• October 8, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Moon River Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing J.R. Rain, author of the contemporary fantasy/mystery, Moon River, as he tours the blogosphere November 4 – 29! ABOUT MOON RIVER   Title: Moon River Genre: Contemporary Fantasy/Mystery Author: J.R. Rain Publisher: Lulu Pages: 216 Language: English ISBN-10: 1304328198 ISBN-13: 978-1304328199 Purchase at AMAZON At a tavern one Friday night, astrophysicist Gabriel Diaz meets a mysterious young woman. Captivated by her beauty as well as her views on good and evil, he spends the next several days with her. After a while, however, he begins to notice a strangeness in her…especially the way she seems to take pleasure in toying
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  • October 8, 2013
  • Book Blasts, Featured, What's New?
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Pump Up Your Book Presents XGeneration: You Don’t Know Me Book Blast & Win $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Brad Magnarella’s young adult science fiction/coming of age XGeneration: You Don’t Know Me Book Blast December 2 – 27! Brad 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 XGENERATION: YOU DON’T KNOW ME Title: XGeneration: You Don’t Know Me Genre: YA Science Fiction/Coming of Age Author: Brad Magnarella Publisher: Brad Magnarella Language: English In the fall of 1984, Cold War tensions between Washington and Moscow are close to breaking.
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First Chapter: Dark Lullaby by Mayra Calvani

Title:  Dark Lullaby Genre: Supernatural/Psychological Thriller Author: Mayra Calvani Publisher: Mayra Calvani Pages: 250 Language: English At a tavern one Friday night, astrophysicist Gabriel Diaz meets a mysterious young woman. Captivated by her beauty as well as her views on good and evil, he spends the next several days with her. After a while, however, he begins to notice a strangeness in her…especially the way she seems to take pleasure in toying with his conscience. The young woman, Kamilah, invites him to Rize, Turkey, where she claims her family owns a cottage in the woods. In spite of his heavy workload and the disturbing visions and nightmares about his
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First Chapter: Alyssa McCarthy’s Magical Missions: From Frights to Flaws by Sunayna Prasad

Title: Alyssa McCarthy’s Magical Missions: From Frights to Flaws Author: Sunayna Prasad Publisher: FriesenPress Pages: 216 Language: English ISBN-10: 1460207017 ISBN-13: 978-1460207017 Purchase at AMAZON Twelve-year-old Alyssa McCarthy can no longer stand the toughness of her uncle and wants a better life. But one day she discovers not only the existence of magic, but also a villain hunting her down. The villain uses magic and magical technology to kidnap Alyssa to the Fiji Islands. As much as she wants to go home, she has to face some dangerous challenges first. Not only that, the villain himself must also be defeated. Can Alyssa succeed, even with the help of her
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{Nonfiction/Business/Entrepreneurship Book} Make Freelancing REALLY Pay by Daisy McCarty

Daisy McCarty will be touring December 2 – 27 with her nonfiction/business/entrepreneurship book, Make Freelancing REALLY Pay: Communication and Negotiation Strategies That Take You to the Top. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest posts, and book spotlights/excerpts. This book is only available in ebook format for review (app. 114 pages).  This tour will include a fantastic giveaway including 5 Amazon gift cards valued at $25 value each and five 1 hour sessions of consulting services ($75 value).  Please include your Twitter or Facebook link when signing up so we can include you on the Rafflecopter form. THIS TOUR IS FULL   Book Blurb: “Make Freelancing REALLY Pay” helps
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First Chapter: Public Enemies by Jess Money

Title: Public Enemies Genre: Political Thriller Author: Jess Money Publisher: Finchville Publishing Pages: 436 Purchase at AMAZON The only thing the elite fear, an uprising of the people, is about to be realized. After bankruptcy took away his dying wife’s medical care, Thomas Paine is on a crusade for a Second Bill of Rights using violence against politicians, banksters, and CEO’s. How far will FBI Agent Darren Medlin go to stop the public from joining Paine’s insurgency? Forced to publicize Paine’s demands, what decisions will talk show host Crystal Dickerson have to make? And which way will the country turn? Chapter 1: Linn Cove Senator Arlen Stowe’s motto was,
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First Chapter: Weak at the Knees by Jo Kessel

