New Book for Review: Women’s Fiction ‘The Pub Across the Pond’ by Mary Carter

Mary Carter is touring in September, October and November 2011 with her women’s fiction novel, The Pub Across the Pond (Kensington Books). Carlene Rivers is many things. Dutiful, reliable, kind. Lucky? Not so much. At thirty, she’s living a stifling existence in Cleveland, Ohio. Then one day, Carlene buys a raffle ticket. The prize: a pub on the west coast of Ireland. Carlene is stunned when she wins. Everyone else is stunned when she actually goes. As soon as she arrives in Ballybeog, Carlene is smitten, not just by the town’s beguiling mix of ancient and modern but by the welcome she receives. In this small town near Galway
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New Book for Review: Contemporary Women’s Fiction ‘A Soul Less Broken’ by Helen Laibach

Helen Laibach will be touring in August 2011 with her contemporary women’s fiction novel, A Soul Less Broken (Wheatmark). After being brutally attacked, Catherine Wilcox must discover her own strength and courage as she struggles to piece her life back together. She finds herself falling in love with the emergency room physician who treats her, but soon realizes the attack has left her so emotionally scarred that she is forced to turn away the only man who truly loves her. And at a time when she feels her life is finally beginning to heal, Catherine must then face the devastation of learning that her dearest friend has terminal cancer.
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New Book for Review: Science Fiction ‘Homecoming’ by Malcolm Petteway

Malcolm Petteway is touring August 1 – 26 2011 with his science fiction novel, Homecoming: Osguards: Guardians of the Universe (Book 1)! For centuries the planets of Kulusk and Chaktun have battled in the heavens above Earth. In 1860, twin Chaktun princesses, Laurona and Nausona Osguard, fled to Earth and were beaten and raped as slaves in the United States’ antebellum south. Unbeknownst to the people of 21st century Earth, their descendants, the Osguards now govern a universal peacekeeping organization called the Universal Science, Security and Trade Association of Planets— USSTAP. The First Osguard, Michael Genesis leads the Osguards in protecting the 60 known galaxies of the universe from
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Book for Review: Liberation; Book One of the Andrusian Chronicles – revised edition

Fantasy author Maria Lucia will be touring in July, 2011 with her newly revised paranormal, romance, fantasy adventure focused on the struggle over Earth and the USA,  Liberartion: Book One of the Andrusian Chronicles. About the Book Amora Madre is content in the Smokey Mountains pursuing her teaching of love, things of  the spirit, and metaphysics. Her childhood invisible playmates, Casey and Nia, are always by her side. But when soul mate Gabriel Ephraim enters her life, she is drawn into the heart of a terrible encounter with the spirit world in the skies over Washington D.C. Catapulted into service for the Intergalactic Supernatural Intelligence Agency, ISIA, the kindred
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Pump Up Your Book’s June 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 5

Welcome to Day Five of Pump Up Your Book’s June 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on June 30 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before June 30, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150178034587393 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Police Mystery Novelist Wayne Zurl

Wayne Zurl grew up on Long Island and retired after working for twenty years with the Suffolk County Police Department, one of the largest municipal law enforcement agencies in New York and the nation. For thirteen of those years he served as a section commander supervising investigators. Prior to his police career, Zurl served on active duty in the US Army during the Vietnam War and later in the reserves. In 2006 he began writing crime fiction. Seven of his Sam Jenkins mysteries have been produced as audio books and simultaneously published as eBooks. His first full-length novel, A New Prospect, traditionally published by Black Rose Writing, debuted in
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Pump Up Your Book’s June 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 4

Welcome to Day Four of Pump Up Your Book’s June 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on June 30 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before June 30, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150178034587393 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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  • June 9, 2011
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‘So You Want to Write a Guest Post: An Author’s Guide to Promoting with Guest Blogging’ Online Book Tour July 2011

