Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 20

Welcome to Day Twenty of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May 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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Therese Fowler, author of the women’s fiction novel, Reunion (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at Write for a Reader! Celebrity talk show host Blue Reynolds is the queen of daytime television—she is smart, funny, and as down-to-earth as her adoring fans. In the eyes of the world, she has it all. But no one knows about the secret she has harbored for the last twenty years—a secret that could destroy her image, her reputation, and her career. Twenty years ago, she gave birth to a son and put him up for adoption through illegal channels. And every day since, she’s been filled with regret. Now Blue has hired a private investigator to find her son, knowing full well the consequences. You can visit Therese’s website at www.theresefowler.com.

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Dawson Church, author of the nonfiction book, The Genie in Your Genes (Energy Psychology Press – Elite Books), will be stopping off at Finally Getting Fit, The Book Stacks and ! The Genie in Your Genes is a breakthrough book linking consciousness to genetic change. For the first time, a single book summarizes a chain of remarkable scientific discoveries that are revolutionizing the ways we think about health. You can visit him online at www.genieinyourgenes.com.

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C.W. Gortner, author of the historical fiction novel, The Last Queen (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at A Book Lover! Daughter of Isabel of Castile and sister of Catherine of Aragon. Married at sixteen and a queen at twenty-five. Declared mad by history. Juana of Castile, the last true queen of Spain. Ruled by her passions, Juana’s arranged marriage to Philip the Fair of Flanders begins as a fairytale romance when despite never having met before their betrothal, they fall violently in love. Juana is never meant to be more than his consort and mother to his heirs until she finds herself heiress to the throne of Spain after tragedy decimates her family. Suddenly she is plunged into a ruthless battle of ambition and treachery, with the future of Spain and her own freedom at stake. Told in Juana’s voice, The Last Queen is a powerful and moving portrait of a woman ahead of her time, a queen fought fiercely for her birthright in the face of an unimaginable betrayal. Juana’s story is one of history’s darkest secrets, brought vividly to life in this exhilarating novel. You can visit C.W. on the web at www.cwgortner.com.

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Rie McGaha, author of the fantasy erotic romance novel, Blood Line will be stopping off at Fiction Scribe, Chasing Heroes and American Chronicle! Truck driver, Joshua Kaine and his wife, Jessie, enjoy the freedom of the open road until one night on a lonely country road Josh is attacked by a rabid dog. After killing the animal, Joshua becomes very ill, but quickly recovers. Weeks later, when the full moon rises and Josh begins howling, the trouble has just begun. Drawn by an unknown force, Joshua finds himself in a remote mountain area at The Gathering where he meets Garan, a gray wolf who has walked the earth for thousands of years, and Joshua learns the rabid dog was actually a werewolf and his clan is now after Josh. On the run, hunted by a clan of werewolves, and searching to undo his plight, Josh ventures into the swamps of Louisiana in search of an old, black woman who holds the key to his existence. Josh is pushed to the limits, and when the merciless werewolves kill his wife, the hunted becomes the hunter. You can visit Rie on the web at www.riemcgaha.com.

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Kathye Quick, author of the historical romance novel, Cynthia and Constantine, will be stopping off at The Book Stacks! Lady Cynthia of Abertaine is trapped. Not only has her fiancé, Sir William Leyborne, not been back to the castle for over ten years, but she’s also not a titled Lady. Lord Simon of Cowell, a renegade warlord aligned with Mordred against Arthur and his Knights, has declared himself sovereign over Leybourne Castle and everything that once belonged to Sir William– including Cynthia. Drawn together by an attraction older than time, Cynthia and Constantine soon discover that though a vow made by a knight’s honor has brought them together, it may just also cost them their lives. You can visit Kathye on the web at www.kathyequick.com.

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Elizabeth Walker, author of the memoir, The Tablet of My Heart, will be stopping at American Chronicle!  The world turns upside down for a young girl when her father begins a fatal battle with the merciless affliction cancer. Before his illness finishes it’s devastating rampage through her adolescence, she is confronted by a new demon. She falls victim, by the hands of a trusted adult, to sexual abuse. The devastation of these events causes her to question God’s roll in her life, and whether He ever loved her at all. The Tablet of My Heart is a collection of Poetry from the journal of that young girl. It is narrated by the author of the journal herself, who paints a portrait of words illustrating her emotional journey from hopelessness to healing. It is dedicated to victims of abuse; to bring to them the realization of hope that there is a light at the end of the silence. You can visit Elizabeth on the web at www.tabletofmyheart.net.

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Dr. David Gruder, PhD, DCEP, is the author of the personal growth book, The New IQ (Elite Books/ Energy Psychology Press), will be stopping off at A Bookish Mom! The New IQ is the world’s first road-tested guide to integrity-centered living, working, loving, and serving. Hailed as a “once-in-a-generation book,” it provides the first step-by-step road map for restoring the vanishing virtue of integrity… for the sake of our loved ones, our communities, our businesses, our society, and our own personal wellbeing.
Going far beyond being a self-help book, this critically acclaimed five-award-winning action plan offers a socially responsible way to attain personal, relationship, and career fulfillment during difficult times, without sacrificing ethics and integrity. Here at last is your complete guide to “personal development that serves us all.” You can visit David on the web at www.TheNewIQ.com.

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NY Times bestselling authorJamie Ford, author of the WWII historical fiction novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off  at  Need More Shelves! In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. You can visit his website at www.jamieford.com.

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Kandy Siahaya, author of the non-fiction women’s issues/humor book, Making Light of Being Heavy (Aardvark Publishing), will be stopping off at Hi Tech Book Reviews and Allvoices! These days everyone has society-driven mindset and totally forgets to laugh, especially at themselves. This may be cliche but I truly believe that laughter is the best medicine and I think everybody should laugh every day. Period. Over the years as a person blessed with the fat gene, I have been in many situations where if I could not find humor I probably would end up on the couch in the psychiatrist’s office. This book is about as politically incorrect as it gets for such a subject but it is also based on reality. This is a reality that many women have just like me, but do not think they can (or should) at times just laugh about it. You can visit Kandy on the web at www.makinglightofbeingheavy.com.

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Barry Eisler, author of the thriller, Fault Line (Ballantine Books), will be stopping at Thin Red Line, In Bed with Books and Omni Mystery! A full-throttle thriller that is both emotionally and politically charged, Fault Line centers on a conspiracy that has spun out of the shadows and onto the streets of America, a conspiracy that can be stopped by only three people–three people with different worldviews, different grievances, different motives. To survive the forces arrayed against them, they’ll first have to survive one another. You can visit his website at www.barryeisler.com.

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Chet Galaska, author of the Christian nonfiction book, Finding Faith in a Skeptical World (Triad Press), will be stopping off at Christy’s Book Blog! This book was written with the intent of providing brief shortcuts for curious unbelievers, those seeking faith, those new to it, and for Christians who may not be familiar with some of the ideas covered. The author realized that a book like this would have been valuable in helping him come to faith. Since none was available, he wrote Finding Faith in a Skeptical World to share the things he learned in a reader-friendly, direct and concise way. You can visit Chet online at www.triadpress.us

Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 19

Welcome to Day Nineteen of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May 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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Therese Fowler, author of the women’s fiction novel, Reunion (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at So Many Books, So Little Time! Celebrity talk show host Blue Reynolds is the queen of daytime television—she is smart, funny, and as down-to-earth as her adoring fans. In the eyes of the world, she has it all. But no one knows about the secret she has harbored for the last twenty years—a secret that could destroy her image, her reputation, and her career. Twenty years ago, she gave birth to a son and put him up for adoption through illegal channels. And every day since, she’s been filled with regret. Now Blue has hired a private investigator to find her son, knowing full well the consequences. You can visit Therese’s website at www.theresefowler.com.

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Dawson Church, author of the nonfiction book, The Genie in Your Genes (Energy Psychology Press – Elite Books), will be stopping off at Finally Getting Fit! The Genie in Your Genes is a breakthrough book linking consciousness to genetic change. For the first time, a single book summarizes a chain of remarkable scientific discoveries that are revolutionizing the ways we think about health. You can visit him online at www.genieinyourgenes.com.

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C.W. Gortner, author of the historical fiction novel, The Last Queen (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at Cafe of Dreams! Daughter of Isabel of Castile and sister of Catherine of Aragon. Married at sixteen and a queen at twenty-five. Declared mad by history. Juana of Castile, the last true queen of Spain. Ruled by her passions, Juana’s arranged marriage to Philip the Fair of Flanders begins as a fairytale romance when despite never having met before their betrothal, they fall violently in love. Juana is never meant to be more than his consort and mother to his heirs until she finds herself heiress to the throne of Spain after tragedy decimates her family. Suddenly she is plunged into a ruthless battle of ambition and treachery, with the future of Spain and her own freedom at stake. Told in Juana’s voice, The Last Queen is a powerful and moving portrait of a woman ahead of her time, a queen fought fiercely for her birthright in the face of an unimaginable betrayal. Juana’s story is one of history’s darkest secrets, brought vividly to life in this exhilarating novel. You can visit C.W. on the web at www.cwgortner.com.

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Rie McGaha, author of the fantasy erotic romance novel, Blood Line will be stopping off at Divine Caroline! Truck driver, Joshua Kaine and his wife, Jessie, enjoy the freedom of the open road until one night on a lonely country road Josh is attacked by a rabid dog. After killing the animal, Joshua becomes very ill, but quickly recovers. Weeks later, when the full moon rises and Josh begins howling, the trouble has just begun. Drawn by an unknown force, Joshua finds himself in a remote mountain area at The Gathering where he meets Garan, a gray wolf who has walked the earth for thousands of years, and Joshua learns the rabid dog was actually a werewolf and his clan is now after Josh. On the run, hunted by a clan of werewolves, and searching to undo his plight, Josh ventures into the swamps of Louisiana in search of an old, black woman who holds the key to his existence. Josh is pushed to the limits, and when the merciless werewolves kill his wife, the hunted becomes the hunter. You can visit Rie on the web at www.riemcgaha.com.

