Tara Fuller

INBETWEEN Cover Reveal and Sneak Peek!

Tara Fuller — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:00:04 +0000

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INBETWEEN (Kissed by Death, #1)

By:Tara Fuller

Coming August, 2012

Entangled Teen

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Since the car crash that took her father’s life three years ago, Emma’s life has been a freaky—and unending—lesson in caution. Surviving “accidents” has taken priority over being a normal seventeen-year-old, so Emma spends her days taking pictures of life instead of living it. Falling in love with a boy was never part of the plan. Falling for a reaper who makes her chest ache and her head spin? Not an option.
It’s not easy being dead, especially for a reaper in love with a girl fate has put on his list not once, but twice. Finn’s fellow reapers give him hell about spending time with Emma, but Finn couldn’t let her die before, and he’s not about to let her die now. He will protect the girl he loves from the evil he accidentally unleashed, even if it means sacrificing the only thing he has left…his soul.

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A sneak peek excerpt from INBETWEEN!

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Chapter 1

Finn

Sometimes Emma made me feel so alive, I almost forgot I was dead.

Almost.

I sank down onto the side of her bed, amazed by the blazing wildfire that swept through me whenever Emma was near enough to touch. I took a deep, unneeded breath, and settled down on my side next to her. The mattress didn’t sink. The springs didn’t groan with the weight of an extra body. The distance between us was an impossible void. Inches that might as well have been miles. Miles that left me wanting in so many ways that I ached.

Even the sun couldn’t resist her. Its glowing rays caressed her skin, and stained her hair the satiny color of summer wheat. Before I knew what was happening, my hand followed their lead. Cells ignited. My skin burned, screaming with the agonizing need to touch—

“What do you think you’re doing?”

I jerked my hand away just as Easton melted up from the polished hardwood floor beneath the window. Like an oil slick coming to life, he unfolded his long, shadowy legs until he was just an ink blot against the square of tangerine sunrise behind him. His violet eyes pinned me like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

Which, I kind of was.

“Nothing,” I lied.

“Yeah, looked like nothing.” He strolled across the room accompanied by a wave of sulfur and smoke, the black serpent tattoo on his neck glinting. “What were you planning to do, recite her poem? I swear to God, if you were still alive I’d confiscate your man card.”

I ignored the barb and scrunched up my nose. “Jesus, Easton. Don’t they have a shower somewhere between here and the afterlife?”

“Screw you. You didn’t just have to tow somebody’s grandpa to Hell.” He brushed something chalky and grey off of his cloak and a shudder worked its way down my spine. God only knows who or what it belonged to. “Besides I wasn’t the one about to feel up a sleeping human.”

“I wasn’t—”

“Save it.” He waved his hand. “We have work to do. I don’t have time for your useless obsession with the human today.”

“Will you please stop calling her that?”

“What?” Easton glanced up from Emma’s vanity, where he’d been inspecting the various lotions and bottles like he was on some alien planet. Then again, Easton had been dead for something like four hundred years, so all of her stuff probably was sort of alien to him.

“The human. You make me sound like a freak. It’s not like we’re a different species for God’s sake. We were humans, too, or don’t you remember that far back?”

“Were. Past tense.”

We could have gone back and forth like that for hours, but the call came. It always did. It started in my bones—a cold so cutting that it sliced through me like a machete. When I looked up, Easton’s jaw was clenched, his muscles taut and ready. He slowly closed his hand around the handle of his scythe that burned black and softly smoked at his side. I flexed my fingers as the icy ribbons of death worked their way through each one of my limbs.

“Can you take this one for me?” I asked. “You’re already going to be there, and I just got back—”

“No,” Easton said. “Hell no. I have my own job to do. I can’t keep covering for your sorry ass. Besides, you’re already on thin ice with Balthazar. Don’t push your luck, Finn. Just keep your nose down, collect your souls, and thank the Almighty that you don’t have my job. Now let’s go.”

“Yeah, but…” My eyes returned to Emma. Sleeping. Perfect. Safe.

“For the love of God. She’ll be fine, you pansy.” Easton clamped a hand over my shoulder and dragged me from the bed.

“How do you know?”

He shrugged. “I don’t.”

With that he vanished, consumed in a flash by the keening wails of the damned. The screams beckoned. Clawed at me from the inside out.

Rule one as a seeker: Death doesn’t wait for anyone.

And it sure as hell wasn’t waiting for me now.

