Welcome to Day Six of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s November 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author with a recent release or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by!
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Gringos in Paradise
Malana Ashlie, author of the travel autobiography, Gringos in Paradise: Our Honduras Odyssey, will be stopping off at (no stop today)! Gringos in Paradise by Malana Ashlie is a delightfully amusing and lighthearted autobiography chronicling her move from Hawai’i to the Caribbean Coast of Honduras. When she and her husband decide to relocate to a more secluded paradise the fun begins. She shares the trials and triumphs of building a new life in Central America, in what can best be described as a spiritual journey of faith. You can visit her website at www.wisdompathway.com.
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A Preciious Jewel
Mary Balogh, author of the Regency romance novel, A Precious Jewel, will be stopping off at Cheryl’s Book Nook! She was unlike any woman he’d ever met in the ton or the demimonde. But Sir Gerald Stapleton frequented Mrs. Blyth’s euphemistically dubbed “finishing school” for pure, uncomplicated pleasure—and nothing else. So why was this confirmed bachelor so thoroughly captivated by one woman in particular? Why did he find himself wondering how such a rare jewel of grace, beauty, and refinement as Priss had ended up a courtesan? And when she needed protection, why did Gerald, who’d sworn he’d never get entangled in affairs of the heart, hasten to set her up as his own pampered mistress to ensure her safety—and have her all to himself? You can visit her website at www.marybalogh.com.
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Dust
Susan Berliner, author of the supernatural thriller, Dust , will be stopping off at Booksie’s Blog and Marta’s Meanderings! While unloading groceries in her Rock Haven condo, Karen McKay notices a strange swirl of red, green, and blue dust. The swirl follows her inside, lifts a porcelain ballerina from her wall unit, twirls it in the air, and throws it to the floor, shattering it into pieces.The following evening, Karen hears her neighbor’s dog barking loudly. Upon investigation, she finds her neighbor, Marion, at the bottom of the stairs—dead. At the top of the stairs, a colorful whirlpool of dust circles ominously.Now the feisty librarian must consider the unthinkable: Could the dust be responsible for her neighbor’s death and, if so, would it kill again? You can visit her website at www.susanberliner.com.
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Moonbeam Dreams
Gina Browning, author of the children’s book, Moonbeam Dreams , will be stopping off at The Hot Author Report! Moonbeam Dreams is an intricately rhyming bed-time story written and illustrated by Gina C. Browning. It takes the reader and listeners on a magical, Dr. Seuss-like romp to the Land of Beddie-byes, where they meet all sorts of wonderful and interesting creatures. There are butterflies with gems dripping from their wings, dragons riding in red wagons, Lycra-wearing newts skating on moonbeams, unicorns, a frog climbing a kite-string, extra large snails and cats with fish-tails, and many, many more fun creatures to meet. It’s a positive, up-lifting and fun story that encourages children that almost anything is possible if you can dream it and believe in it strongly enough. It also encourages children to not be afraid of the dark, and that they have the ability to take control of their dreams. It also encourages children to welcome the weird and wonderful things that they might see in their dreams. You can visit her online at http://www.eloquentbooks.com/MoonbeamDreams.html.
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Hot and Irresistible
Dianne Castell, author of the romance novel, Hot and Irresistible, will be stopping off at The Book Connection! Bebe Fitzpatrick’s hard upbringing taught her how to take care of herself, how to tell true friends from false, and how to be a good cop. She can also sweet-talk a man like she means it…until she stumbles into the arms of a damn sexy Yankee who’s gunning for Savannah ’s favorite shady entrepreneur…You can visit Dianne on the web at www.diannecastell.com.
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Too Many Visitors for One Little House
Susan Chodakiewitz, author of the children’s picture book, Too Many Visitors for One Little House, will be stopping off at Bookin’ With Bingo! The crabby neighbors of El Camino can’t bear all the music, fun and laughter at the house of the new family on the block as aunts, uncles, cousins and grannies arrive for a big noisy reunion. Too Many Visitors for One Little House is a joyful story about the importance of being included. You can visit her website at www.booksicals.com.
