Tara Fox Hall-Author
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Tara Fox Hall is an OSHA-certified safety and health inspector at a metal fabrication shop in upstate New York. She received her bachelor's degree in mathematics with a double minor in chemistry and biology from Binghamton University. Her writing credits include nonfiction short stories, flash, short and novella-length horror stories, and contemporary and historical paranormal romance. Her horror stories have appeared in Deadman's Tome, Flashes in the Dark, Ghastly Door, The Halloween Alliance, Black Petals, SNM Horror Magazine, Microhorror, Dark Eclipse, Cemetery Moon, and various anthologies, including the recently published charity works Fear (Vol. 1) and Shifters. She also coauthored the essay "The Allure of the Serial Killer," published in Serial Killers - Philosophy for Everyone: Being and Killing (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). She is the author of the paranormal fantasy Lash series and the paranormal romantic drama Promise Me series. Tara divides her free time unequally between writing novels and short stories, chainsawing firewood, caring for stray animals, sewing cat and dog beds for donation to animal shelters, and target practice.
GET TO KNOW TARA FOX HALL!
WHY: I've loved vampires since I saw Frank Langella in the first "hot vampire" version of Dracula years ago. That love intensified in my later teens with The Lost Boys, and reading Interview with the Vampire, along with anything vampire I could get my hands on. But I wanted more than the evil monster chasing young virgins; more than the sweet, misunderstood handsome fanged stranger that becomes the perfect mate for the woman who captures his heart after so many lone centuries. I wanted a vampire so well-crafted in detail that I could believe he was real. I wanted something different to happen in the story, other than girl becomes vampire, or vampire becomes dust. I wanted passion, tragedy, romance, suspense, action, and the haunting sweetness of poetry and song floating on a soft night breeze. So I penned my own vampires.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME? DO YOU USE A PEN NAME, AND IF SO, WHY?
My pen name is the same as my real name: Tara Fox Hall. I thought about using a pen name, but decided I had enough to keep straight already. I'd likely sign books with the wrong name!
TELL ME A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.
My bio says it all: Tara Fox Hall's writing credits include nonfiction, horror, suspense, action-adventure, erotica, and contemporary and historical paranormal romance. She is the author of the paranormal action-adventure Lash series and the vampire romantic suspense Promise Me series. Tara divides her free time unequally between writing novels and short stories, chainsawing firewood, caring for stray animals, sewing cat and dog beds for donation to animal shelters, and target practice.
WHAT TYPE OF GENRE DO YOU WRITE?
Mostly I write supernatural-related fiction stories, such as the paranormal fiction series Promise Me and Lash. But as per above, I also have written erotica, suspense, horror, contemporary fiction, and non-fiction.
WHAT GENRE TO YOU PERSONALLY READ?
Thrillers as a rule are my favorite books, the more graphic the better. But I occasionally branch out to YA, historical, romance, graphic novels, action/adventure, westerns and other genres.
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR LATEST?
My latest book is Taken for His Own, the fourth installment in my Promise Me Series. It takes up where the third book left off. Sar had done her best to rebuild her life when her fiancTheo went missing. She's partnered with her former vampire lover Danial to raise Theo's daughter Elle (Elle's natural mother is dead from childbirth complications). She's also had a child of her own with Danial, Theoron, and is trying to come to terms with her inevitable turning from human to vampire. When she finds out Theo's alive, she can't stop herself from journeying west to find him, and confront him about where he's been for the last year and a half. This is where Taken for His Own begins. After a passionate reunion and a hasty marriage, the two lovebirds are headed back east. But picking up the pieces is far from easy. While Danial is accepting of Theo's return, Elle prefers her vampire adoptive father over Theo. More than one enemy is waiting in the wings, making repeat attempts on Sar's life. Add into the mix Devlin, Sar's old enemy who's now turned good guy, and a new paramour for Danial and you've got a powder keg primed to explode.
