New Book for Review: Historical Romance ‘A Heart That Dares’ by Jill Limber

Jill Limber will be touring March 5 – 23 2012 with her historical romance novel, A Heart That Dares. Amanda Giles, an unconventional and free-spirited young artist, has to fulfill a deathbed promise to her brother before she can take up her life as a Bohemian in New York. She finds herself swept up in the perilous life of an undercover espionage agent for the Army of the North with handsome young Army Captain. Daniel McGrath. Daniel knows his preoccupation with the woman posing as his wife puts them both in grave danger, but he finds Amanda has no intention of abandoning their mission. As the danger increases, Daniel’s
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New Book for Review: Historical Romance ‘Montana Morning’ by Jill Limber

Jill Limber will be touring March 5 – 23 with her historical romance novel, Montana Morning. In the Montana Territory town of Dennison, the law allows a woman to save a man from hanging if she agrees to marry him. Battered and nearly unconscious with a noose around his neck, Katherine Holman decides Wes Merrick is perfect husband material. Under the terms of her father’s will, due to a youthful indiscretion, she must be married to inherit. She expects her ‘husband’ to leave as soon as the deed is in her name. She wasn’t prepared for the fact that the man she has chosen turns out to be an honorable sort
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Confessions of a Color-Blind House Painter Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Selwyn Mills, author of the autobiography, Confessions of a Color-Blind House Painter (CreateSpace), as he virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Selwyn Mills Selwyn Mills served an apprenticeship in decorative painting before starting his own business in 1956, which lasted until his retirement in 1992. He worked as a craftsman painter, wrote for the National Paint Journal, served as President of the National Painting Contractor Association in Nassau County, New York, and taught faux painting. While painting professionally, Mills earned his doctorate in psychology and operated a successful private psychotherapy practice. Dr. Mills
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Book News: Braxton A. Cosby & “Uncle” Bill Cosby at Hue-Man Bookstore in NY

I would love to give a big shout out to Braxton A. Cosby who toured with us recently.  He and his uncle THE BILL COSBY appeared at the Bill Cosby Signs Copies Of “I Didn’t Ask To Be Born (But I’m Glad I Was) Booksigning held at Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe in New York City in which both of them put on an excellent show.  Watch!


New e-Book for Review: A Boy Called Duct Tape by Christopher Cloud

Christopher Cloud will be touring March 5 – 23, 2012 with his middle school adventure e-book novel, A Boy Called Duct Tape. About A Boy Called Duct Tape Pablo Perez is a 12-year-old poor kid without much going for him. His classmates have dubbed him “Duct Tape” because his tattered discount-store sneakers are held together with…you guessed it, duct tape. He can’t escape the bullying. Pablo’s luck, however, changes after he finds a $20 gold coin while swimming in a river near his home. Pablo later buys a $1 treasure map at the county fair. The map shows the route to the “lost treasure” of Jesse James. Pablo can’t
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New eBook for Review: Contemporary Women’s Fiction ‘Paris Adieu’ by Rozsa Gaston

Rozsa Gaston will be touring March 5 – 23 with her contemporary women’s fiction novel, Paris Adieu. The first time Ava Fodor visits Paris as a nineteen-year old au pair, her French boyfriend introduces her to the concept of being comfortable in her own skin. If only she knew how… One Ivy League degree later, she’s back for an encounter with a Frenchman that awakens her to womanhood.  If only she could stay…. Five years later, Ava returns to Paris as a singer/pianist. She falls for Arnaud, whose frequent travel tortures her. While he’s away, a surprising stranger helps Ava on her journey to self-discovery. Armed with the lessons Paris
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A Book and a Chat Host Barry Eva’s Dos and Don’ts for Getting on Internet Radio Shows

