Lora Leigh Explained

Lora Leigh
Birth Date:6 March 1965
Birth Place:Ohio, US
Occupation:Author
Period:2003–Present
Genre:Erotic, Fantasy, Romance
Notableworks:Breeds, Men of August

Lora Leigh (born March 6, 1965) is a New York Times bestselling author of erotic romance novels.[1] Leigh started publishing with electronic publisher Ellora's Cave in 2003. Leigh's longest-running series is The Breeds. She won the 2009 RT Award for erotica.[2] Leigh was born in Ohio and raised in Martin County, Kentucky, US.

Reception

Critical reception for Leigh's books have been mixed over the years. Romantic Times reviewed Soul Deep (Breed Series) giving it two stars out of five for an overabundance of plot contrivances,[3] but giving Lion's Heat a four and a half star rating.[4] Publishers Weekly has both praised[5] (Maverick) and panned (Legally Hot) Leigh's work.[6] Dear Author[7] panned Leigh's work, citing Leigh's Menage a Magick (Ellora Cave Publishing) that the world building was "perfunctory".[8] International Business Times News called Deadly Sins "a fun guilty pleasure".[9] Library Journal noticed the "unvarnished language of erotica" of Coyote's Mate[10]

Fan events

Leigh organizes various events to promote her work and connect with fans. She holds an annual Reader's Appreciation Weekend for her fans; the 2010 event in Huntington, West Virginia, was her fourth. She also hosts discussion groups on her work.[11]

Bibliography

Stand Alone

TitlePublicationDateAnthology or CollectionPublisher
Time Share: Amelia’s JourneyMar 2004Ellora's Cavemen: Tales from the Temple IEllora's Cave
Fyre BrandJul 2009Surrender to FireEllora's Cave
Sealed With a WishSep 2009White Hot Holidays Volume 1Ellora's Cave
The OneJun 2011Ellora's Cave

The Breeds

Order as suggested by author.[12]

Book #!Title!Publication Date!Mates!Breed!Anthology!Publisher|-|1|Tempting the Beast|2003|Callan and Merinus|Lion||Ellora's Cave|-|2|The Man Within|2004|Taber and Roni|Panther||Ellora's Cave|-|3|Elizabeth’s Wolf|2004|Dash and Elizabeth|Wolf||Ellora's Cave|-|4|Kiss of Heat|2004|Sherra and Kane|Snow Leopard[13] ||Ellora's Cave|-|5|Soul Deep|2007|Kiowa and Amanda|Coyote||Ellora's Cave|-|5.5|The Breed Next Door|2006|Tarek and Lyra|Lion|Hot SpellOvercome|Berkley|-|6|Megan’s Mark|2006|Braden and Megan|Lion||Berkley|-|7|Harmony’s Way|2006|Harmony and Lance|Lion||Berkley|-|8|Tanner’s Scheme|2007|Tanner and Scheme|Bengal||Berkley|-|8.5|Wolfe’s Hope|2004|Wolfe and Hope|Wolf||Ellora's Cave|-|9|Jacob’s Faith|2004|Jacob and Faith|Wolf||Ellora's Cave|-|10|Aiden’s Charity|2004|Aiden and Charity|Wolf||Ellora's Cave|-|10.5|In a Wolf’s Embrace|2007|Matthais and Grace|Wolf|Beyond the DarkOvercome|Berkley|-|14|Dawn’s Awakening|2008|Dawn and Seth|Cougar||Berkley|-|11.5|A Jaguar’s Kiss|2008|Saban and Natalie|Black Jaguar|ShifterOvercome|Berkley|-|12|Mercury’s War|2008|Mercury and Ria|Lion ||Berkley|-|12.5|Christmas Heat|2008|Noble and Haley|Jaguar |The Magical Christmas CatToo Hot to Touch

Paranormal Holiday Anthology Trio[14] |Berkley|-|18|Coyotes Mate|2009|Del Rey and Anya|Coyote ||Berkley|-|13.5|A Christmas Kiss|2009|Hawke and Jessica|Wolf |Hot for the HolidaysToo Hot to Touch

