[2] Her first novel, Law of Attraction, was published in 2010, and is part of the critically acclaimed series about the fictional sex-crimes prosecutor, Anna Curtis and her dealings with domestic violence cases.

She then went on to attend James Madison College at Michigan State where she completed her Bachelor of Arts in international relations, then Harvard Law School to receive her J.D.

Due to always being immersed in the complexities of human behavior, which included tragedies as well as stories of immense courage and heroism that she had to deal with everyday as a sex crimes prosecutor, Leotta became inspired to write, and this passion only increased once she got pregnant.

Then from her real life experience from in office and in court, she started writing her first novel Law of Attraction, with the motivation to inspire other lawyers to become prosecutors in order to protect their community from predators and help victims heal.

Her first and subsequent novels have all been under the publisher Simon & Schuster and center around a main character, Anna Curtis, who is a rookie prosecutor who goes through similar experiences Leotta herself has.

She also found her literary agent by reaching out to a former college classmate and states that one's network is the most powerful thing a person can have to propel a career in the writing community.

Discretion, which opens with an escort being murdered in a congressman's Capitol hideaway was in fact inspired by the D.C. Madam case as well as the numerous prostitutes prosecuted by Leotta.

Her books have been hailed by USA Today "as real as it gets"[5] and she relates the realism of her novels to the fact that she draws on her real life experiences as a sex crimes prosecutor as well as the help she has gotten from her colleagues with regards to legal questions and investigative techniques, such as Glenn Kirschner, the former homicide chief at the U.S. Attorney's Office if she wanted to write in detail about a homicide case.

She has also provided legal commentary and articles for outlets such as CNN,[9] MSNBC,[10] Time,[11] Cosmopolitan,[12] Larry King,[13] and the Detroit Free Press.

She then goes on to comment that sexual assault cases will always reveal much more information if they are investigated properly, and that the fear and doubt many have towards a women's testimony comes from the fact that men in society are scared of losing power.

These pieces of evidence may not directly prove what happened on the day itself, but will either undermine or support the credibility and story of the victim, shedding more light on the case and whom to believe.