Julie Elizabeth Leto

Julie Elizabeth Leto (born Florida is a best-selling American author of over twenty-five romance novels. Her action-adventure novels are sold under the name Julie Leto, as will all future books by the author, who officially dropped her middle name in September 2007.

Biography

Julie Leto was born and raised in Florida to a family of Italian and Cuban descent. After picking up her first romance when she was only sixteen, Leto knew that she wanted to write one of her own. She earned degrees in Creative Writing and Speech Communications from the University of South Florida. She began writing in 1988, while she was in graduate school. After graduation she became an English teacher at a Catholic school and continued to write on weekends and at night. In 1996, in order to give herself more time to write, Leto quit her teaching job and joined her family's manufacturing business. The following year she sold her fourth completed novel, "Seducing Sullivan" to Harlequin Temptation. Shortly thereafter, she gave birth to a daughter and chose to be a full-time writer and mother.

Leto was a launch author for the new Harlequin Blaze line, and is the longest continuous member of the Tampa Area Romance Authors organization. She lives in Tampa, Florida with her husband and their daughter.

Bibliography

Action-Adventure

*"Dirty Little Secrets" (2005)
*"Dirty Little Lies" (2006)

Paranormal Romance

*"Stripped" (2007)
*"Phantom Pleasures" (2008)
*"The Phantom's Touch" (2008)
*"Kiss of the Phantom" (2009)

Romance Novels

*"Seducing Sullivan" (1998)
*"Private Lessons" (1999)
*"Good Girls Do!" (2000)
*"Pure Chance" (2001)
*"Insatiable" (2001)
*"Exposed" (2001)
*"What's Your Pleasure?" (2002)
*"Just Watch Me. . ." (2002)
*"Double the Pleasure" (2002)
*"Brazen and Burning" (2003)
*"Looking for Trouble" (2003)
*"Up to No Good: Invitations to Seduction" (2003)
*"Line of Fire" (2004)
*"Undeniable" (2004)
*"Making Waves" (2005)
*"The Domino Effect" (2006)

Omnibus

*"Impetuous" (1996) (with Lori Foster)
*"Lip Service" (2004) (with Lori Foster)
*"Essence of Midnight" (2004) (with Susan Kearney, Julie Kenner)
*"Dare Me" (2005) (with Cherry Adair and Jill Shalvis)
*"Getting Real" (2005) (with Jennifer LaBrecque and Vicki Lewis Thompson)
*"A Fare to Remember: Just Whistle / Driven to Distraction / Taken for a Ride" (2006) (with Kate Hoffmann and Vicki Lewis Thompson)
*"Boys of Summer: Fever Pitch / The Sweet Spot / Sliding Home" (2006) (with Leslie Kelly and Kimberly Raye)
*"I'll Be Home for Christmas" (2006) (with Linda Lael Miller, Catherine Mulvany and Roxanne St. Claire)
*"Witchy Business" (2007) (with Rhonda Nelson and Mia Zachary)

Collections

*"More Than Words, Volume 2: What Amanda Wants / The Yellow Ribbon / The Way Home / Shelter from the Storm / Into the Groove" (2005) (with Beverly Barton, Jasmine Cresswell, Debbie Macomber and Sharon Sala)

Reprints

*"Good Girls Do!" (2004, originally published in 2000)
*"New Orleans Nights: Pure Chance / Insatiable" (2006, originally published in 2001)
*"Seducing Sullivan" (2006, originally published in 1998)
*"Private Lessons" (2007, originally published in 1999)

External links

* [http://www.julieleto.com/ Julie Elizabeth Leto Official website]
* [http://www.plotmonkeys.com/ Julie Leto's blog with her plotting partners, The Plotmonkeys]
* [http://www.marisela.info/julie.html Website for Julie Elizabeth Leto's characters]
* [http://www.aromancereview.com/interviews/julieelizabethleto.phtml Interview with A Romance Review]