Sign Up To Be a Part of the Cover Reveal for INBETWEEN by Tara Fuller!

Tara Fuller — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:50:29 +0000

Attention Book Bloggers!! I have been handed awesome news from my publicist! The cover reveal for my upcoming YA novel from Entangled Publishing, INBETWEEN (Kissed by Death, #1) will be held on Monday 02/20/2012! If you would like to be a part of the event and host a cover reveal on your blog, please leave me your email address in the comments. My publicist Stacey will email you the information you need. Thanks so much guys!

INBETWEEN

(Kissed by Death #1)

By: Tara Fuller

Since the car crash that took her father’s life three years ago, Emma’s life has been a freaky—and unending—lesson in caution. Surviving countless “accidents” has taken priority over being a normal seventeen-year-old, so Emma spends her days taking pictures of life instead of living it. Falling in love with a boy was never part of the plan. Falling for a reaper who makes her chest ache and her head spin? Not an option.

It’s not easy being dead—especially for a reaper who is in love with a girl fate has put on his hit list not once, but twice. Finn’s fellow reapers give him hell about spending time with Emma, but Finn couldn’t let her die before, and he’s not about to let her die now. He will protect the girl he loves from the evil soul hell-bent on stealing her body, even if it means sacrificing the only thing he has left…his soul.

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Release Date: August, 2012

Entangled Teen

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Cover Reveal: GRAVITY by Melissa West

Tara Fuller — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:00:37 +0000

I am beyond thrilled to be a part of the cover reveal for the highly anticipated YA novel from Entangled Publishing, GRAVITY! Most of you have probably already heard of this awesome author and her amazing upcoming YA dystopian novel. If you haven’t check it out asap. You don’t want to miss this one!

GRAVITY

MELISSA WEST

In the future, only one rule will matter:
Don’t. Ever. Peek.
Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed – arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die.
Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s been taught about his kind. And against her instincts, she’s falling for him. But Ari isn’t just any girl, and Jackson wants more than her attention. She¹s a military legacy who¹s been trained by her father and exposed to war strategies and societal information no one can know – especially an alien spy, like Jackson. Giving Jackson the information he needs will betray her father and her country, but keeping silent will start a war.

GRAVITY

By: Melissa West

Coming October 2012

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Cookie Friday! ~Pudding Chip Cookies with Emma and Cash from INBETWEEN~

Tara Fuller — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:07:57 +0000

As you might know I love to bake. Wait, let me rephrase that so that it’s closer to the truth. I love to eat cookies. Therefore I bake to feed my addiction, in-between the moments that my sister-in-law is not supplying me with cupcakes and other sweets of the delicious variety. It’s actually something that Emma, one of the main characters in my upcoming YA novel INBETWEEN, loves too. She is definitely a baker, and a good one at that. One of the hazards of her having the gift of yum though, is it attracts moochers. Like her best friend Cash who tends to hover when he smells something cooking next door. So, with that in mind, I’d like to introduce Emma and Cash. She’s promised to cook us up a new cookie recipe and Cash…well, Emma why is Cash here again?

“He’s here to be unhelpful and get in my way,” she says, slapping Cash’s hand when he reaches for a bowl of chocolate chips.

“Hey, I’m here to test the finished product,” he says. “What good’s a cook without someone to eat it. I’m the most important part of this process.”

Emma rolls her eyes and pulls her hair up into a bun. “Whatever you say.”

So, Emma, how about a list of ingredients to get us started. What does everybody reading at home need to bake with us?

“Okay, first of all you need 2 cups of mini semi sweet chocolate chips.”

“Make that more like… one and halfish cups of chocolate chips Em, ” Cash says, swallowing.

“Cash! Stop eating the ingredients!”

“Don’t act like you don’t have enough of this crap in your pantry to last you through a zombie apocalypse,” he says.

“Fine, go get that other bag.” Emma waves Cash off and tucks a strand of blonde hair behind her ear and sighs. “Ingredients. Okay. You also need the following…

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 package instant vanilla pudding

1 stick margarine or butter softened (I like margarine)

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 large egg

1 large egg white

And…” Emma trails off and smiles at Cash when he tosses her a bag of chocolate chips. “And two cups mini chocolate chips.”

“See.” Cash grins and raises his pierced brow. “I’m helpful.”

Okay guys, what’s next?

Emma pulls out two mixing bowls and blows the hair out of her eyes.

