Loretta Chase's Blog, page 26

Happy Independence Day

Fourth of July about 1906

It's 90 ° in my part of Massachusetts, but people are outside, enjoying their barbecue parties with family and friends. I hope yours is a very happy Fourth.

And in case you need a refresher about what we're celebrating, here's the Declaration of Independence. that got us on the road to becoming a nation.

Image courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Please click on the caption for more information about the photo.

Job #483: Proofreader

I got quite a few complaints about errors in some of the digital versions of my earlier books, as mentioned previously.  This was something we tried to put in the hands of professional proofreaders.  That didn't work.  It seems you really need to be the author (and in possession of a good memory as well as a clean hard copy* of the original manuscript) to catch all the errors and not fix things

Recent International Titles

France, Scandal Wears Satin

I always get a kick out of seeing my stories translated into other languages, and imagining my books—and eBooks—in the hands of readers all over the world.

Here are a few that recently arrived on my doorstep.


Czech Republic, Lord of Scoundrels






Slovenia, Last Night's Scandal



Vietnam, Lord of Scoundrels

Signing Books in Massachusetts

Stevens, The Letter

If you're in the New England area during the last weekend in April, you might want to think about dropping by the New England Romance Writers Book Fair for Literacy.  I'll be there, signing books—for you, maybe?


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The Devil's Delilah is a bestseller

Good news came this morning from All Romance Books.  My fourth traditional Regency, The Devil's Delilah, is a bestseller.






And here's the icon to prove it!




Book page

Complaint Department

Rowlandson, Doctor Syntax

Along with sending those delicious emails telling me you love my books—no, I never get tired of  them, so please go on writing as the spirit moves you—some of you have approached the Complaints Window.Here are the main ones:How come I still  can’t get your recent books on Amazon UK?What’s up with all the errors on the Regency eBooks?Why can’t I find the eBook in the

Climes are different

I live in Central Massachusetts most of the time.  We're in some kind of magnetic field for snow, which means that when Boston gets an inch (and gets mightily peeved about it), we get four feet.  It's not a lake effect thing.  I believe the area's under an ancient weather curse.  Thus, in addition to the arctic temps and charcoal-colored skies, we're buried under great mounds of dirty snow. 

Algae & me

I had my first close encounter with Red Tide recently, and it isn't pretty.  On the Gulf, the culprit is Karenia brevis, a naturally-occurring organism seen as far back as the 15th C.  The algae is not particularly villainous until it has a population explosion.  That's recently happened in these parts,  and it's asphyxiating fish in vast quantities.  My sunset walk on the beach last night? 

Happy Valentine's Day

Puck Valentine's Day edition 1914

To men of early 20th C, fashionable women must have seemed much too thin.  But a glance through photos of the time shows that it was a matter of perspective.  (Below is Lina Calvieri, an opera star and great beauty, in 1914.)

Their narrow skirts made them seem like much smaller targets than they'd been some years before.  A century earlier, women of the

The girl on the beach

The sand art gets pretty creative.