Lora Leigh

Lora Leigh
Born (1965-03-06) March 6, 1965 (age 59)
Ohio, US
OccupationAuthor
Period2003–Present
GenreErotic, Fantasy, Romance
Notable worksBreeds, Men of August
Website
loraleigh.com

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

Title Publication

Date

Anthology or Collection Publisher
Time Share: Amelia’s Journey Mar 2004 Ellora's Cavemen: Tales from the Temple I Ellora's Cave
Fyre Brand Jul 2009 Surrender to Fire Ellora's Cave
Sealed With a Wish Sep 2009 White Hot Holidays Volume 1 Ellora's Cave
The One Jun 2011 Ellora'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 Spell

Overcome

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 Dark

Overcome

Berkley
14 Dawn’s Awakening 2008 Dawn and Seth Cougar Berkley
11.5 A Jaguar’s Kiss 2008 Saban and Natalie Black Jaguar Shifter

Overcome

Berkley
12 Mercury’s War 2008 Mercury and Ria Lion Berkley
12.5 Christmas Heat 2008 Noble and Haley Jaguar The Magical Christmas Cat

Too 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 Holidays

Too Hot to Touch

Paranormal Holiday Anthology Trio[14]

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 Publication

Date

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 Publication

Date

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 Publication

Date

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 Publication

Date

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 Me

Taken

St Martin's Press

Elite Ops

Book

#

Title Publication

Date

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 Publication

Date

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 Publication

Date

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 Publication

Date

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 Publication

Date

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 Publication

Date

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 Publication

Date

Coauthor Publisher
0.1 Moving Violations Jul 2004 Veronica Chadwick Ellora's Cave

Moving Violations Series

Book

#

Title Publication

Date

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 Publication

Date

Anthology or Collection Publisher
1 Knight Stalker May 2004 Manaconda Ellora's Cave

Cowboy

Book

#

Title Publication

Date

Anthology or Collection Coauthor Publisher
1 Cowboy and the Captive Dec 2015 Cops and Cowboys

Rugged 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 Publication

Date

Breed Publisher
1 Broken Wings 2005 Vulture Ellora's Cave

Wounded Warrior

Book

#

Title Publication

Date

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 ISBN 9781250066886

B.O.B

Book

#

Title Publication

Date

Coauthor Publisher
1 B.O.B’s Fall Aug 2004 Veronica Chadwick Ellora's Cave

Wizard Twins

Book

#

Title Publication

Date

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 Publication

Date

Publisher Comments
1[15] In Isabeau's Eyes Apr 2019 Berkley Former Title: Where the Heart Lies

Anthologies and collections

Anthology or collection Contents Publication

Date

Coauthor Publisher
Ellora's Cavemen: Tales from the Temple I Time Share: Amelia’s Journey Mar 2004 Ellora's Cave
Manaconda Knight Stalker May 2004 Ellora's Cave
Submission/Seduction Submission

Seduction

Jul 2004 Ellora's Cave
12 Quickies of Christmas Volume 1 August Heat Dec 2004 Ellora's Cave
Honk If You Love Real Men Reno's Chance 2005 St Martin's Press
Cops and Cowboys Cowboy and the Captive 2005 Ellora's Cave
Hot Spell The Breed Next Door 2006 Berkley
Wicked Sacrifice Wicked Intent

Sacrifice

Nov 2006 Ellora's Cave
Beyond the Dark In a Wolf’s Embrace 2007 Berkley
Real Men Do It Better For Maggie's Sake 2007 St Martin's Press
Shameless Embraces Embraces

Shameless

Mar 2007 Ellora's Cave
Shifter A Jaguar’s Kiss 2008 Berkley
Rescue Me Atlanta Heat 2008 St Martin's Press
The Magical Christmas Cat Christmas Heat 2008 Berkley
Real Men Last all Night Cooper’s Fall Jun 2009 St Martin's Press
Surrender To Fire Surrender Jul 2009 Ellora's Cave
Hot for the Holidays A Christmas Kiss 2009 Berkley
Paranormal Holiday Anthology Trio[14] Christmas Heat

A Christmas Kiss

2010 Berkley
Men of Danger Hannah’s Luck Apr 2010 St Martin's Press
Nauti and Wild Nauti Kisses Aug 2010 Berkley
Primal Primal Kiss Feb 2011 Berkley
The Nauti Boys Collection Nauti Boy

Nauti Nights

Nauti Dreams

Nauti Intentions

Nauti Deceptions

Feb 2011 Kindle
Tied with a Bow An Inconvenient Mate Nov 2011 Berkley
Legally Hot Shelia’s Passion Jan 2012 St Martin's Press
Nautier and Wilder Nauti Siren Apr 2013 Berkley
Enthralled The Devil’s Due Jul 2013 Berkley
Taken Reno's Chance

For Maggie's Sake

Atlanta Heat

Night Hawk

Cooper’s Fall

Sheila’s Passion

Jul 2014 St Martin's Press
Overcome The Breed Next Door

In a Wolf’s Embrace

A Jaguar’s Kiss

Feb 2015 Berkley
Hot Alphas Erin’s Kiss May 2015 St Martin's Press
Surrender/Submission Surrender

Submission

Sep 2015 Kindle
Too Hot to Touch Christmas Heat

A Christmas Kiss

Primal Kiss

Oct 2015 Berkley
Rugged Texas Cowboy Cowboy and the Captive

Cowboy and the Thief

Dec 2015 St Martin's Press

References

  1. ^ New York Times MM Bestselling list 2009 New York Times
  2. ^ RT Award Nominees & Winners RT Book Reviews
  3. ^ Review: Soul Deep RT Book Reviews
  4. ^ Review: Lion's Heat RT Book Reviews
  5. ^ Fiction review: Maverick Publishers Weekly
  6. ^ Fiction review: Legally Hot Publishers Weekly
  7. ^ "Dear Author – Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view". Dear Author. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  8. ^ REVIEW: Menage a Magick by Lora Leigh Dear Author
  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. ^ "Breed Chronological Order – Author Lora Leigh". Author Lora Leigh. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  13. ^ Leigh, Lora (2005). Primal Heat Anthology. Ellora's Cave.
  14. ^ a b c Paranormal Holiday Anthology Trio. Berkley. December 11, 2019. ISBN 9781101497005 – via Ottawa Library.
  15. ^ "Lora Leigh Website". October 25, 2021.