A Book and a Chat Host Barry Eva’s Dos and Don’ts for Getting on Internet Radio Shows By Barry Eva Back in February 2009, after appearing on a few radio shows, and with experience of running a couple of local TV shows narrating stories from my romance book as well as filming local karaoke, I thought… why not try your own radio show. Loving a good old “chin wag” as we say in England I thought it might be good fun, little did I know just how much. Here we are almost three years on and over 400 shows later my show is still hitting the airwaves three to
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Defending Jacob Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join William Landay, author of the family drama thriller, Defending Jacob (Delacorte Press, Jan 2012) as he virtually tours the blogosphere from February 6 – 29, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About William Landay William Landay is the author of The Strangler, a Los Angeles Times Favorite Crime Book of the Year, and Mission Flats, winner of the Creasey Memorial Dagger Award for Best First Crime Novel and a Barry Award nominee. A former district attorney who holds degrees from Yale and Boston College Law School, Landay lives in Boston, where he is at work on his next novel of suspense. His latest release is Defending
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Chasing Glenn Beck Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Michael Charney, author of the political nonfiction book, Chasing Glenn Beck: A Personal Experiment in Reclaiming Our Hijacked Political Conversation (Riddle Brook Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Michael Charney Michael Charney is a principal with Charney Coaching & Consulting LLC, where he provides expert services in the areas of team building, communications and succession management.  As part of his responsibility for social media strategy and business platform development, he also provides regular blog, Facebook and Twitter postings. As an executive and leader he has pioneered work in corporate social
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New Book for Review: Women’s Fiction ‘Dark Is The Sky’ by Jessica Chambers

Jessica Chambers will be touring March 5 – April 20 2012 with her women’s fiction novel, Dark is the Sky. How far would you go to protect those you love? Twelve years earlier, Olivia and Joel Cameron invited the family to spend the weekend at their new country home. Olivia hoped to provide them all with a much-needed escape from their anxiety over the recession crippling the nation; instead, the visit ended in tragedy when Scott, Joel’s wild and outrageously sexy youngest brother, was found dead. The repercussions tore the family apart. Now, Olivia’s sister Violet has persuaded her to host a reunion. She claims it’s time they finally
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New Book for Review: Do You Dare To Be Yourself? by Andreas Dudas

Andreas Dudas is touring in April with his self-help/leadership book, Do You Dare To Be Yourself? Best selling author Andreas Dudas has solutions for those facing a career or life change in his new book, Do You Dare To Be Yourself? Developing Power in Life and Leadership Through Authenticity. The book can be described as “Who Moved My Cheese” meets “If Life is a Game, These are the Rules.” Based on the author’s real experience gained from all over the world as project director, life coach and manager in top executive positions , the book offers frank thoughts, vivid examples, concrete advice and mental techniques all designed to inspire people
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New Book for Review: Special Delivery by Christian Author Kathi Macias

Award-winning Christian author, Kathi Macias will be touring mid-March to mid-April with the second book in her Freedom series, Special Delivery. In book two of the “Freedom” series, readers find Mara fighting against her attraction to Bible college student Jonathan Flannery, even while wrestling with risking her own precarious safety to become involved in the rescue of another girl who is pregnant and desperately wants to escape her captors and save her own life, as well as her child’s. Halfway around the world in a brothel in Thailand, a young girl named Lawan is rescued with the promise of being reunited with her little sister who was adopted by
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Letters on Balboa Island Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Kathy Holmes, author of the women’s fiction novel, Letters on Balboa Island (Createspace), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kathy Holmes Born in the City of Angels, raised on Walt Disney, and inspired by the dreams of both, Kathy Holmes grew up in southern California halfway between Disneyland and the beach. Tantalized by the tropics since Adam Troy set sail on the Kon Tiki in James A. Michener’s “Adventures in Paradise,” she traveled to tropical destinations such as Hawaii, Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Asia Pacific. Eventually, she moved to Florida
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Acts of God While on Vacation Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Richard Tillotson, author of the literary comic fiction novel, Acts of God While on Vacation (Arlington Avenue Books), as he virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Richard Tillotson Richard Tillotson has been a Peace Corps volunteer in Borneo, a playwright in New York, a copywriter in Hawaii, and is a relative of an English Lord, all of which helped him write Acts of God While on Vacation, a National Semi-Finalist for the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and named “Hawaii’s best fiction book of 2011” by The Honolulu Star-Advertiser. He works in Honolulu
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New eBook for Review: Medical Thriller ‘Equity of Evil’ by Rudy Mazzochi

Rudy Mazzochi will be touring March 5 – April 20 with his medical thriller, Equity of Evil. In hopes of a quick and lucrative return during harsh economic times, a Venture Capital Fund makes a risky investment to start a challenging new business that appears capable of reaching profitability with modest capital requirements. The real challenge: optimizing one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in the World — abortion — by replacing oftentimes seedy and life-threatening back room procedures with clean, safe and dignified alternatives. An unfolding world of deceit, rape, human trafficking and assassination becomes deeply personal as Roman’s sole love interest secretly uses one of his
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Pump Up Your Book’s 28-point Virtual Book Tour Checklist