WHAT SPARKED YOUR PASSION FOR BOOKS AND THE ART OF A GOOD STORY?
I've always enjoyed reading a very passionate teacher taught me to read my first words in kindergarten, and I began devouring short books by first grade and novels for YA by third grade.
IS THERE A PARTICULAR BOOK THAT CHANGED OR AFFECTED YOUR LIFE IN A BIG WAY?
The Hobbit. I like the message; that it's not who you were or what you can do that influences what you will do, it's how willing you are to step outside your own boundaries and push for what you think is right.
IS THERE A MESSAGE IN YOUR BOOK THAT YOU WANT READERS TO GRASP?
That it's never too late to take control of your destiny and that you are the only one that really ever can. You may not be able to control what happens to you, but you can always control how you react to events. And that it's important to always try to do the right thing but that isn't always possible.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DAY WHEN YOU JUST WANTED TO QUIT?
Of course. Getting my first 2 star review on Amazon made me want to quit. Poor sales in a given quarter makes me want to quit. Having no free time makes me want to quit. But I didn't survive years of fighting to get my stories out to give up now.
DID YOU HAVE A MOMENT WHEN YOU REALIZED YOU WERE MEANT TO BE A WRITER?
Yes. I realized I was good at imagining both sides of a conversation between two characters or more. It's something that comes naturally and I don't feel affinity with either character especially, so I can imagine to be both with equal believability. That makes really good dialogue, which is an essential part of any story. The other key part of story is a good plot. When I'm reading what I wrote, I ask myself if I'm interested at every paragraph. If I can't keep my own interest, how can I expect to keep a reader's interest? And what a writer wants to produce and what a reader wants to read are not always the same things. To gain--and keep--series readers, you have to give them what they want while keeping enough back to entice them to keep reading subsequent books. I try to do that.
AFTER THIS BOOK, WHAT IS NEXT?
There will be more books in this series. Two more will be out this year--Immortal Confessions and Her Secret--with more in 2014 and 2015, until the series is done. The next installment in the Lash Series, Revenge, will be out this fall, and hopefully my second anthology of short suspense/horror stories will also publish. There will also be the first Promise Me anthology and a Latham's Landing anthology this fall. A new Lash short story, "Spiritwalker", will debut in the Shifters charity anthology from Hazardous Press, and I also have a short story called "The Lie" in the upcoming anthology Brief Grislys, both due out in a month or less. I'm also working on a sequel to my transgender short Grow a Pair, and another compilation of BDSM stories for the late summer/fall.
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READY TO READ A BOOK FROM THE PROMISE ME SERIES? HERE YOU GO
BOOK TITLE: PROMISE ME (PROMISE ME SERIES #1) - VAMPIRE ROMANCE
Format: print and e-book
Pages: 233
Date Released: June 2012
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Blurb: When young widow Sarelle McGarran finds the vampire Danial Racklan unconscious and hurt in her woods, intuitive concern quickly becomes passionate love. Together Danial and Sar work to overcome their own past heartbreaks, their vastly different lifestyles, and Danial's relentless enemies. Yet Danial needs more; an Oath of forever. But can Sar give Danial his greatest desire?
EXCERPT:
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you. But I want to be clear that I don't expect you to give me money because we because we're--"
"Intimate?" he supplied with a leer. "Lovers?"
I blushed, glad my back was to him. "Yes," I said curtly.
"It's my feelings for you that make me offer. I understand you're independent and used to taking care of yourself. But I want you to have an easier time of it than you had trying to go it alone. I want to take care of you. It's your right, as befitting your station."
"What station?"
"As my lover." He nibbled the back of my neck, his hands sliding down my arms. "That is, if you still want to be."
Did I ever. God, his lips felt good. I could feel little pricks where his fangs brushed against meFocus! "What about the shirt?"
Danial paused what he was doing. "What about it?"
"Did you take some of my life force? Did you deliberately try to seduce me with a spell to get me to feed you?"
