Loretta Chase
Loretta Lynda Chekani was born in 1949, of Albanian ancestry. For her, the trouble started when she learned to write in first grade. Before then, she had been making up her own stories but now she knew how to write them down to share. In her teenage years, she continue to write letters, keep a journal, write poetry and even attempt the Great American Novel (still unfinished). She attended New England public schools, before she went off to college and earned an English degree from Clark University.After graduation, she worked a variety of jobs at Clark including a part-time teaching post. She was also moonlighting as a video scriptwriter. It was there that she met a video producer who inspired her to write novels and marry him. Under her married name, Loretta Chase, has been publishing historical romance novels since 1987. Her books have won many awards, including the Romance Writers of America RITA.
Aan jou verlies ik mijn hart
Loretta Chase
Simon Blair, de uiterst charmante markies van Lisburne, zoekt afleiding tijdens het Londense Seizoen. Als hij dan de kordate modeontwerpster Leonie Noirot tegen het lijf loopt, neemt hij zich voor haar te verleiden. Leonie is gevoelig voor zijn charmes, maar weet haar grens te trekken. Ze stelt een weddenschap voor: als zij de onelegante lady Gladys met haar creaties kan omtoveren tot een aanbeden vrouw, moet de markies het schilderij Venus en Mars aan Leonie afstaan. Bij verlies zal zij echter twee weken alleen met hem moeten doorbrengen. Leonie doet er alles aan om de weddenschap te winnen, maar hoe beter ze Simon leert kennen, des te vaker mijmert ze over de voordelen van een nederlaag…
Net als in Ongepaste gevoelens en Schandaal in satijn begeeft in Aan jou verlies ik mijn hart een van de drie Noirot-zusters zich op het pad van de liefde. Loretta Chase houdt het spannend tot de laatste pagina!
A Christmas Present
Loretta Chase
A Christmas Present contains three holiday stories:
"Falling Stars" (1992) by Loretta Chase;
"Gifts of the Heart" (1993) by Judith E. French; and
"Surrender" (1991) by Lisa Kleypas.
Also includes a special preview of AFTER INNOCENCE by Brenda Joyce.
A Duke in Shining Armor (Difficult Dukes, #1)
Loretta Chase
Not all dukes are created equal. Most are upstanding members of Society. And then there’s the trio known as Their Dis-Graces.
Hugh Philemon Ancaster, seventh Duke of Ripley, will never win prizes for virtue. But even he draws the line at running off with his best friend’s bride. All he’s trying to do is recapture the slightly inebriated Lady Olympia Hightower and return her to her intended bridegroom.
For reasons that elude her, bookish, bespectacled Olympia is supposed to marry a gorgeous rake of a duke. The ton is flabbergasted. Her family’s ecstatic. And Olympia? She’s climbing out of a window, bent on a getaway. But tall, dark, and exasperating Ripley is hot on her trail, determined to bring her back to his friend. For once, the world-famous hellion is trying to do the honorable thing.
So why does Olympia have to make it so deliciously difficult for him . . . ?
Beroer mij
Loretta Chase
Als ze elkaar voor het eerst ontmoeten, hebben Mirabel Oldridge en Alistair Carsington eigenlijk maar één ding gemeen: in hun leven is er geen plaats voor liefde. Mirabel is zo verknocht aan haar landgoed dat ze haar beste jaren als vrouw ervoor heeft opgegeven. En de manke Alistair mag dan wel de Slag bij Waterloo overleefd hebben, in zijn liefdesleven is hij heel wat minder heldhaftig gebleken.
Als ook nog blijkt dat Alistair een kanaal wil aanleggen dwars door Mirabels geliefde Longledge Hill, laat het zich raden dat de eerste contacten in een ijzige sfeer verlopen.
