Pump Up Your Book Presents Colorado Hope Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Charlene Whitman’s COLORADO HOPE virtual book tour January 5 – 30! Title: Colorado Hope Author: Charlene Whitman Publisher: Ubiquitous Press Pages: 412 Genre: Sweet Western Historical Romance Format: Kindle 1875 ~ Beset by a sudden spring storm on the Front Range, newlywed Grace Cunningham watches in horror as her husband, Monty, is swept downriver. Pregnant and despairing, she stumbles into Fort Collins and tries to make a life for herself, praying that one day the man she loves will walk into town and back into her life. A year after Grace’s tragic loss, Monty enters the dress shop where she
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Tears of the Sea Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you MaryLu Tyndall’s TEARS OF THE SEA virtual book tour January 5 – 30! Title: Tears of the Sea Author: Marylu Tyndall Publisher: Ransom Press Pages: 260 Genre: Fantasy Romance Format: Kindle Doomed by the evil warlock Forwin to wander the ancient seas as a mermaid for all eternity, Perdita longs for the release death would bring. Every ten years she has a chance to break the curse when she emerges from the sea fully human for one month. The catch? She must find a man willing to die for her. Captain Savion Ryne wants nothing to do with beautiful women.
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{Self-Help/Parenting} Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers Blog Tour Sign Up

Deborah Serani will be touring February 2 – 27 with her self-help/psychology/parenting book, DEPRESSION AND YOUR CHILD: A GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS! We are looking for: Reviews (paper only) 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: Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers Author: Deborah Serani Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Pages: 232 Genre: Self-Help/Psychology, Parenting Format: Hardback/Paperback/Kindle Seeing your child suffer in any way is a harrowing experience for any parent. Mental illness in children can be particularly draining due to the mystery surrounding
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Shadows in the Fog Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Win $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Greg Messel’s SHADOWS IN THE FOG virtual book tour December 1 – February 13! Title: Shadows in the Fog Author: Greg Messel Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing Pages: 353 Genre: Mystery Thriller Format: Paperback/Kindle The story begins on a stormy morning in February of 1959. The front page of the morning paper is dominated by news of the plane crash which killed rock ’n roll stars Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Richie Valens. Private Eye Sam Slater is hired to perform what he thinks is a routine two-day job as a favor for a friend. However, it all goes terribly wrong
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First Chapter: Open Your Heart for Happy Relationships by Eve Picquette

Title: Open Your Heart for Happy Relationships: 10 Shift Keys – What Your Angels Have Been Trying to Tell You for Centuries Author: Eve Picquette Publisher: Enchanted Eve, Inc. Pages: 78 Genre: Self Help/Inspiration Format: Paperback Purchase at AMAZON How many times have you read or seen something that made you want to change your life and relationships – but you didn’t know how? Introduced by two angels, Hope and Impatience, Open Your Heart for Happy Relationships – What Your Angels Have Been Trying to Tell You for Centuries… answers the “how” question. Eve Picquette shows readers how to: Open their hearts to love Shift their lives, using 10
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Broken Bonds Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Karen Harper’s BROKEN BONDS virtual book tour December 15 – January 16! Title: Broken Bonds Author: Karen Harper Publisher: MIRA Pages: 384 Genre: Romantic Suspense Format: Paperback, Kindle Haunted by the past… Cold Creek is a place with a dark history, especially for the Lockwoods. Now adults, the three Lockwood sisters are still recovering from the events that led to the destruction of their family when they were children. Determined to move forward, Tess and Kate are making fresh starts, ready to put bad—even deadly—memories to rest and settle happily in the small but booming town. And they’re hoping their
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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 Chats with Marilyn Horowitz, author of The Book of Zev

Marilyn Ida Horowitz is a producer, writing coach, and award-winning professor of screenwriting at New York University. From her books on her trademarked writing system—now standard reading at NYU—to her appearances at Screenwriters World and The Great American Screenwriting Conference & PitchFest, Marilyn has guided the careers of literally hundreds of writers. She is currently featured in the Now Write! Screenwriting Anthology (Tarcher/Penguin) and in the upcoming The Expert Success Solution (Morgan James). Her production credits include And Then Came Love (2007), starring Vanessa Williams. Follow Marilyn at her website, www.marilynhorowitz.com @marilynhorowitz Connect with Marilyn on Facebook   Thank you for this interview, Marilyn. Did something specific happen to
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{Sweet Western Historical Romance} Colorado Hope Blog Tour Sign Up

