Update

I know many of you watch for updates. Lots of times I don't have one. I'm just writing. I never really know when a book will be ready. I don't know how those that have release dates know. At least indie writers. I write, rewrite, wait a month, read it, edit, read it again, edit some more, then send it to a couple of people. If they're happy with it, it goes to my editor. Then I have to make those edits and if I'm not sure about how I did, I send it back to her. Whenever she's done, I send it to my formatter. So the end of publishing a book isn't even something I control.

But I know you. I know you want to know what's happening in my little world. So, here are my updates:

Beyond Earth Series: Book Two - Working on 2nd draft. Up to 77k words. I really hope to have it ready to go to an editor this spring.

Between Worlds: Book SIX - Started a scene or two, haven't gotten far. I really want to, but I need to wrap up the Beyond Earth series first. This goes for the Spinoff of Lena's story as well. Not sure which will come out first. The spinoff or #5. We'll see.

Falling for Fire - I plan on this being a series. I love Aurora and Sorin. So this will be a series someday.

Same for Touch of Death. Definitely a series. Just not enough time to do them all.

Which leaves me with The Gifted Teens. There is a book four. I have written some on it. It takes place a couple years after the third book. I'm definitely not done with Daxton and Kassia, Mira and Zane, or Auralee and Noe.

As far as my other books, they're all basically standalones. I could make Secret Bloodline into a series, but not sure I will. The others have had their story told. Although when I do pay someone to edit Lost and Found, it will be getting a little bit of a makeover.

I do have many other ideas. Some medical ones like a teen diabetic, another about a teen who cuts, and an aliens on Earth (series??).

That's about it. I wish my fingers would type faster. I wish I had more time in the day to write. I wish I had more money to get things done faster. And sometimes life just gets in the way. I thought I would have the 2nd Beyond Earth series book out last year, but I took 2 college classes and was NOT prepared for the amount of work they took. Then I had health issues which are not over yet. Plus teaching the kids, being a wife and mother, and all that comes with it.

I can only promise that I will write until I can't anymore (and the way I love writing means I'll be dead for that to happen). It might take time for the sequels and new books to come out, but they will.

Thank you, fans, for your love and loyalty. I love hearing from you!!!!

Unexpected Promise

It's here!!!! The long awaited book five of the Between Worlds series. 

Darkness has descended on the faery realm Rylie and Sierra have dealt with numerous challenges over the past two years: love, death, friendship, magic, but can they save the realm they have come to love?

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I think I'll wait another week before I post the playlist, so look for that!

UPDATE: Unexpected Promise

I know. I said book five would be out around December/January, and I tried REALLY hard to keep that deadline, but Rylie and Sierra deserved more. So, I wrote and wrote, until I was satisfied, until the characters were happy with what I wrote. I know all too well when characters aren't happy with me, they run around in my head demanding attention and I have other things to do.

The book is longer than the others and I do hope that you all will like it. I don't know if this is "the end" for these characters. I have a few ideas for spin-offs, but I have some other characters that are nagging for me to write about them.

Unexpected Promise (Between Worlds: Book Five) has been uploaded. As soon as it goes live, I will post links, send out an email to those of you on my mailing list, and spread the word on social media. It would help me a lot for you all to do the same and if anyone could leave me an honest review, please do it!

Thank you for sticking with me through this series. For loving Rylie, Kallan, Sierra, and Drake. For pushing me to write more.

New Release: Falling For Fire

Hey all! Hope everybody is enjoying the cooler weather and looking forward to the upcoming holidays. I just uploaded a new book, Falling For Fire. This is NOT a Between Worlds book, but I'm hoping you guys will love it anyway. It's about faeries. It's also the longest book I've written so far.

Being brand new, I need to get some reviews. If anyone is interested in reading it and leaving an honest review on Amazon, Goodreads, or anywhere else, please EMAIL me ( taliajager at att dot net ). I will email you a free copy of the eBook. I have a mobi file for Kindles and an ePub file for iBooks, Nooks, Kobo eReaders, etc. You MUST be able to read one of these two files.

