Jolie Kramer began her career in 1975 as a reader in the Comedy Development department for 20th-Century Fox. She left Fox in 1977 to go on location with THE DEER HUNTER. She then worked as an auditor, associate producer and producer on such projects as WHEN SHE SAYS NO for CBS, BEULAH LAND for NBC, GREAT AMERICAN TRAFFIC JAM for NBC and CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR for Jozak Productions. In 1987 she became head of development for the McCarran Film Corp., overseeing a roster of twelve feature films. As a screen writer, she’s had a series idea purchased by Cinemax, and has worked as a script consultant on more than 50 screenplays. Currently, her screenplay APACHE TEARS was optioned by Northern Lights Productions in Canada.
Jo Leigh's first Silhouette novel, SUSPECT, was awarded BEST FIRST SERIES BOOK by Romantic Times Magazine, garnered the 1994 ROMANCE WRITER OF THE YEAR award from Pike’s Peak RWA, and was a finalist for BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE NOVEL OF 1994 by Romance Writers of America. Her first Temptation novel, ONE WICKED NIGHT was a finalist for BEST SHORT CONTEMPORARY NOVEL OF 1998 by Romance Writers of America. She was invited to write one of the launch books for the Harlequin imprint, Blaze, with her book GOING FOR IT! Her 2006 Blaze RELENTLESS was a RITA finalist for BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE.
She also ghost-wrote GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL DOLL – THE ANNA NICOLE SMITH STORY for Barricade Books.
Jo teaches writing at workshops across the country and on-line, and is a frequent guest speaker at writing conferences. Her tape on Advanced Plotting from the Dallas Romance Writers of America conference is the best selling tape in RWA’s history.
Jo lives in an incredibly rural area of Utah where her many rescue dogs have room to run and play and her rescue cats are determined to win the International Shedding Award. She spends an inordinate amount of time reading about how the brain works, listening to music and trying not to kill the basil.
Jo's husband died of cancer on 13 June 2008, three years after they married, and whose medical bills are astronomical. Authors, editors, and bloggers have all donated a mess of items, from books to critiques to mentoring sessions to offer an item for the auction to benefit author Jo Leigh.
Megan Hodges has almost given up on finding the man of her dreams. An accident has left her leg badly injured and in a brace. She believes that men only see the brace and not the real woman wearing it. Megan has a plan. She decides to treat herself to a vacation at a ski lodge and find a hot guy to spend some time with. She will wear her leg in a cast and claim that she broke it while skiing. Her plan works splendidly when she meets Luke Webster. He's hot, he has a great body, and he's interested in her. A dinner and a game of Truth or Date leads Megan and Luke to a night of hot sex. Megan knows her plan has worked when he wants to see her again. But a week of hot nights with Luke may become back to bite her when she falls in love with him and has to tell Luke the truth.
This story was just "OK" to me. I liked both Luke and Megan, but kept hoping there was more to story than hot sex and insta-love. I thought Megan should have come clean about her leg when Luke asked to see her again. I was a bit disappointed that she waited to long to tell him the truth. My rating: 2.5 Stars.
This was another great story from the Men To Do multi-author series. It was a great story about two people not really ready for love but they find it anyway. Can't wait to read more of this series.