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Kathye Quick, author of the historical romance novel, Cynthia and Constantine, will be stopping off at The Book Connection! Lady Cynthia of Abertaine is trapped. Not only has her fiancé, Sir William Leyborne, not been back to the castle for over ten years, but she’s also not a titled Lady. Lord Simon of Cowell, a renegade warlord aligned with Mordred against Arthur and his Knights, has declared himself sovereign over Leybourne Castle and everything that once belonged to Sir William– including Cynthia. Drawn together by an attraction older than time, Cynthia and Constantine soon discover that though a vow made by a knight’s honor has brought them together, it may just also cost them their lives. You can visit Kathye on the web at www.kathyequick.com.

 

 

 

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Elizabeth Walker, author of the memoir, The Tablet of My Heart, will be stopping off at Recipease! The world turns upside down for a young girl when her father begins a fatal battle with the merciless affliction cancer. Before his illness finishes it’s devastating rampage through her adolescence, she is confronted by a new demon. She falls victim, by the hands of a trusted adult, to sexual abuse. The devastation of these events causes her to question God’s roll in her life, and whether He ever loved her at all. The Tablet of My Heart is a collection of Poetry from the journal of that young girl. It is narrated by the author of the journal herself, who paints a portrait of words illustrating her emotional journey from hopelessness to healing. It is dedicated to victims of abuse; to bring to them the realization of hope that there is a light at the end of the silence. You can visit Elizabeth on the web at www.tabletofmyheart.net.

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Dr. David Gruder, PhD, DCEP, is the author of the personal growth book, The New IQ (Elite Books/ Energy Psychology Press), will be stopping off at Marta’s Meanderings! The New IQ is the world’s first road-tested guide to integrity-centered living, working, loving, and serving. Hailed as a “once-in-a-generation book,” it provides the first step-by-step road map for restoring the vanishing virtue of integrity… for the sake of our loved ones, our communities, our businesses, our society, and our own personal wellbeing.
Going far beyond being a self-help book, this critically acclaimed five-award-winning action plan offers a socially responsible way to attain personal, relationship, and career fulfillment during difficult times, without sacrificing ethics and integrity. Here at last is your complete guide to “personal development that serves us all.” You can visit David on the web at www.TheNewIQ.com.

 

 

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NY Times bestselling authorJamie Ford, author of the WWII historical fiction novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at 38th Avenue Divas and Book Nook Club! In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. You can visit his website at www.jamieford.com.

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Kandy Siahaya, author of the non-fiction women’s issues/humor book, Making Light of Being Heavy (Aardvark Publishing), will be stopping off at Review From Here! These days everyone has society-driven mindset and totally forgets to laugh, especially at themselves. This may be cliche but I truly believe that laughter is the best medicine and I think everybody should laugh every day. Period. Over the years as a person blessed with the fat gene, I have been in many situations where if I could not find humor I probably would end up on the couch in the psychiatrist’s office. This book is about as politically incorrect as it gets for such a subject but it is also based on reality. This is a reality that many women have just like me, but do not think they can (or should) at times just laugh about it. You can visit Kandy on the web at www.makinglightofbeingheavy.com.

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HBF (Hopeful But Frustrated) Teacher, author of the realistic fiction book, No Teachers Left Behind (2nd Avenue Publishing), will be stopping off at Blogcritics! Explored through a series of poems, emails, and brief conversations, No Teachers Left Behind is a fictional yet realistic look at the frustrations of middle school staff.

You can visit her website at www.noteachersleftbehind.info.

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Barry Eisler, author of the thriller, Fault Line (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at Hi Tech Book Reviews! A full-throttle thriller that is both emotionally and politically charged, Fault Line centers on a conspiracy that has spun out of the shadows and onto the streets of America, a conspiracy that can be stopped by only three people–three people with different worldviews, different grievances, different motives. To survive the forces arrayed against them, they’ll first have to survive one another. You can visit his website at www.barryeisler.com.

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Abe March, author of the political action thriller, They Plotted Revenge Against America (All Things That Matter Press), will be stopping off at As The Pages Turn! An American attack on Baghdad leaves heartbroken and angry survivors. Two different families, one Muslim and one Christian, are wiped out in the 2003 raids and their young adult progeny are determined to avenge the loss of their loved ones. An Israeli Secret Service Agent with a grudge of his own, knows just how to tap into the vulnerabilities that grief leaves, and he organizes the training of select men and woment whose desire for vengeance is strong enouh to consider a deadly covert mission in America. You can visit Abe on the web at http://www.freewebs.com/abemarch.

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Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 18

Welcome to Day Eighteen of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May 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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Therese Fowler, author of the women’s fiction novel, Reunion (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at The Book Faery Reviews and As The Pages Turn! Celebrity talk show host Blue Reynolds is the queen of daytime television—she is smart, funny, and as down-to-earth as her adoring fans. In the eyes of the world, she has it all. But no one knows about the secret she has harbored for the last twenty years—a secret that could destroy her image, her reputation, and her career. Twenty years ago, she gave birth to a son and put him up for adoption through illegal channels. And every day since, she’s been filled with regret. Now Blue has hired a private investigator to find her son, knowing full well the consequences. You can visit Therese’s website at www.theresefowler.com.

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Dawson Church, author of the nonfiction book, The Genie in Your Genes (Energy Psychology Press – Elite Books), will be stopping off at Finally Getting Fit! The Genie in Your Genes is a breakthrough book linking consciousness to genetic change. For the first time, a single book summarizes a chain of remarkable scientific discoveries that are revolutionizing the ways we think about health. You can visit him online at www.genieinyourgenes.com.

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C.W. Gortner, author of the historical fiction novel, The Last Queen (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at  Cafe of Dreams!  Daughter of Isabel of Castile and sister of Catherine of Aragon. Married at sixteen and a queen at twenty-five. Declared mad by history. Juana of Castile, the last true queen of Spain. Ruled by her passions, Juana’s arranged marriage to Philip the Fair of Flanders begins as a fairytale romance when despite never having met before their betrothal, they fall violently in love. Juana is never meant to be more than his consort and mother to his heirs until she finds herself heiress to the throne of Spain after tragedy decimates her family. Suddenly she is plunged into a ruthless battle of ambition and treachery, with the future of Spain and her own freedom at stake. Told in Juana’s voice, The Last Queen is a powerful and moving portrait of a woman ahead of her time, a queen fought fiercely for her birthright in the face of an unimaginable betrayal. Juana’s story is one of history’s darkest secrets, brought vividly to life in this exhilarating novel. You can visit C.W. on the web at www.cwgortner.com.

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Rie McGaha, author of the fantasy erotic romance novel, Blood Line will be stopping off at First Chapters! Truck driver, Joshua Kaine and his wife, Jessie, enjoy the freedom of the open road until one night on a lonely country road Josh is attacked by a rabid dog. After killing the animal, Joshua becomes very ill, but quickly recovers. Weeks later, when the full moon rises and Josh begins howling, the trouble has just begun. Drawn by an unknown force, Joshua finds himself in a remote mountain area at The Gathering where he meets Garan, a gray wolf who has walked the earth for thousands of years, and Joshua learns the rabid dog was actually a werewolf and his clan is now after Josh. On the run, hunted by a clan of werewolves, and searching to undo his plight, Josh ventures into the swamps of Louisiana in search of an old, black woman who holds the key to his existence. Josh is pushed to the limits, and when the merciless werewolves kill his wife, the hunted becomes the hunter. You can visit Rie on the web at www.riemcgaha.com.

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Kathye Quick, author of the historical romance novel, Cynthia and Constantine, will be stopping off at Marta’s Meanderings! Lady Cynthia of Abertaine is trapped. Not only has her fiancé, Sir William Leyborne, not been back to the castle for over ten years, but she’s also not a titled Lady. Lord Simon of Cowell, a renegade warlord aligned with Mordred against Arthur and his Knights, has declared himself sovereign over Leybourne Castle and everything that once belonged to Sir William– including Cynthia. Drawn together by an attraction older than time, Cynthia and Constantine soon discover that though a vow made by a knight’s honor has brought them together, it may just also cost them their lives. You can visit Kathye on the web at www.kathyequick.com.

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Elizabeth Walker, author of the memoir, The Tablet of My Heart, will be stopping off at Four Strong Women! The world turns upside down for a young girl when her father begins a fatal battle with the merciless affliction cancer. Before his illness finishes it’s devastating rampage through her adolescence, she is confronted by a new demon. She falls victim, by the hands of a trusted adult, to sexual abuse. The devastation of these events causes her to question God’s roll in her life, and whether He ever loved her at all. The Tablet of My Heart is a collection of Poetry from the journal of that young girl. It is narrated by the author of the journal herself, who paints a portrait of words illustrating her emotional journey from hopelessness to healing. It is dedicated to victims of abuse; to bring to them the realization of hope that there is a light at the end of the silence. You can visit Elizabeth on the web at www.tabletofmyheart.net.

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Dr. David Gruder, PhD, DCEP, is the author of the personal growth book, The New IQ (Elite Books/ Energy Psychology Press), will be stopping off at Bloggin’ ’bout Books! The New IQ is the world’s first road-tested guide to integrity-centered living, working, loving, and serving. Hailed as a “once-in-a-generation book,” it provides the first step-by-step road map for restoring the vanishing virtue of integrity… for the sake of our loved ones, our communities, our businesses, our society, and our own personal wellbeing.
Going far beyond being a self-help book, this critically acclaimed five-award-winning action plan offers a socially responsible way to attain personal, relationship, and career fulfillment during difficult times, without sacrificing ethics and integrity. Here at last is your complete guide to “personal development that serves us all.” You can visit David on the web at www.TheNewIQ.com.

