Julie Elizabeth Leto is a best-selling American author of over forty romance novels.[1][2]

Julie Elizabeth Leto
BornFlorida, United States
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
GenreRomance novel, adventure fiction

Leto's action-adventure novels are sold under the name Julie Leto, as will all future books by the author,[citation needed] who officially dropped her middle name in September 2007.[citation needed]

Biography

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Julie Leto was born and raised in Florida to a family of Italian and Cuban descent.[citation needed] After picking up her first romance when she was only sixteen, Leto knew that she wanted to write one of her own.[citation needed] 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 Tampa Catholic High 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. Leto has written for Harlequin, Simon & Schuster and Penguin Books. Leto lives in Tampa, Florida.[citation needed]

Bibliography

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Action-Adventure

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  • Dirty Little Secrets (2005)
  • Dirty Little Lies (2006)
  • Dare Me (2011, originally published as "Dare to Desire" in Dare Me anthology by NAL/Signet 2005)
  • Dirty Little Christmas (2012)
  • Dirty Dare (2013)

Paranormal Romance

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  • Stripped (2007)
  • Phantom Pleasures (2008)
  • Phantom's Touch (2008)
  • Something Wicked (2009)
  • Kiss of the Phantom (2009)
  • Phantom Promise (2014)

Romance Novels

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  • 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 (2003)
  • Line of Fire (2004)
  • Undeniable (2004)
  • Making Waves (2005)
  • The Domino Effect (2006)
  • 3 Seductions and a Wedding (2010)
  • Hard to Hold (2010)
  • Too Hot to Touch (2011)
  • Too Wild to Hold (2011)
  • Too Wicked to Keep (2011)

Omnibus

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Online Reads

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  • One Wicked Weekend eHarlequin.com weekly read
  • Rock and Rolling eHarlequin.com weekly read
  • Bound and Determined eHarlequin.com round robin
  • Surprise Wedding eHarlequin daily read

Collections

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Reprints

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  • 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)
  • Exposed (free with Too Hot to Touch, 2011, originally published in 2001)

Digital-Only Re-releases

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  • Dare Me (2011, originally published as "Dare to Desire" in Dare Me anthology by NAL/Signet 2005)
  • Dirty Little Secrets (2011, originally published by Pocket/Downtown Press 2005)
  • Dirty Little Lies (2011, originally published by Pocket 2006)
  • Phantom Pleasures (2011, originally published by Penguin/Signet 2008)
  • Phantom's Touch (2011, originally published by Penguin/Signet 2008)
  • Kiss of the Phantom (2011, originally published by Penguin/Signet 2009)
  • KICK ASS: Boxed Set (2012, reprint of Dirty Little Secrets, Kiss of the Phantom & Dare Me)
  • PHANTOM SERIES: Boxed Set (2012, all three Phantom novels, packaged together)

Digital-Only Original Release

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  • How You Remind Me ("A Girl Most Likely To", short story)
  • Dirty Little Christmas (2012)
  • Dirty Dare (2013)
  • Phantom Promise (2014)
  • Talk Dirty to Me (TBD)

References

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  1. ^ Newman, Andrew Adam (September 26, 2005). "Those Who Inspire Are Memorialized in Romance Tales". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Bouchard, Natalie (October 20, 2006). "Seduced By Romance Novel". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on April 16, 2015.
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