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Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s August Authors on Tour – Day 16

Posted by pumpupyourbook on August 25, 2008

Welcome to Day Sixteen of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s August Authors on 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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Mary Burton, author of the romantic suspense novel, I’M WATCHING YOU, will be stopping off at The Book Connection! A killer is on the loose. Lindsay O’Neil discovers the first victim in the yard at Sanctuary, the shelter for battered women that she runs in Richmond, Virginia. If that’s not bad enough, the detective who arrives on the scene is recovering alcoholic Zack Kier, her ex-husband. As the killing continues it becomes shockingly clear that Lindsay is being stalked by an enraged murderer—and that she and those she loves are targets.

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Suzanne Woods Fisher, author of the historical fiction novel, COPPER FIRE, will be stopping off at Bookfoolery! On a summer day in 1945, Louisa Gordon receives a telegram from the International Red Cross Tracing Service. Her young cousin, Elisabeth, has just been released from Dachau, a concentration camp, and Louisa is her only remaining relative. Determined to go to war-torn Germany to retrieve her cousin, Louisa is also on a mission to discover the whereabouts of Friedrich Mueller, a Nazi sympathizer who fled Copper Springs, Arizona. What Louisa never expected was to meet the man she had once loved. And now hated.

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Hal W. Lanse, Ph.D., author of the nonfiction book, READ WELL, THINK WELL: BUILD YOUR CHILD’S READING, COMPREHENSION, AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, will be stopping off at If Books Could Talk and The Writer’s Life! Millions of children struggle with reading-and even more struggle to understand exactly what they’re reading. Read Well, Think Well will help you to teach your children to build the essential reading and comprehension skills they need to succeed in today’s demanding school system. Teacher trainer and literacy specialist Hal W. Lanse, Ph.D., provides the necessary knowledge, strategies, and exercises that will turn your kids into first-rate readers and thinkers.

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Kathi Macias, author of the nonfiction Christian book, BEYOND ME: LIVING A YOU-FIRST LIFE IN A ME-FIRST WORLD, will be stopping off at Sassy Mama Bear Reads and Butts About It! Encourage you to aspire to the higher calling of true discipleship.

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Lisa Jackson, author of the romantic suspense novel, LEFT TO DIE, will be stopping off at Denyse Bridger’s Fantasy Pages and The Friendly Book Nook! In LEFT TO DIE, Lisa Jackson creates a storm ravaged world and fills it with an array of characters and relationships involving colleagues, families, partners, spouses, exes and lovers, presenting a tale that frightens and intrigues as much as it entertains.

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B. Jay Gladwell, author of the nonfiction book, WHAT’S WRONG WITH MORMONS?, will be stopping off at The Blue Stockings and Divine Caroline! What’s Wrong With Mormons? was written as a result of the falsehoods and misinformation that continues to be perpetuated by those who are less than honest. Using a conversational style, he discusses the basic doctrines of the restored Gospel, based on the teachings found in the Holy Bible and latter-day scriptures.

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Cody McFadyen, author of the romantic suspense novel, THE FACE OF DEATH, will be stopping off at The Dark Phantom and Murder by 4! For another vicious double homicide reveals a killer embarked on a dark crusade of trauma and death: an “artist” who’s molding sixteen-year-old Sarah into the perfect victim — and the ultimate weapon. But Smoky Barrett has another, more personal reason for catching The Stranger — an adopted daughter and a new life that are worth protecting at any cost.

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J.B.B. Winner and Brittany and Brianna Winner,authors of the young adult fiction novel, THE STRAND PROPHECY, will be stopping off at Paperback Writer! Strand, a reluctant superhero delivers evidence of an ominous scientific discovery to the president and the world… The very nature of life on earth is about to change and humanities fate hangs in the balance.

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Tori Kropp, author of the parenting and pregnancy book, THE JOY OF PREGNANCY, will be stopping off at Tristi’s Take and Pop Syndicate! In a lighthearted and encouraging tone, Tori Kropp helps mothers- and fathers-to-be concentrate on the miracle of pregnancy and birth rather than on possible complications.

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Eliezer Sobel, author of the memoir, THE 99TH MONKEY: A SPIRITUAL JOURNALIST’S MISADVENTURES WITH GURUS, MESSIAHS, SEX, PSYCHEDELICS, AND OTHER CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING EXPERIMENTS, will be stopping off at Beyond the Books! The 99th Monkey is the story of one man’s utter failure to get enlightened, despite over 30 years of trying. Eliezer Sobel invites readers along on what is both a hilarious and astounding journey through the spiritual, New Age and Human Potential movements of the last 35 years, providing an insider’s view that is at once eye-opening, deeply moving, and completely entertaining.

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David Grant, author of the literary fiction novel, BLEACH l BLACKOUT, will be stopping off at Book Excerpts! Fans of fluffy romance novels and that all-too-familiar, over-hyped, edge-of-the-seat crap should steer clear. This is life at its most jaded. Offense Mechanisms is proud to present Bleach l Blackout by David S. Grant, two novels about drugs, sex, revenge, the corporate crunch, and the inevitable unpleasantness of life and death.

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ChaChanna Simpson, author of the book about college life, LIFE AFTER COLLEGE: WHAT YOUR PARENTS AND PROFESSORS NEVER TAUGHT, will be stopping off at Review Your Book! This informative no nonsense guide covers diverse topics from moving back home to money management to job etiquette to searching for your first apartment. Also included are stories and tips from recent grads sharing their wisdom and experiences so you know you are not alone in trying to make it in the real world.

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