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Herbert Howard Jones, author of the young adult fantasy novel, The Pyewiz and the Amazing Mobile Phone (YouWriteOn.com), will be stopping off at A Bookish Mom! Schoolboy Terry Mctrain thinks the new tenant in his parent’s guesthouse is strange. Stranger still is the reason why she is here. Then Terry learns about a twin brother he never knew he had, kidnapped by a pirate wizard years ago. Baffled by all this, Terry realizes there’s a mystery to be solved, and a secret to be uncovered. But when he discovers that the fate of the world is also in his hands, he wonders..could this turn into the adventure of a lifetime? You can visit Herbert on the web at www.science-fiction-fantasy.com.

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NY Times bestselling authorJamie Ford, author of the WWII historical fiction novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at Girls Just Reading! In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. You can visit his website at www.jamieford.com.

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Kandy Siahaya, author of the non-fiction women’s issues/humor book, Making Light of Being Heavy (Aardvark Publishing), will be stopping off at Morbid Romantic! These days everyone has society-driven mindset and totally forgets to laugh, especially at themselves. This may be cliche but I truly believe that laughter is the best medicine and I think everybody should laugh every day. Period. Over the years as a person blessed with the fat gene, I have been in many situations where if I could not find humor I probably would end up on the couch in the psychiatrist’s office. This book is about as politically incorrect as it gets for such a subject but it is also based on reality. This is a reality that many women have just like me, but do not think they can (or should) at times just laugh about it. You can visit Kandy on the web at www.makinglightofbeingheavy.com.

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HBF (Hopeful But Frustrated) Teacher, author of the realistic fiction book, No Teachers Left Behind (2nd Avenue Publishing), will be stopping off at The Post-Tribune! Explored through a series of poems, emails, and brief conversations, No Teachers Left Behind is a fictional yet realistic look at the frustrations of middle school staff.

You can visit her website at www.noteachersleftbehind.info.

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Barry Eisler, author of the thriller, Fault Line (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at Andi-Lit and Cheryl’s Book Nook! A full-throttle thriller that is both emotionally and politically charged, Fault Line centers on a conspiracy that has spun out of the shadows and onto the streets of America, a conspiracy that can be stopped by only three people–three people with different worldviews, different grievances, different motives. To survive the forces arrayed against them, they’ll first have to survive one another. You can visit his website at www.barryeisler.com.

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Chet Galaska, author of the Christian nonfiction book, Finding Faith in a Skeptical World (Triad Press), will be stopping off at Mocha with Linda! This book was written with the intent of providing brief shortcuts for curious unbelievers, those seeking faith, those new to it, and for Christians who may not be familiar with some of the ideas covered. The author realized that a book like this would have been valuable in helping him come to faith. Since none was available, he wrote Finding Faith in a Skeptical World to share the things he learned in a reader-friendly, direct and concise way. You can visit Chet online at www.triadpress.us

Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 17

Welcome to Day Seventeen of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May 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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Therese Fowler, author of the women’s fiction novel, Reunion (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at The Epic Rat! and The Writer’s Life! Celebrity talk show host Blue Reynolds is the queen of daytime television—she is smart, funny, and as down-to-earth as her adoring fans. In the eyes of the world, she has it all. But no one knows about the secret she has harbored for the last twenty years—a secret that could destroy her image, her reputation, and her career. Twenty years ago, she gave birth to a son and put him up for adoption through illegal channels. And every day since, she’s been filled with regret. Now Blue has hired a private investigator to find her son, knowing full well the consequences. You can visit Therese’s website at www.theresefowler.com.

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Dawson Church, author of the nonfiction book, The Genie in Your Genes (Energy Psychology Press – Elite Books), will be stopping off at The Book Tiger! The Genie in Your Genes is a breakthrough book linking consciousness to genetic change. For the first time, a single book summarizes a chain of remarkable scientific discoveries that are revolutionizing the ways we think about health. You can visit him online at www.genieinyourgenes.com.

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C.W. Gortner, author of the historical fiction novel, The Last Queen (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at The Book Faery Reviews! Daughter of Isabel of Castile and sister of Catherine of Aragon. Married at sixteen and a queen at twenty-five. Declared mad by history. Juana of Castile, the last true queen of Spain. Ruled by her passions, Juana’s arranged marriage to Philip the Fair of Flanders begins as a fairytale romance when despite never having met before their betrothal, they fall violently in love. Juana is never meant to be more than his consort and mother to his heirs until she finds herself heiress to the throne of Spain after tragedy decimates her family. Suddenly she is plunged into a ruthless battle of ambition and treachery, with the future of Spain and her own freedom at stake. Told in Juana’s voice, The Last Queen is a powerful and moving portrait of a woman ahead of her time, a queen fought fiercely for her birthright in the face of an unimaginable betrayal. Juana’s story is one of history’s darkest secrets, brought vividly to life in this exhilarating novel. You can visit C.W. on the web at www.cwgortner.com.

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Rie McGaha, author of the fantasy erotic romance novel, Blood Line will be stopping off at The Plotline! Truck driver, Joshua Kaine and his wife, Jessie, enjoy the freedom of the open road until one night on a lonely country road Josh is attacked by a rabid dog. After killing the animal, Joshua becomes very ill, but quickly recovers. Weeks later, when the full moon rises and Josh begins howling, the trouble has just begun. Drawn by an unknown force, Joshua finds himself in a remote mountain area at The Gathering where he meets Garan, a gray wolf who has walked the earth for thousands of years, and Joshua learns the rabid dog was actually a werewolf and his clan is now after Josh. On the run, hunted by a clan of werewolves, and searching to undo his plight, Josh ventures into the swamps of Louisiana in search of an old, black woman who holds the key to his existence. Josh is pushed to the limits, and when the merciless werewolves kill his wife, the hunted becomes the hunter. You can visit Rie on the web at www.riemcgaha.com.

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Abe March, author of the political action thriller, They Plotted Revenge Against America (All Things That Matter Press), will be stopping off at Beast Momma! An American attack on Baghdad leaves heartbroken and angry survivors. Two different families, one Muslim and one Christian, are wiped out in the 2003 raids and their young adult progeny are determined to avenge the loss of their loved ones. An Israeli Secret Service Agent with a grudge of his own, knows just how to tap into the vulnerabilities that grief leaves, and he organizes the training of select men and woment whose desire for vengeance is strong enouh to consider a deadly covert mission in America. You can visit Abe on the web at http://www.freewebs.com/abemarch.

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Kathye Quick, author of the historical romance novel, Cynthia and Constantine, will be stopping off at American Chronicle! Lady Cynthia of Abertaine is trapped. Not only has her fiancé, Sir William Leyborne, not been back to the castle for over ten years, but she’s also not a titled Lady. Lord Simon of Cowell, a renegade warlord aligned with Mordred against Arthur and his Knights, has declared himself sovereign over Leybourne Castle and everything that once belonged to Sir William– including Cynthia. Drawn together by an attraction older than time, Cynthia and Constantine soon discover that though a vow made by a knight’s honor has brought them together, it may just also cost them their lives. You can visit Kathye on the web at www.kathyequick.com.

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Elizabeth Walker, author of the memoir, The Tablet of My Heart, will be stopping off at Write for a REader! The world turns upside down for a young girl when her father begins a fatal battle with the merciless affliction cancer. Before his illness finishes it’s devastating rampage through her adolescence, she is confronted by a new demon. She falls victim, by the hands of a trusted adult, to sexual abuse. The devastation of these events causes her to question God’s roll in her life, and whether He ever loved her at all. The Tablet of My Heart is a collection of Poetry from the journal of that young girl. It is narrated by the author of the journal herself, who paints a portrait of words illustrating her emotional journey from hopelessness to healing. It is dedicated to victims of abuse; to bring to them the realization of hope that there is a light at the end of the silence. You can visit Elizabeth on the web at www.tabletofmyheart.net.

 

 

 

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Dr. David Gruder, PhD, DCEP, is the author of the personal growth book, The New IQ (Elite Books/ Energy Psychology Press), will be stopping off at Between the Covers! The New IQ is the world’s first road-tested guide to integrity-centered living, working, loving, and serving. Hailed as a “once-in-a-generation book,” it provides the first step-by-step road map for restoring the vanishing virtue of integrity… for the sake of our loved ones, our communities, our businesses, our society, and our own personal wellbeing.
Going far beyond being a self-help book, this critically acclaimed five-award-winning action plan offers a socially responsible way to attain personal, relationship, and career fulfillment during difficult times, without sacrificing ethics and integrity. Here at last is your complete guide to “personal development that serves us all.” You can visit David on the web at www.TheNewIQ.com.

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Herbert Howard Jones, author of the young adult fantasy novel, The Pyewiz and the Amazing Mobile Phone (YouWriteOn.com), will be stopping off at A Bookish Mom! Schoolboy Terry Mctrain thinks the new tenant in his parent’s guesthouse is strange. Stranger still is the reason why she is here. Then Terry learns about a twin brother he never knew he had, kidnapped by a pirate wizard years ago. Baffled by all this, Terry realizes there’s a mystery to be solved, and a secret to be uncovered. But when he discovers that the fate of the world is also in his hands, he wonders..could this turn into the adventure of a lifetime? You can visit Herbert on the web at www.science-fiction-fantasy.com.

 

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NY Times bestselling authorJamie Ford, author of the WWII historical fiction novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at Andi Lit! In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. You can visit his website at www.jamieford.com.

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

Welcome to Day Sixteen of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May 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!

_________________________________________

Therese Fowler, author of the women’s fiction novel, Reunion (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at The Writer’s Life and The Friendly Book Nook! Celebrity talk show host Blue Reynolds is the queen of daytime television—she is smart, funny, and as down-to-earth as her adoring fans. In the eyes of the world, she has it all. But no one knows about the secret she has harbored for the last twenty years—a secret that could destroy her image, her reputation, and her career. Twenty years ago, she gave birth to a son and put him up for adoption through illegal channels. And every day since, she’s been filled with regret. Now Blue has hired a private investigator to find her son, knowing full well the consequences. You can visit Therese’s website at www.theresefowler.com.