Join Jaime McDougall, author of the non-fiction author guide So You Want to Write a Guest Post: An Author’s Guide to Promoting with Guest Blogging as she virtually tours the blogosphere in July 2011 on her first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Jaime McDougall Jaime McDougall is a citizen of the world, currently loving life in beautiful country Victoria in Australia. She loves eating sushi, kidnapping her husband and naming her pets in honour of science fiction authors. (So far, a cat named Asimov and a puppy named Brin.) A love of fiction has always coursed through her veins and she told stories as a child even
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New Book for Review: Women’s Fiction ‘The Full Moon Bride’ by Shobhan Bantwal

Women’s fiction author Shobhan Bantwal will be touring in September with her novel Full Moon Bride (Kensington Publishing Corp. August 2011). What makes a marriage—love or compatibility? Passion or pragmatism? THE FULL MOON BRIDE is a compelling story that explores the fascinating subject of arranged marriage, as young Indian-American attorney Soorya Giri navigates the gulf between desire and tradition. In choosing between two very different men, Soorya must reconcile her burgeoning independence and conservative background. And she must decide what matters most to her—not just in a husband, but in a family, a culture, and a life. Find more about THE FULL MOON BRIDE, other books by Shobhan Bantwal,
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Pump Up Chats with Renee Hand

Renee Hand writes because it is a passion in her heart. She is a homeschool parent and likes to create books that educate and inspire the children of today. She was born in Michigan and still lives there with her husband and two children. She has a degree in Zoology with a minor in Chemistry. Renee is the author of the amazing mystery series known as the Crypto-Capers Series that encourages children to read by incorporating several topics of interest. The reader participates into the story by solving cryptograms and puzzles to solve the case. She is also the author of the Joe-Joe Nut and Biscuit Bill Series, which
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New Book for Review: Paranormal ‘The Lost’ by NY Times Bestselling Author Caridad Pineiro

NY Times bestselling author Caridad Pineiro will be touring August 1 – 26 2011 with her paranormal novel, The Lost (Forever Romance Grand Central Publishing July 2011)! Adam Bruno is no ordinary millionaire. The heir to an ancient race possessing a dark, powerful magic, he can shapeshift and create energy. His gifts make him a living weapon and have forced him to live in seclusion. But now an inhuman force hunts down Adam-just when he finds someone who makes him feel more human than he ever imagined possible . . . Home from combat in Iraq, Bobbie Carerra wants only peace, yet soon joins Adam in a terrifying battle
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Jessamine Rose author of Don’t Let The Secret Out

Jessamine rose offers readers a glimpse into her life in this her memoir, Don’t Let The Secret Out. She was born in 1937, in a small town in eastern Kentucky. For many her upbringing will seem foreign but for some it will sound all too familiar. About Don’t Let the Secret Out The family’s cabin was cold, the cracks in the floor made it impossible to heat. The bathroom was an outhouse. Her father often beat her mother. Her father shot her mother to scare her. At one point the family lived under a cliff. In the hills of eastern Kentucky “you could shoot a dog and spend a
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Pump Up Your Book’s June 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 3

Welcome to Day Three of Pump Up Your Book’s June 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on June 30 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before June 30, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150178034587393 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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Interview with Neil Cullen McKinlay – Author of From Mason to Minister: Through the Lattice

Born to Scottish parents Neil came into the world in 1956 on the northern shore of Lake Ontario. When Neil was three his mother and father took the “high road” to the southern bank of Loch Lomond, Scotland where he grew up. With Scottish accent well-rehearsed he moved back to Canada just before his twenty-first birthday. Sick of shoveling snow he then migrated to sunny Australia some thirteen years later. Neil is married and has three married daughters. He is a Presbyterian minister and a part time Army Chaplain. Visit his “Snow On the Ben” website: http://web.mac.com/macfhionn/Site/HOME.html His Blog is “Snow Off the Ben”: http://snowofftheben.blogspot.com/ Thank you for this
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New Book for Review: Romantic Comedy ‘The Bum Magnet’ by K.L. Brady