Paranormal Holiday Anthology Trio|Berkley|-|14|Bengals Heart|2009|Cabal and Cassa|Bengal||Berkley|-|15|Lions Heat |2010|Jonas and Rachael|Lion ||Berkley|-|16|Styx’s Storm|2010|Styx and Storm|Wolf ||Berkley|-|16.5|Primal Kiss|Feb 2011|Creed and Kita|Lion |Primal

Too Hot to Touch|Berkley|-|17|Navarro’s Promise|Apr 2011|Navarro and Mica|Wolf ||Berkley|-|17.5|An Inconvenient Mate|Nov 2011|Malachi and Isabelle|Coyote |Tied with a Bow|Berkley|-|18|Lawe's Justice|Dec 2011|Lawe and Diane|Lion ||Berkley|-|19|Stygian's Honor|Aug 2012|Stygian and Honor|||Berkley|-|19.5|The Devil’s Due|Jul 2013|Devil and Katie||Enthralled |Berkley|-|20|Rule Breaker|Feb 2014|Rule and Gypsy|Lion||Berkley|-|21|Bengal’s Quest|Jun 2015|Graeme and Catarina|||Berkley|-|22|Wake a Sleeping Tiger|Mar 2017|Cullen and Chelsea|||Berkley|-|23|Crossbreed|Sep 2018|Cassandra and Dog

|||Berkley|-|33||2019|||||-|34||2019|||||}

Men of August

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Anthology!Publisher|-|1|Marly's Choice|2003||Ellora's Cave|-|2|Sarah's Seduction|2004||Ellora's Cave|-|3|Heather's Gift|2005||Ellora's Cave|-|4|August Heat|Dec 2003|12 Quickies of Christmas Volume 1|Ellora's Cave|}

Nauti Boys

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Anthology or Collection!Publisher|-|1|Nauti Boy|2007|The Nauti Boys Collection|Berkley|-|2|Nauti Nights|2007|The Nauti Boys Collection|Berkley|-|3|Nauti Dreams|2008|The Nauti Boys Collection|Berkley|-|4|Nauti Intentions|2009|The Nauti Boys Collection|Berkley|-|5|Nauti Deceptions|2010|The Nauti Boys Collection|Berkley|-|6|Nauti Kisses|Aug 2010|Nauti and Wild|Berkley|}

Nauti Girls

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Anthology or Collection!Publisher|-|1|Nauti Temptress|Nov 2012||Berkley|-|2|Nauti Siren|Apr 2013|Nautier and Wilder|Berkley|-|3|Nauti Enchantress|Jun 2014||Berkley|-|4|Nauti Seductress|Nov 2015||Berkley|-|5|Nauti Angel|Nov 2017||Berkley|}

The SEALs

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Anthology or Collection!Publisher|-|1|Reno's Chance|2005|Honk If You Love Real Men

Taken|St Martin's Press|-|2|Dangerous Games|2007||St Martin's Press|-|3|For Maggie's Sake|2007|Real Men Do It Better

Taken|St Martin's Press|-|4|Hidden Agendas|2007||St Martin's Press|-|5|Killer Secrets|2008||St Martin's Press|-|6|Atlanta Heat|2008|Rescue MeTaken|St Martin's Press|}

Elite Ops

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Anthology or Collection!Publisher|-|1|Wild Card|2008||St Martin's Press|-|1.5|Night Hawk|2009|Taken

on St. Martin Website|St Martin's Press|-|2|Maverick|2008||St Martin's Press|-|3|Heat Seeker|2009||St Martin's Press|-|4|Black Jack|2010||St Martin's Press|-|5|Renegade|2010||St Martin's Press|-|6|Hannah’s Luck|2010|Men of Danger|St Martin's Press|-|6.5|Enigma|Dec 2010||St Martin's Press|-|7|Live Wire|2011||St Martin's Press|}

Bound Hearts Series

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Anthology or Collection!Publisher|-|1|Surrender |Jul 2009|Surrender To Fire