Title: Weak at the Knees Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance Author: Jo Kessel Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 292 Language: English ISBN-10: 1490397604 ISBN-13: 978-1490397603 Purchase at AMAZON “We got so busy living life that we forgot to live our dreams.” Danni Lewis has been playing it safe for twenty-six years, but her sheltered existence is making her feel old ahead of time. When a sudden death plunges her into a spiral of grief, she throws caution to the wind and runs away to France in search of a new beginning. The moment ski instructor Olivier du Pape enters her shattered world she falls hard, in more ways than one. Their
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First Chapter: She Ain’t Heavy by Arnine Weiss

Title: She Ain’t Heavy Genre: Chick Lit Author: Arnine Weiss Publisher: Academy Chicago Press Pages: 255 Language: English ISBN-10: 0897337220 ISBN-13: 978-0897337229 Purchase at AMAZON Just when counter clerk Teddy Warner is about to be evicted from her Scranton apartment, she bumps into beautiful, brilliant, blond Rachel – her estranged childhood friend whose mother forbid their friendship thinking Teddy was beneath them. Teddy and Rachel reconnect over hot chocolate and under New Year’s Eve fireworks.  Their discussion leads to an invitation. Soon, Teddy’s on her way to Philadelphia, where Rachel is a student, to share an apartment and begin an exciting new life in the City. Teddy views Rachel
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How State Parks Can Show You How NOT to Sell Your Book

Okay crazy title and I hate it when I see articles titled that way but I’m in a crazy kind of mood so bear with me. I love national and state parks with a passion—mainly national ones, but if you’re traveling and staying in an area that only has state parks, it’s the next best thing.  National parks have more to offer, of course.  They’re usually bigger, advertised heavily and have more to do.  State parks, on the other hand, do have lots to offer just on a smaller scale. I recently returned from a trip to the Poconos.  As I wasn’t familiar with the area, I did Google
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‘Lila: The Sign of the Elven Queen’ Mark Grant Interviewed at KXLO Radio

Mark Grant, author of the children’s novel, Lila: The Sign of the Elven Queen, is interviewed by Phyllis Hall of KXLO Radio! Mark J. Grant, a graduate of Occidental College, has been on Wall Street for thirty-seven years in various senior management positions. He has run capital markets for four investment banks and been on the boards of directors of four investment banks. Grant also writes “Out of the Box,” a commentary on the financial markets that is distributed daily to approximately 5,000 large money management institutions in forty-eight countries. He is the author of Out of the Box and onto Wall Street: Unorthodox Insights on Investments and the
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Straight From the Author’s Mouth: Book Selling Secrets Revealed

If it’s one question that is asked more than any other question that authors ask me about book promotion, it’s “How can I make more sales?”  That’s the million dollar question, isn’t it? The problem with finding a direct answer is that it can get complicated.  What might work for one might not work for another.  The best advice I can give is to make sure you have all your ducks in a row before the book is even published.  The cover is one of the most important assets an author can have.  As shallow as that sounds, a book cover can make or break a sale.  The second
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with New Adult Author Lilliana Anderson

Bestselling Author of the A Beautiful Series, Alter and the Confidante Trilogy, Lilliana has always loved to read and write, considering it the best form of escapism that the world has to offer. Australian born and bred, she writes New Adult Romance revolving around her authentically Aussie characters as well as a biographical trilogy based on an ex-Sydney sex worker, named Angelien.  Lilliana feels that the world should see Australia for more than just it’s outback and tries to show characters in more of a city setting. When she isn’t writing, she wears the hat of ‘wife and mother’ to her husband and four children.  Before Lilliana turned to
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Joe Sergi, Author of ‘Sky Girl and the Superheroic Adventures’