K.L. Brady is touring in August 2011 with her romantic comedy novel, The Bum Magnet (Simon & Schuster). Charisse Tyson’s got it all going on . . . She’s a savvy, successful real-estate agent with a quick wit, a low tolerance for BS and a gorgeous size-14 body. Despite her dream house, luxury car, and appetite for life’s best—like fine dining and hot men—she seems to have her own special talent for attracting players. Why do all of her ex-lovers belong in the Losers Hall of Fame? There was Lamar, the hazel-eyed Adonis who sowed more wild oats than Quaker. . . Sean, an expert at juggling relationships .
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New Book for Review: Horror ‘Voice’ by Joseph Garraty

Joseph Garraty is touring in August and September 2011 with his horror novel, Voice. Local rock band Ragman is finally taking off. Stephanie Case’s flamboyant performances and scorching guitar work have started attracting crowds, and singer John Tsiboukas—aka Johnny Tango—is delivering the best performances of his life. After months of playing to dead rooms, it looks like success is at hand. The thing is, there’s something wrong with Johnny’s voice. Until just a few weeks ago, he couldn’t hit the right pitch if you painted a target on it and let him stand real close. Now he sounds amazing. . . and strange things happen every time he sings.
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Pump Up Your Book’s June 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day Two

Welcome to Day Two of Pump Up Your Book’s June 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on June 30 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before June 30, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150178034587393 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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Pump Up Chats with Jane Rowan

Jane Rowan is a New England poet and writer. After teaching science for three decades in a private college, she retired to pursue the creative life. She has published numerous articles and the self-help booklet Caring for the Child Within—A Manual for Grownups, available through her website and through Amazon (Kindle). An excerpt from The River of Forgetting appeared in Women Reinvented: True Stories of Empowerment and Change. Visit Jane at www.janerowan.com and find out more about her memoir at www.riverofforgetting.com. On The River of Forgetting: A Memoir of Healing from Sexual Abuse Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book? It was sheer gratitude that impelled
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Pump Up Your Book’s June 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 1

Welcome to Day One of Pump Up Your Book’s June 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on June 30 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before June 30, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at  http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150178034587393 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Alexandrea Weis

Alexandrea Weis began writing at the age of eight. In college she studied nursing and went on to teach at a local university. After several years in the medical field, she decided to pick up the pen again and began her first novel To My Senses. Since that time she has writen several novels and sold two screenplays (White River and Blood Will Tell). Blood Will Tell is currently in pre-production with Buyer Group International. Her work has been critically acclaimed and is continually growing in popularity. Her most recent book is Recovery, the second novel in the Nicci Beauvoir series which takes readers on a Big Easy thrill
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Mother Goddess Speaks Online Book Tour July 2011

Join Blanca Beyar, author of the Mind/Body/Spirit book Mother Goddess Speaks as she virtually tours the blogosphere in July 2011 on her first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Blanca Beyar Blanca, also known as (Lavanya) wears many hats. She is a Doctor of Natural Health, a Reiki Master, Shaman, Spiritual Counselor and beloved Guru. Her purpose and passion in life is to assist humanity in raising their consciousness, to help them unveil their divine radiance and achieve spiritual and emotional wholeness. Blanca honors her calling for service through her healing work and also through her writing. Her latest book, “The Goddess Speaks” is a sacred dictation that
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Pump Up Your Book! Announces June ‘11 Authors on Virtual Book Tour

Join a talented and diverse group of 38 authors who are touring with Pump Up Your Book! Virtual Book Tours during the month of June 2011. Follow these authors as they travel the blogosphere from June 6th through June 30th to discuss their books. This month is filled with a variety of genres:  thrillers, children’s books, fantasy novels, historicals, memoirs and more! The month of June finds several authors continuing their virtual book tours. Returning are Buzz Bernard and “Eyewall,” Sandi Gelles-Cole and “The Memoir of Marilyn Monroe,” Emily Sue Harvey and “Homefires,” Douglas Jacobson and “The Katyn Order,” Tom McLaughlin and “Borneo Tom,” M.J. Rose and “The Hypnotist,”
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Bloodmaiden Virtual Book Tour July 2011