Surrender/Submission|Ellora's Cave

Kindle|-|2|Submission |Sep 2015|Surrender/Submission

Submission/Seduction|Ellora's Cave

Kindle|-|3|Seduction |Jul 2004|Submission/Seduction|Ellora's Cave|-|4|Wicked Intent|Nov 2006|Wicked Sacrifice|Ellora's Cave|-|5|Sacrifice |Nov 2006|Wicked Sacrifice|Ellora's Cave|-|6|Embraces |Mar 2007|Shameless Embraces|Ellora's Cave|-|7|Shameless |Mar 2007|Shameless Embraces|Ellora's Cave|-|8|Forbidden Pleasure|Jun 2007||St. Martin's Press|-|9|Wicked Pleasure|May 2008||St. Martin's Press|-|10|Only Pleasure|Jan 2009||St. Martin's Press|-|11|Guilty Pleasure|Jan 2010||St. Martin's Press|-|12|Dangerous Pleasure|Jul 2011||St. Martin's Press|-|13|Secret Pleasure|Aug 2015||St. Martin's Press|-|14|Intense Pleasure|Jan 2017||St. Martin's Press|}

The Legacy Series

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Publisher|-|1|Shattered Legacy|Jun 2006|Ellora's Cave|-|2|Shadowed Legacy|Jul 2006|Ellora's Cave|-|3|Savage Legacy|Jul 2007|Ellora's Cave|-|4|Dragon Prime|Nov 2007|Ellora's Cave|}

The Callahans Series

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Publisher|-|1|Midnight Sins|2011 |St. Martin's Press|-|2|Deadly Sins|2012 |St. Martin's Press|-|3|Secret Sins|2012 |St. Martin's Press|-|4|Ultimate Sins|2014 |St. Martin's Press|}

Men of Summer

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Publisher|-|1|Loving Lies|2006|Samhain Publishing|-|2|Wicked Lies|2015|St. Martin's Press|-|3|Dirty Little Lies|2016|St. Martin's Press|}

Brute Force

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Publisher|-|1|Collision Point|2018 |St. Martin's Press|-|2|Dagger's Edge|2018 |St. Martin's Press|-|3|Lethal Nights|2019|St. Martin's Press|}

Law and Disorder

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Coauthor!Publisher|-|0.1|Moving Violations|Jul 2004|Veronica Chadwick|Ellora's Cave|}

Moving Violations Series

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Coauthor!Publisher|-|1|One Tough Cowboy|Jan 2019|Veronica Chadwick|St. Martin's Press|-|2|Strong, Silent Cowboy|Mar 2021|Veronica Chadwick|St. Martin's Press|-|3|Her Renegade Cowboy|Sep 2021|Veronica Chadwick|St. Martin's Press|}

Blood Ties

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Anthology or Collection!Publisher|-|1|Knight Stalker|May 2004|Manaconda|Ellora's Cave|}

Cowboy

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Anthology or Collection!Coauthor!Publisher|-|1|Cowboy and the Captive|Dec 2015|Cops and CowboysRugged Texas Cowboy||St. Martin's Press|-|2|Cowboy and the Thief|Dec 2015|Rugged Texas Cowboy||St. Martin's Press|}

Chronicles of Brydon

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Breed!Publisher|-|1|Broken Wings|2005|Vulture|Ellora's Cave|}

Wounded Warrior

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Anthology or Collection!Publisher!ISBN|-|1|Cooper’s Fall|Jun 2009|Real Men Last all Night

Taken|St Martin's Press||-|2|Shelia’s Passion|Jan 2012|Legally Hot

Taken|St Martin's Press||-|3|Erin’s Kiss|May 2015|Hot Alphas|St Martin's Press||}

B.O.B

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Coauthor!Publisher|-|1|B.O.B’s Fall |Aug 2004|Veronica Chadwick|Ellora's Cave|}

Wizard Twins

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Publisher|-|1|Menage a Magick|Sep 2003|Ellora's Cave|-|2|When Wizard’s Rule|Sep 2009|Ellora's Cave|-|3|Twin Passions|Nov 2012|Ellora's Cave|-|4|Reluctant Consort|May 2014|Ellora's Cave|}

Kentucky Nights

Book#!Title!PublicationDate!Publisher!Comments|-|1[15] |In Isabeau's Eyes|Apr 2019|Berkley|Former Title: Where the Heart Lies|}

