Leanna Love was a writer, talk show host and journalist. In 1987, Leanna was an obsessed ex-patient of psychiatrist Steven Lassiter. He married Ashley Abbott. During Ahsley and Steven's honeymoon in Hawaii they were stalked by Leanna, a former mental patient of Stephen's who fantasized that she and Steven were lovers. After Leanna made several attempts to murder Ashley with a poisoned lei, Ashley spent most of her honeymoon sick. Ashley never found out about Leanna's connection to Stephen nor that Leanna had tried to murder her. Leanna started stalking the newlyweds.