{Virtual Book Tour} One Exquisite Night in Paris Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Andre Phillip-Hautecoeur’s One Exquisite Night In Paris virtual book tour February 3 – 28! ABOUT ONE EXQUISITE NIGHT IN PARIS Title: One Exquisite Night in Paris Author: Andre Phillip-Hautecoeur Publisher: Hautecoeur Press Pages: 198 Language: English Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Paperback & eBook What’s the most amazing thing you’ve ever done? Take a moment, close both eyes, summon your most exaggerated fantasy, and multiply by 1000. Feel the extraordinary moment for a minute…then multiply it all by 1000 again. That’s this story. It’s your story too. If you were ever a little girl, or even a little boy with a
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{Techno-Thriller} Immortality (Book One) by Kevin Bohacz Blog Tour Sign Up

Kevin Bohacz will be on a blog tour March 3 – May 30 with his techno thriller, Immortality.  We are looking for reviews (paperback), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights.  Please sign up on the form below if you are interested in hosting and thank you! About Immortality: Without warning, something has gone terribly awry. In the remote and unnoticed places of the world, small pockets of death begin occurring. As the initially isolated extinctions spread, the world’s eyes focus on this unimaginable horror and chaos. Out of the ecological imbalance, something new and extraordinary is evolving and surviving to fill the voids left by these extinctions. Evolution is
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  • January 23, 2014
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Killer Image Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Wendy Tyson’s Killer Image virtual book tour February 3 – 28! ABOUT KILLER IMAGE Title: Killer Image Author: Wendy Tyson Publisher: Henery Press Pages: 324 Language: English Genre: Mystery/Psychological Thriller Format: Paperback ($14.96) & eBook ($2.99) As Philadelphia’s premier image consultant, Allison Campbell helps others reinvent themselves, but her most successful transformation was her own after a scandal nearly ruined her. Now she moves in a world of powerful executives, wealthy, eccentric ex-wives and twisted ethics. When Allison’s latest Main Line client, the fifteen-year-old Goth daughter of a White House hopeful, is accused of the ritualistic murder of a local
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{Historical Fiction} Across Great Divides by Monique Roy Blog Tour Sign Up

Monique Roy will be on tour March 3 – 28 with her historical fiction, Across Great Divides. We are looking for reviews (paperback), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is February 15. Please sign up on the form below if you are interested in hosting her and thank you! Across Great Divides is a timeless story of the upheavals of war, the power of family, and the resiliency of human spirit. When Hitler came to power in 1933, one Jewish family refused to be destroyed and defied the Nazis only to come up against another struggle—apartheid in South Africa. Sixteen-year-old twins, Eva and Inge, witness
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Past Medical History Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Donald B. Stewart’s Past Medical History virtual book tour February 3 – 28! ABOUT PAST MEDICAL HISTORY Title: Past Medical History: Recollections of a Medical Miscreant Author: Donald B. Stewart Publisher: DSArt, LLC Pages: 221 Language: English Genre: Autobiography Format: Paperback Past Medical History is a compilation of short stories chronicling the life of Dr. Don Stewart, who grew up with the singular goal of becoming a physician, then quit the day he earned his medical license to make a life and a living as an artist. It’s The Devil Wears Prada meets The House of God, with a character
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{Self-Help} Semi-Coma: Evolution of My Intermittent Consciousness Blog Tour Sign Up

