Archive for 'Jo-Leigh'



Harlequin Lightning Reviews

book review One Night with His Virgin Mistress by Sara Craven. 19 year old heroine bedsits a flat while trying to write a historical adventure romance (reads like a classic bodice ripper btw). Hero is a quazillionaire who foregoes his fortune to work as a troubleshooting engineer. The two end up living together because she was conned into bedsitting and hero takes pity on the forlorn chickie. Standard HP angst drama with a bit of a twist because what ended up being the basis of the Big Misunderstanding was not what I had expected. A couple of things to note, however, is that the heroine does read older than 19 but the age of the heroine was frequently noted to be 19 no matter how I tried to push that from my mind. The core of her emotional trauma is that men she liked didn’t like her because she wasn’t sexually experienced enough and so she tries to get the quazillionaire hero to divest her of her virginity. In this, I thought the storyline was a bit. . . offputting. I am not entirely sure why …

Interview with An Author: Jo Leigh, Pool Shark and Rita Nominated Author

jk01b.jpgJo Leigh is a woman of varied talents. Unlike the common thinking behind the jack of all trades term, she is not a master of none. She does just write books, she writes award winning books. She doesn’t just play pool, she wins 8 ball championships. She has also written screenplays, been a producer, and a script consultant on more than fifty screenplays. Today, Ms. Leigh shares her thoughts on writing and the romance genre.
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Jane: What did you do before writing and what made you start writing?
Jo Leigh: Read as if I needed books to live. Watched movies obsessively. I was also quite bossy, which I personally believe is a requirement.

Jane: Jayne, my blogging partner, found a fascinating article about what some authors do to jump start their creative juices. Any tips you care to share?
Leigh: There are several stages to the process, and for me, each one needs a unique pump primer. For new material, I love to brainstorm with other writers. Five is the magic number, but I’ve brainstormed …