Anthologies and collections

Anthology or collectionContentsPublicationDateCoauthorPublisher
Ellora's Cavemen: Tales from the Temple ITime Share: Amelia’s JourneyMar 2004Ellora's Cave
ManacondaKnight StalkerMay 2004Ellora's Cave
Submission/SeductionSubmission

Seduction

Jul 2004Ellora's Cave
12 Quickies of Christmas Volume 1August HeatDec 2004Ellora's Cave
Honk If You Love Real MenReno's Chance2005St Martin's Press
Cops and CowboysCowboy and the Captive2005Ellora's Cave
Hot SpellThe Breed Next Door2006Berkley
Wicked SacrificeWicked Intent

Sacrifice

Nov 2006Ellora's Cave
Beyond the DarkIn a Wolf’s Embrace2007Berkley
Real Men Do It BetterFor Maggie's Sake2007St Martin's Press
Shameless EmbracesEmbraces

Shameless

Mar 2007Ellora's Cave
ShifterA Jaguar’s Kiss2008Berkley
Rescue MeAtlanta Heat2008St Martin's Press
The Magical Christmas CatChristmas Heat2008Berkley
Real Men Last all NightCooper’s FallJun 2009St Martin's Press
Surrender To FireSurrenderJul 2009Ellora's Cave
Hot for the HolidaysA Christmas Kiss2009Berkley
Paranormal Holiday Anthology TrioChristmas HeatA Christmas Kiss2010Berkley
Men of DangerHannah’s LuckApr 2010St Martin's Press
Nauti and WildNauti KissesAug 2010Berkley
PrimalPrimal KissFeb 2011Berkley
The Nauti Boys CollectionNauti Boy

Nauti Nights

Nauti Dreams

Nauti Intentions

Nauti Deceptions

Feb 2011Kindle
Tied with a BowAn Inconvenient MateNov 2011Berkley
Legally HotShelia’s PassionJan 2012St Martin's Press
Nautier and WilderNauti SirenApr 2013Berkley
EnthralledThe Devil’s DueJul 2013Berkley
TakenReno's Chance

For Maggie's Sake

Atlanta Heat

Night Hawk

Cooper’s Fall

Sheila’s Passion

Jul 2014St Martin's Press
OvercomeThe Breed Next Door

In a Wolf’s Embrace

A Jaguar’s Kiss

Feb 2015Berkley
Hot AlphasErin’s KissMay 2015St Martin's Press
Surrender/SubmissionSurrender

Submission

Sep 2015Kindle
Too Hot to TouchChristmas Heat

A Christmas Kiss

Primal Kiss

Oct 2015Berkley
Rugged Texas CowboyCowboy and the CaptiveCowboy and the ThiefDec 2015St Martin's Press

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2009-08-23/mass-market-paperback/list.html New York Times MM Bestselling list 2009
  2. http://www.rtbookreviews.com/rt-awards/nominees-and-winners?award_type=author&year=2009#Erotica RT Award Nominees & Winners
  3. http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/soul-deep-0 Review: Soul Deep
  4. http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/lions-heat Review: Lion's Heat
  5. http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-94580-0 Fiction review: Maverick
  6. http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-38913-0 Fiction review: Legally Hot
  7. Web site: Dear Author – Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view. Dear Author. en-US. 2016-09-17.
  8. http://dearauthor.com/book-reviews/d-plain-reviews/menage-a-magick-by-lori-leigh/ REVIEW: Menage a Magick by Lora Leigh
  9. "Hot Book Pick: Sultry New Mystery 'Deadly Sins' Is A Top Read." International Business Times News. (March 30, 2012 Friday 11:00 PM EST): 183 words. Nexis UK. Web. Date Accessed: 2012/05/03.
  10. Ramsdell K. Coyote's Mate. Library Journal [serial online]. February 15, 2009;134(3):90–91
  11. "Mass Market". Publishers Weekly [serial online]. October 18, 2010;257(41):16.
  12. News: Breed Chronological Order – Author Lora Leigh. Author Lora Leigh. 2019-03-18. en-US.
  13. Book: Leigh, Lora. Primal Heat Anthology. Ellora's Cave. 2005.
  14. Book: Paranormal Holiday Anthology Trio. December 11, 2019. Ottawa Library. Berkley . 9781101497005 .
  15. Web site: October 25, 2021. Lora Leigh Website.