Charlene Whitman will be touring January 5 – 30 with her sweet western historical romance, COLORADO HOPE! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback – 6 available & unlimited ebooks) 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: Colorado Hope Author: Charlene Whitman Publisher: Ubiquitous Press Pages: 412 Genre: Sweet Western Historical Romance 1875 ~ Beset by a sudden spring storm on the Front Range, newlywed Grace Cunningham watches in horror as her husband, Monty, is swept downriver. Pregnant and despairing, she stumbles into Fort Collins and tries to make a life for
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{YA Speculative Feminist Fiction} P.O.W.ER Blog Tour Sign Up

Lisa A Kramer will be touring January 5 – 30 with her YA speculative feminist fiction, P.O.W.ER! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback) Guest Posts Interviews 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: P.O.W.ER Author: Lisa A. Kremer Publisher: Word Hermit Press Pages: 291 Genre: YA Speculative Feminist Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle What would happen if women and girls joined their unique abilities together to change the world? In a world where access to the written word is reserved to men, Andra BetScrivener has been able to read and write ever
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{Fantasy Romance} Tears of the Sea Blog Tour Sign Up

MaryLu Tyndall will be touring January 5 – 30 with her fantasy romance, TEARS OF THE SEA! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback & ebook) Interviews 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: Tears of the Sea Author: MaryLu Tyndall Publisher: Ransom Press Pages: 260 Genre: Fantasy Romance Format: Kindle Doomed by the evil warlock Forwin to wander the ancient seas as a mermaid for all eternity, Perdita longs for the release death would bring. Every ten years she has a chance to break the curse when she emerges from
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  • November 9, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Welcome to Nursing HELLo: A Graphic Memoir Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Joel Craig’s WELCOME TO NURSING HELLO: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR virtual book tour November 3 – 28! Title: Welcome to Nursing HELLo: A Graphic Memoir Author: Joel Craig Publisher: Joel Craig Pages: 190 Genre: Graphic Memoir/Nonfiction Format: Paperback A MUST HAVE FOR ANY NURSING STUDENT! This nurse is not out to save the world. He’s too busy dodging bed pans and urine containers. What happens when all the jobs for movie star have been filled. The next best thing is to become a registered nurse and that is exactly what Joel Craig did. Here is Joel’s journey through the pitfalls, quicksand, and joy(s)
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{Social Sciences/Education} College for Convicts Blog Tour Sign Up

Christopher Zoukis will be touring January 5 – 30 with his social sciences/education book, COLLEGE FOR CONVICTS: THE CASE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN AMERICAN PRISONS! We are looking for: Reviews (ebook/paperback) Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you!   Provide education to prisoners and they won’t return to crime. America accounts for 5 percent of the world’s population, yet incarcerates about 25 percent of the world’s prisoners with about 2.3 million men and women in U.S. facilities. Examining a wealth of studies by researchers and correctional professionals, and the experience of educators,
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{Historical Mystery/Thriller} The Blood of the Fifth Knight Blog Tour Sign Up

E.M. Powell will be touring January 5 – February 13 with her historical mystery/thriller, THE BLOOD OF THE FIFTH KNIGHT! We are looking for: Reviews (ebook/paperback) (Sorry paperbacks for review are gone) Interviews Author Guest Posts Character 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!   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,
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First Chapter: I, James by Mike Hartner

Title: I, James Author: Mike Hartner Publisher: Eternity4Popsicle Publishing Pages: 293 Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance Format: Kindle Purchase at AMAZON James Crofter was ripped from his family at age 11. Within a year the prince was a pauper in a foreign land. Is nature stronger than nurture? And even if it is, can James find the happiness he so richly desires?   First Chapter: My name is James, and I am the second son of Walter and Maria.  My mother is Princess of Castile, now Spain, and my father is ruler of the whole of the Iberian Empire that includes Portugal.  Yes, Spain and Portugal are united, which occurred during
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{Fiction/Comedy/Action/YA} Kato and the Fountain of Wrinkles Blog Tour Sign Up