The fae had an old law—Love is forbidden between faeries of different Seasons. After a chance encounter at a secret party, the Winter princess, Aurora, and the Summer prince, Sorin, soon find their love will not be denied.   

The Between Worlds Series Fun

I get messages almost daily about The Between Worlds series and I wanted to answer some questions and share some links.

I am currently writing the fifth book in the series. I’d say it’s about half way done. So when does that mean it’ll be released? Well, if I can get a little writing done every day, then I hope to have it written by January 2016. Then it just needs to be edited and formatted, which can take 1-2 months. Now if the holidays get in the way, it could take me a little longer.

Whose point of view will book #5 be in? Both Rylie and Sierra's.

Will this be the last book? I’m not sure. It’s the last book I have planned right now. But I have to admit, I LOVE these characters and I can’t see never writing for them again. So it is very possible there will be more or maybe spinoffs. I’m just not sure yet.

Want a free copy? Keep an eye here in a couple months. I always offer a free eBook in exchange for an honest review.

I do also have a Pinterest board for the series. I have a few pictures of the girls on the covers, a couple other characters, some celebrities that I'd love to play the characters if it was ever made into a movie. Pictures of the faery realm or things from the books. Check them out. Here are a few examples of what you'll find there:

The Aurorian Temple

Kallan and Rylie's House

The manticore that attacks Sierra

How many of you know there are playlists for the books? A very good friend put them together for me. What is a book playlist? A list of songs that fits many of the scenes. You can listen as you read. Or just look over the list. Or make a playlist on YouTube with them. Or do like I do and whenever I hear "Ho Hey" I think of them all singing around the fire pit after Sierra gets her memories back.

Dark Promise Playlist:

1. Someone like you: Adele
- Rylie's solo

2. Freckles: Natasha Bedingfield
- Rylie

3. 7 Things: Miley Cyrus
- Rylie and Kallan (back & forth between getting along and arguing)

4. Not a Bad Thing: Justin Timberlake
- Kallan and Rylie

5. For You I Will: Teddy Geiger
- Kallan and Rylie

6. Unconditionally: Katy Perry
- Rylie and Kallan

7. Ours: The Bravery
- The new world Rylie is living in

8. Where Does The Good Go: Tegan and Sara
- Rylie dealing with Kallan mixed feelings

9. Tee Shirt: Birdy
- Rylie thinking about Kallan

10. Heart by Heart: Demi Lovato
- Rylie feeling how different Kallan makes her feel

11. Beating Heart: Ellie Goulding
- Rylie and Kallan jump into the water *when the chorus hits.*

12. Almost Everything: Wakey!Wakey!
- Kallan about Rylie

13. This Girl: Laza Morgan
- Kallan about Rylie

14. Can't Help Falling in Love: Ingrid Michaelson
- Rylie trying to deny her feelings and attractions to Kallan

15. Radioactive: Imagine Dragons
- The Fight

16. Irridescent: Linkin Park
- Rylie watching the fight, it seems to move in slow motion for her when she realizes Kallan might not survive

17. Let her go: Passenger
- Kallan letting Rylie go despite his feelings for her

18. Coming Back For You Maroon 5
- Ending scene with Kallan watching from a distance.


Broken Promise Playlist:

1. Maps: Maroon 5
- Kallan coming to the human world to fight for Rylie


2. Happily: One Direction
- Kallan, Rylie, Adam love triangle

3. We Found Love (Cover)- Jessie J
- Sierra and Drake

4. Clarity- Zedd ft. Foxes
- Rylie and Kallan

5. Explosions: Ellie Goulding
- Rylie and Adam

6. That Should Be Me: Justin Beiber ft. Rascal Flatts
- Kallan

7. Where Have You Been: Rihanna
- At the dance Sierra pulls everyone on to the dance floor

8. Boom Clap: Charli XCX
- Rylie and Kallan

9. When I look at You: Miley Cyrus
- Sierra and Drake

10. I Knew You Were Trouble: Taylor Swift
-Rylie about Kallan when he causes tension with Adam

11. Love Remains The Same: Gavin Rossdale
- Rylie and Kallan dance outside

12. Not Over You: Gavin DeGraw
- Kallan and Rylie's feelings

13. Everywhere: Michelle Branch
- When Rylie sees Kallan everywhere in the beginning of the book.

14. Shiver: Shawn Desman
- Rylie and Kallan share the bed at Morians Hideaway

15. Demons: Imagine Dragons
- Rylie and Oren

16. The Kill: 30 Seconds To Mars
- Varwik vs Oren

17. Who You Are: Jessie J
- Rylie dealing with Oren's death and again struggling with being a Faery trying to decide what she wants

18. I Need You: M83
- Ending of the book Rylie's dream then wakes up and sees Kallan outside and goes outside and they kiss right as the tempo of the song takes off

Eternal Promise Playlist:

1. Sweet Silver Lining: Kate Voegele
- Rylie with everyone expecting so much from her

2. Human: Christina Perri
- Sierra trying to deal with everything in her life, trying to make her relationship work with Drake, maintain her friendship with Rylie

3. They Don't Know About Us: One Direction
- Sierra and Drake

4. Shine On: Ryan Cabrera
- Rylie and Adam

5. All of Me: John Legend
- Rylie and Kallan

6. Adore You: Miley Cyrus
- Sierra and Drake

7. Play it Again: Luke Bryan
- Rylie and Kallan

8. Catch My Breath: Kelly Clarkson
- Rylie and the counsel

9. Mama's song: Carrie Underwood
- Rylie and her Mothers

10. Wherever I Go: Miley Cyrus and Emily Osmett
- Rylie and Sierra talking before the wedding

11. Turning Page *Instrumental*: Sleeping At Last
- Rylie Walks down the aisle

12. Turning Page: Sleeping At Last
- Rylie and Kallan first dance

13. You Can Let Go: Crystal Shawanda
- Father/daughter dance

14. Wedding Dress: Matt Nathanson
- Kallan showing Rylie their home as she walks around the house in her wedding dress taking everything in.

15. Mr. Know It All: Kelly Clarkson
- Rylie and the counsel

16. 17 Crimes: AFI
- The battle

17. Are You Ready: Three Days Grace
- Rylie vs Satine

18. If I Die Young (Cover): Glee
- Everyone waiting for Sierra to wake up, she wakes up and she's looking at everyone and they ask is she remembers and she says no and that's when the song ends.


Forgotten Promise Playlist:

1. Cannonball- Lea Michele
- Sierra

2. Dead In The Water- Ellie Goulding
- Sierra wakes up with no memory

3. I Don't Wanna Let You Go- Ross Copperman
- Drake's Feelings

4. How To Save A Life- The Fray
- Rylie's feelings

5. Little Things- One Direction
- Rylie and Kallan

6. Broken- Lifehouse
- Sierra feeling overwhelmed and goes to Azura's

7. The Heart Wants What It Wants- Selena Gomez
-Sierra and Drake

8. Home- Phillip Phillips
- Shopping at the marketplace, meeting Shaylee

9. Say Something- A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera
- Sierra and Drake

10. Keep Holding On- Avril Lavigne
- Rylie sick

11. Marilyn Monroe- Nicki Minaj
- Empath gift

12. Arms- Christina Perri
- Feelings for Drake Again

13. Prituri Se Planinata (NIT GRIT REMIX)- Stellamara
- Underworld

14. Don't Be Gone Too Long- Chris Brown ft. Ariana Grande
- Realm of Lost Things, leaving Drake behind

15. Wildest Dreams- Taylor Swift
- Rylie's feeling about Kallan as she gets sicker and sicker, trying to hold on for the potion •Specifically in the song where Taylor sings, "I can see the end as it begins, my one condition is, say you'll remember me standing in a nice dress staring at the sunset, babe, red lips and rosy cheeks, say you'll see me again even if it's just in your wildest dreams."• I think when this chorus is sung, it fits with Rylie's hopes and feelings. She feels like she's only just begun to live the life she was meant to with Kallan and so her hope is if she doesn't make is that Kallan will think of her in his dreams.• There's others parts of that song that match what Rylie is feeling, but that part even more so.