Joe Sergi lives outside of Washington, DC with his wife and daughter. Joe is an attorney and a Haller Award winning author who has written articles, novels, short stories, and comic books in the horror, scifi, and young adult genres. Joe is the creator of the Sky Girl series of novels and the editor of Great Zombies in History. His first novel, Sky Girl and the Superheroic Legacy was selected Best of 2010 by the New PODler Review. Joe is a life-long comic fan who regularly writes on the history of comics and censorship for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. A complete list of Joe’s titles is available
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Dark Lullaby Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing Mayra Calvani, author of the supernatural/psychological thriller, Dark Lullaby, as she tours the blogosphere October 7 – 31! ABOUT DARK LULLABY Title:  Dark Lullaby Genre: Supernatural/Psychological Thriller Author: Mayra Calvani Publisher: Mayra Calvani Pages: 250 Language: English At a tavern one Friday night, astrophysicist Gabriel Diaz meets a mysterious young woman. Captivated by her beauty as well as her views on good and evil, he spends the next several days with her. After a while, however, he begins to notice a strangeness in her…especially the way she seems to take pleasure in toying with his conscience. The young woman, Kamilah,
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  • September 24, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Weak at the Knees Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jo Kessel’s Weak at the Knees virtual book tour October 7 – January 17! Jo’s tour is part of a $100 Amazon Gift Card & Gift Basket giveaway. See details below on how you can enter to win! ABOUT WEAK AT THE KNEES Title: Weak at the Knees Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance Author: Jo Kessel Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 292 Language: English ISBN-10: 1490397604 ISBN-13: 978-1490397603 “We got so busy living life that we forgot to live our dreams.” Danni Lewis has been playing it safe for twenty-six years, but her sheltered existence is making her feel old ahead of
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{Virtual Book Tour} Alyssa McCarthy’s Magical Missions: From Frights to Flaws Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sunayna Prasad’s Alyssa McCarthy’s Magical Missions: From Frights to Flaws virtual book tour October 7 – November 29! ABOUT ALYSSA MCCARTHY’S MAGICAL MISSIONS: FROM FRIGHTS TO FLAWS Title: Alyssa McCarthy’s Magical Missions: Book 1: From Frights to Flaws Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Author: Sunayna Prasad Publisher: FriesenPress (August 22, 2013) Pages: 216 Language: English ISBN-10: 1460207017 ISBN-13: 978-1460207017 Twelve-year-old Alyssa McCarthy can no longer stand the toughness of her uncle and wants a better life. But one day she discovers not only the existence of magic, but also a villain hunting her down. The villain uses magic and magical
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  • September 22, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Tim & Debbie Bishop, Authors of ‘Two Are Better’

Tim Bishop Originally from Maine, Tim Bishop has over thirty years of experience in business, first as a CPA, then for many years in various roles in the corporate world. In addition to consulting for small businesses, Tim serves as a Hope Coach for TheHopeLine, a nonprofit organization that seeks to reach, rescue, and restore hurting teens and young adults. Debbie Bishop Debbie Bishop has taught for over twenty-five years, for the past ten years as a literacy specialist in Framingham, Massachusetts. She has a passion for reading and seeing that young people do it well. She also has high interest in recovery issues and encouraging others with her
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  • September 21, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Joseph Spencer, author of ‘Wrage’

As a boy, Joseph Spencer immersed himself in the deductive logic of Sherlock Holmes, the heroic crime fighting of Batman and Spider-Man, and a taste for the tragic with dramas from poets like Shakespeare and Homer. Before Joseph took to spinning his own tales, he pursued a career in print sports journalism, graduating summa cum laude from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He covered such events as NASCAR’s Subway 500 race in Martinsville, the NBA Draft Camp in Chicago, the Junior College World Series, and Minor League Baseball’s Midwest League All-Star Game during a ten-year career throughout the Midwest. Now, he works as an emergency telecommunications specialist with an Illinois police
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Guest Blogger: Your Truth or Mine? by Callie Browning

We have a guest blogger today!  We welcome Callie Browning, author of The Shadow Guardian, at Pump Up Your Book.  Callie discusses life as a writer and it really hit home with me as I’m sure it will you, too.  Enjoy! Pump Up Your Book welcomes guest bloggers.  If you have an interesting article about writing, publishing or promoting, send it to us! Your Truth or Mine? By Callie Browning, author of  The Shadow Guardian I’ve experienced lots of things in my life. Every challenge you face as a person only helps you to grow. Adolescence, heartbreak and making major life decisions add something intrinsic to your personal DNA
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Lloyd Johnson Author of Living Stones

About Living Stones She was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Nearly killed in Seattle during a jihadist bombing, Ashley recognizes the synagogue bomber and is later stalked by a hired Muslim hit man in Israel. There she reacquaints with Najid, the Christian Palestinian scholar she had met at the University of Washington. She falls in love with him, putting her at odds with her Zionist pro-Israeli convictions. On the run, Ashley sees the beautiful rock churches and shrines.  But the living stones, the people of the Holy Land intrigue her. She meets Jews and Palestinians, Rabbis for and against Israeli settlement expansion. Gentle Palestinians like Najid’s
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  • September 17, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Luthecker Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Keith Domingue’s Luthecker virtual book tour October 7 – 31! ABOUT LUTHECKER Title: Luthecker Genre: Thriller Author: Keith Domingue Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 374 Language: English ISBN-10:  1478361638 ISBN-13: 978-1478361633 ALEX LUTHECKER lives off of the grid. He prefers the comfort of the night. He avoids the crowded and chaotic daylight hours, because the relentless anxieties of the multitudes overwhelm him. This is because Alex has a rare gift. He is a pattern reader. Patterns in nature, patterns in social groups, patterns in individual behavior, he can recognize them all. With one conversation, he knows all of your secrets. He can
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Public Enemies Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jess Money’s Public Enemies virtual book tour October 7 – 31! ABOUT PUBLIC ENEMIES Title: Public Enemies Genre: Political Thriller Author: Jess Money Publisher: Finchville Publishing Pages: 436 Language: English The only thing the elite fear, an uprising of the people, is about to be realized. After bankruptcy took away his dying wife’s medical care, Thomas Paine is on a crusade for a Second Bill of Rights using violence against politicians, banksters, and CEO’s. How far will FBI Agent Darren Medlin go to stop the public from joining Paine’s insurgency? Forced to publicize Paine’s demands, what decisions will talk
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  • September 14, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents A Christmas Carol 2: The Return of Scrooge Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Robert J. Elisberg’s A Christmas Carol 2: The Return of Scrooge virtual book tour October 7 – 31! ABOUT A CHRISTMAS CAROL 2: THE RETURN OF SCROOGE Title: A Christmas Carol 2: The Return of Scrooge Genre: Holiday/Humor Author: Robert J. Elisberg Publisher: Third Road Press Pages: 156 Language: English ISBN-10: 0615727573 ISBN-13: 978-0615727578 It’s five years to the day after dear old Ebenezer Scrooge has passed away and left his thriving firm to his former clerk, Bob Cratchit. However, Bob’s overly-generous benevolence with lending and charity-giving has driven the company into the ground, on the verge of bankruptcy.
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  • September 12, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Buried Threads Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kaylin McFarren’s Buried Threads virtual book tour October 7 – December 31! Kaylin’s tour is part of a $100 Amazon Gift Card giveaway. See details below on how you can enter to win! ABOUT BURIED THREADS   Title: Buried Threads Genre: Erotic Romantic Suspense Author: Kaylin McFarren Publisher: Creative Edge Publishing LLC Pages: 328 Language: English ISBN-13: 978-1492120469 Rachel’s mouth sagged. “You mean you’re really a monk? But how’s that possible? You’re not even wearing a robe, and your hair…” He simply smiled.  A disturbing prophecy sends a treasure hunting duo on an urgent race to rescue a country in
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{Virtual Book Tour} She Ain’t Heavy Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing Arnine CumskyWeiss, author of the chick lit, She Ain’t Heavy as she tours the blogosphere October 7 – November 27! ABOUT SHE AIN’T HEAVY   Title: She Ain’t Heavy Genre: Chick Lit Author: Arnine Cumsky Weiss Publisher: Academy Chicago Press Pages: 255 Language: English ISBN-10: 0897337220 ISBN-13: 978-0897337229 Just when counter clerk Teddy Warner is about to be evicted from her Scranton apartment, she bumps into beautiful, brilliant, blond Rachel – her estranged childhood friend whose mother forbid their friendship thinking Teddy was beneath them. Teddy and Rachel reconnect over hot chocolate and under New Year’s Eve fireworks.  Their discussion
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{New Adult Contemporary Romance} Weak at the Knees by Jo Kessel

