Loretta Chase . . . In Other Words

Scandal Wears Satin

2012-02-18T13:14:00.000-05:00

Here's your sneak peak at the cover, which isn't yet up at Amazon. And some advance news of interviews: 23 February at Ex Libris, to help celebrate their second Blogoversary (book giveaway included). 28 February at Paperback Dolls, to help celebrate their second annual Month of Love (book giveaway here, too).

Scandal Wears Satin is coming this summer

2012-02-14T19:53:00.000-05:00

A great many people have asked about Book 2 of the Dressmakers series. I've postponed updating my website until I have the final cover from my publisher. But here's a brief update: Scandal Wears Satin, featuring Sophy Noirot & Lord Longmore, will be a July book from Avon. The official release date is 26 June 2012. The building above, which stands on St. James's Street, London, is the one I

Happy Birthday, Mr. Dickens

2012-02-07T14:16:00.000-05:00

Today, 7 February, is Charles Dickens's 200th birthday. He was and continues to be my inspiration. Every year I reread at least one of his books, for the sheer fun of it as well as the re-setting of impossibly high standards. No matter how many times I reread his stories, I always discover something new. This was a writer who could give a chair a personality. He inspired my love of English

A really nice review of Silk is for Seduction

2012-02-02T10:40:00.000-05:00

This one, at The Romance Reviews (TRR) was so positive & enthusiastic, it made me blush. Thank you, Carol Ann!

French edition of The Last Hellion

2012-01-30T20:50:00.000-05:00

This just arrived. I particularly love the series title the French editions have given my first four historical romances—The Lion's Daughter, Captives of the Night, Lord of Scoundrels, and The Last Hellion. In France, the series is Les Débauchés. Now why didn't I think of that?

Silk is for Seduction a RUSA top pick

2012-01-23T22:01:00.000-05:00

I'm delighted to announce that "the expert readers’ advisory librarians on the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) Reading List Council have made Silk is for Seduction their 2012 top pick in Romance. You can read the complete list here.

Time to vote in All About Romance Reader Poll

2012-01-22T21:34:00.002-05:00

The Bookworm and her Favorite Book I'm slow with this, as with most things. Luckily for me, the voting goes on for another week. It's that time again. All About Romance is conducting its 16th Annual Reader Poll. This is your chance to voice your opinions of new books published in 2011. But you don't have forever. The poll ends Sunday 29 January. Here's your ballot. Now please,

The Sandalwood Princess a Desert Isle Keeper at AAR

2012-01-05T12:13:00.000-05:00

Reviewer Jean Wan has given my last traditional Regency, The Sandalwood Princess, another look, and honored it with a DIK review at All About Romance. Though currently out of print, and out of stock in my private stash of OOP books, The Sandalwood Princess is in lineto be digitized this year. Original Avon edition Signet double

Color your own ball dress for January 1808

2012-01-04T00:05:00.001-05:00

I posted La Belle Assemblée's color plate for January 1808 at Two Nerdy History Girls. This interesting ball dress, alas, appears only in black & white. I've come across this before: hand-colored plates for colorful fashions, and black & white for white dresses. It's not a rule, by any means—one often sees hand-colored fashion plates of white dresses—but, especially in the earlier part of the

Happy New Year!

2011-12-31T13:57:00.002-05:00

We can still hope. Image: World peace with liberty and prosperity--1919--Happy new year, courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Recent foreign editions

2011-12-27T17:50:00.000-05:00

Having sent Scandal Wears Satin (2nd Dressmakers book) into production shortly before Christmas, and having spent a few days finding and gathering what remains of my brain, I'm happy to present the most recently arrived foreign editions. Last Night's Scandal-Italian edition The Lion's Daughter-French edition

