Loretta Chase's Blog, page 27

A Man & His Dog

Scene from the beach

Leonie's story

Readers have been asking lately about the third dressmaker, Leonie Noirot, and her story.  The short answer is, it's in progress.  This was one of those times—rare but not impossible—when my writerly abilities were not in synch with my publishing schedule.



Her story wanted more thinking than I'd anticipated.  Not surprising that, not having got enough cogitation, it didn't work out very

A New Interview at Lost in Fiction

I've been on the road recently, as well as brain-damaged by a cold, and falling ever farther behind in communication.  But recently I answered some questions about the writing process and other things at Lost in Fiction ~Lost in Romance.  You can read it here.

And I'll report on my other adventures anon.

Books in Slovenia

These two arrived recently—my first titles in Slovenian!



Don't Tempt Me



Your Scandalous Ways

All About Romance Annual Reader Poll

Dadd, Portrait of Maria Elizabeth Dadd, 1839

It's that time again.  All About Romance is conducting its 17th Annual Reader Poll.  You've got until Sunday 20 January to vote on your favorites from 2012. 

It's easy.  It's fun.  Just click on this link to the ballot page.

My first two historical romances

My first two full-length historical romances started a series that continued with Lord of Scoundrels and The Last Hellion.  My French publisher refers to the series as Les Débauchés, which I think is perfect, if not so easy to pronounce.  But in English, it tends to be referred to as the Scoundrels series.  I never gave it a name because I hadn't planned a series.  It just happened.

The last two

My traditional Regencies enter the 21st century

A little while ago I reported that my out of print books are now available as eBooks.

Readers often ask about the order in which they ought to be read.   As far as I'm concerned, you can read them in any order, because I try to make each book stand alone.  Still, some books are connected.  The first four Regencies came in pairs, as a secondary character from one book got his own story in the

Germany, Indonesia, Italy editions

Here are the latest arrivals from outside the U.S.


Germany-Your Scandalous Ways



Italy-Don't Tempt Me




Indonesia-Miss Wonderful

At last! Out of print books return as eBooks

We've
done it at last! All of my out-of-print full-length books are now available in
Kindle and Nook—and are or will soon be released in other digital

The Last Hellion, now in Italian

This arrived in today's mail, a delightful post-Thanksgiving gift:  the Italian edition of The Last Hellion, enticingly titled, L'ultimo libertino.  This is one of the few non-English languages I can read, though not well.  With the aid of a very large Italian dictionary, I can work it out at about one page per hour.