Romantic Suspense Author Eliza Daly

Ever since I first met Eliza, I've been dying to get her on my blog. She's a very busy lady, always jet-setting off to some place or another and so I'm very pleased to finally have her here. Thanks, Eliza, for putting yourself through my questions! First though, have a read through the blurb for her romantic suspense, Identity Crisis. (Love that title!)

When Olivia Doyle’s father dies under suspicious circumstances, rather than inheriting a family fortune, she inherits a new identity. She learns they were placed in the Federal Witness Security Program when she was five years old. Her father was involved in an art forgery ring and testified against the mob. Brought up not to trust anyone, Olivia has a difficult time relying on U.S. Marshal Ethan Ryder to protect her, and to keep her secret. She fears her father may have continued his life of crime through her art gallery. She has little choice but to depend on Ethan when she realizes someone is now after her. Olivia’s search for the truth leads her and Ethan across country to a family and past she doesn’t remember.

At the age of ten, Ethan witnessed a brutal murder. He vowed when he grew up, he’d protect people in danger. Protecting Olivia is difficult when she won’t trust him. He soon realizes his desire to protect her goes beyond doing his job, but if his judgment becomes clouded by emotions, her safety could be jeopardized. 

Can Ethan and Olivia learn to trust each other when they uncover secrets that will change their lives forever?

Identity Crisis is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, All Romance, eBooks.com, and Kobo.

Thank you so much to Cait for having me here today and helping me celebrate the release of Identity Crisis! I will be giving away an e-copy of Identity Crisis to one commenter. To enter to win, please leave a question for me--writing related or personal. Please include your e-mail address with your comment. The winner will be announced March 22.  

Woo-hoo, great thank you, Eliza!

Which of the five senses do you find hardest to write about, and why?

The sense of smell. I have no clue why this is the hardest for me to write about, but it is the one thing I always have to add when I’m doing the final edits of my manuscripts. I never have enough. I agree totally with you, Eliza…how do you describe smell?! Tough.

Do you have any writing quirks and if so, what are they?

I write very quirky characters in my romantic comedies. Does that count? I will only edit my manuscripts with a purple or pink pen. I have three cat beds in my room, one for each of my cats. They tend to sleep in my office all day while I write. I often turn to one of them, usually Frankie because he’s more the creative type, and bounce ideas off of them, or ask them for opinions. What can I say, writing is a lonely job. Now, I’d just love to hear what Frankie had to say LOL, I’ll bet he has a great romance in that cat head of his J.

If you were told that you couldn’t write anymore otherwise the world would blow up, what would you do?

If I couldn’t write, I would go back to school for my masters in art history. I would love to own an art gallery. My obsession with art inspired the storyline for my recent release, Identity Crisis. I’d come and visit your art gallery, anyday, Eliza.

If you knew that no-one would ever read your writing, would you or would you not still write and why? Be honest!

Yes, I’d still write. I wrote 11 books over 12 years and didn’t know if anyone would ever read them, so that wouldn’t be anything new. J Good stuffins!

If you were told you could either read or write, but not do both, which would you choose, and why?

Write. Honestly, between work and writing, I have little time for reading. I used to read 2 books a week, but lately I’m lucky if I read that in a month. I really miss it, but there is no way I could stop writing. I’m with you on that. I miss reading, going to bed to see what happened.

Which weather inspires you most to write?

Sunshine! I live in Milwaukee where we can get several feet of snow and 40 below wind chill factor in January. Brrr. I can deal with the frigid temps as long as I have sunshine. However, Milwaukee in January is like Gotham City—dark and gloomy. When I read through a manuscript in the spring and the writing is flat, the dialogue has no zip, I think, Hmm. I must have written this in January or February. Ireland wouldn’t do you any favours then :).

What's your favourite photo on display?

My favourite photo is one of me with two monkeys at a floating market in Thailand. I’d just stepped off a boat and a woman tossed these two monkeys at me and they started climbing all over me. I laughed until I started panicking about contracting some rare tropical disease. Faaaaabulous photo, Eliza, thanks so much :).

And just for pure, adolescent fun, which superpower would you choose?

To be a shape-shifter, so I could become a cat and have a heart-to-heart talk with my cats Quigley, Frankie, and Sammy. I’d let them know that a trip to the vet is for their own good, not a method of torture, and that if they would let me sleep in an hour later in the morning I’d give them lots of treats. A-ha! First time for shape-shifter on here and I like your reasoning. But do you think talking to them would help…my girls don’t seem to understand – lie ins that is, not a trip to the vet lol.

Author Bio

 Eliza Daly’s first attempt at creative writing was in fourth grade. She and her friends were huge Charlie’s Angels fans and she would sit in her bedroom at night writing scripts for them to act out at recess the following day. She was Kelly Garrett. Fast forward to the present, she’s still writing stories about beautiful women who always get their men. The journey from fourth grade script writer to published author wasn’t an easy one, but it was always an adventure and the final destination was well worth it.

When Eliza isn’t traveling for her job as an event planner, or tracing her ancestry roots through Ireland, she’s at home in Milwaukee working on her next novel, bouncing ideas off her husband Mark, and her cats Quigley, Frankie, and Sammy.

You can find Eliza on the web at Website, Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads.