Media From the Heart by Ruth Hill

Welcome to the $25 Staples Gift Card Giveaway Hosted by: SaraLee’s Deals Steals & Giveaways  Sponsored by: Staples Staples makes more fun, fashion and function happen with top products for the 2014 back-to-school shopping season.  Staples carries a wide assortment of must-have essentials including Staples brand products with trendy new patterns, exclusive assortments such as notebooks, pencils and erasers from […]

  The Secret Bliss of Calliope Ipswich by Marcia Lynn McClure “Oh! Do link arms with me, Calliope,” Blanche whispered, her brown eyes widening with apprehension. She took Calliope’s arm, tightly linking it with her own. “The old Mulholland house still gives me the willies every time I walk past it. I hate to think on what might have gone […]

Title:  The Twisted Veil Series:  A Twisted Sister Anthology, Book 1 Authors:   Dovey Mayali Cralk, Riley Ross, Kaydence Rayne, and Sally Slayer Published:  August 25th, 2014 Word Count:  40,000 Genre:  Paranormal Content Warning:  Mild Violence Recommended Age:  16+ Synopsis: Join the Sisters as they twist the veil of reality as we know it. Good and evil collide in The Memory […]

    Virtual Book Tour Dates: 8/21/14 – 8/28/14 Genres: Historical Mystery, Medieval Mystery Blurb: When a corpse turns up at his favorite tavern, Crispin Guest—disgraced knight turned “Tracker”–begins an inquiry, but the dead man turns out to be a Templar knight, an order thought to be extinct for 75 years, charged with protecting a certain religious relic which is […]

Today’s feature truly sickened me.  On this date in 1349, about six thousand Jews were killed in the German city of Mainz.  This was at the height of the bubonic plague, and Jews were often blamed as the ones who brought this horrible disease to Europe.  On more than one occasion, Jews became the scapegoat.  I had no idea that […]

When Shmack Happens: The Making of a Spiritual Champion by Amber Neben My rating: 5 of 5 stars At the outset, let me say that this book is one of the best Christian non-fiction books I have ever read. The author is to be commended for so many things, including the constant referencing of Scripture. Yes, I have read several […]

Never a Gentleman by Eileen Dreyer My rating: 4 of 5 stars From the moment I picked up this book, I knew that is was “my kind” of book. Historical romance with a bit of mystery. A virginal “old maid” marrying a rake. The formula is typical of these English aristocracy historical romances. I found all the things I have […]

Time-Travel / Thriller Date Published: October 31, 2013      WHERE WERE YOU THE DAY KENNEDY WAS SAVED? On the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination comes a new edition of the extraordinary time-travel thriller first published in 2003, now extensively revised and re-edited, and with a new Afterword from the authors. On November 22, 1963, just hours after President […]

It was on this date in 1912, that one of the greatest dancers of all-time (possibly the best tap dancer to have lived) was born–Gene Kelly.  I first discovered his great talent when I happened to pick up the film Singin’ in the Rain from our local library back when I was a preteen.  I was instantly smitten with his […]

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Heather Gillis’ Waiting for Heaven Book Blast August 1- 29!   Title: Waiting for Heaven: Finding Beauty in the Pain and the Struggle Author: Heather Gillis Genre: Religion / Memoir / Spirituality Publisher: WestBow Press Publication Date: March 20, 2014 ISBN: 978-1-4908-2786-5   Life can sometimes lead us to unexpected places, […]