Elise Darcy grew up in North London in the 1970's, the daughter of two baby boomer school teachers. Her love of books began at an early age when weekend trips to Regent's Park always culminated in a visit to Foyles, the legendary independent bookstore in the Charing Cross Road, her parents' regular haunt. She has fond memories of exploring a veritable Aladdin’s cave; a magical place with winding staircases, old creaking lifts, and cosy corners in which to settle down and lose herself in a good book.

After reading economics at university, Elise embarked on a graduate training programme leading to a career as a business analyst. She worked in this capacity for a number of years until the economic downturn swept her up in its tsunami and deposited her in the redundancy wasteland. On the upside, it was an opportunity to start over and follow a dream.

Elise subsequently moved out of London to a small market town in Suffolk, bought an apartment, and settled down with her family, a laptop, and the neighbourhood moggies who take every opportunity to sneak into the apartment unnoticed and find all manner of hiding places while she is busy writing her novels.

Elise enjoys writing from the perspective of both her female and male characters. She believes there’s always two sides to every story. This is born out in her four-book series, 'Living Apart Together', which follows the continuing story of Sylvie and John as they navigate their new life post-retirement. With lots of plot twists and turns, this series leads the reader on an interesting, funny, at times hysterical, and often poignant journey into the lives, loves, hopes and dreams of two ordinary sixty-year-olds coping with life’s ups and downs in retirement. Along the way they make some surprising discoveries about themselves and each other. The question is will they stay together or split up for good?

Elise Darcy loves writing romantic suspense. Her stories revolve around family secrets, second chances, and the courage to follow your dreams – wherever they might lead. She is currently writing The Sunrise Coast series set in one of her favourite parts of the world – the East Coast of England.

You can find her at www.elisedarcy.com or

www.facebook.com/Elise-Darcy.