Welcome to Day Fifteen of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s October 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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The Broken Teaglass
Emily Arsenault, author of the fiction book, The Broken Teaglass (Delacorte Press) will be stopping off at The Friendly Book Nook! Mona has just made a startling discovery: a trove of puzzling citations, all taken from the same book, The Broken Teaglass. Billy and Mona soon learn that no such book exists. And the quotations from it are far too long, twisting, and bizarre for any dictionary. They read like a confessional, coyly hinting at a hidden identity, a secret liaison, a crime. As Billy and Mona ransack the office files, a chilling story begins to emerge: a story about a lonely young woman, a long-unsolved mystery, a moment of shattering violence. And as they piece together its fragments, the puzzle begins to take on bigger personal meaning for both of them, compelling them to redefine their notions of themselves and each other. You can visit Emily on the web at www.emilyarsenault.com.
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The Sari Shop Widow
Shobhan Bantwal, author of the contemporary women’s novel, The Sari Shop Widow (Kensington Publishing), will be stopping off at Chick With Books and Bookin’ with Bingo! Pungent curry, sweet fried onions, incense, colorful beads, and lush fabrics – THE SARI SHOP WIDOW is a novel set on the streets of Edison, New Jersey’s Little India, where a young businesswoman rediscovers the magic of love and family. You can visit Shobhan on the web at www.shobhanbantwal.com.
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Football is for Lovers
Robert Brooker & Kathleen O’ Dougherty, authors of the humorous nonfiction, Football is For Lovers (Mill City Press) will be visiting The Book Faery Reviews! With anecdotes, illustrations, and a lot of laughs, Football is for Lovers not only makes it easy to understand the game, but also shows you how to put an end to the TV clicker wars, improve your relationship, and spice up your love life. You can visit their website at www.footballforlovers.com.
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Ginger High
Melissa Burmester, author of the young adult fantasy novel, Ginger High (Infinity Publishing), will be stopping off at Wendy’s Minding Spot! A murder occurs at Ginger High, bringing the supernatural beings Amanta, Matthias, and Taeru from the parallel world. While they investigate the death, Daisy struggles with her supernatural powers, and with her mysterious new friend, Fredrick. Amanta must deal with a long time, buried family secret. What are powers? And what is with this crazy school? You can visit Melissa on the web at www.gingerhigh.com.
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Daughters of Narcissus
Lady Colin Campbell, author of the biography/psychology book, Daughter of Narcissus, (Dynasty Press Ltd), will be stopping off at The Writers Life! Daughter of Narcissus is a stunning analysis by Lady Colin of her own dysfunctional family positioned at the heart of upper class Jamaican society from the middle of the 20th century to the present day. Covering the end of the British Colonial Age and the rise of a liberated generation, whilst addressing the narcissistic personality of her mother, the author brilliantly interconnects the sociological, political and personal. As she dissects the family dynamics lying beneath the appearance of wealth and power, Lady Colin’s understanding of personality disorder is revelatory: compelling the reader to comprehend the destructive and tragic reality concealed by rational language and behavior. You can visit her publisher online at http://www.dynastypress.co.uk/.
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Hot and Irresistible
Dianne Castell, author of the romance novel, Hot and Irresistible (Kensington Brava, will be stopping off at Café of Dreams! Bebe Fitzpatrick’s hard upbringing taught her how to take care of herself, how to tell true friends from false, and how to be a good cop. She can also sweet-talk a man like she means it…until she stumbles into the arms of a damn sexy Yankee who’s gunning for Savannah ’s favorite shady entrepreneur…You can visit Dianne on the web at www.diannecastell.com.
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Rain Dance
Joy DeKok, author of the contemporary women’s novel, Rain Dance (Sheaf House, August ‘09, will be stopping off at Just Another Day of Catholic Pondering! Jonica is infertile. Stacie chooses an abortion. One is prolife the other prochoice. Both are suddenly alone in misunderstanding, facing hypocrisies in their belief systems, and grieving – one the death of a dream and the other the death of her child. As their hearts break where in the world will they find healing and grace?. You can visit Joy on the web at www.joydekok.com.
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Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms
Jane Doiron, author of the cookbook, Make Ahead Meals For Busy Moms (Outskirts Press), will be stopping off at Starting Fresh! The Make-Ahead Meals for Busy Moms cookbook includes recipes for freezable meals like Spaghetti Sauce with Meatballs, Sloppy Joe’s, Chicken Noodle Soup and Hearty Chili. Recipes for frozen marinated meats such as Teriyaki Chicken, Thai Chicken and Taco Meat allow for quick meals on busy nights. The make-ahead strategy assures that with a freezer stocked with make-ahead meals, busy moms will spend less time at the grocery store and less money on unhealthy prepared or take-out food. You can visit Jane on the web at www.makeaheadmealsforbusymoms.com.
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The Peruke Maker
Ruby Dominguez, author of the horror romance, The Peruke Maker: The Salem Witch Hunt Curse (Outskirts Press), will be stopping off at Review From Here and My Book Addiction and More! THE PERUKE MAKER – The Salem Witch Hunt Curse is a compelling and suspenseful story that focuses on the infamous Salem Witch Hunt Curse, an ancient and evil practice which is unearthed from necromancy and violates the course of natural events in a modern day world. Inspired by true events, The Peruke Maker is a well researched screenplay about the spiritual and emotional journeys of Bridget Cane, a stunning 17th century red haired beauty, and Sarah, a thoroughly 21st century woman. Their paths become inextricably bound across time and space as Thomas Cane’s vengeful curse continues to threaten the virtuous during this relentless quest for an avenger of innocent blood. You can visit Ruby on the web at www.salemcurse.wordpress.com.
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Stewards of the Flame
Sylvia Engdahl, author of the science fiction novel, Stewards of the Flame (Ad Stellae Books , August ‘09), will be stopping off at As the Pages Turn! When burned-out starship captain Jesse Sanders is seized by a dictatorial medical regime and detained on the colony planet Undine, he has no idea that he is about to be plunged into a bewildering new life that will involve ordeals and joys beyond anything he has ever imagined, as well as the love of a woman with powers that seem superhuman. Still less does he suspect that he must soon take responsibility for the lives of people he has come to care about and the preservation of their hopes for the future of humankind. You can visit Sylvia on the web at www.stewardsoftheflame.com.
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Your Family Constitution
Scott Gale, author of the family values education book, Your Family Constitution : A Modern Approach to Family Values and Household Structure (Spectrum International Press), will be stopping off at Ginny’s Book! Just in time… a formerly stressed-out dad’s perspective provides a common-sense playbook to reach family harmony. As today’s parents cope with scores of competing obligations and responsibilities, raising kids with good core values is an extreme challenge. Combine this perpetual struggle with the effects of technological distractions, societal lack of discipline, and failures to communicate, and it is not hard to understand why so many parents throw up their hands in defeat and accept mere survival. You can visit Scott on the web at www.yourfamilyconstitution.com.
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The Jewish Lady
Carol Sue Gershman, author of the memoir, The Jewish Lady, The Black Man and the Road Trip will be visiting Beth’s Book Review Blog! In this page turning and sometimes humorous memoir, she lives agelessly and passionately. Women and a few good men will learn that THEY CAN TOO, if they do not pay any attention to how old they are! Explore your own passion and purpose as you read this sizzling memoir. You can visit her website at http://www.jewishladyblackman.com/.
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A Land Beyond Ravens
Kathleen Cunningham Guler, author of the historical fiction novel, A Land Beyond Ravens, Book 4 of the Macsen’s Treasure Series (Bardsong Press), will be stopping off at Scribe Vibe and Historical Tapestry! No one in 5th century Britain knows more secrets than master spy Marcus ap Iorwerth, and that makes him a dangerous man. It also makes him a hunted one. For nearly three decades he has manipulated stubborn, irascible kings and warlords in a quest to not only unite them against foreign invasion but to stop them from destroying each other as well. And along with his beloved wife Claerwen, he has followed a greater, even more perilous pursuit—to forge a clear path for the fulfillment of Merlin the Enchanter’s famed prophecy that one day a great king will take command, the king known as Arthur of the Britons. You can visit Kathleen on the web at www.kathleenguler.com.