16. Feel This (2008)- Enation
- Takes the potion, waiting for her to be healed

17. She's- Ryan Cabrera
- Drake's Darkest Secret

18. Marry Me- Train
- Drake's feelings about Sierra when going to the Human realm with everyone. •It's all about one look and a person knows they are meant to be together forever, but first they have to get the nerve to even say hi. And that's Drake right now. He's got to start over with her if her wants forever with her•

19. Where I Come From- Passion Pit
- Human Realm trip/ healing the faery realm

20. Wide Awake- Katy Perry
- Rylie and Sierra & Sierra's ability training

21. For You I Will- Teddy Geiger
- Sierra and Drake

22. Wipe Your Eyes- Maroon 5
- Rylie and Kallan Fight

23. I Hate Everything About You- Three Days Grace
- Rylie and Drake Kidnapped

24. Waiting Outside The Lines- Greyson Chance
- Sierra's epiphany, then freezes everyone

25. Titanium- David Guetta ft. Sia
- Sierra blows up boulders, then her memory returns

26. Time After Time- Michelle Chamuel
- Rylie and Sierra, after her memory comes back

27. Bless The Broken Road- Racal Flatts
- Drake and Sierra, after her memory is back

28. Latch- Daniela Andrade
- Rylie realized Sierra remembers, then back at home with Kallan

29. I Can't Wait- Runner Runner
- Drake Proposes to Sierra

30. Ho Hey- The Lumineers

- Bonfire, ending scene

Forgotten Promise is LIVE!

Forgotten Promise (A Between Worlds Novel: Book Four) is now LIVE!!!!!!!!!!

Find out the answer to everyone's question: What happens to Sierra?

Oh and there will be a couple of giveaways on my FB fan page: http://www.facebook.com/TaliaJager

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Forgotten Promise

You have all been asking. WHEN is the fourth Between Worlds book coming out? When can we read more about Rylie and Kallan? Will Sierra get her memory back? What happens next? And the day is almost here! 

FRIDAY!! 

That's right. Friday, May 15th, Forgotten Promise (Between Worlds: Book Four) will be available on almost all outlets. Print usually takes longer, but it's all processing. 

And as always, I will host a little giveaway on my Facebook for the release. So make sure you come and check it out. 

A huge beg...REVIEWS and word of mouth are crucial to authors. If you read a book and you love it, tell others by leaving reviews and by spreading the word. Tell your friends. Tell a Facebook group. Tell readers on a blog or chat room. Tell people!!! Any author out there will appreciate it. You never know, you might tell someone who is friends or family of a movie producer or agent. Then you could be personally responsible for getting the book on the big screen! Wouldn't that be awesome?! 

So tell people... Tweet about, Instagram in, even Pin it. Get the word out there. We notice!

Title and Cover Reveal

It's time!!! Are you ready? Excited? I know I am!

Forgotten Promise is the fourth book in the Between Worlds series!

The book just came back from the editor, so I will be making a few changes and then sending it off to the formatter. I'm hoping to have it out in May 2015.

There are THREE giveaways happening on my Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/taliajager so check them out to enter.

Thank you to Streetlight Graphics for the awesome cover!

Between Worlds Series #4 Needs Beta Readers

I know many of you have been waiting for the next book in the Between Worlds series and it's almost done!! I have finished my current draft of book four and now need beta readers.

What do I need from you? HONESTY!!! I need people to read it and send me back honest opinions by mid-March. You also need to be able to open and read a PDF.

Are you interested? Do you want to know if Sierra gets her memory back? Send me an email and find out before everyone else does.

