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📖First Chapter: One Foot in the Ether: Whispers of the Pendle Witches by Kayleigh Kavanagh #FirstChapter

Title: One Foot in the Ether: Whispers of the Pendle Witches Author: Kayleigh Kavanagh Publisher: Independent Publication Date: September 29, 2005 Pages: 400 Genre: Historical Paranormal Fantasy Format: Kindle Demdike and Chattox, famed witches of Pendle Forest, might be dead, but they’re not gone. Bound to their bloodline, they’ve spent the past two and a half centuries watching over their descendants, waiting for when they’ll be needed.  When 14 year old Yana comes into her psychic abilities and inherits the ‘eyes of the Chattox family’, she can see the long-dead witches, as well as an encroaching evil. But even with this foreknowledge, she’s trapped by marriage interviews and being
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📚Pump Up Your Book Presents Yolonda Tonette Sanders’ Soul Matters Virtual Book Tour #ContemporaryChristianFiction

· ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Yolonda Tonette Sanders’ Soul Matters Virtual Book Tour October 20 – December 19! · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Are you a reader, blogger, Instagrammer, or Social Media Influencer and would like to host this tour? Sign up below! · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Title: Soul Matters Author: Yolonda Tonette Sanders Publisher: Yo Productions LLC Publication Date: September 30, 2025 Pages: 360 Genre: Contemporary Christian Fiction Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle With a successful husband, a fulfilling teaching career, and a baby on the
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📖First Chapter: Monsterland by Michael Okon #FirstChapter

Title: Monsterland Author: Michael Okon Publisher: Chelshire, Inc. Publication Date: July 18, 2025 Pages: 359 Genre: Action/Adventure Format: Hardback, Paperback, Kindle, Kindle Unlimited Wyatt Baldwin’s senior year is not going well. His parents divorced, and then his dad mysteriously died. He’s not exactly comfortable with his new stepfather, Carter Wright, either. An ongoing debate with his best friends, Melvin and Howard Drucker, over which monster is superior has gotten stale. He’d much rather spend his days with beautiful and popular Jade. However, she’s dating the brash high-school quarterback Nolan, and Wyatt thinks he doesn’t stand a chance. But everything changes when Wyatt and his friends are invited to attend
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Pump Up Your Book Trailer Of The Week: Monsterland by Michael Okon #BookTrailer #BookTeaser

We’re happy to announce Michael Okon’s ‘Monsterland’ Book Teaser Trailer is this week’s PUYB Trailer of the Week! About the Book Title: Monsterland Author: Michael Okon Publisher: Chelshire, Inc. Pages: 359 Genre: Action/Adventure Wyatt Baldwin’s senior year is not going well. His parents divorced, and then his dad mysteriously died. He’s not exactly comfortable with his new stepfather, Carter Wright, either. An ongoing debate with his best friends, Melvin and Howard Drucker, over which monster is superior has gotten stale. He’d much rather spend his days with beautiful and popular Jade. However, she’s dating the brash high-school quarterback Nolan, and Wyatt thinks he doesn’t stand a chance. But everything
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📚Pump Up Your Book Presents Kayleigh Kavanagh’s One Foot in the Ether: Whispers of the Pendle WitchesVirtual Book Tour #Paranormal #Historical #Fantasy

· ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kayleigh Kavanagh’s One Foot in the Ether: Whispers of the Pendle Witches Virtual Book Tour October 6 – 31! · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Are you a reader, blogger, Instagrammer, or Social Media Influencer and would like to host this tour? Sign up below! · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Title: One Foot in the Ether: Whispers of the Pendle Witches Author: Kayleigh Kavanagh Publication Date: September 29, 2025 Pages: 400 Genre: Historical Paranormal Fantasy Formats: Kindle Demdike and Chattox, famed witches of
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Pump Up Your Book Trailer Of The Week: Fighter Pilot’s Daughter by Mary Lawlor #BookTrailer #BookTeaser

We’re happy to announce Mary Lawlor’s Book Teaser Trailer is this week’s PUYB Trailer of the Week! About the Book Title: Fighter Pilot’s Daughter Author: Mary Lawlor Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Pages: 323 Genre: Memoir Fighter Pilot’s Daughter: Growing Up in the Sixties and the Cold War tells the story of Mary Lawlor’s dramatic, roving life as a warrior’s child. A family biography and a young woman’s vision of the Cold War, Fighter Pilot’s Daughter narrates the more than many transfers the family made from Miami to California to Germany as the Cold War demanded. Each chapter describes the workings of this traveling household in a different place and
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📚Pump Up Your Book Presents Sheila Roberts’ The Man Next Door Virtual Book Tour #RomanticComedy

· ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sheila Roberts’ The Man Next Door Virtual Book Tour October 6 – 31! · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Title: The Man Next Door Author: Sheila Roberts Publisher: MIRA Publication Date: October 14, 2025 Pages: 368 Genre: Romantic Comedy Formats: Hardback, Paperback, Kindle & Audiobook Love in the Time of Serial Killers meets The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window in this delightful romp about a recently broke divorcee who moves in with her house-bound mother only to
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📚Pump Up Your Book Presents Michael Okon’s Monsterland Virtual Book Tour #Action #Adventure

· ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Michael Okon’s Monsterland Virtual Book Tour September 15 – October 17! · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Are you a blogger, Instagrammer, Social Media Influencer and would like to host this tour? Sign up below! · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Title: Monsterland Author: Michael Okon Publisher: Chelshire, Inc. Publication Date: July 18, 2025 Pages: 359 Genre: Action/Adventure/Monsters Formats: Hardback, Paperback, Kindle, Kindle Unlimited Wyatt Baldwin’s senior year is not going well. His parents divorced, and then his dad mysteriously died. He’s not exactly
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📽Pump Up Your Book Trailer Of The Week: A Glimpse Too Far By Karen Charles #BookTrailer #BookTeaser

We’re happy to announce Karen Charles’ A Glimpse Too Far Book Teaser Trailer is this week’s PUYB Trailer of the Week! About the Book Title: A Glimpse Too Far Author: Karen Charles Publisher: BookBaby Publication Date: June 18, 2025 Pages: 217 Genre: Psychological Thriller A terrifying gift. A government cover-up. And a past that won’t stay buried. Elouise thought she had left the past behind. After a tragic accident, she woke with chilling ability to see glimpses of people’s pasts and futures. She’s spent years trying to live a normal life. But when a powerful senator pulls her into a high-stakes game of deception and control, she realizes her
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📚Pump Up Your Book Presents Emily Astillberry’s The Essence of Bliss Virtual Book Tour #ParanormalRomance #SpeculativeFiction

· ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Emily Astillberry’s The Essence of Bliss Virtual Book Tour October 6 – November 28! · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Are you a blogger, Instagrammer, Social Media Influencer and would like to host this tour? Sign up below! · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Title: The Essence of Bliss Author: Emily Astillberry Publisher: Blossom Spring Publishing Publication Date: December 16, 2024 Pages: 615 Genre: Paranormal Romance, Speculative Fiction Formats: Paperback, Kindle Isabel Bliss is a reception class teacher. She experiences other people’s emotions and
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