Rhys Ella will be touring January 5 – 30 with her fiction/comedy/Action/YA, FOUNTAIN OF WRINKLES! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback & ebook) Interviews Author Guest Posts Character 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: Kato and the Fountain of Wrinkles Author: Rhys Ella Publisher: Tate Publishing Enterprises, LLC Pages: 284 Genre: Comedy/Action/Adventure/Young Adult Format: Paperback For famous animal actor Kato Rhyan, being named “Cutest Pug Alive” by Pooch Magazine was cool (all right, really cool).  But for him, acting isn’t about fame, it’s a part of him buried
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Exile Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Tom Stacey’s EXILE virtual book tour December 1 – 16! Title: Exile Author: Tom Stacey Publisher: Tom Stacey Pages: 389 Genre: Epic Fantasy Format: Kindle On the fringes of the Verian Empire, two small boys stumble upon a strange altar, buried in the heart of a mountain. There they awaken a horror unseen for generations, that will descend upon the realm of men while it is at its weakest. For Veria is a nation at war with itself, only recently recovered from a bloody rebellion, and the time of heroes has passed. The empire is in a state of chaos,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Too Late to Run Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you John Perich’s TOO LATE TO RUN virtual book tour December 1 – 16! Title: Too Late to Run Author: John Perich Publisher: John Perich Pages: 402 Genre: Mystery/Thriller Format: Kindle Too Late to Run is the third book in a series of gritty mystery novels starring Boston photojournalist Mara Cunningham. This time, Mara reluctantly aids a crooked real estate developer from her past who’s been detained on trumped-up charges. But each clue she uncovers turns up more enemies – backwoods militias, corrupt bankers, and a mysterious pyromaniac – and raises doubts as to her friend’s innocence. For More Information Too
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First Chapter: The Temple of All Knowing by Lee Papa

Title: The Temple of All Knowing Author: Lee Papa Publisher: WaveCloud Corporation Pages: 186 Genre: Memoir Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON The Temple of All Knowing is a memoir of one woman’s passage from personal and professional turmoil to spiritual awakening. A compelling straight forward and sometimes humorous account of the most personal of journeys as this 40-something woman finds herself in Sin City with promise of a new life, new husband and elderly mother living with her. She instead is uncovered as a central character in the deepest of possible challenges only to break through to discover her authentic spiritual self through a near death experience and a
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{Mystery/Thriller} Shadows in the Fog Blog Tour Sign Up

Greg Messel will be touring December 1 – February 13 with his mystery/thriller, SHADOWS IN THE FOG! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback & ebook) Interviews Author Guest Posts Character Guest Posts Book Trailer Reveals 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: Shadows in the Fog Author: Greg Messel Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing Pages: 353 Genre: Mystery Thriller Format: Paperback/Kindle The story begins on a stormy morning in February of 1959. The front page of the morning paper is dominated by news of the plane crash which killed rock ’n roll
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Fighter Pilot’s Daughter Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mary Lawlor’s FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER virtual book tour November 17 – December 19! Title: Fighter Pilot’s Daughter: Growing Up in the Sixties and the Cold War Author: Mary Lawlor Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Pages: 336 Genre: Memoir Format: Hardcover/Kindle FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER: GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES AND THE COLD WAR tells the story of the author as a young woman coming of age in an Irish Catholic, military family during the Cold War.  Her father, an aviator in the Marines and later the Army, was transferred more than a dozen times to posts from Miami to California and Germany
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  • November 1, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents I, James Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mike Hartner’s I JAMES virtual book tour November 3 – January 30! Title: I, James Author: Mike Hartner Publisher: Eternity4Popsicle Publishing Pages: 293 Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance Format: Kindle James Crofter was ripped from his family at age 11. Within a year the prince was a pauper in a foreign land. Is nature stronger than nurture? And even if it is, can James find the happiness he so richly desires?   For More Information I, James is available at Amazon. Discuss this book at PUYB Virtual Book Club at Goodreads. Mike Hartner was born in Miami in 1965. He’s traveled much
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  • October 29, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Daughter of the Fallen Virtual Book Publicity Tour – Win $50 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Madeline Wynn’s DAUGHTER OF THE FALLEN virtual book tour November 3 – January 30! Title: Daughter of the Fallen Author: Madeline Wynn Publisher: Book Baby Pages: 250 Genre: YA paranormal Format: Paperback Most sixteen-year olds aren’t worried about the fate of their immortal souls. May Krieg should be. Typically, honor student May’s biggest problems have revolved around her super-hot arch-rival, Jack. But when a school project takes them ghost-hunting in a local cemetery, she discovers that an ominous force roams in the darkness around her. And it follows her home. It claws its way into her life, burning messages into
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{Memoir} Fighter Pilot’s Daughter: Growing Up in the Sixties and the Cold War Blog Tour Sign Up