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Colonel Trash Truck
Kathleen Crawley, author of the children’s picture book, Colonel Trash Truck, will be stopping off at The Story Behind the Book and Across the Pond! Kids love trucks and are most familiar with the truck that visits their house every week – the garbage truck. So, there is no better way to teach them to respect the environment than to introduce them to Colonel Trash Truck - a likable, fun-loving hero who is extremely focused about his mission to win the garbage war. He sees the world and nature as a beautiful gift that we all need to appreciate and protect. Colonel Trash Truck believes cleaning up trash and recycling is something we all must do and he wants nothing more than to have kids join him in his quest. Now’s the time to become a member of his Clean and Green Team! KARUNCH! You can visit her website at www.coloneltrashtruck.com.
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Shakespeare Ashes
Chris DeBrie, author of the fiction novel, Shakespeare Ashes, will be stopping off at The Writer’s Life! Donna wonders how she can forgive and forget. Charlene doesn’t quite know what she wants. Robbie is usually thinking about which honey he plans to bag. And Erven just does his best to obliterate the world. Their lives and histories interconnecting, these characters navigate that uncertain time between classrooms and the wide-open world. You can visit his website at http://www.washyourhandsproductions.com/.
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World War II Heroes of Southern Delaware
James Diehl, author of the historical nonfiction book, World War II Heroes of Southern Delaware, will be stopping off at Pump Up Your Book! World War II Heroes of Southern Delaware is a book unlike any other ever written. In its pages are profiles of 50 ordinary Americans who did extraordinary things during a time unlike any other in American history.These are men and women who today call southern Delaware home. In the 1940s, these brave Americans put their lives on hold to fight for freedom and democracy against the horrific threat imposed on the world by Emperor Hirohito of Japan and German Fuhrer Adolph Hitler. You can visit his website at www.ww2-heroes.com.
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The Peruke Maker
Ruby Dominguez, author of the horror romance, The Peruke Maker: The Salem Witch Hunt Curse (Outskirts Press), will be stopping off at Peeking Between the Pages! THE PERUKE MAKER – The Salem Witch Hunt Curse is a compelling and suspenseful story that focuses on the infamous Salem Witch Hunt Curse, an ancient and evil practice which is unearthed from necromancy and violates the course of natural events in a modern day world. Inspired by true events, The Peruke Maker is a well researched screenplay about the spiritual and emotional journeys of Bridget Cane, a stunning 17th century red haired beauty, and Sarah, a thoroughly 21st century woman. Their paths become inextricably bound across time and space as Thomas Cane’s vengeful curse continues to threaten the virtuous during this relentless quest for an avenger of innocent blood. You can visit Ruby on the web at www.salemcurse.wordpress.com.
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Run at Destruction
Lynda Drews, author of the true crime book, Run at Destruction: A True Fatal Love Triangle, will be stopping off at Beth’s Book Review Blog! Deeply immersed in the close-knit culture of long-distance running, Pam and Bob Bulik were avid competitors. To all appearances, they were also a happily married couple, devoted to each other and their two young children. Then, Bob made a fateful decision. He began an extramarital affair that led to his wife’s tragic death and to one of the most sensationalized and heavily attended trials in Green Bay’s history. You can visit her website at www.lyndadrews.
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Purged by Darkness
Michael Estepa, author of the young adult crime fiction book, Purged by Darkness, will be stopping off at The Impression I Get! Purged by Darkness revolves around six friends in Melbourne, Australia, and their journey inside the organised crime syndicate known as the Triads. In the gang lifestyle, honor and absolute loyalty is demanded of all members, while fear, death and betrayal often follow. The group’s friendship endures as the six try to define their lives interwoven with their life of crime. In their world, no one ever wins and everyone involved finds it too difficult to ever get out. To them, the city represents violence and the countryside, peace. In this strange existence, love and loyalty among the friends flourish because they can only depend on each other. But friendship is pushed beyond all normal limits, as danger waits at every turn. You can visit his website at www.MichaelEstepa.com.
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Your Family Constitution
Scott Gale, author of the family values education book, Your Family Constitution : A Modern Approach to Family Values and Household Structure , will be stopping off at A Peek at My Bookshelf! Just in time… a formerly stressed-out dad’s perspective provides a common-sense playbook to reach family harmony. As today’s parents cope with scores of competing obligations and responsibilities, raising kids with good core values is an extreme challenge. Combine this perpetual struggle with the effects of technological distractions, societal lack of discipline, and failures to communicate, and it is not hard to understand why so many parents throw up their hands in defeat and accept mere survival. You can visit Scott on the web at www.yourfamilyconstitution.com.