Join Christine E. Schulze, author of the YA Christian Fantasy/Horror novel, Bloodmaiden (Old Line Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere July 5 – 29 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Christine E. Schulze Christine E. Schulze has been creating books since she was too young to even write them in words. Her collection of YA fantasy books, The Amielian Legacy, is comprised of series and stand-alone books which can all be read separately but which weave together to create an amazing fantasy. She hopes to inspire readers throughout the world with these books by publishing in both traditional and electronic formats
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You Never Know Virtual Book Tour July & August 2011

Join Lilian Duval, author of the literary fiction, You Never Know: Tales of Tobias, an Accidental Lottery Winner (Wheatmark, Inc.), as she virtually tours the blogosphere July 5 – August 26 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Lilian Duval Lilian Duval was born in New York City to French-speaking parents and went to public school with a French accent so thick that she was assigned to the slowest of four first-grade classes. “Thunder, not TUNDER!” the teacher scolded her in front of the class. “Mother, not MUDDER!” “I got rid of my accent all right,” Lilian says in perfectly generic American English.
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Making It In Hollywood Virtual Book Tour July 2011

Join Bryan Hidalgo and Gail O’Donnell, authors of the entertainment nonfiction book, Making It In Hollywood (Createspace), as they virtually tour the blogosphere July 5 – July 29 2011 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Bryan Hidalgo Bryan Hidalgo is an entertainment attorney who worked for several years in Business and Legal Affairs for Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, MCA Records, and Geffen Records, before transitioning to private practice.  He is a graduate of the UCLA School of Law.  Prior to his legal career, he performed as a concert pianist, and was an Official Pianist for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Opening Ceremonies.  In
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Airel Virtual Book Tour June & July 2011

Join Aaron Patterson and Chris White, authors of the teen romantic thriller, Airel (StoneHouse Ink), as they virtually tour the blogosphere  June 6 – July 29 2011 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Aaron Patterson Aaron Patterson is the author of the bestselling WJA series as well as a  two Digital Shorts 19 and The Craigslist Killer. He was homeschooled and grew up in the west. Aaron loved to read from a small child and would often be found behind a book and would read 1-3 a day on average. This love drove him to want to write but never thought he had
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Island Girl Virtual Book Tour June 2011

Join Lynda Simmons, author of the literary fiction novel, Island Girl (Berkley), as she virtually tours the blogosphere June 6 – 30 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Lynda Simmons Lynda Simmons is a writer by day, college instructor by night and a late sleeper on weekends. She grew up in Toronto reading Greek mythology, bringing home stray cats and making up stories about bodies in the basement. From an early age, her family knew she would either end up as a writer or the old lady with a hundred cats. As luck would have it, she married a man with allergies
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  • May 28, 2011
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery Virtual Book Tour June 2011

Join Frederick Lukash, M.D., author of the nonfiction health book, The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery (BenBella Books), as he virtually tours the blogosphere June 6 – 30 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Frederick Lukash, M.D. Dr. Frederick N. Lukash, M.D.,FACS, FAAP, has consistently been voted one of “America’s Top Doctors,” by the Castle Connolly guide, and by the Consumer Research Council of America (www.bestdoctors.com). A board-certified cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgeon in practice in Manhattan and Long Island since 1981, he is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Lukash
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Black Widow and the Sandman Virtual Book Tour June July & August 2011

Join LL Reaper, author of the thriller suspense novel, Black Widow and the Sandman (Hourglass Unlimited), as she virtually tours the blogosphere June 20 – August 12 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About L.L. Reaper L.L. Reaper is two multi-published, award-winning authors who decided to write under a pen name for their dangerously sexy suspense series, Black Widow and the Sandman. You can visit their website at www.llreaper.com or connect with them at Twitter at www.twitter.com/llreaper and Facebook at www.facebook.com/AuthorLLReaper. About Black Widow and the Sandman Children in Cuba are suffering an agonizing death. The cause, a toxin released by a terrorist
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Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 20

Welcome to Day Twenty of Pump Up Your Book’s May 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on May 27 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before May 27, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150120034742449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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