Mary Lawlor will be touring November 17 – December 19 with her memoir, FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER: GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES AND THE COLD WAR! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback) Interviews Author 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!   FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER: GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES AND THE COLD WAR tells the story of the author as a young woman coming of age in an Irish Catholic, military family during the Cold War.  Her father, an aviator in the Marines and later the Army, was transferred more
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{Mystery/Thriller} Too Late to Run Blog Tour Sign Up

John Perich will be touring December 1 – 19 with his mystery/thriller, TOO LATE TO RUN! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback & ebook) Interviews Author Guest Posts Character Guest Posts Book Spotlights (Please note: While Too Late to Run is the third book in the Mara Cunningham series, it stands alone as a story, not requiring familiarity with the other two (Too Close to Miss, published in 2011; Too Hard to Handle, published in 2012). The author is willing to send one or both previous books to reviewers who sign up to review Too Late to Run.  Please mention this on the form if you need the first two
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Straw That Broke Book Blitz – Win $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Tom Whalen’s The Straw That Broke book blitz November 3 – 28! In his rollicking new novel, THE STRAW THAT BROKE, author Tom Whalen continues his ENCYCLOPEDIA MOUSE series, a challenging and funny roller-coaster ride through the outer margins of science-fiction, philosophy, and word play. Readers who reveled in previous books in the series, such as THE CAMEL’S BACK (called “the Moby-Dick of mice” by poet and critic R.H.W. Dillard) and ROITHAMER’S UNIVERSE (which science-fiction writer Rudy Rucker termed “giddy fun”), are sure to greet the arrival of THE STRAW THAT BROKE with anticipation and joy. Lovers of such visionary
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Session Director’s Guide to Commercial Acting in L.A. Book Blitz – Win $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Shaan Sharma’s A SESSION DIRECTOR’S GUIDE TO COMMERCIAL ACTING IN L.A. book blitz November 3 – 28! Shaan Sharma’s A SESSION DIRECTOR’S GUIDE TO COMMERCIAL ACTING IN L.A. is the commercial acting industry’s most comprehensive book ever written – – giving readers a step-by-step guide to breaking into and prospering in the commercial acting business in the world’s entertainment center, Los Angeles. Fusing his experience, wisdom, vignettes and wit – Sharma is about to change the lives of those who thought big-picture acting was nothing but a fantasy, as well as those commercial veterans who could be even more successful.
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{Epic Fantasy} Exile Blog Tour Sign Up

Tom Stacey will be touring December 1 – 19 with his epic fantasy, EXILE! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback & ebook) Interviews Author Guest Posts Character 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!   On the fringes of the Verian Empire, two small boys stumble upon a strange altar, buried in the heart of a mountain. There they awaken a horror unseen for generations, that will descend upon the realm of men while it is at its weakest. For Veria is a nation at war with itself, only recently
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Pump Up Your Book Presents It’s This Monkey’s Business Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Debra Mares’ IT’S THIS MONKEY’S BUSINESS virtual book tour November 3 – 28! Title: It’s This Monkey’s Business Author: Debra Postil Publisher: Justicia House Pages: 32 Genre: Children’s Books Format: Hardback/Kindle “Cabana,” a young spider monkey is brought to life to tell her story It’s This Monkey’s Business to help children who are affected by domestic violence and divorce. Cabana, who lives with her parents in a treehouse high up in a rainforest canopy, becomes startled one day from her Mama’s scream, when she is waiting atop a tree branch for her Papa to teach her how to swing. After falling to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Wraith Trilogy Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Arielle Strauss’ THE WRAITH TRILOGY virtual book tour November 3 – 28! Title: The Wraith Author: Arielle Strauss Publisher: Escape Artist Press Pages: 138 Genre: YA LGBT Paranormal Romance Format: Paperback The Wraith – Ophelia Weller never believed in ghosts until the night she became one. But when the aftermath of a frat party on the most haunted campus in America leaves her face to face with her own naked corpse, she really has no other option. Now a wraith, Ophelia is a spirit hidden amongst the living. Forced to conceal her undead identity from the world, and struggling to
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