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The Cutting
James Hayman, author of the thriller, The Cutting, will be stopping off at American Chronicle! Someone is Stealing the Hearts of Beautiful Young Women. NYPD homicide detective Mike McCabe left New York for Maine to escape his own dark past and to find a refuge from the violence of the big city for himself and his teenaged daughter, but on the fog-shrouded, cobblestone streets of Portland he finds far more than he bargained for. You can visit James on the web at www.jameshaymanthrillers.com.
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One Holy Night
Joan Hochstetler, author of the contemporary women’s fiction book, One Holy Night, will be stopping off at 4 the Love of Books! An unforgettable story of forgiveness and reconciliation, One Holy Night retells the Christmas story in a strikingly original way—through the discovery of a baby abandoned in the manger of a church’s nativity scene. Destined to become a classic for all seasons, One Holy Night deals compassionately with the gritty issues of life—war and violence, devastating illness, intergenerational conflict, addictions, and broken relationships. This moving, inspirational story will warm readers’ hearts with hope and joy long after they finish reading. You can visit her website at www.jmhochstetler.com.
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Hoodoo Sea
Rolf Hitzer, author of the supernatural science fiction, Hoodoo Sea, will be stopping off at Allvoices! The government of the United States of America is on the verge of startling the world. Billions of dollars had been invested in its space program. And now, the moment of truth has arrived… Scott Reed is the man for the historic mission. He is the Wing Commander chosen by the elite brass at NASA. The assignment to test flight the first speed of light craft, held top secret, was about to shock the world. The risk? Utter and complete failure. The reward? Being a part of the greatest human accomplishment ever known to mankind. You can visit Rolf on the web at www.hoodoosea.com.
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Tales for Delicious Girls
Barbora Knobova, author of the relationship nonfiction book, Tales for Delicious Girls, will be stopping off at Book Junkie! What’s in a word? Anything you want there to be! D for daring, E for enchanting, L for loving, I for inspiring, C for captivating, I for intriguing, O for outgoing, U for unique, S for sophisticated: DELICIOUS. Twenty-five exhilarating real-life stories about delicious women, eccentric men and stubborn dogs.This book is meant to entertain you. It will make you laugh until there are tears in your eyes. It will become your faithful companion, and will help you find yourself. It was written for you because you’re delicious – the most delicious girl in the world. You can visit her website at www.barboraknobova.com.
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Evolution of a Sad Woman
Gale Laure, author of the mystery suspense novel, Evolution of a Sad Woman, will be stopping off at As the Pages Turn! Five very different men – all strangers – are drawn together to solve a murder by an uncommon thread – the love of the same beautiful woman, Kizzy. When she is murdered, they pull their past into their present, their present explodes, and their future is filled with surprise and changed forever! You can visit her website at www.galelaure.com.
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For the Love of St. Nick
Garasamo Maccagnone, author of the expanded and newly illustrated version of his fiction book, For the Love of St. Nick, will be stopping off at Review From Here and The Writer’s Life! Two California boys, coping with the loss of their mother, find themselves uprooted when their father, a Navy Commander, is transferred to a base in Northern Michigan. With the youngest boy continuously sick, the family must survive military life and the northern elements as they dwell in their little hunter’s cabin on Lake Huron. When the boys’ father must leave prior to Christmas to fulfill his secret mission for the United States Military, the boys are surprised by a chance encounter that saves a life, and reunites a family. You can visit his website at www.garasamomaccagnone.com.
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Words at Work
Lynda McDaniel, author of the business writing guide, Words at Work, will be stopping off at As the Pages Turn! In her latest book, Lynda McDaniel shares tools and techniques she developed over her long career as a writer and business writing coach. Words at Work helps fill in the gap between what’s taught in school and what’s needed on the job. Many topics covered in Words at Work are very different from those in most business writing books. You can visit her website at www.lyndmcdaniel.com.
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72 Virgins
Avi Perry, author of the terrorism suspense thriller, 72 Virgins (Gradient Publishing), will be stopping off at Allvoices! 72 Virgins is a novel about Jihad terrorism and the security agencies’ struggle to thwart its stratagem and trounce the perpetrators. Abu Musa is an Islamic Terrorist with an agenda, a ticking bomb inside the US. Arik Golan is an Israeli who tries to bring him down and pull the plug on his terror organization. Stanley Cramer is an FBI agent on a hunting mission, seeking to place both Abu Musa and Arik within his crosshair. The FBI, the Israeli Mossad, the US-based Iranian clandestine terror network, and the Islamic Jihad fraternity are engaged in a timeless conflict, playing out to a crescendo that comes to a head before the dramatic conclusion.