Pump Up Your Book’s 28-point Virtual Book Tour Checklist By Dorothy Thompson, CEO/Founder of Pump Up Your Book Going on a virtual book tour?  Here are some things you should know. Your book has just been published.  Or maybe it’s going to be published in the next month or two.  Regardless, authors are signing up for virtual book tours the moment they hear about the exciting ways they can promote their books with them.  There is no better vehicle to sell your books online than with a virtual book tour  so I don’t really blame them. I would like to provide a checklist of things to consider before booking
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New Book for Review: YA Fantasy/Romance ‘Prophecy of the Flame’ by Lynn Hardy

Lynn Hardy will be touring in March 2012 with her YA fantasy/romance novel, Prophecy of the Flame! In a blinding flash of light, five nondescript strangers are yanked from this world and thrust into a land of sorcery as they are granted the looks and abilities of the people they were playing. This band of wannabe heroes soon discovers that having the powers they have always dreamed of, does not make life a dream come true. The Crusaders of the Light struggle to form a cohesive band as they blend twentieth century technology with the supernatural powers of this new world, fighting to liberate the kingdom of Cuthburan from
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Tumbleweed Heights Virtual Book Publicity Tour February/March 2012

Join Joan Bird, author of the contemporary romance novel, Tumbleweed Heights (Boroughs Publishing Group), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – March 23 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Joan Bird Joan Bird has been telling stories for years. In her first incarnation she was a singer/song writer with a rock band (yes, her Fender guitars are awesome), then she started writing books, mostly for herself. Joan’s storytelling is legendary amongst her family and friends. For years she’s been including short stories with her holiday greetings each December and for years her friends and family have been encouraging her to
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‘Red Hot Sky’ author Gordon Gumpertz on A Book and a Chat Blog Talk Radio Show tonight!

Gordon Gumpertz, author of the action adventure fiction novel, Red Hot Sky, is stopping off at A Book and a Chat Radio Show on Day 8 of his virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! Listen to Gordon tonight at A Book and a Chat starting at 6:30 p.m. eastern. Call-ins welcome! ABOUT THE BOOK: CO2 buildup in earth’s atmosphere reaches a tipping point. Global weather destabilizes, turns chaotic. Ice storms, dust storms, floods, blizzards, hurricanes, tornadoes pummel the earth nonstop. A secret computer model reveals that the frantic weather will peak out, and transform world climate into an alien environment devastating to human survival. Scientists Ben Mason,
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Pictures of the Past Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Deby Eisenberg, author of the historical fiction, Pictures of the Past (Studio House Literary), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Deby Eisenberg As the leader of an established Chicago area Book Club, Deby Eisenberg challenged herself to write a novel that her avid readers could not put down and would love to discuss. With a Masters Degree from the University of Chicago, she is a former English teacher and journalist. Inspired by so many wonderful books and formidable authors, and drawing on her love of literary research, art, architecture, Jewish history,
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First Chapters: Winds of Change by Carole Eglash-Kosoff

Pump Up Your Book is proud to bring you the first chapters of fantastic books from magnificently talented authors. Not only does this give you a chance to see the author’s writing style, but it also helps in your book buying decisions. Today’s first chapter is from Carol Eglash-Kosoff’s historical fiction, Winds of Change. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Winds of Change By Carole Eglash-Kosoff Valley Ridge Publishing (September 19, 2011) Historical Fiction 456 pages Purchase at Amazon Chapter One The three of them sat, stunned and inert, in
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Dark Side of Valor Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Alicia Singleton, author of the suspense novel, Dark Side of Valor (Simon &  Schuster/Strebor), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Alicia Singleton Born and raised in Philadelphia, the Howard University graduate embraced the written word at an early age. She credits this to her loving, older sister whom, while they were youngsters, made the author eat lotion on a regular basis. Realizing the need to sound-out the ingredients on the lotion label, Alicia stopped the lotion-eating practice, but continued to read the labels of the concoctions her sister brought for her
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Nobody’s Angel Virtual Book Publicity Tour February/March 2012

Join K.T. Wells, author of the contemporary romance novel, Nobody’s Angel (Boroughs Publishing Group), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – March 23 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About K.T. Wells K. T. Wells has been telling stories since before she could read. She used to narrate books for her baby brother, concocting a plotline from the pictures. Not much has changed. One of her husband’s favorite pastimes is to listen to her tales after asking her to tell the story of people they observe in restaurants, airports or the subway. Fascinated by the human condition, K. T.’s writing captures
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New Book for Review: Mainstream Action Adventure ‘Her Frozen Wild’ by Kim Antieau