Gulten Dye will be on tour March 3 – May 30 with her self-help book, Semi-Coma: Evolution of My Intermittent Consciousness. We are looking for reviews (paperback & ebook), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is February 15. Please sign up on the form below if you are interested in hosting her and thank you! This book is about self-discovery and the journey that awakened me to the many facets of life. The road hasn’t always been easy with its tolls and junctions. It’s about my struggle to discover who I really am, what I believe in and how I’ve arrived at a place where
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents A Hunter’s Passion Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gwen Knight’s A Hunter’s Passion virtual book tour February 3 – 28! ABOUT A HUNTER’S PASSION Title: A Hunter’s Passion Author: Gwen Knight Publisher: Harlequin Pages: 55 Language: English Genre: Paranormal Romance Format: Paperback & eBook Ryker Bennett has dedicated his life to hunting down—and eliminating—creatures of the dark. But his latest assignment has him questioning everything he’s ever believed in. Jenna Sinclair may be a witch, but she’s also the only woman Ryker has ever loved. Jenna thought leaving Ryker two years ago would save him from having to choose between their forbidden love and his sworn duty. But
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Jo Kessel, author of ‘Weak at the Knees’

We’re honored to be chatting today with Jo Kessel, author of the new adult contemporary romance, Weak at the Knees! Jo is a journalist in the UK, working for the BBC and reporting and presenting for ITV on holiday, consumer and current affairs programs. She writes for several national newspapers including the Daily Mail, the Telegraph, the Guardian and the Express and was the anonymous author of the Independent’s hit column: Diary of a Primary School Mum. When Jo was ten years old she wrote a short story about losing a loved one. Her mother and big sister were so moved by the tale that it made them cry.
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  • January 14, 2014
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents The Care and Feeding of Sex Demons Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Angela Fiddler’s The Care and Feeding of Sex Demons virtual book tour February 3 – 28! ABOUT THE CARE AND FEEDING OF SEX DEMONS Title: The Care and Feeding of Sex Demons Author: Angela Fiddler Publisher: Loose Id Pages: 180 Language: English Genre: Paranormal Erotica Format: eBook Keeping a sex demon happy and sexually satisfied is always the safest option, even if Cy has his own relationship issues. When saving the world on a regular basis, a happy home is important, especially when mixing human, fae princes and a starving sex demon.   AMAZON PUBLISHER Discuss this book in our
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  • January 13, 2014
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Closet Full of Coke Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Indra Sena’s Closet Full of Coke virtual book tour February 3 – 28! ABOUT CLOSET FULL OF COKE: A DIARY OF A TEENAGE DRUG QUEEN Title: Closet Full of Coke: A Diary of a Teenage Drug Queen Author: Indra Sena Publisher: Indra Sena Pages: 294 Language: English Genre: Memoir Format: Paperback & eBook Narrated by the teenage girl who lived it, Closet Full of Coke tells the true story of how a New York suburban fifteen-year-old girl’s savvy and wit helps turn the small-time drug business of Armando, a Colombian drug dealer, into a multi-million-dollar cocaine operation that puts them
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents ‘Til I Find You Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Greta Bondieumaitre’s ‘Til I Find You virtual book tour February 3 – 28! Greta Bondieumaitre is from St. Lucia, a small but lively island in the Caribbean. She started writing love stories between classes in high school to amuse her friends at lunch time. Ten years later, she published her first novel, “Her Heart’s Desire”. She later published, “Play Me A Love Song” and recently, “‘Til I Find You“. She describes writing during her post-high school years as, “self therapy”. Visit her blog at www.gretabondieumaitre.blogspot.com. Twitter: www.twitter.com/greta_bondy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greta.bondy?ref=tn_tnmn Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/23511874-greta-bondy About the Book No one knows how bumpy the
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  • January 11, 2014
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Fog City Strangler Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Greg Messel’s Fog City Strangler virtual book tour February 3 – March 28! Title: Fog City Strangler Author: Greg Messel Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing Pages: 453 Language: English Genre: Mystery/Romance Format: Paperback, Kindle As 1958 nears an end San Francisco is being terrorized by a man who calls himself the “Fog City Strangler,” who preys on pretty young blonde women.  The strangler announces each murder by sending a note and piece of cloth from the victim’s dresses to the local newspapers. Private eye Sam Slater is worried that the Fog City Strangler may be eyeing his beautiful blonde wife, stewardess Amelia
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First Chapter: Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story by Freddie Owens