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Charlie and Mama Kyna
Diana Rumjahn, author of the children’s picture book, Charlie and Mama Kyna (Booksurge), will be stopping off at A Book Blogger’s Diary! After Charlie the frog accidentally breaks his mother’s vase, he runs away from home. Charlie and his new best friends Leo and Joe, live in a little orange tent outside Mrs. Cupcake’s bakery. A homesick Charlie, Leo and Joe, journey far away to find Charlie’s mother. A delightful children’s picture book children of all ages will enjoy! You can visit Diana on the web at www.dianarumjahn.com.
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The Evolution Conspiracy
Lisa A. Shiel, author of the nonfiction book, The Evolution Conspiracy, will be stopping off at Pump Up Your Book! Evolution. One word, deceptive in its simplicity, has transformed the way we look at ourselves and everything around us. Once thought of as unique, man has become one of the animals with no special claim on the planet. As children, few of us question what we learn in biology class about the origins of life and the position man holds in the hierarchy. Science textbooks present evolution as fact–indisputable, inevitable, and incomprehensible to everyone outside the exalted few with PhDs in the appropriate fields.
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The Magic Warble
Victoria Simcox, author of the children’s fantasy chapter book, The Magic Warble, will be stopping off at The Writer’s Life! Twelve-year-old Kristina Kingsly feels like the most unpopular girl in her school. The kids all tease her, and she never seems to fit in. But when Kristina receives an unusual Christmas gift, she suddenly finds herself magically transported to the land of Bernovem, home of dwarfs, gnomes, fairies, talking animals, and the evil Queen Sentiz. You can visit her website at www.themagicwarble.com.
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100 Sporting Events
Robert Tuchman, author of the sports travel guide, The 100 Sporting Events You Must See Live , will be stopping off at Review From Here! What do running with bulls in Pamplona, watching contestants scarf down record numbers of Nathan’s hot dogs and witnessing the crowning of the newest Vincent Lombardi trophy recipient at the Super Bowl all have in common? According to Robert Tuchman, they all deserve to be in his new book, The 100 Sporting Events You Must See Live: An Insider’s Guide to Creating the Sports Experience of a Lifetime, published by BenBella Books this month. You can visit his website at www.100sportingevents.com.
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Sins of the Flesh
Caridad Pineiro, author of the sensual suspense novel, Sins of the Flesh, will be stopping off at The Fantasy Pages! Caterina Shaw’s days are numbered. Her only chance for survival is a highly experimental gene treatment – a risk she willingly takes. But now Caterina barely recognizes herself. She has new, terrifying powers, an exotic, arresting body — and she’s been accused of a savage murder, sending her on the run. You can visit her website at www.caridad.com.
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A Note from an Old Aquaintance
Bill Walker, author of the romance novel, A Note from an Old Acquaintance, will be stopping off at (no stop today)! Brian Weller is a haunted man. It’s been two years since the tragic accident that left his three-year-old son dead and his wife in an irreversible coma. A popular author of mega-selling thrillers, Brian’s life has reached a crossroads: his new book is stalled, his wife’s prognosis is dire, and he teeters on the brink of despair. You can visit his website at www.billwalkerdesigns.com/.
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Tirissa and the Necklace of Nulidor
Willow, author of the children’s fantasy novel, Tirissa and the Necklace of Nulidor, will be stopping off at Charlene Leatherman! One day twelve-year-old Tirissa discovers that everyone in her village is under a spell. Everyone but her! Then she sees a mysterious stranger change into a huge bird, a bird with a beak like a sword. Did he cast the spell? Desperate to find someone who can break it, she flees, leaving her village behind. An old herbwoman tells her to seek help from a wizard who lives far away, and her journey takes her across the Three Kingdoms. Along the way she’s joined by a kindly troll and a short, fat palace guard. They are pursued by the twin princes of Kellayne, the best hunters in the Blue River Kingdom, as well as by the huge, dangerous bird. Meanwhile, an evil wizard watches Tirissa and her friends in his magic mirror and plans a second spell that will kill everyone in the Three Kingdoms. You can visit her website at www.tirissa.com.
Robert Tuchman, author of the business entrepreneur guide, Young Guns
