Mary-ellen DeLeon lives in Connecticut with her teenage daughter. She is an accountant by trade yet has a passion for writing. Her books deal with difficult yet timely issues of today's society. Her favorite writers include F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Parker, Nicolette Gianni, Gillian Flynn, Lauren Kate, and Nicholas Sparks.

Writing is an escape, a way to live someone else's life and take control of destiny. Travel into one of Mary-ellen's books into a world of love and tragedy, suspense and survival. See who comes out winning in the end.

You can read her blog on Word Press at http://wp.me/3DDdp