Jo Kessel will be touring October 7 – January 17 with her new adult contemporary romance, Weak at the Knees. We are looking for reviews (paper & ebook), interviews, guest posts, character guest posts, first chapter reveals and book spotlights/excerpts.  This tour is part of a $100 Amazon gift card and gift basket giveaway.  Bloggers’ Twitter & Facebook links will be included in the Rafflecopter form. To sign up, click on banner below! Book Synopsis: “We got so busy living life that we forgot to live our dreams.” Danni Lewis has been playing it safe for twenty-six years, but her sheltered existence is making her feel old ahead of
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First Chapter: Lila: The Sign of the Elven Queen by Mark J. Grant

Title: Lila: The Sign of the Elven Queen Genre: Children’s Fiction Author: Mark J. Grant Publisher: Mascot Books Pages: 230 Language: English ISBN-10: 162086357X ISBN-13: 978-1620863572 Purchase at AMAZON Lila is a polite six-year-old girl who lives with her mama and papa in New York City. She has two cats, and would now like to have a dog–except dogs are not allowed in her apartment building. After thinking about it for awhile, Lila asks her parents if she can have an invisible dog. Her parents agree, and together they decide to name the dog Fluffy. On their way to the pet store to buy invisible supplies for the invisible
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First Chapter: The Guilty by Vincent Zandri

Title: The Guilty Author: Vincent Zandri Publisher: StoneGate Ink Genre: Thriller Pages: 465 Format: Ebook Language: English Purchase at AMAZON Jack Marconi is back. In The Guilty, Jack finds himself investigating a local restaurateur who’s not only obsessed with the sexy, dark romance novel, Fifty Shades of Grey, he’s accused of attempting to murder his school teacher girlfriend. As the now brain-damaged young woman begins recalling events of that fateful winter night when she was allegedly pushed down the front exterior stairs of a West Albany mansion, she becomes the target of the angry foodie/sex-obsessed boyfriend once again. Only this time, he’s cooking up a plot to keep her
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First Chapter: The Old Rectory: Escape to a Country Kitchen by Julia Helene Ibbotson

Title: The Old Rectory: Escape to a Country Kitchen Author: Julia Helene Ibbotson Paperback: 128 pp. Publisher: New Generation Publishing Language: English ISBN-10: 1909593753 ISBN-13: 978-1909593756 Purchase your copy at AMAZON. Author Julia Ibbotson and her husband glimpsed the old Victorian rectory on a cold January day. It was in dire need of renovation, in the midst of the English moorlands and a mile from the nearest village, but they determined to embark on a new life in the country, to make the sad neglected house glow again and to settle into the life of the small traditional village. As Julia researches the history of the house and village,
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  • August 31, 2013
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{Virtual Book Tour} The Old Rectory: Escape to a Country Kitchen Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to be representing Julia Helene Ibbotson, author of the memoir/autobiography, The Old Rectory: Escape to a Country Kitchen as she tours the blogosphere September 2 – 27! ABOUT THE OLD RECTORY: ESCAPE TO A COUNTRY KITCHEN Title: The Old Rectory: Escape to a Country Kitchen Author: Julia Helene Ibbotson Paperback: 128 pp. Publisher: New Generation Publishing Language: English ISBN-10: 1909593753 ISBN-13: 978-1909593756 Author Julia Ibbotson and her husband glimpsed the old Victorian rectory on a cold January day. It was in dire need of renovation, in the midst of the English moorlands and a mile from the nearest village, but they determined to
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