Kim Antieau will be touring March 5 – April 20 2012 with her mainstream action adventure novel, Her Frozen Wild. Scientists in the Altai in Siberia uncover the 2,500 year old frozen mummy of a tattooed priestess or shaman. This mummy has the same mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA) as American archaeologist Ursula Smith whose mother disappeared in Siberia 30 years earlier. Ursula travels from the U.S. to Siberia to unravel the mystery of the “lady” and meets Sergei Ivanovich Polyakov, a Russian doctor who graciously invites her into his home. After they become lovers, she discovers he has the same tattoos on his body as the tattooed lady. He tells
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Honor Redeemed Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Loree Lough, author of the Christian fiction novel, Honor Redeemed (Abingdon Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Loree Lough With more than 3,000,000 copies of her books in circulation, best-selling author Loree Lough’s titles earn 4- and 5-star reviews and industry/reader’s choice awards. She has received nearly 10,000 letters from fans who write to say she’s “a gifted writer whose stories touch hearts and change lives.” Her 9/11 series, First Responders (From Ashes to Honor, Honor Redeemed, A Man of Honor) is no exception, and it’s raising awareness and funds
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First Chapters: The Star-Crossed Saga: Protostar by Braxton A. Cosby

The Star-Crossed Saga: Protostar By Braxton A. Cosby Firefly Publishing & Entertainment (September 25, 2011) YA Science  Fiction 378pages Chapter One Inside the chamber walls of the Capital Building, a young Prince stood approximately ten feet from his sparring partner. Sweat streamed from his forehead as he loosened his grip inside the leathery laced concussion gloves. As the sound of combat rang throughout the morning dawn, the two young men cautiously awaited each other’s next move. William was always taught to be patient in these times, holding only a slight lead over his formidable foe, he could easily finish this session off with one well timed blow. A small
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New eBook for Review: Contemporary Romance ‘Nobody’s Angel’ by K.T. Wells

K.T. Wells will be touring March 5 – March 23 with her contemporary romance novel, Nobody’s Angel. Jake and Angie’s twentieth high school reunion sets the perfect stage for their lifelong friends to reunite the former sweethearts. Major roadblock – they have to trick Angie into coming home after twenty years. An elaborate ruse ensues at the same time they work on browbeating Jake into attending. Maneuvering through emotional minefields rates a 10 for difficulty level, particularly when Angie lives the maxim: Time does not heal all wounds. And Jake? Check the Wiki pic next to Pride comes before the fall. Yep, that’s him tripping all over himself year
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New Book for Review: Business How To ‘5 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom: Do What You Love & Get Rich Doing It’ by Duane Harden

Duane Harden will be touring July 2  – August 24 with his how to book for starting a business, 5 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom: Do What You Love & Get Rich Doing It. If you hate your job and feel stuck in life, and believe that your skills, education, or lack of finances prevent you from taking a chance on something new, then you need to read 5 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom: Do What You Love & Get Rich Doing It by Duane Harden.   Conversationally written and peppered with humorous drawings, helpful worksheets, and key tips, 5 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom: Do What You Love
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New eBook for Review: Contemporary Romance ‘Tumbleweed Heights’ by Joan Bird

Joan Bird will be touring March 5 – 23 2012 with her contemporary fiction novel, Tumbleweed Heights. Moving to Briarwood, Colorado had not been in Gilly Casey’s original life plan. Sure, she’d dreamed of owning a horse ranch, but as kind of a part-time gig, in Topanga Canyon maybe. But the best laid plans of this high-powered L.A. attorney turn to dust when more than her bar card is threatened. Fleeing to a life she had never imagined quickly becomes a cat and mouse game just to stay alive. Luke Hudson’s road to Briarwood was no less bumpy. Hiding from his own demons, he’s no longer able to float
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Forged in Fire Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Join Trish McCallan, author of the paranormal romantic suspense novel, Forged in Fire, as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Trish McCallan Trish McCallan has been writing for as long as she can remember. In grade school she wrote children’s stories, illustrated them with crayons and bound the sheets together with pencil-punched holes and red yarn.  She used to sell these masterpieces at her lemonade stand for a nickel a book. Surprisingly, people actually bought them. Like, all of them. Every night she’d write a new batch for her basket. As she got older
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