He didn't reply. I shifted back from the fire and made to get up, but he pulled me off balance and I went down, falling into his waiting arms. I struggled in vain as he rolled me over on the carpet and straddled me, holding both my arms over my head with one hand, while the other caressed my cheek. I fumed as I looked at him above me, his upper half silhouetted by the fire. His eyes sparkled, his face in shadow.
"Now, Sarelle," he purred, "why would I need to seduce you to get you to feed me?"
He stretched down against me.
I felt my body betray my anger as my breasts hardened and my breaths came faster.
"You gave me your blood when I was a stranger, willingly." He leaned in closer as if to kiss me, but remained just out of reach. His dark eyes were locked on mine, filled with desire and familiar arrogance. He bent down to kiss my throat. "You gave yourself to me a night later, with no hesitation."
His lips moved to the side of my throat. He ran a fang down my neck. I writhed, both in desire and a touch of fear.
"That was a dream. I knew it--"
"You knew nothing of the sort," he said, his breath warm against my neck. He drew back and used his free hand to start unbuttoning my nightshirt.
"Stop," I said, my breath tearing out of me.
"Stop what?" he said teasingly. "You want me, just like you have from the first moment you saw me. I can feel your body beneath mine, aching for me. Just as I'm aching for you."
He continued unbuttoning my top.
"Stop screwing around! I need to know if you--"
"It was your fantasy. A predictable one," he said, his hand on the next to last button. He paused to run that hand between my breasts, up to clasp my throat. "But I was never in control of you. I couldn't feed from you--not that I didn't try. You seemed so willing to let me. But I couldn't draw any energy from you and I awoke hungry, almost ravenous."
"Terian was right--"
His hand tightened on my throat. "Why are you so determined to be the victim? Nothing happened that you didn't choose to happen." He gave me a half smile, his eyes growing darker. He brought his hand back to my nightshirt and undid the last button. He pushed my shirt to each side, baring my breasts and my lower body as he gave me a slow savoring look. That nimble hand slid up to grip my neck loosely.
I knew he could feel how fast my heart beat. "That you could resist and take control from me in the dream amazed me." His voice was full of wonder and affection. "No one has ever been able to do that. Not with me. Not in three hundred and seventy-five years."
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BOOK TITLE: BROKEN PROMISE (PROMISE ME SERIES #2) - VAMPIRE ROMANCE
Format: print and e-book
Pages: 240
Date Released: September 2012
Blurb: Shocked at Danial's betrayal, Sarelle returns to her old home to consider her options. Yet even as Sar plans a reconciliation with Danial, Terian arrives, confessing his desire. When Theo witnesses Terian and Sar kiss, he angrily confronts Sar, leading to startling consequences. Will Sar's heart choose Danial, Terian, or Theo?
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BOOK TITLE: TAKEN IN THE NIGHT (PROMISE ME SERIES #3) - VAMPIRE ROMANCE
Format: print and e-book
Pages: 194
Date Released: Late January 2012
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Blurb: When Theo disappears, Sar is left bereft, the uncertain guardian of Theo's newly born werecougar daughter, Elle. As months pass, clues emerge about Theo's disappearance, yet the twisting trail ends repeatedly without answer. In her grief, Sar turns to Danial and hesitantly begins to build a life with him and Elle.
TARA'S LATEST RELEASE, WHICH SOUNDS FANTASTIC!
BOOK TITLE: TAKEN FOR HIS OWN (PROMISE ME SERIES #4) - VAMPIRE ROMANCE
Format: print and e-book
Pages: 247
Date Released: late April 2013
Blurb: After learning Theo is alive, Sar immediately embarks on a mission to find him. Reunited, the lovers return to New York; Danial, Terian and Theo uneasily combining forces to protect Sar from Al's assassins still seeking her. But when Sar is taken prisoner in an all-out attack, only one man can save her: her old adversary, Devlin.
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