Leigh White believes in happily-ever-afters and the power of a good cup of coffee, but most of all, she believes that Love Makes Life Better. Her secret, guilty pleasure is binge-watching corny chick flicks. You know, the ones with sweet, romantic stories that always fade to black just when things begin to heat up. Leigh loves the sexual tension of those romantic scenes, but always felt a little empty when they cut to commercial. A slow build-up of tension deserves a satisfying release! She decided to write the Starling Place Contemporary Romance Series to combine the best of both worlds: Sweet Stories without the fade-to-black when things get steamy. If a Hallmark Movie and a Bodice Ripper had a baby, it would be a Contemporary Romance Novel by Leigh White.