“First you need to mix the flour and pudding mix in a separate small bowl. Then beat the butter in a large mixing bowl on med-high speed for like 30 seconds,” Emma says.

Cash laughs and Emma glares at him as she mixes the butter. “Don’t say it. I don’t even want to know why you think that’s funny.”

He shrugs and pops another chocolate chip into his mouth.

“Okay, now you want to beat in the brown sugar and baking soda into the butter until it’s all mixed,” she says. “Now, beat in the egg and egg white.” She stops to mix everything together.

“Now, gradually mix in the flour mixture until it’s well blended.” Cash tips the flour mix into the bowl while Emma mixes. When they’re done he grins.

“See, what would you do without me?” He asks, wiping the flour on his palms onto the front of his green t-shirt that says Kiss Me. I’m pretending to be Irish.

Emma rolls her eyes and grins, flicking more flour onto him.

“After that all you need to do is gently stir in the chocolate chips with a spoon,” she says.

“How long till their done?” Cash asks, holding his hand out. “Here let me put them on the pan.”

“Trust you with a bowl full of cookie dough?” Emma laughs. “Do I look stupid?”

“You have flour on your nose.” Cash grins and leans on the counter. “Do you really want me to answer that?”

“Anyway, now you just drop the dough in rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet and cook at 350 for about 10 minutes. Cool and eat!”

Awesome! Sounds easy enough. I guess we can go ahead and get out this batch we baked earlier before Cash has a panick attack.

Emma laughs. “I think we better. How about we post a pic to show everyone how they turned out?”

Pudding Chip Cookies!

So Cash, how do they taste?

He shoves his second cookie into his mouth and gives two thumbs up. “Hot. Just like I like my women.”

“Really?” Emma asks laughing. “I swear your jokes get worse everyday.”

“Then why are you laughing?” He waggles his eye brows.

I guess that means they’re good! How about you Emma? What do you rate them?

She swallows a bite and grins. “I give them 4 out of 5 scythes.”

Cash chokes. “Scythes? You choose scythes as your rating method? Shouldn’t you use whisks or stars or something not related to death?”

“Finn’s idea.” Emma shrugs. ”Reaper humor. He thought it would be funny.”

“You’re boyfriend has a sick sense of humor,” Cash says.

Okay, well that’s our cookie recipe for the week! Hope you guys enjoy them as much as we are! Have a great weekend!

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Now Playing: Safe and Sound by: Taylor Swift

Throwback Thursday: When I Desperately Wanted to be a Poet

Tara Fuller — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:02:18 +0000

When I was a teenager I desperately wanted to be a poet. Back when I had my heart-broken for the first time by a boy. And I said things like “I’ll never love anybody again!” and “You’ll never understand me!”. This was also the very tragic time is my life when I used the word dude quite often. Usually in reference to my Dad when he did something I objected to. Back when my world consisted of books, boys and my best friend and I was an honest to God roller skating car hop. This was also the time when I tore down my coveted Leonardo DiCaprio posters and painted my walls black. When I would listen to Glycerine by Bush over and over like it had some significant meaning in my life. I would sit outside on my back porch and stare at the sky and try to imagine what life might be like in a city. A place that was lit up at night by more than the moon and lightning bugs and the crappy orange security light in my parents yard. It’s when I learned to write poems about more than icy Oklahoma winters and dusty country sunsets. It’s when I learned to channel what I was feeling into words. It’s when I learned to string those words together like popcorn on fishing twine and turn them into a story.

I mention all of this because I came across some of my old journals. They’re special to me, because for better or worse it’s where it all started. So in honor of my misguided younger years I’m posting one of my very early works. A poem from one of my journals. I’m sure I wrote it on my back porch smelling Mom’s pot roast simmer inside, wishing I could be anywhere but there. Funny how I’d give anything to go back there again.

Weeping Willow

Just outside our empty home,

The weeping willow stands alone.

It hangs its limbs so limp and frail,

Shading every board and nail.

Casting out dark shadow shapes,

That seep in through the parted drapes.

The weeping willow sways and sighs,

Hiding secrets, pain and lies.

Outside each pretty window frame,

It’s lush leaves hide a house of shame.

The brittle branches twist and fly,

Guarding us from passers-by.

For through these doors and deep within,

The willow knows the dark and sin.

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Now Playing (naturally) Glycerine by: Bush

Cover Reveal for AWAITED by Lynn Rush!