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The Cutting
James Hayman, author of the thriller, The Cutting (St. Martin’s) will be stopping off at Book Reviews by Bookluvr81! Someone is Stealing the Hearts of Beautiful Young Women. NYPD homicide detective Mike McCabe left New York for Maine to escape his own dark past and to find a refuge from the violence of the big city for himself and his teenaged daughter, but on the fog-shrouded, cobblestone streets of Portland he finds far more than he bargained for. You can visit James on the web at www.jameshaymanthrillers.com.
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Hoodoo Sea
Rolf Hitzer, author of the supernatural science fiction, Hoodoo Sea (Bluewater Press LLC) will be stopping off at Book Tours and More! The government of the United States of America is on the verge of startling the world. Billions of dollars had been invested in its space program. And now, the moment of truth has arrived… Scott Reed is the man for the historic mission. He is the Wing Commander chosen by the elite brass at NASA. The assignment to test flight the first speed of light craft, held top secret, was about to shock the world. The risk? Utter and complete failure. The reward? Being a part of the greatest human accomplishment ever known to mankind. You can visit Rolf on the web at www.hoodoosea.com.
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Night of Flames
Douglas W. Jacobson, author of the historical fiction novel, Night of Flames (McBooks Press), will be visiting Books and Needlepoint! In 1939 the Germans invade Poland, setting off a rising storm of violence and destruction. For Anna and Jan Kopernik the loss is unimaginable. She is an assistant professor at a university in Krakow; he, an officer in the Polish cavalry. Separated by war, they must find their own way in a world where everything they ever knew is gone. You can visit Douglas’ blog at www.douglaswjacobson.blogspot.com.
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Family Plots
Mary Patrick Kavanaugh, author of the autobiographical fiction novel, Family Plots: Love, Death & Tax Evasion (iUniverse) will be stopping off at The Writers Life! Despite its unfortunate rejection by a list of misguided NYC publishers, Family Plots is getting rave reviews as a darkly comic autobiographical novel about a young mother trying against all odds to create a normal family life with her new husband, a criminal attorney, who–it turns out–is committing a few crimes of his own. You can visit Mary on the web at www.mydreamisdeadbutimnot.com.
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My Son, John
Kathi Macias, author of the contemporary women’s novel, My Son, John (Sheaf House, will be stopping off at Write Editor Blog! Murder. Could there be a more chilling word? Could it be any more horrible than to have a loved one killed, brutally and heartlessly, without obvious reason or motive? When Liz Peterson’s elderly mother is found viciously beaten to death in her home, Liz and her husband, Charles, along with their grown son, John, and teenage daughter, Sarah, are horrified beyond words. Their previously predictable, respectable lives seem to have vanished without a trace, as they struggle to make sense of a senseless act. You can visit Kathi on the web at www.kathimacias.com.
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Silk Flowers Never Die
Stella Mazzucchelli, author of the biography/psychology book, Silk Flowers Never Die (Dynasty Press Ltd), will be stopping off at A Mom After God’s Own Heart! Silk Flowers Never Die is an important and intensely personal memoir, powerfully showing with humanity and humor, the difficulties that exist for any family trying to cope with schizophrenia and mental distress. In a compelling story that reveals how much stranger than fiction fact is, Stella Mazzucchelli describes her determination to preserve her son from the worst effects of mental illness, while his young wife is dying of cancer. You can visit Stella on the web at http://www.dynastypress.co.uk/.