If you are interested, please send me an email at taliajager at att dot net with your email.
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Like my Facebook fan page http://www.facebook.com/TaliaJager and message me there with your email.

Faery Realms PARTY!!!

Going on RIGHT NOW!!! Friday December 5, 2014. Come and enjoy the faery pictures and enter to win contests from the authors of the Faery Realms collection!!

Faery Realms Facebook Party!

Beta Readers Needed for Eternal Promise

First and second draft of Eternal Promise (Book Three of The Between Worlds Series) is finished. I'm looking for a few beta readers who can read a PDF or ePub and give me feedback by August 1st. I have to send it to my editor in August and the formatter in September. If you're willing to do this, email me at taliajager at att dot net

Young Adult Faeries and Fantasy Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Young Adult Faeries and Fantasy Giveaway Hop. This giveaway runs January 8-14, 2014. Please fill out the form below to enter. The winner will get a $10 Amazon gift code AND a eBook copy of Dark Promise and Broken Promise (mobi and epub formats available via email).

You have to like my Facebook fan page for your first entry (this is just liking the page, you don't have to friend me). You can get up to 4 more entries by leaving a comment below or following or friending me on the websites below for a total of 5 entries.

I write YA drama and paranormal. Find out more about them by clicking on the tabs above.

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The Between Worlds Series Book One Redesigned, Book Two Revealed

Eden Crane Design's has done it again! Broken Promise will be released soon, so we decided to get a facelift for the series. What do you think of the new covers?

Cover Redesign

Rylie has it all - great friends, dream boy, loving family. But on the eve of her sixteenth birthday, her perfect little world shatters. A stranger claiming to be her real mother appears with a secret: Rylie is a faery whose powers will be unleashed on her birthday. Captured and forced into a new life, Rylie struggles to keep everything she loves and discovers a terrifying truth: some promises cannot be broken.

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Coming Soon! June 2013

Over a year has passed since Rylie returned to her 'human' life. She now knows the truth about her past – and the destiny she can’t yet accept. Rylie struggles to choose between two different worlds, each with a boy she loves. News that her father is alive complicates her life even more. Among the broken hearts and promises, a chance for a new beginning will emerge.

Young Adult Faeries and Fantasy Giveaway Hop

Another giveaway!!!!

Welcome to the Young Adult Faeries and Fantasy Giveaway Hop. This giveaway runs January 8-14 2013. Please fill out the form below. Five winners will be chosen to receive a copy of my faery themed eBook, Dark Promise.

You have to like my Facebook fan page for your first entry (this is just liking the page, you don't have to friend me). You can get up to 4 more entries by leaving a comment below or following or friending me on the websites below for a total of 5 entries.

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New Website and New Release

Now that the blog hop is over I can brag about my new website and new release!!!

I decided I better go ahead and purchase my domain name before any crazed fans out there did :) So I did that and then found a place to host it. Then I had to figure out how to set it up. Thankfully my husband is pretty good at that kind of stuff and what he doesn't know he can learn. I couldn't have done it without Lizzy Ford and her husband. They taught us a few things!! It was definitely a learning process. Still is.

I do plan to blog, but I'm not sure where it will be. I can move it over to wordpress and have it attached to my site or continue on here. I haven't decided yet.

Here's the site!!! http://www.taliajager.com

If anyone has any opinions or advice, let me know.

Next up, my new release with Julia Crane: Dark Promise (A Between Worlds Novel). This is book one of a series about faeries.

Rylie has it all - great friends, dream boy, loving family. But on the eve of her sixteenth birthday, her perfect little world shatters. A stranger claiming to be her real mother appears with a dark secret: Rylie is a faery whose powers will be unleashed on her birthday. Captured and forced into a new life, Rylie struggles to keep everything she loves and discovers a terrifying truth: some promises cannot be broken.

                                     

Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008QI80MS

Barnes & Noble - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dark-promise-julia-crane/1112301582?ean=2940014996471

We're hoping to have book 2 out around the 2012 holidays.