Title: Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story Author: Freddie Owens Publisher: Blind Sight Publications Pages: 332 Language: English Genre: Historical Fiction/Coming of Age Format: Paperback & eBook Purchase at AMAZON A storm is brewing in the all-but-forgotten backcountry of Kentucky. And, for young Orbie Ray, the swirling heavens may just have the power to tear open his family’s darkest secrets. Then Like The Blind Man: Orbie’s Story is the enthralling debut novel by Freddie Owens, which tells the story of a spirited wunderkind in the segregated South of the 1950s and the forces he must overcome to restore order in his world. Rich in authentic vernacular and evocative
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{Erotic Romance} Requested Surrender by Riley Murphy Book Blast Sign Up

Riley Murphy will be on a book blast February 28 – March 28 with her erotic romance, Requested Surrender. At the end of the blast, Riley will be giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card! Deadline to sign up is February 15.  Please sign up on the form below if you are interested in hosting this blast. She knows he’s dangerous for a woman like her. He knows she’s perfect for a man like him. From their first meeting, David Hollan is intrigued because Lacy Pembrook is subconsciously hiding someone. Herself. And David wants to know why. He’s patient at first. Willing to give her space, but when she
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{Mystery/Southern Noir} Southern Heat by David Burnsworth Blog Tour Sign Up

David Burnsworth will be touring March 3 – April 30 with his mystery/southern noir, Southern Heat. We are looking for reviews (paperback), interviews, guest posts, first chapter reveals and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is February 25. If you would like to host this tour, please fill out the form below. Thank you! Gunshots echo down an antebellum Charleston alley. Brack Pelton, an ex-racecar driver and Afghanistan War veteran, witnesses the murder of his uncle, Reggie Sails. Darcy Wells, the pretty Palmetto Pulse reporter, investigates Reggie’s murder and targets Brack. The sole heir of his uncle’s estate, Brack receives a rundown bar called the Pirate’s Cove, a rotting
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First Chapter: My Death: A Personal Guidebook by Jeremy Kagan

Title: My Death: A Personal Guidebook Genre: Spiritual/Self-Help Author: Jeremy Kagan Publisher: Balboa Press Pages: 124 Language: English Format: eBook Purchase at AMAZON This is a powerful memoir of a near-death experience. After a Native American sweat lodge, the author loses control of his body and then his life. He begins a passage that leads to a personal hell. He discovers a way to escape and emerges into an amazing exploration of the soul’s journey. In this intense adventure, there are insights into stages of consciousness and encounters of blissful perfection. This spiritual, inspirational book is meant to be an aid to removing the universal fear of the final
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First Chapter: Storytelling: The Indispensable Art of Entrepreneurism by Rudy Mazzocchi

Title: Storytelling: The Indispensable Art of Entrepreneurism Author: Rudy Mazzocchi Publisher: Twilight Times Books Pages: 220 Language: English Genre: Business/Entrepreneurism Format: Paperback, Kindle Purchase at AMAZON The value of any new venture or sound new idea needs to be developed out of the nothingness of silence, ignorance and darkness. It ignites and illuminates the world only when the great storytelling entrepreneur lights the flame. “STORYTELLING: The Indispensable Art of the Entrepreneur” shows, with startling clarity and practical know-how, the process by which wealth and other things of exceptional value can emerge into the world literally out of nothing—nothing, that is, but the Art of Storytelling. STORYTELLING takes you on
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Deborah Rix, author of ‘External Forces’

Deborah Rix’s favourite position for reading a book is head almost hanging off the couch and feet up in the air with legs against the back of the couch. She’s been reading too much from Scientific American for research and ideas and needs to get back to some fiction. She has a long standing love of science fiction, some of her favourite authors include William Gibson, Philip K Dick, Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Douglas Adams, Iain M Banks. A bit old school. Deborah enjoyed a successful career in entertainment publicity, live music promotion and event management. Which means she slogged through muddy fields for music festivals, was crammed into concert
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  • January 5, 2014
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Announcing Pump Up Your Book’s January 2014 Authors on Tour!

A new year means it’s time to stock up on great titles. Pump Up Your Book is featuring dozens of authors in January with books in a variety of genres. You’ll find young adult fiction, children’s picture books, romantic suspense, thrillers, mysteries, inspirational essays, business books and more. Follow our tours to find chances to win great prizes. The month of January is host to mysteries from Carlyle Clark, Wendy VanHatten, and Pamela Samuels Young. Suspense and thriller titles are being shared by Phillip L. Davidson, Marlene Morgan, Susan Sloate, and David Wind and Terese Ramin, while Dr. David R. Fett, Stephen Langford, and Connie Malcolm return with their
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  • January 3, 2014
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Maya & Filippo Make Friends in Auckland Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Alinka Rutkowska’s Maya & Filippo Make Friends in Auckland virtual book tour January 6 – 31! ABOUT MAYA & FILIPPO MAKE FRIENDS IN AUCKLAND Title: Maya & Filippo Make Friends in Auckland Genre: Children’s Picture Book Author: Alinka Rutkowska Publisher: Alinka Rutkowska Pages: 26 Language: English Format: Paperback & eBook Embark on a one-of-a-kind, unprecedented, breathtaking adventure with Maya and Filippo as they travel around the globe on board the “Fun Princess” — a cruise ship full of surprises. Discover their fascinating ports of call, find out what the local customs and traditions are, join the kids in activities at sea, and
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  • January 2, 2014
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{Virtual Book Tour} Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Freddie Owens’  Then Like a Blind Man: Orbie’s Story virtual book tour January 6 – March 28!  Freddie will be giving away a Kindle Fire HD at the end of his tour!   Title: Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story Author: Freddie Owens Publisher: Blind Sight Publications Pages: 332 Language: English Genre: Historical Fiction/Coming of Age Format: Paperback & eBook A storm is brewing in the all-but-forgotten backcountry of Kentucky. And, for young Orbie Ray, the swirling heavens may just have the power to tear open his family’s darkest secrets. Then Like The Blind Man: Orbie’s Story is the
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{YA Paranormal Romance} Soul Control by C. Elizabeth Blog Tour Sign Up

C. Elizabeth will be touring March 3 – 28 with her young adult paranormal romance, Soul Control.  We are looking for reviews (paperback & ebook both available), interviews, guest posts, first chapter reveals and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is February 28. If you would like to host this tour, please fill out the form below. Thank you! “Lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil.” Words that ring true for seventeen-year-old Saydi Gardiner upon discovering her ancestry.  But if she has doubts, further confirmation is forthcoming and it comes in the form of a wickedly gorgeous Nathanael Braxton, when he steals her heart and cuddles into
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents My Death: A Personal Guidebook Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jeremy Kagan’s My Death: A Personal Guidebook virtual book tour January 6 – 31! ABOUT MY DEATH: A PERSONAL GUIDEBOOK Title: My Death: A Personal Guidebook Genre: Spiritual/Self-Help Author: Jeremy Kagan Publisher: Balboa Press Pages: 124 Language: English Format: eBook This is a powerful memoir of a near-death experience. After a Native American sweat lodge, the author loses control of his body and then his life. He begins a passage that leads to a personal hell. He discovers a way to escape and emerges into an amazing exploration of the soul’s journey. In this intense adventure, there are insights into
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  • December 26, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Layers of Veronica Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Emilia Rutigliano’s Layers of Veronica virtual book tour January 6 – March 28! ABOUT NAPOLEON: BOOK 1 IN LAYERS OF VERONICA SERIES Title: Napoleon Genre: Women’s Fiction with an Attitude Author: Emilia Rutigliano Publisher: Emilia Rutigliano Pages: 387 Language: English Format: Kindle They say that when a student is ready, a teacher appears. What they don’t say is where to register, and how to matriculate in that teacher’s class. That is a divine gift. Veronica had it all:  the looks; the brains; the personality; and the wardrobe.  Not to mention a perfect husband, a fabulous career and two adorable children,
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Happy Holidays to Everyone from Pump Up Your Book

To all our authors, blog hosts and all our dear friends who have supported us during the years, we at Pump Up Your Book wish everyone the best holiday ever and a Happy New year!  