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Dispel the Mist
Marilyn Meredith, author of the mystery novel, Dispel the Mist (Mundania Press), will be stopping off at Bookland Heights! A Tulare County Supervisor, with both Native American and Mexican roots, dies under suspicious circumstances. Because of Deputy Tempe Crabtree’s own ties to the Bear Creek Indian Reservation, she’s asked to help with the investigation. To complicate matters, besides the supervisor’s husband, several others had reason to want the woman dead. You can visit Marilyn on the web at www.fictionforyou.com.
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Jesse's Girl
Gary Morgenstein, author of the thriller, Jesse’s Girl (Times Square Press, will be stopping off at Girls Just Reading! How much should a parent sacrifice for a troubled child? In Gary Morgenstein’s taut new thriller, Jesse’s Girl, the answer is – anything. Anchored around a floundering father-son relationship, finding roots and re-uniting vanished bonds, the timely novel about teen addiction and adoption follows a desperate father’s search for his son, who has run away from a wilderness program to find his biological sister in Kentucky. You can visit Gary at www.facebook.com/people/Gary-Morgenstein/1011217889.
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72 Virgins
Avi Perry, author of the terrorism suspense thriller, 72 Virgins (Gradient Publishing), will be stopping off at The Hot Author Report and Everything Distills Into Reading! 72 Virgins is a novel about Jihad terrorism and the security agencies’ struggle to thwart its stratagem and trounce the perpetrators. Abu Musa is an Islamic Terrorist with an agenda, a ticking bomb inside the US. Arik Golan is an Israeli who tries to bring him down and pull the plug on his terror organization. Stanley Cramer is an FBI agent on a hunting mission, seeking to place both Abu Musa and Arik within his crosshair. The FBI, the Israeli Mossad, the US-based Iranian clandestine terror network, and the Islamic Jihad fraternity are engaged in a timeless conflict, playing out to a crescendo that comes to a head before the dramatic conclusion.
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Charlie and Mama Kyna
Diana Rumjahn, author of the children’s picture book, Charlie and Mama Kyna (Booksurge), will be stopping off at Write for a Reader! After Charlie the frog accidentally breaks his mother’s vase, he runs away from home. Charlie and his new best friends Leo and Joe, live in a little orange tent outside Mrs. Cupcake’s bakery. A homesick Charlie, Leo and Joe, journey far away to find Charlie’s mother. A delightful children’s picture book children of all ages will enjoy! You can visit Diana on the web at www.dianarumjahn.com.
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Angel Lane
Sheila Roberts, author of the women’s fiction novel, Angel Lane (St. Martin’s Press), will be stopping off at the As the Pages Turn! The small town of Heart Lake is beginning to lose its friendly, small town feeling, so Sarah Goodwin, who owns the town bakery, Jamie Moore, owner of The Chocolate Bar, and Emma Swanson of Emma’s Quilt Corner decide it’s time to find a way to help people feel more connected. Their solution: random acts of kindness. And not just from them. You can visit Sheila on the web at www.sheilasplace.com.
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Robert Tuchman, author of the business entrepreneur guide, Young Guns (AMACOM), will be stopping off at Darby’s Closet! Today’s graduates face the toughest job market in 10 years. Their peers only a few years older, who just started their careers, are now back on the job hunt with few prospects. There is a highly competitive pool of applicants for companies that aren’t hiring. What options do these bright, young, ambitious people have? To wait for the economy to recover and recruiters to come knocking? Or to take that ambition and passion and turn it into something tangible? Now is the time to become an entrepreneur-take that drive and start realizing your dreams. www.YoungBusinessExecutives.com
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Emily Waits for Her Family
Carol Zelaya, author of the children’s picture book, Emily Waits for Her Family, (Richlee Publishing), will be stopping off at A Bookworm Reads! Read Emily Waits for Her Family and follow the true story of the special bond between a tiny bird and a little girl, from first meeting to leaving, from new life to old friends. This story is told in a timeless, three-part series, with an easy-reading rhyme, and is certain to delight and touch your heart. You can visit Carol on the web at www.emilythechicadee.com.