Everything I Know about Love, I Learned from Romance Novels

2011-10-23T17:49:00.000-04:00

Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches Trashy Books has written another funny, smart, insightful book about romance, Everything I Know about Love, I Learned from Romance Novels. Some time ago, as she was working on the book, she asked me for my thoughts on romance novels. I answered, at length...at great length, unsparing, as always, in my exploitation of the English language's massive vocabulary. I

Color your own 1808 fashions

2011-10-05T06:00:00.001-04:00

Loretta reports: Since these two dresses came in black & white, I thought it was a good opportunity for my readers to get out their paintboxes, crayons, or colored pencils. The color prints for October 1808 can be seen at Two Nerdy History Girls. ~~~ No. 3.—A Ball Dress.A petticoat of fine clear white muslin, figured or plain. A peasant's jacket of white satin, with short full sleeve, in the

Recent Foreign Editions

2011-10-02T21:39:00.001-04:00

These editions of Last Night's Scandal recently arrived. Turkish edition Spanish edition

The English Witch is an Ebook, too

2011-09-26T19:33:00.001-04:00

We're making progress with digitizing my older works. The English Witch, my second book and a sequel to Isabella, is now available for your Kindle & Nook. You'll notice that we're trying out a slightly different cover format, using a Regency fashion print. I think this one conveys a bit more clearly its belonging to the traditional Regency, rather than Regency-era historical, genre.

Isabella Ebook now available

2011-09-10T16:00:00.001-04:00

A number of readers have emailed me over the years, asking if my traditional Regencies* will ever be returned to print. I'm not sure about the print-as-in-paper, but I do have good news about Ebooks. We are bringing out all of my out-of-print books, for Kindle and Nook first, and eventually, we hope, in all digital formats. During the summer, Captives of the Night made its digital debut. Now

20th Birthday of Aventures & Passions

2011-09-05T20:35:00.000-04:00

From 7 September through 15 November, Aventures & Passions, a romance line of French publishers J'Ai Lu, celebrate their twentieth birthday. In honor of the occasion, we authors were asked to make short videos. You can find mine here. Readers in France can enter a contest for a trip to Venice. Yes, Venice! If you're reading this, and you're in France, I think you won't want to miss this

Last chance for the sweet price

2011-09-04T15:59:00.000-04:00

In case you missed it or forgot, here's one last reminder, and then I'll shut up: Though the incredible 99¢ special is over, Avon decided to do an end-of-summer sweet deal of $1.99 for the e-edition of Lord of Scoundrels. But that time ends when summer vacation does, and for those of us in the U.S., Labor Day is the grand finale. In other words, today and tomorrow offer your last chance for

Lord of Scoundrels for $1.99

2011-08-23T20:04:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Extreme Reader Enthusiasm—that means you!--Avon is extending the sweet price on the e-editions of Lord of Scoundrels. $1.99 It won’t last forever. Until Labor Day is more like it. In case you missed the news of this deal—or forgot to send it as an e-gift to your best friend or your mom or your sister or aunt or babysitter or other dear romance reader in your life—now’s your chance.

All my books in one bag at Dear Author Giveaway

2011-08-16T08:23:00.000-04:00

You may want to stop by Dear Author and enter their giveaway this week. Avon's offering Vera Bradley bags filled with books. Mine includes all my in-print Avon titles as well as unused, signed copies of my out-of-print older titles,* including the traditional Regencies, which I've contributed from my rapidly-dwindling supply. The giveaway ends Friday... *I've contributed a print copy of

Interview at Barnes & Noble

2011-08-15T21:23:00.001-04:00

Melanie Murray over at BN.com has posted an interview with me about Silk is for Seduction. She's also done a fangirl thread that makes me blush. But please stop by anyway for some new insights into the book—Melanie asked some very thought-provoking questions.

Captives of the Night digital edition

2011-08-11T16:35:00.000-04:00

Readers have been asking about digitized versions of my out-of-print books. I'm happy to report that Captives of the Night is available for Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook. The Lion's Daughter is coming very soon.

But wait! There's more!

2011-08-03T18:03:00.000-04:00