Tara Fuller — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:18:53 +0000

Alright all you WASTELAND fans it’s time! The official cover reveal for the highly anticipated sequel of WASTELAND. Lynn Rush’s amazing New Adult paranormal romance AWAITED!

Isn’t it gorgeous?!?

The voice is a powerful thing…

Russell Leonard is a centuries-old Guardian who’s lost faith in his purpose. So when he’s charged with procuring the first female Guardian in over two centuries, he can only hope it’s the red-headed beauty who’s been haunting his dreams for months. And if it is, he intends to claim her as his. But when he finds his dream woman, Annabelle is mute and bears no Guardian’s Mark.

He soon realizes she’s been tainted by an ancient evil. Russell must somehow release the secrets trapped within this delicate, mute beauty, to help her tap into the only weapon powerful enough to silence a millennia-old demon—her voice.

Look for AWAITED May 2012 from Crescent Moon Press!

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VLOG: Author Tara Fuller Talks Perigee Moon & Inbetween

Tara Fuller — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:50:32 +0000

Perigee Moon Now Available In Print!

Tara Fuller — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:25:37 +0000

So in case you didn’t already hear the big news, PERIGEE MOON’s release is officially complete! You can now get Perigee Moon in print/ paperback version!

To grab your print version of Perigee Moon click here.

To grab your kindle version of Perigee Moon click here.

After a horrific fire claims the life of her mother, seventeen year old Rowan Bliss finds herself in the miniscule town of Ipswich, Massachusetts. It’s here that she meets Alex, a deliciously mysterious boy who holds the key to unlocking her family’s dark secret.
As Rowan falls helplessly over the edge for Alex, the secrets that he insists on keeping refuse to be contained. The truth that she uncovers challenges everything she has ever believed. Alex is a witch. And now he’s awakened something within her she never even knew existed. But out of all of this, the one thing Rowan won’t accept is the fact that Alex is destined to die.
Rowan must unearth the buried power she harbors within to escape a deadly prophecy, defy the very laws of time, and prevent the hands of fate from taking yet another person she loves.

3000 Follower Perigee Moon Giveaway!!!

Tara Fuller — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:54:48 +0000

Cue the confetti , balloons, and people running around with lamp shades on their heads because it’s time to party!

I hit 3000 followers on Twitter!!!

To celebrate I’d like to show some love to all of you that continue to amaze me with your support.

It’s time for a Giveaway!

Here are the prizes…

Prize#1) An e-book copy of Perigee Moon or a $10 Amazon gift card (Winners Choice)

Prize#2) A Perigee Moon Swag Pack that includes: (1) Signed Perigee Moon Poster, (1) Signed Perigee Moon Post Card, (1) Perigee Moon Keychain

Prize#3) (1)Perigee Moon Keychain & (1) Signed Perigee Moon Post Card

Prize#4) A hardback copy of Bloodlines by Richelle Mead & a signed Perigee Moon Post Card

Prize#5) Five additional winners will receive a signed Perigee Moon Post Card.

How to enter…

#1) Leave a comment on this blog post = 1 entry

#2) Tweet or Facebook about this contest (must leave the link to where you posted about the contest with your comment) = 1 entry

#3) Send me a picture (via email or Twitter) of you and your copy of Perigee Moon (e-reader or print)= 5 entries

#4) Add my books (Perigee Moon & Inbetween) on Goodreads (must tell me you added in your blog comment)= 2 entries

*Winners will be randomly drawn but the more you do the better chance you have to win!

*This is not an international contest. US only.

*Send all pictures for contest entries to tara25fuller@yahoo.com or tweet to @Tara25Fuller

*Winners will be drawn and announced on February 26th (That gives you 30 days to enter)

Good luck to everyone and again thank you so much for your support of me and Perigee Moon!

Waiting on Wednesday: Before I Wake

Tara Fuller — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:37:39 +0000

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. This week I’m spotlighting a book that I have to wait five whole months for still! Grrr.. To say that Rachel Vincent blew my mind in the last Soul Screamers book would be an understatement. Things happened that I am still having a hard time processing. And while she may have thrown me for a loop, it only made me crave the next installment in the series more. I can’t wait to see what happens with Kaylee, Nash, and Tod.

BEFORE I WAKE by: Rachel Vincent

Expected Publication: June 22, 2012 by Harlequin Teen