 

 

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Dawson Church, author of the nonfiction book, The Genie in Your Genes (Energy Psychology Press – Elite Books), will be stopping off at Book Madness! The Genie in Your Genes is a breakthrough book linking consciousness to genetic change. For the first time, a single book summarizes a chain of remarkable scientific discoveries that are revolutionizing the ways we think about health. You can visit him online at www.genieinyourgenes.com.

 

 

 

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C.W. Gortner, author of the historical fiction novel, The Last Queen (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at Book Addiction and Jenn’s Bookshelf! Daughter of Isabel of Castile and sister of Catherine of Aragon. Married at sixteen and a queen at twenty-five. Declared mad by history. Juana of Castile, the last true queen of Spain. Ruled by her passions, Juana’s arranged marriage to Philip the Fair of Flanders begins as a fairytale romance when despite never having met before their betrothal, they fall violently in love. Juana is never meant to be more than his consort and mother to his heirs until she finds herself heiress to the throne of Spain after tragedy decimates her family. Suddenly she is plunged into a ruthless battle of ambition and treachery, with the future of Spain and her own freedom at stake. Told in Juana’s voice, The Last Queen is a powerful and moving portrait of a woman ahead of her time, a queen fought fiercely for her birthright in the face of an unimaginable betrayal. Juana’s story is one of history’s darkest secrets, brought vividly to life in this exhilarating novel. You can visit C.W. on the web at www.cwgortner.com.

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Rie McGaha, author of the fantasy erotic romance novel, Blood Line will be stopping off at The Plot and Cafe of Dreams! Truck driver, Joshua Kaine and his wife, Jessie, enjoy the freedom of the open road until one night on a lonely country road Josh is attacked by a rabid dog. After killing the animal, Joshua becomes very ill, but quickly recovers. Weeks later, when the full moon rises and Josh begins howling, the trouble has just begun. Drawn by an unknown force, Joshua finds himself in a remote mountain area at The Gathering where he meets Garan, a gray wolf who has walked the earth for thousands of years, and Joshua learns the rabid dog was actually a werewolf and his clan is now after Josh. On the run, hunted by a clan of werewolves, and searching to undo his plight, Josh ventures into the swamps of Louisiana in search of an old, black woman who holds the key to his existence. Josh is pushed to the limits, and when the merciless werewolves kill his wife, the hunted becomes the hunter. You can visit Rie on the web at www.riemcgaha.com.

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Abe March, author of the political action thriller, They Plotted Revenge Against America (All Things That Matter Press), will be stopping off at American Chronicle! An American attack on Baghdad leaves heartbroken and angry survivors. Two different families, one Muslim and one Christian, are wiped out in the 2003 raids and their young adult progeny are determined to avenge the loss of their loved ones. An Israeli Secret Service Agent with a grudge of his own, knows just how to tap into the vulnerabilities that grief leaves, and he organizes the training of select men and woment whose desire for vengeance is strong enouh to consider a deadly covert mission in America. You can visit Abe on the web at http://www.freewebs.com/abemarch.

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Kathye Quick, author of the historical romance novel, Cynthia and Constantine, will be stopping off at Girls with Books! Lady Cynthia of Abertaine is trapped. Not only has her fiancé, Sir William Leyborne, not been back to the castle for over ten years, but she’s also not a titled Lady. Lord Simon of Cowell, a renegade warlord aligned with Mordred against Arthur and his Knights, has declared himself sovereign over Leybourne Castle and everything that once belonged to Sir William– including Cynthia. Drawn together by an attraction older than time, Cynthia and Constantine soon discover that though a vow made by a knight’s honor has brought them together, it may just also cost them their lives. You can visit Kathye on the web at www.kathyequick.com.

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Elizabeth Walker, author of the memoir, The Tablet of My Heart, will be stopping off at  Write for A Reader!  The world turns upside down for a young girl when her father begins a fatal battle with the merciless affliction cancer. Before his illness finishes it’s devastating rampage through her adolescence, she is confronted by a new demon. She falls victim, by the hands of a trusted adult, to sexual abuse. The devastation of these events causes her to question God’s roll in her life, and whether He ever loved her at all. The Tablet of My Heart is a collection of Poetry from the journal of that young girl. It is narrated by the author of the journal herself, who paints a portrait of words illustrating her emotional journey from hopelessness to healing. It is dedicated to victims of abuse; to bring to them the realization of hope that there is a light at the end of the silence. You can visit Elizabeth on the web at www.tabletofmyheart.net.

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Barry Eisler, author of the thriller, Fault Line (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at Bookgarden and Pudgy Penguin Persuals! A full-throttle thriller that is both emotionally and politically charged, Fault Line centers on a conspiracy that has spun out of the shadows and onto the streets of America, a conspiracy that can be stopped by only three people–three people with different worldviews, different grievances, different motives. To survive the forces arrayed against them, they’ll first have to survive one another. You can visit his website at www.barryeisler.com.

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HBF (Hopeful But Frustrated) Teacher, author of the realistic fiction book, No Teachers Left Behind (2nd Avenue Publishing), will be stopping off at Popin’s Lair! Explored through a series of poems, emails, and brief conversations, No Teachers Left Behind is a fictional yet realistic look at the frustrations of middle school staff.

You can visit her website at www.noteachersleftbehind.info.

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Dr. David Gruder, PhD, DCEP, is the author of the personal growth book, The New IQ (Elite Books/ Energy Psychology Press), will be stopping off at A Bookish Mom! The New IQ is the world’s first road-tested guide to integrity-centered living, working, loving, and serving. Hailed as a “once-in-a-generation book,” it provides the first step-by-step road map for restoring the vanishing virtue of integrity… for the sake of our loved ones, our communities, our businesses, our society, and our own personal wellbeing.
Going far beyond being a self-help book, this critically acclaimed five-award-winning action plan offers a socially responsible way to attain personal, relationship, and career fulfillment during difficult times, without sacrificing ethics and integrity. Here at last is your complete guide to “personal development that serves us all.” You can visit David on the web at www.TheNewIQ.com.

 

 

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Herbert Howard Jones, author of the young adult fantasy novel, The Pyewiz and the Amazing Mobile Phone (YouWriteOn.com), will be stopping off at Marta’s Meanderings! Schoolboy Terry Mctrain thinks the new tenant in his parent’s guesthouse is strange. Stranger still is the reason why she is here. Then Terry learns about a twin brother he never knew he had, kidnapped by a pirate wizard years ago. Baffled by all this, Terry realizes there’s a mystery to be solved, and a secret to be uncovered. But when he discovers that the fate of the world is also in his hands, he wonders..could this turn into the adventure of a lifetime? You can visit Herbert on the web at www.science-fiction-fantasy.com.

Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 15

Welcome to Day Fifteen of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May 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!

_________________________________________

Therese Fowler, author of the women’s fiction novel, Reunion (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at Linus’s Blanket, A Book Lover and Savvy Verse and Wit! Celebrity talk show host Blue Reynolds is the queen of daytime television—she is smart, funny, and as down-to-earth as her adoring fans. In the eyes of the world, she has it all. But no one knows about the secret she has harbored for the last twenty years—a secret that could destroy her image, her reputation, and her career. Twenty years ago, she gave birth to a son and put him up for adoption through illegal channels. And every day since, she’s been filled with regret. Now Blue has hired a private investigator to find her son, knowing full well the consequences. You can visit Therese’s website at www.theresefowler.com.

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Dawson Church, author of the nonfiction book, The Genie in Your Genes (Energy Psychology Press – Elite Books), will be stopping off at Beyond the Books! The Genie in Your Genes is a breakthrough book linking consciousness to genetic change. For the first time, a single book summarizes a chain of remarkable scientific discoveries that are revolutionizing the ways we think about health. You can visit him online at www.genieinyourgenes.com.

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NY Times bestselling authorJamie Ford, author of the WWII historical fiction novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at From My Bookshelf! In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. You can visit his website at www.jamieford.com.

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C.W. Gortner, author of the historical fiction novel, The Last Queen (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at The Book Connection! Daughter of Isabel of Castile and sister of Catherine of Aragon. Married at sixteen and a queen at twenty-five. Declared mad by history. Juana of Castile, the last true queen of Spain. Ruled by her passions, Juana’s arranged marriage to Philip the Fair of Flanders begins as a fairytale romance when despite never having met before their betrothal, they fall violently in love. Juana is never meant to be more than his consort and mother to his heirs until she finds herself heiress to the throne of Spain after tragedy decimates her family. Suddenly she is plunged into a ruthless battle of ambition and treachery, with the future of Spain and her own freedom at stake. Told in Juana’s voice, The Last Queen is a powerful and moving portrait of a woman ahead of her time, a queen fought fiercely for her birthright in the face of an unimaginable betrayal. Juana’s story is one of history’s darkest secrets, brought vividly to life in this exhilarating novel. You can visit C.W. on the web at www.cwgortner.com.

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Rie McGaha, author of the fantasy erotic romance novel, Blood Line will be stopping off at The Writer’s Life! Truck driver, Joshua Kaine and his wife, Jessie, enjoy the freedom of the open road until one night on a lonely country road Josh is attacked by a rabid dog. After killing the animal, Joshua becomes very ill, but quickly recovers. Weeks later, when the full moon rises and Josh begins howling, the trouble has just begun. Drawn by an unknown force, Joshua finds himself in a remote mountain area at The Gathering where he meets Garan, a gray wolf who has walked the earth for thousands of years, and Joshua learns the rabid dog was actually a werewolf and his clan is now after Josh. On the run, hunted by a clan of werewolves, and searching to undo his plight, Josh ventures into the swamps of Louisiana in search of an old, black woman who holds the key to his existence. Josh is pushed to the limits, and when the merciless werewolves kill his wife, the hunted becomes the hunter. You can visit Rie on the web at www.riemcgaha.com.

