Author: Elise

My top 5 podcasts

My top 5 podcasts

Posted October 31, 2017 by Elise in Random / 6 Comments

My name is Elise, and I’m a secret podcast addict. I listen most mornings while I clean up after His Royal Horseness, Trev, and also while I walk the dog. And at home, when I should be writing. My biggest vice is true crime, and podcasts serve up bitesize chunks to feed my habit. Here […]

The Black Trilogy Rebooted

The Black Trilogy Rebooted

Posted October 3, 2017 by Elise in Blackwood / 42 Comments

    Scroll down for giveaway! I published my first book in July 2015, and so much has happened since then! I’ve set another fifteen books loose on the unsuspecting public, writing has become my job as well as my hobby, and the first book in my Blackwood Security series, Pitch Black, has been downloaded […]

Captain Rourke by Helena Newbury

Captain Rourke by Helena Newbury

Posted September 2, 2017 by Elise in Reviews / 6 Comments

The blurb: Captain Rourke. He’s a former Navy officer, a brooding, gorgeous treasure hunter who lives his life on the ocean. I’m a small-town girl from Nebraska who’s barely even seen the sea. But when a mystery disease attacks my sister, I must team up with Rourke to find the sunken ship that holds the […]

Book review: Absinthe by Winter Renshaw

Book review: Absinthe by Winter Renshaw

Posted September 2, 2017 by Elise in Reviews / 5 Comments

The blurb: The name on the screen was “Absinthe.” But I knew her as the sultry voice blowing up my phone for late night chats about Proust and Hemingway interspersed between the filthiest little … mutually satisfying exchanges … I’d ever experienced in my life.  We’d never met.  Until the day she walked into my […]

Red Alert – Playlist

Posted September 2, 2017 by Elise in Blackwood / 8 Comments

I don’t usually listen to music when I write, but with Red Alert, I just couldn’t help it. Some of my favourite songs pop up in the book, so I thought I’d put together a playlist so you can listen to them too… Eva Cassidy – Autumn Leaves Red Alert – Basement Jaxx Etta James […]

Meet Me at Midnight

Meet Me at Midnight

Posted August 12, 2017 by Elise in Blackwood / 7 Comments

A little experiment… Have you ever wondered what would happen if the characters in a book made different choices? If the heroine went with the safe option rather than risking everything? I’m as guilty as anyone about second-guessing my decisions and freaking out in case I made the wrong one, but I also believe that […]

Review: Bombshell by CD Reiss

Review: Bombshell by CD Reiss

Posted July 16, 2017 by Elise in Reviews / 3 Comments

The blurb: Hollywood bad boy Brad Sinclair always gets his way, whether it’s the role he wants or the bikini-clad model he has to have. But when a bombshell gets dropped in his lap in the form of a dimpled five-year-old from a forgotten relationship, he knows his life is about to change forever. Cara […]

Book Review: Love in Transit

Book Review: Love in Transit

Posted July 16, 2017 by Elise in Reviews / 5 Comments

The concept: What if you gave six authors the same blurb? Would the stories look anything the same? Or would they be as different as the authors writing them? The blurb: You know those people that have a house full of motivational slogans? Embrace Every Moment, stamped on their coffee mugs. Always Kiss Me Goodnight […]

Review: Day of the Vikings by JF Penn

Review: Day of the Vikings by JF Penn

Posted June 25, 2017 by Elise in Reviews / 5 Comments

The Blurb: When Neo-Viking terrorists invade the British Museum in London to reclaim the staff of Skara Brae, ARKANE agent Dr. Morgan Sierra is trapped in the building along with hostages under mortal threat. As the slaughter begins, Morgan works alongside psychic Blake Daniel to discern the past of the staff, dating back to islands […]

Review: The Sugar Bowl Trilogy by Sawyer Bennett

Review: The Sugar Bowl Trilogy by Sawyer Bennett

Posted June 25, 2017 by Elise in Reviews / 4 Comments

     The blurb: Sela Halstead lost her innocence in a way that no sixteen-year-old should ever have to endure. She’s spent years trying to forget that night even while wondering about the identities of the monsters who brutalized her—until a telltale tattoo flashes across Sela’s TV screen. The incriminating ink belongs to Jonathon Townsend, […]