Leone has written a book titled "Sweet Dreams", which includes 12 short stories.
The "Mastizaade" actress says writing was not on her mind but she did have certain ideas, which went unrecorded.
"Writing wasn't on my mind. I thought about different stories and ideas throughout the years but nothing really that I wrote down. This is the first time I have written something like this. When I was younger I had a diary, my mother read it, and that was the end of the diary," Leone told PTI in an exclusive interview.
The 34-year-old actress says when the publishing house, Juggernaut books, came to her with the idea of writing 12 short erotic stories, she took it up as a challenge and finished them in a span of three months.
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"Juggernaut came to me and proposed the idea of 12 short stories in this genre. It was a personal challenge for me to able to do it. I took about three months to write those. The story, '7 E', was the most difficult because that was the first one," she said.
The "Jism 2" star says the stories in "Sweet Dreams", currently available exclusively on the Juggernaut app, are fictional and have "nothing that is derived from" her life.
Even though the stories talk about seduction, Leone ensured that she does not cross any line which would make the readers, specially women, feel uncomfortable.
"I wrote these stories, from what I thought a woman would like to read. For me it was important when someone is reading it, specially women, they should not cringe or say 'it is too much for me to handle'. I wanted it to be in the slightly romantic zone."
"Now that it is going to release, I am very nervous. Besides the fact that it is a great avenue to reach out to fans, it was a challenge to see if I can do it, because you have movies and songs coming one after another, but this was personal. I hope they enjoy it.