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Abe March, author of the political action thriller, They Plotted Revenge Against America (All Things That Matter Press), will be stopping off at The Plotline! An American attack on Baghdad leaves heartbroken and angry survivors. Two different families, one Muslim and one Christian, are wiped out in the 2003 raids and their young adult progeny are determined to avenge the loss of their loved ones. An Israeli Secret Service Agent with a grudge of his own, knows just how to tap into the vulnerabilities that grief leaves, and he organizes the training of select men and woment whose desire for vengeance is strong enouh to consider a deadly covert mission in America. You can visit Abe on the web at http://www.freewebs.com/abemarch.

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Kathye Quick, author of the historical romance novel, Cynthia and Constantine, will be stopping off at Fiction Scribe! Lady Cynthia of Abertaine is trapped. Not only has her fiancé, Sir William Leyborne, not been back to the castle for over ten years, but she’s also not a titled Lady. Lord Simon of Cowell, a renegade warlord aligned with Mordred against Arthur and his Knights, has declared himself sovereign over Leybourne Castle and everything that once belonged to Sir William– including Cynthia. Drawn together by an attraction older than time, Cynthia and Constantine soon discover that though a vow made by a knight’s honor has brought them together, it may just also cost them their lives. You can visit Kathye on the web at www.kathyequick.com.

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Elizabeth Walker, author of the memoir, The Tablet of My Heart, will be stopping off at Beyond the Books! The world turns upside down for a young girl when her father begins a fatal battle with the merciless affliction cancer. Before his illness finishes it’s devastating rampage through her adolescence, she is confronted by a new demon. She falls victim, by the hands of a trusted adult, to sexual abuse. The devastation of these events causes her to question God’s roll in her life, and whether He ever loved her at all. The Tablet of My Heart is a collection of Poetry from the journal of that young girl. It is narrated by the author of the journal herself, who paints a portrait of words illustrating her emotional journey from hopelessness to healing. It is dedicated to victims of abuse; to bring to them the realization of hope that there is a light at the end of the silence. You can visit Elizabeth on the web at www.tabletofmyheart.net.

______________________________________________

Barry Eisler, author of the thriller, Fault Line (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at Murder by 4! A full-throttle thriller that is both emotionally and politically charged, Fault Line centers on a conspiracy that has spun out of the shadows and onto the streets of America, a conspiracy that can be stopped by only three people–three people with different worldviews, different grievances, different motives. To survive the forces arrayed against them, they’ll first have to survive one another. You can visit his website at www.barryeisler.com.

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HBF (Hopeful But Frustrated) Teacher, author of the realistic fiction book, No Teachers Left Behind (2nd Avenue Publishing), will be stopping off at Paperback Writer! Explored through a series of poems, emails, and brief conversations, No Teachers Left Behind is a fictional yet realistic look at the frustrations of middle school staff.

You can visit her website at www.noteachersleftbehind.info.

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Dr. David Gruder, PhD, DCEP, is the author of the personal growth book, The New IQ (Elite Books/ Energy Psychology Press), will be stopping off at Cafe of Dreams! The New IQ is the world’s first road-tested guide to integrity-centered living, working, loving, and serving. Hailed as a “once-in-a-generation book,” it provides the first step-by-step road map for restoring the vanishing virtue of integrity… for the sake of our loved ones, our communities, our businesses, our society, and our own personal wellbeing.
Going far beyond being a self-help book, this critically acclaimed five-award-winning action plan offers a socially responsible way to attain personal, relationship, and career fulfillment during difficult times, without sacrificing ethics and integrity. Here at last is your complete guide to “personal development that serves us all.” You can visit David on the web at www.TheNewIQ.com.

 

 

 

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Kandy Siahaya, author of the non-fiction women’s issues/humor book, Making Light of Being Heavy (Aardvark Publishing), will be stopping off at Fat Lot of Good and the Book Connection! These days everyone has society-driven mindset and totally forgets to laugh, especially at themselves. This may be cliche but I truly believe that laughter is the best medicine and I think everybody should laugh every day. Period. Over the years as a person blessed with the fat gene, I have been in many situations where if I could not find humor I probably would end up on the couch in the psychiatrist’s office. This book is about as politically incorrect as it gets for such a subject but it is also based on reality. This is a reality that many women have just like me, but do not think they can (or should) at times just laugh about it. You can visit Kandy on the web at www.makinglightofbeingheavy.com.

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Tim Kellis, author of the relationship book, Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage (Gilgamesh Publishing), will be stopping off at As The Pages Turn! The journey through “Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage” includes a trip through history, where the most significant lessons civilization has learned over the last few thousand years are used to demonstrate not only the way to set up a positive relationship, but the causes of that relationship turning negative. You can visit Tim online at www.happyrelationships.com.

 

 

 

 

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Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 14

Welcome to Day Fourteen of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May 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!

_________________________________________

Therese Fowler, author of the women’s fiction novel, Reunion (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at Linus’s Blanket and The Red Lady’s Reading Room! Celebrity talk show host Blue Reynolds is the queen of daytime television—she is smart, funny, and as down-to-earth as her adoring fans. In the eyes of the world, she has it all. But no one knows about the secret she has harbored for the last twenty years—a secret that could destroy her image, her reputation, and her career. Twenty years ago, she gave birth to a son and put him up for adoption through illegal channels. And every day since, she’s been filled with regret. Now Blue has hired a private investigator to find her son, knowing full well the consequences. You can visit Therese’s website at www.theresefowler.com.

____________________________

Dawson Church, author of the nonfiction book, The Genie in Your Genes (Energy Psychology Press – Elite Books), will be stopping off at Beyond the Books! The Genie in Your Genes is a breakthrough book linking consciousness to genetic change. For the first time, a single book summarizes a chain of remarkable scientific discoveries that are revolutionizing the ways we think about health. You can visit him online at www.genieinyourgenes.com.

___________________________

NY Times bestselling authorJamie Ford, author of the WWII historical fiction novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at Book Girl, Amber Stults and Stuff As Dreams Are Made On! In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. You can visit his website at www.jamieford.com.

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C.W. Gortner, author of the historical fiction novel, The Last Queen (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at Marta’s Meanderings and The Epic Rat! Daughter of Isabel of Castile and sister of Catherine of Aragon. Married at sixteen and a queen at twenty-five. Declared mad by history. Juana of Castile, the last true queen of Spain. Ruled by her passions, Juana’s arranged marriage to Philip the Fair of Flanders begins as a fairytale romance when despite never having met before their betrothal, they fall violently in love. Juana is never meant to be more than his consort and mother to his heirs until she finds herself heiress to the throne of Spain after tragedy decimates her family. Suddenly she is plunged into a ruthless battle of ambition and treachery, with the future of Spain and her own freedom at stake. Told in Juana’s voice, The Last Queen is a powerful and moving portrait of a woman ahead of her time, a queen fought fiercely for her birthright in the face of an unimaginable betrayal. Juana’s story is one of history’s darkest secrets, brought vividly to life in this exhilarating novel. You can visit C.W. on the web at www.cwgortner.com.

_________________________________________

Rie McGaha, author of the fantasy erotic romance novel, Blood Line will be stopping off at The Writer’s Life! Truck driver, Joshua Kaine and his wife, Jessie, enjoy the freedom of the open road until one night on a lonely country road Josh is attacked by a rabid dog. After killing the animal, Joshua becomes very ill, but quickly recovers. Weeks later, when the full moon rises and Josh begins howling, the trouble has just begun. Drawn by an unknown force, Joshua finds himself in a remote mountain area at The Gathering where he meets Garan, a gray wolf who has walked the earth for thousands of years, and Joshua learns the rabid dog was actually a werewolf and his clan is now after Josh. On the run, hunted by a clan of werewolves, and searching to undo his plight, Josh ventures into the swamps of Louisiana in search of an old, black woman who holds the key to his existence. Josh is pushed to the limits, and when the merciless werewolves kill his wife, the hunted becomes the hunter. You can visit Rie on the web at www.riemcgaha.com.

_________________________________________

Abe March, author of the political action thriller, They Plotted Revenge Against America (All Things That Matter Press), will be stopping off at The Plotline! An American attack on Baghdad leaves heartbroken and angry survivors. Two different families, one Muslim and one Christian, are wiped out in the 2003 raids and their young adult progeny are determined to avenge the loss of their loved ones. An Israeli Secret Service Agent with a grudge of his own, knows just how to tap into the vulnerabilities that grief leaves, and he organizes the training of select men and woment whose desire for vengeance is strong enouh to consider a deadly covert mission in America. You can visit Abe on the web at http://www.freewebs.com/abemarch.

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Kathye Quick, author of the historical romance novel, Cynthia and Constantine, will be stopping off at American Chronicle! Lady Cynthia of Abertaine is trapped. Not only has her fiancé, Sir William Leyborne, not been back to the castle for over ten years, but she’s also not a titled Lady. Lord Simon of Cowell, a renegade warlord aligned with Mordred against Arthur and his Knights, has declared himself sovereign over Leybourne Castle and everything that once belonged to Sir William– including Cynthia. Drawn together by an attraction older than time, Cynthia and Constantine soon discover that though a vow made by a knight’s honor has brought them together, it may just also cost them their lives. You can visit Kathye on the web at www.kathyequick.com.

