition, places where allies are not always your friends, true love hurts, and your worst enemy may bring you the most comfort. In that emotionally harrowing world, Tai
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New Thriller/Romance/Historical for Review: A Matter of Time by Michael Bowler

Michael Bowler will be touring September 4 – 28 2012 with his thriller/romance/historical fiction, A Matter of Time (Outskirts Press). Short Description: The world’s greatest evil stalks the world’s greatest ship, and the only one who can stop him hasn’t even been born yet.” Long Description: What is your destiny? This question haunts 20-year-old Jamie Collins. A junior at Santa Clara University in 1986, Jamie has friends, a  professor who mentors him, and a promising future as a writer. Then the dreams begin – nightmarish visions that transport him back to a time and place fifty years before he was born: Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912!  Less than a
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New Fantasy Novel For Review: Shadow in the Reflection by Joe Niehaus and Mary Sikora

Joe Niehaus and Mary Sikora will be touring September 2 – October 26, 2012 with their fantasy novel, Shadow in the Reflection. Can destiny be fulfilled in just one lifetime? Dr. Gregory Ambrose thinks so. Through past-life regression therapy with a young woman named Anne, he finds himself carried over the centuries to not only a different time but a different reality. Anne’s memories act like tendrils, drawing Ambrose into this most savage time with her. Frustrated and confused Dr. Ambrose reaches out to a colleague for help. During their conversations, he learns that one of this doctor’s past-life regression patients believes that he was some kind of Viking
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Shadow in the Reflection Virtual Book Tour 2012

Join Joe Niehaus and Mary Sikora, authors of the fantasy novel, Shadow in the Reflection, as they tour the blogosphere September 3 – October 26 2012 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT JOE NIEHAUS Joe Niehaus, a veteran police officer in Ohio, is the author of six books and numerous articles in police and martial arts magazines.  He holds certificates in fraud examination and clinical and forensic hypnosis.  A graduate of Tiffin University, he is an adjunct professor at his alma mater, Ashford University and Sinclair Community College. Purchase this book through:  Amazon and Barnes and Noble ABOUT MARY SIKORA Mary Sikora is
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Great Sphinx of Amun-Ra Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Herbert Smith, author of the historical fantasy novel, The Great Sphinx of Amun-Ra, as he tours the blogosphere June 4 – 22 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT HERBERT SMITH Herbert L. Smith has lived and taught in many different countries of the world, from Africa to South America, and has written about some of his posts in three books published since 2008: Cairo: The Mother Of The World, Crossing Borders, and his most recent, The Great Sphinx Of Amun-Ra. All these books are based in Egypt, where he lived in the 1990’s, and he has followed the evolution of Egypt continually
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Nicholas Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Cheryl Holt, author of the historical romance novel, Nicholas (Samhain Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere June 4 – 29,2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT CHERYL HOLT CHERYL HOLT is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of twenty-seven novels. She is hailed as the undisputed “Queen” of erotic romance, as well as the international “Queen of Villains”. She has numerous national writing awards to her credit and is particularly proud to have been named “Best Storyteller of the Year” by Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine. The magazine also selected her as one of the “Top Twenty-Five Erotic Authors
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New Historical Fantasy Novel for Review: Two For Eternity by Carl Alves

Carl Alves will be touring May 14 – July 13 with his historical fantasy novel, Two For Eternity. Two for Eternity is a historical as well as a contemporary, fantasy thriller that takes many controversial interpretations of history. From ancient Egypt and Babylon, through the time of Christ in Judea, spanning the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, and through World War II, Raiken and Vrag engage in inhuman battles of will. Vrag pulls the strings of malevolent leaders, and causes endless destruction and chaos. His immortal counterpart and enemy, Raiken, defends humanity and opposes him at every turn. The stakes have never been higher, as Vrag sets his sights on
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Two For Eternity Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Carl Alves, author of the historical fantasy book, Two For Eternity (Weaving Dreams Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere May 14 – July 13,2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT CARL ALVES Carl went to Boston University majoring in Biomedical Engineering. Carl graduated with a BS degree, and has since worked in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries. He later graduated from Lehigh University with an MBA degree. His debut novel “Two For Eternity” was released in 2011 by Weaving Dreams Publishing. His novel “Blood Street” will be published by True Grit Publishing in November, 2012. His short fiction has appeared
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