{Chick Lit Romance} ‘Til I Find You Blog Tour Sign Up

Greta Bondieumaitre will be touring February 3 – 28 with her chick lit romance, ‘Til I Find You. We are looking for reviews (ebook only), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is January 31. If you would like to host this tour, please fill out the form below. Thank you! ‘Til I Find You Description: No one knows how bumpy the road to love is more than Tisha Cole. After years of excruciatingly embarrassing dates, the 25-year-old receptionist is ready to hand in her dating license, but her cynical cousin, Drew, will not let her. She knows that finding Mr. Right has always been Tisha’s
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  • December 18, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Storytelling: The Indispensable Art of Entrepreneurism Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Rudy Mazzocchi’s Storytelling: The Indispensable Art of Entrepreneurism virtual book tour January 6 – February 28! ABOUT STORYTELLING: THE INDISPENSABLE ART OF ENTREPRENEURISM Title: Storytelling: The Indispensable Art of Entrepreneurism Author: Rudy Mazzocchi Publisher: Twilight Times Books Pages: 220 Language: English Genre: Business/Entrepreneurism Format: Paperback, Kindle Purchase at AMAZON The value of any new venture or sound new idea needs to be developed out of the nothingness of silence, ignorance and darkness. It ignites and illuminates the world only when the great storytelling entrepreneur lights the flame. “STORYTELLING: The Indispensable Art of the Entrepreneur” shows, with startling clarity and practical
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Giveaway Winners Announced!

    Congratulations go out to Heidi R., Jennifer H. and Nurmawati D., winners of some of our December giveaways. Heidi won a $25 Amazon gift card during the Mary Elizabeth The Spotless Cow virtual book. Jennifer H. walks away with a hardcover copy of Sal’s book. A reminder that when you purchase Mary Elizabeth The Spotless Cow from the Sweetles website in December, you’ll pay only $12 (regular $17.99). In addition, a portion of the proceeds from each book sale benefits the Phoenix Children’s Hospital Child Life Program. Nurmawati won a $25 Amazon gift card during the A Christmas Kindness virtual book tour. Congratulations to all our winners. Follow our tours for more chances to win great prizes!      


Who’s on #BlogTour Today? WHITE ROGUE Visits The Dark Phantom

Who’s on tour today? Dr. David R. Fett, Stephen Langford & Connie Malcolm, authors of the spy fiction, WHITE ROGUE, will be stopping off at The Dark Phantom as part of their virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT WHITE ROGUE Cold War era biological experiments are resurrected and after Boston experiences a seemingly inexplicable bio-terrorist attack, the Center for Disease Control’s Dr. Davie Richards and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Paula Mushari once again join forces to uncover who is behind it. An obscure reference to a Dresden project found amid crash site evidence marks them both for execution. Paula and Dave are forced to
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{Mystery} Killer Image Blog Tour Sign-Up

Wendy Tyson will be touring February 3 – 28 with her mystery, Killer Image. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest posts and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is January 31. If you would like to host this tour, please fill out the form below. Thank you! THIS TOUR IS FULL.  THANKS TO ALL PARTICIPATING REVIEWERS AND BLOG HOSTS! Killer Image Description: As Philadelphia’s premier image consultant, Allison Campbell helps others reinvent themselves, but her most successful transformation was her own after a scandal nearly ruined her. Now she moves in a world of powerful executives, wealthy, eccentric ex-wives and twisted ethics. When Allison’s latest Main Line client,
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