_______________________________

Elizabeth Walker, author of the memoir, The Tablet of My Heart, will be stopping off at The Book Connection!   The world turns upside down for a young girl when her father begins a fatal battle with the merciless affliction cancer. Before his illness finishes it’s devastating rampage through her adolescence, she is confronted by a new demon. She falls victim, by the hands of a trusted adult, to sexual abuse. The devastation of these events causes her to question God’s roll in her life, and whether He ever loved her at all. The Tablet of My Heart is a collection of Poetry from the journal of that young girl. It is narrated by the author of the journal herself, who paints a portrait of words illustrating her emotional journey from hopelessness to healing. It is dedicated to victims of abuse; to bring to them the realization of hope that there is a light at the end of the silence. You can visit Elizabeth on the web at www.tabletofmyheart.net.

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Barry Eisler, author of the thriller, Fault Line (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at Jenn’s Bookshelf and Strategist’s Library! A full-throttle thriller that is both emotionally and politically charged, Fault Line centers on a conspiracy that has spun out of the shadows and onto the streets of America, a conspiracy that can be stopped by only three people–three people with different worldviews, different grievances, different motives. To survive the forces arrayed against them, they’ll first have to survive one another. You can visit his website at www.barryeisler.com.

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HBF (Hopeful But Frustrated) Teacher, author of the realistic fiction book, No Teachers Left Behind (2nd Avenue Publishing), will be stopping off at Book Tours and More! Explored through a series of poems, emails, and brief conversations, No Teachers Left Behind is a fictional yet realistic look at the frustrations of middle school staff.

You can visit her website at www.noteachersleftbehind.info.

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Dr. David Gruder, PhD, DCEP, is the author of the personal growth book, The New IQ (Elite Books/ Energy Psychology Press), will be stopping off at Writing Space! The New IQ is the world’s first road-tested guide to integrity-centered living, working, loving, and serving. Hailed as a “once-in-a-generation book,” it provides the first step-by-step road map for restoring the vanishing virtue of integrity… for the sake of our loved ones, our communities, our businesses, our society, and our own personal wellbeing.
Going far beyond being a self-help book, this critically acclaimed five-award-winning action plan offers a socially responsible way to attain personal, relationship, and career fulfillment during difficult times, without sacrificing ethics and integrity. Here at last is your complete guide to “personal development that serves us all.” You can visit David on the web at www.TheNewIQ.com.

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Chet Galaska, author of the Christian nonfiction book, Finding Faith in a Skeptical World (Triad Press), will be stopping off at The 1st Page! This book was written with the intent of providing brief shortcuts for curious unbelievers, those seeking faith, those new to it, and for Christians who may not be familiar with some of the ideas covered. The author realized that a book like this would have been valuable in helping him come to faith. Since none was available, he wrote Finding Faith in a Skeptical World to share the things he learned in a reader-friendly, direct and concise way. You can visit Chet online at www.triadpress.us

 

 

 

 

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Herbert Howard Jones, author of the young adult fantasy novel, The Pyewiz and the Amazing Mobile Phone (YouWriteOn.com), will be stopping off at Divine Caroline! Schoolboy Terry Mctrain thinks the new tenant in his parent’s guesthouse is strange. Stranger still is the reason why she is here. Then Terry learns about a twin brother he never knew he had, kidnapped by a pirate wizard years ago. Baffled by all this, Terry realizes there’s a mystery to be solved, and a secret to be uncovered. But when he discovers that the fate of the world is also in his hands, he wonders..could this turn into the adventure of a lifetime? You can visit Herbert on the web at www.science-fiction-fantasy.com.

Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 13

Welcome to Day Thirteen of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May 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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Therese Fowler, author of the women’s fiction novel, Reunion (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at The Red Lady’s Reading Room and The Infinite Shelf! Celebrity talk show host Blue Reynolds is the queen of daytime television—she is smart, funny, and as down-to-earth as her adoring fans. In the eyes of the world, she has it all. But no one knows about the secret she has harbored for the last twenty years—a secret that could destroy her image, her reputation, and her career. Twenty years ago, she gave birth to a son and put him up for adoption through illegal channels. And every day since, she’s been filled with regret. Now Blue has hired a private investigator to find her son, knowing full well the consequences. You can visit Therese’s website at www.theresefowler.com.

 

 

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Dawson Church, author of the nonfiction book, The Genie in Your Genes (Energy Psychology Press – Elite Books), will be stopping off at Long Relationships! The Genie in Your Genes is a breakthrough book linking consciousness to genetic change. For the first time, a single book summarizes a chain of remarkable scientific discoveries that are revolutionizing the ways we think about health. You can visit him online at www.genieinyourgenes.com.

 

 

 

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NY Times bestselling authorJamie Ford, author of the WWII historical fiction novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at Mel’s Reading Corner, Keep This on the DL and  Bookish Ruth! In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. You can visit his website at www.jamieford.com.

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C.W. Gortner, author of the historical fiction novel, The Last Queen (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at Popin’s Lair and The Epic Rat! Daughter of Isabel of Castile and sister of Catherine of Aragon. Married at sixteen and a queen at twenty-five. Declared mad by history. Juana of Castile, the last true queen of Spain. Ruled by her passions, Juana’s arranged marriage to Philip the Fair of Flanders begins as a fairytale romance when despite never having met before their betrothal, they fall violently in love. Juana is never meant to be more than his consort and mother to his heirs until she finds herself heiress to the throne of Spain after tragedy decimates her family. Suddenly she is plunged into a ruthless battle of ambition and treachery, with the future of Spain and her own freedom at stake. Told in Juana’s voice, The Last Queen is a powerful and moving portrait of a woman ahead of her time, a queen fought fiercely for her birthright in the face of an unimaginable betrayal. Juana’s story is one of history’s darkest secrets, brought vividly to life in this exhilarating novel. You can visit C.W. on the web at www.cwgortner.com.

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Tim Kellis, author of the relationship book, Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage (Gilgamesh Publishing), will be stopping off at the Book Stacks! The journey through “Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage” includes a trip through history, where the most significant lessons civilization has learned over the last few thousand years are used to demonstrate not only the way to set up a positive relationship, but the causes of that relationship turning negative. You can visit Tim online at www.happyrelationships.com.

 

 

 

 

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Rie McGaha, author of the fantasy erotic romance novel, Blood Line will be stopping off at The Real Hollywood! Truck driver, Joshua Kaine and his wife, Jessie, enjoy the freedom of the open road until one night on a lonely country road Josh is attacked by a rabid dog. After killing the animal, Joshua becomes very ill, but quickly recovers. Weeks later, when the full moon rises and Josh begins howling, the trouble has just begun. Drawn by an unknown force, Joshua finds himself in a remote mountain area at The Gathering where he meets Garan, a gray wolf who has walked the earth for thousands of years, and Joshua learns the rabid dog was actually a werewolf and his clan is now after Josh. On the run, hunted by a clan of werewolves, and searching to undo his plight, Josh ventures into the swamps of Louisiana in search of an old, black woman who holds the key to his existence. Josh is pushed to the limits, and when the merciless werewolves kill his wife, the hunted becomes the hunter. You can visit Rie on the web at www.riemcgaha.com.

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Abe March, author of the political action thriller, They Plotted Revenge Against America (All Things That Matter Press), will be stopping off at The Books I Have Loved, The Kool Aid Mom and Story Behind the Book! An American attack on Baghdad leaves heartbroken and angry survivors. Two different families, one Muslim and one Christian, are wiped out in the 2003 raids and their young adult progeny are determined to avenge the loss of their loved ones. An Israeli Secret Service Agent with a grudge of his own, knows just how to tap into the vulnerabilities that grief leaves, and he organizes the training of select men and woment whose desire for vengeance is strong enouh to consider a deadly covert mission in America. You can visit Abe on the web at http://www.freewebs.com/abemarch.

 

 

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Kandy Siahaya, author of the non-fiction women’s issues/humor book, Making Light of Being Heavy (Aardvark Publishing), will be stopping off at The Book Connection! These days everyone has society-driven mindset and totally forgets to laugh, especially at themselves. This may be cliche but I truly believe that laughter is the best medicine and I think everybody should laugh every day. Period. Over the years as a person blessed with the fat gene, I have been in many situations where if I could not find humor I probably would end up on the couch in the psychiatrist’s office. This book is about as politically incorrect as it gets for such a subject but it is also based on reality. This is a reality that many women have just like me, but do not think they can (or should) at times just laugh about it. You can visit Kandy on the web at www.makinglightofbeingheavy.com.

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Kathye Quick, author of the historical romance novel, Cynthia and Constantine, will be stopping off at Talk About My Favorite Authors! Lady Cynthia of Abertaine is trapped. Not only has her fiancé, Sir William Leyborne, not been back to the castle for over ten years, but she’s also not a titled Lady. Lord Simon of Cowell, a renegade warlord aligned with Mordred against Arthur and his Knights, has declared himself sovereign over Leybourne Castle and everything that once belonged to Sir William– including Cynthia. Drawn together by an attraction older than time, Cynthia and Constantine soon discover that though a vow made by a knight’s honor has brought them together, it may just also cost them their lives. You can visit Kathye on the web at www.kathyequick.com.

 

 

 

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Elizabeth Walker, author of the memoir, The Tablet of My Heart, will be stopping off at  Jenn’s Bookshelf!  The world turns upside down for a young girl when her father begins a fatal battle with the merciless affliction cancer. Before his illness finishes it’s devastating rampage through her adolescence, she is confronted by a new demon. She falls victim, by the hands of a trusted adult, to sexual abuse. The devastation of these events causes her to question God’s roll in her life, and whether He ever loved her at all. The Tablet of My Heart is a collection of Poetry from the journal of that young girl. It is narrated by the author of the journal herself, who paints a portrait of words illustrating her emotional journey from hopelessness to healing. It is dedicated to victims of abuse; to bring to them the realization of hope that there is a light at the end of the silence. You can visit Elizabeth on the web at www.tabletofmyheart.net.

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Barry Eisler, author of the thriller, Fault Line (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at Just One More Page! A full-throttle thriller that is both emotionally and politically charged, Fault Line centers on a conspiracy that has spun out of the shadows and onto the streets of America, a conspiracy that can be stopped by only three people–three people with different worldviews, different grievances, different motives. To survive the forces arrayed against them, they’ll first have to survive one another. You can visit his website at www.barryeisler.com.

 

 

 

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HBF (Hopeful But Frustrated) Teacher, author of the realistic fiction book, No Teachers Left Behind (2nd Avenue Publishing), will be stopping off at The Writer’s Life! Explored through a series of poems, emails, and brief conversations, No Teachers Left Behind is a fictional yet realistic look at the frustrations of middle school staff.

You can visit her website at www.noteachersleftbehind.info.

 

 

 

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Dr. David Gruder, PhD, DCEP, is the author of the personal growth book, The New IQ (Elite Books/ Energy Psychology Press), will be stopping off at Paperback Writer! The New IQ is the world’s first road-tested guide to integrity-centered living, working, loving, and serving. Hailed as a “once-in-a-generation book,” it provides the first step-by-step road map for restoring the vanishing virtue of integrity… for the sake of our loved ones, our communities, our businesses, our society, and our own personal wellbeing.
Going far beyond being a self-help book, this critically acclaimed five-award-winning action plan offers a socially responsible way to attain personal, relationship, and career fulfillment during difficult times, without sacrificing ethics and integrity. Here at last is your complete guide to “personal development that serves us all.” You can visit David on the web at www.TheNewIQ.com.

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Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 12

Welcome to Day Twelve of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May 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!

_________________________________________

Therese Fowler, author of the women’s fiction novel, Reunion (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at Marta’s Meanderings and Between the Covers! Celebrity talk show host Blue Reynolds is the queen of daytime television—she is smart, funny, and as down-to-earth as her adoring fans. In the eyes of the world, she has it all. But no one knows about the secret she has harbored for the last twenty years—a secret that could destroy her image, her reputation, and her career. Twenty years ago, she gave birth to a son and put him up for adoption through illegal channels. And every day since, she’s been filled with regret. Now Blue has hired a private investigator to find her son, knowing full well the consequences. You can visit Therese’s website at www.theresefowler.com.

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Dawson Church, author of the nonfiction book, The Genie in Your Genes (Energy Psychology Press – Elite Books), will be stopping off at Long Relationships! The Genie in Your Genes is a breakthrough book linking consciousness to genetic change. For the first time, a single book summarizes a chain of remarkable scientific discoveries that are revolutionizing the ways we think about health. You can visit him online at www.genieinyourgenes.com.

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NY Times bestselling authorJamie Ford, author of the WWII historical fiction novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at Literary Feline! In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. You can visit his website at www.jamieford.com.

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C.W. Gortner, author of the historical fiction novel, The Last Queen (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at Sam’s Book Blog and The Bluestocking Society! Daughter of Isabel of Castile and sister of Catherine of Aragon. Married at sixteen and a queen at twenty-five. Declared mad by history. Juana of Castile, the last true queen of Spain. Ruled by her passions, Juana’s arranged marriage to Philip the Fair of Flanders begins as a fairytale romance when despite never having met before their betrothal, they fall violently in love. Juana is never meant to be more than his consort and mother to his heirs until she finds herself heiress to the throne of Spain after tragedy decimates her family. Suddenly she is plunged into a ruthless battle of ambition and treachery, with the future of Spain and her own freedom at stake. Told in Juana’s voice, The Last Queen is a powerful and moving portrait of a woman ahead of her time, a queen fought fiercely for her birthright in the face of an unimaginable betrayal. Juana’s story is one of history’s darkest secrets, brought vividly to life in this exhilarating novel. You can visit C.W. on the web at www.cwgortner.com.

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Tim Kellis, author of the relationship book, Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage (Gilgamesh Publishing), will be stopping off at Caridid Pineiro! The journey through “Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage” includes a trip through history, where the most significant lessons civilization has learned over the last few thousand years are used to demonstrate not only the way to set up a positive relationship, but the causes of that relationship turning negative. You can visit Tim online at www.happyrelationships.com.

 

 

 

 

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Rie McGaha, author of the fantasy erotic romance novel, Blood Line will be stopping off at A Bookish Mom! Truck driver, Joshua Kaine and his wife, Jessie, enjoy the freedom of the open road until one night on a lonely country road Josh is attacked by a rabid dog. After killing the animal, Joshua becomes very ill, but quickly recovers. Weeks later, when the full moon rises and Josh begins howling, the trouble has just begun. Drawn by an unknown force, Joshua finds himself in a remote mountain area at The Gathering where he meets Garan, a gray wolf who has walked the earth for thousands of years, and Joshua learns the rabid dog was actually a werewolf and his clan is now after Josh. On the run, hunted by a clan of werewolves, and searching to undo his plight, Josh ventures into the swamps of Louisiana in search of an old, black woman who holds the key to his existence. Josh is pushed to the limits, and when the merciless werewolves kill his wife, the hunted becomes the hunter. You can visit Rie on the web at www.riemcgaha.com.

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Abe March, author of the political action thriller, They Plotted Revenge Against America (All Things That Matter Press), will be stopping off at Story Behind the Book! An American attack on Baghdad leaves heartbroken and angry survivors. Two different families, one Muslim and one Christian, are wiped out in the 2003 raids and their young adult progeny are determined to avenge the loss of their loved ones. An Israeli Secret Service Agent with a grudge of his own, knows just how to tap into the vulnerabilities that grief leaves, and he organizes the training of select men and woment whose desire for vengeance is strong enouh to consider a deadly covert mission in America. You can visit Abe on the web at http://www.freewebs.com/abemarch.

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Kandy Siahaya, author of the non-fiction women’s issues/humor book, Making Light of Being Heavy (Aardvark Publishing), will be stopping off at Marta’s Meanderings and The Writer’s Life! These days everyone has society-driven mindset and totally forgets to laugh, especially at themselves. This may be cliche but I truly believe that laughter is the best medicine and I think everybody should laugh every day. Period. Over the years as a person blessed with the fat gene, I have been in many situations where if I could not find humor I probably would end up on the couch in the psychiatrist’s office. This book is about as politically incorrect as it gets for such a subject but it is also based on reality. This is a reality that many women have just like me, but do not think they can (or should) at times just laugh about it. You can visit Kandy on the web at www.makinglightofbeingheavy.com.

______________________________________________

Kathye Quick, author of the historical romance novel, Cynthia and Constantine, will be stopping off at Talk About My Favorite Authors! Lady Cynthia of Abertaine is trapped. Not only has her fiancé, Sir William Leyborne, not been back to the castle for over ten years, but she’s also not a titled Lady. Lord Simon of Cowell, a renegade warlord aligned with Mordred against Arthur and his Knights, has declared himself sovereign over Leybourne Castle and everything that once belonged to Sir William– including Cynthia. Drawn together by an attraction older than time, Cynthia and Constantine soon discover that though a vow made by a knight’s honor has brought them together, it may just also cost them their lives. You can visit Kathye on the web at www.kathyequick.com.

_______________________________

Elizabeth Walker, author of the memoir, The Tablet of My Heart, will be stopping off at Jenn’s Bookshelf! The world turns upside down for a young girl when her father begins a fatal battle with the merciless affliction cancer. Before his illness finishes it’s devastating rampage through her adolescence, she is confronted by a new demon. She falls victim, by the hands of a trusted adult, to sexual abuse. The devastation of these events causes her to question God’s roll in her life, and whether He ever loved her at all. The Tablet of My Heart is a collection of Poetry from the journal of that young girl. It is narrated by the author of the journal herself, who paints a portrait of words illustrating her emotional journey from hopelessness to healing. It is dedicated to victims of abuse; to bring to them the realization of hope that there is a light at the end of the silence. You can visit Elizabeth on the web at www.tabletofmyheart.net.

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Barry Eisler, author of the thriller, Fault Line (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at Double M and Cafe of Dreams! A full-throttle thriller that is both emotionally and politically charged, Fault Line centers on a conspiracy that has spun out of the shadows and onto the streets of America, a conspiracy that can be stopped by only three people–three people with different worldviews, different grievances, different motives. To survive the forces arrayed against them, they’ll first have to survive one another. You can visit his website at www.barryeisler.com.

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HBF (Hopeful But Frustrated) Teacher, author of the realistic fiction book, No Teachers Left Behind (2nd Avenue Publishing), will be stopping off at Learn Me Good! Explored through a series of poems, emails, and brief conversations, No Teachers Left Behind is a fictional yet realistic look at the frustrations of middle school staff.

You can visit her website at www.noteachersleftbehind.info.

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Dr. David Gruder, PhD, DCEP, is the author of the personal growth book, The New IQ (Elite Books/ Energy Psychology Press), will be stopping off at Blogger News Net! The New IQ is the world’s first road-tested guide to integrity-centered living, working, loving, and serving. Hailed as a “once-in-a-generation book,” it provides the first step-by-step road map for restoring the vanishing virtue of integrity… for the sake of our loved ones, our communities, our businesses, our society, and our own personal wellbeing.
Going far beyond being a self-help book, this critically acclaimed five-award-winning action plan offers a socially responsible way to attain personal, relationship, and career fulfillment during difficult times, without sacrificing ethics and integrity. Here at last is your complete guide to “personal development that serves us all.” You can visit David on the web at www.TheNewIQ.com.

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Herbert Howard Jones, author of the young adult fantasy novel, The Pyewiz and the Amazing Mobile Phone (YouWriteOn.com), will be stopping off at Cafe of Dreams! Schoolboy Terry Mctrain thinks the new tenant in his parent’s guesthouse is strange. Stranger still is the reason why she is here. Then Terry learns about a twin brother he never knew he had, kidnapped by a pirate wizard years ago. Baffled by all this, Terry realizes there’s a mystery to be solved, and a secret to be uncovered. But when he discovers that the fate of the world is also in his hands, he wonders..could this turn into the adventure of a lifetime? You can visit Herbert on the web at www.science-fiction-fantasy.com.

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Chet Galaska, author of the Christian nonfiction book, Finding Faith in a Skeptical World (Triad Press), will be stopping off at Tara’s Views on Books and Paperback Writer! This book was written with the intent of providing brief shortcuts for curious unbelievers, those seeking faith, those new to it, and for Christians who may not be familiar with some of the ideas covered. The author realized that a book like this would have been valuable in helping him come to faith. Since none was available, he wrote Finding Faith in a Skeptical World to share the things he learned in a reader-friendly, direct and concise way. You can visit Chet online at www.triadpress.us

Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 11

Welcome to Day Eleven of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s May 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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Therese Fowler, author of the women’s fiction novel, Reunion (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at Introducing WRITERS Radio Show with Kim Smith at 8:30 p.m. eastern (adjust to your time zone)! Celebrity talk show host Blue Reynolds is the queen of daytime television—she is smart, funny, and as down-to-earth as her adoring fans. In the eyes of the world, she has it all. But no one knows about the secret she has harbored for the last twenty years—a secret that could destroy her image, her reputation, and her career. Twenty years ago, she gave birth to a son and put him up for adoption through illegal channels. And every day since, she’s been filled with regret. Now Blue has hired a private investigator to find her son, knowing full well the consequences. You can visit Therese’s website at www.theresefowler.com.

____________________________

Dawson Church, author of the nonfiction book, The Genie in Your Genes (Energy Psychology Press – Elite Books), will be stopping off at Long Relationships! The Genie in Your Genes is a breakthrough book linking consciousness to genetic change. For the first time, a single book summarizes a chain of remarkable scientific discoveries that are revolutionizing the ways we think about health. You can visit him online at www.genieinyourgenes.com.

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NY Times bestselling authorJamie Ford, author of the WWII historical fiction novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at At Home With Books! In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. You can visit his website at www.jamieford.com.

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C.W. Gortner, author of the historical fiction novel, The Last Queen (Ballantine Books) will be stopping off at Jenn’s Bookshelf and Jo-Jo Loves to Read!  Daughter of Isabel of Castile and sister of Catherine of Aragon. Married at sixteen and a queen at twenty-five. Declared mad by history. Juana of Castile, the last true queen of Spain. Ruled by her passions, Juana’s arranged marriage to Philip the Fair of Flanders begins as a fairytale romance when despite never having met before their betrothal, they fall violently in love. Juana is never meant to be more than his consort and mother to his heirs until she finds herself heiress to the throne of Spain after tragedy decimates her family. Suddenly she is plunged into a ruthless battle of ambition and treachery, with the future of Spain and her own freedom at stake. Told in Juana’s voice, The Last Queen is a powerful and moving portrait of a woman ahead of her time, a queen fought fiercely for her birthright in the face of an unimaginable betrayal. Juana’s story is one of history’s darkest secrets, brought vividly to life in this exhilarating novel. You can visit C.W. on the web at www.cwgortner.com.

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Tim Kellis, author of the relationship book, Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage (Gilgamesh Publishing), will be stopping off at Wife and Mom of 3! The journey through “Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage” includes a trip through history, where the most significant lessons civilization has learned over the last few thousand years are used to demonstrate not only the way to set up a positive relationship, but the causes of that relationship turning negative. You can visit Tim online at www.happyrelationships.com.

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Rie McGaha, author of the fantasy erotic romance novel, Blood Line will be stopping off at Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem!  Truck driver, Joshua Kaine and his wife, Jessie, enjoy the freedom of the open road until one night on a lonely country road Josh is attacked by a rabid dog. After killing the animal, Joshua becomes very ill, but quickly recovers. Weeks later, when the full moon rises and Josh begins howling, the trouble has just begun. Drawn by an unknown force, Joshua finds himself in a remote mountain area at The Gathering where he meets Garan, a gray wolf who has walked the earth for thousands of years, and Joshua learns the rabid dog was actually a werewolf and his clan is now after Josh. On the run, hunted by a clan of werewolves, and searching to undo his plight, Josh ventures into the swamps of Louisiana in search of an old, black woman who holds the key to his existence. Josh is pushed to the limits, and when the merciless werewolves kill his wife, the hunted becomes the hunter. You can visit Rie on the web at www.riemcgaha.com.

_________________________________________

Abe March, author of the political action thriller, They Plotted Revenge Against America (All Things That Matter Press), will be stopping off at The Koolaide Mom! An American attack on Baghdad leaves heartbroken and angry survivors. Two different families, one Muslim and one Christian, are wiped out in the 2003 raids and their young adult progeny are determined to avenge the loss of their loved ones. An Israeli Secret Service Agent with a grudge of his own, knows just how to tap into the vulnerabilities that grief leaves, and he organizes the training of select men and woment whose desire for vengeance is strong enouh to consider a deadly covert mission in America. You can visit Abe on the web at http://www.freewebs.com/abemarch.

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Kandy Siahaya, author of the non-fiction women’s issues/humor book, Making Light of Being Heavy (Aardvark Publishing), will be stopping off at Jennifers Book Reviews! These days everyone has society-driven mindset and totally forgets to laugh, especially at themselves. This may be cliche but I truly believe that laughter is the best medicine and I think everybody should laugh every day. Period. Over the years as a person blessed with the fat gene, I have been in many situations where if I could not find humor I probably would end up on the couch in the psychiatrist’s office. This book is about as politically incorrect as it gets for such a subject but it is also based on reality. This is a reality that many women have just like me, but do not think they can (or should) at times just laugh about it. You can visit Kandy on the web at www.makinglightofbeingheavy.com.

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Kathye Quick, author of the historical romance novel, Cynthia and Constantine, will be stopping off at The Book Faery Reviews and Talk About My Favorite Authors! Lady Cynthia of Abertaine is trapped. Not only has her fiancé, Sir William Leyborne, not been back to the castle for over ten years, but she’s also not a titled Lady. Lord Simon of Cowell, a renegade warlord aligned with Mordred against Arthur and his Knights, has declared himself sovereign over Leybourne Castle and everything that once belonged to Sir William– including Cynthia. Drawn together by an attraction older than time, Cynthia and Constantine soon discover that though a vow made by a knight’s honor has brought them together, it may just also cost them their lives. You can visit Kathye on the web at www.kathyequick.com.

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Elizabeth Walker, author of the memoir, The Tablet of My Heart, will be stopping off at Girls with Books! The world turns upside down for a young girl when her father begins a fatal battle with the merciless affliction cancer. Before his illness finishes it’s devastating rampage through her adolescence, she is confronted by a new demon. She falls victim, by the hands of a trusted adult, to sexual abuse. The devastation of these events causes her to question God’s roll in her life, and whether He ever loved her at all. The Tablet of My Heart is a collection of Poetry from the journal of that young girl. It is narrated by the author of the journal herself, who paints a portrait of words illustrating her emotional journey from hopelessness to healing. It is dedicated to victims of abuse; to bring to them the realization of hope that there is a light at the end of the silence. You can visit Elizabeth on the web at www.tabletofmyheart.net.

______________________________________________

Barry Eisler, author of the thriller, Fault Line (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at Linus’s Blanket and Cafe of Dreams! A full-throttle thriller that is both emotionally and politically charged, Fault Line centers on a conspiracy that has spun out of the shadows and onto the streets of America, a conspiracy that can be stopped by only three people–three people with different worldviews, different grievances, different motives. To survive the forces arrayed against them, they’ll first have to survive one another. You can visit his website at www.barryeisler.com.

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BF (Hopeful But Frustrated) Teacher, author of the realistic fiction book, No Teachers Left Behind (2nd Avenue Publishing), will be stopping off at Current Events in Books! Explored through a series of poems, emails, and brief conversations, No Teachers Left Behind is a fictional yet realistic look at the frustrations of middle school staff.

You can visit her website at www.noteachersleftbehind.info.

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Dr. David Gruder, PhD, DCEP, is the author of the personal growth book, The New IQ (Elite Books/ Energy Psychology Press), will be stopping off at American Chronicle! The New IQ is the world’s first road-tested guide to integrity-centered living, working, loving, and serving. Hailed as a “once-in-a-generation book,” it provides the first step-by-step road map for restoring the vanishing virtue of integrity… for the sake of our loved ones, our communities, our businesses, our society, and our own personal wellbeing.
Going far beyond being a self-help book, this critically acclaimed five-award-winning action plan offers a socially responsible way to attain personal, relationship, and career fulfillment during difficult times, without sacrificing ethics and integrity. Here at last is your complete guide to “personal development that serves us all.” You can visit David on the web at www.TheNewIQ.com.

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Herbert Howard Jones, author of the young adult fantasy novel, The Pyewiz and the Amazing Mobile Phone (YouWriteOn.com), will be stopping off at Bart’s Bookshelf! Schoolboy Terry Mctrain thinks the new tenant in his parent’s guesthouse is strange. Stranger still is the reason why she is here. Then Terry learns about a twin brother he never knew he had, kidnapped by a pirate wizard years ago. Baffled by all this, Terry realizes there’s a mystery to be solved, and a secret to be uncovered. But when he discovers that the fate of the world is also in his hands, he wonders..could this turn into the adventure of a lifetime? You can visit Herbert on the web at www.science-fiction-fantasy.com.

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Chet Galaska, author of the Christian nonfiction book, Finding Faith in a Skeptical World (Triad Press), will be stopping off at Tara’s View of the World! This book was written with the intent of providing brief shortcuts for curious unbelievers, those seeking faith, those new to it, and for Christians who may not be familiar with some of the ideas covered. The author realized that a book like this would have been valuable in helping him come to faith. Since none was available, he wrote Finding Faith in a Skeptical World to share the things he learned in a reader-friendly, direct and concise way. You can visit Chet online at www.triadpress.us