Maar al snel moeten ze toegeven dat de ander hen niet onberoerd laat. Mirabel wordt getroffen door de bescheidenheid van de aantrekkelijke Alistair, terwijl hij steeds meer in de ban raakt van gedachten aan wat er zich onder haar ronduit slonzige kleren bevindt…
Captives of the Night (Scoundrels, #2)
Loretta Chase
When the intriguing Comte d'Esmond enters a room, women swoon and men gnash their teeth. The count is fully accustomed to this reaction and brilliant at exploiting it. What he isn't prepared for is Leila Beaumont. One look from her tawny eyes is dangerously captivating. How ... troublesome. Esmond can't afford the distraction of an entanglement, however passionate it promises to be. He's supposed to be working --- for the government! --- and his employers want Leila's corrupt and treacherous husband brought to justice. When the spouse, unsurprisingly and conveniently, gets himself murdered, all Esmond has to do is clear Leila of suspicion and proceed to the next assignment.
But not being hanged for her husband's murder isn't enough for Leila. She wants to learn the truth --- all of it --- from Esmond, a man who's been lying all his life.
Don't Tempt Me (Fallen Women, #2)
Loretta Chase
"Spunky English girl overcomes impossible odds and outsmarts heathen villains."
That’s the headline when Zoe Lexham returns to England. After twelve years in the exotic east, she’s shockingly adept in the sensual arts. She knows everything a young lady shouldn't and nothing she ought to know. She’s a walking scandal, with no hope of a future...unless someone can civilize her.
Lucien de Grey, the Duke of Marchmont, is no knight in shining armor. He's sarcastic, cynical, easily bored, and dangerous to women. He charms, seduces, and leaves them—with parting gifts of expensive jewelry to dry their tears. But good looks and charm, combined with money and rank, make him welcome everywhere. The most popular bachelor in the Beau Monde can easily save Zoe’s risque reputation...if the wayward beauty doesn't lead him into temptation, and a passion that could ruin them both.
Dukes Prefer Blondes (The Dressmakers, #4)
Loretta Chase
Just this time, can the beast tame the beauty?
Biweekly marriage proposals from men who can't see beyond her (admittedly breathtaking) looks are starting to get on Lady Clara Fairfax's nerves. Desperate to be something more than ornamental, she escapes to her favorite charity. When a child is in trouble, she turns to tall, dark, and annoying barrister Oliver Radford.
Though he's unexpectedly found himself in line to inherit a dukedom, Radford's never been part of fashionable society, and the blonde beauty, though not entirely bereft of brains, isn't part of his plans. But Clara overwhelms even his infallible logic, and when wedlock looms, all he can do is try not to lose his head over her.
It's an inconvenient marriage by ordinary standards, but these two are far from ordinary. Can the ton's most adored heiress and London's most difficult bachelor fall victim to their own unruly desires?
Falling Stars
Loretta Chase
New York Times bestselling author, Loretta Chase shares an enchanting Regency Christmas novella about romance, forgiveness...and a second chance for a once in a lifetime love.Ten years ago, dashing Marcus Greyson and naïve Christina Travers fell madly in love—and parted in anger. Now, wiser and more seasoned, both know better than to trust the wayward impulses of the heart.But some feelings never fade; and the joys of Christmas and family just might rekindle a certain, special spark...This novella was previously published in A Christmas Collection anthology"One of the finest romance authors of all time." –Julia Quinn"Wickedly witty, warm, and engaging." –Stephanie Laurens
Gospodar grijeha (Scoundrels, #3)
Loretta Chase
Sebastian Ballister, zloglasni markiz od Daina, krupan je, zao i opasan. Nijedna ugledna žena ne bi poželjela imati išta s njim – a ni on ne želi imati posla s uglednim ženama. Njegov život pun grijeha protječe glatko sve do dana kad upozna Jessicu Trent. Ona je odlučna mlada žena koja je po svaku cijenu namjerila odvući svoga maloumnog brata s puta u propast. Ako njegovo spašavanje znači da se mora sukobiti sa samim đavlom, ona neće ustuknuti. Nevolja je u tome što je taj đavao tako sablažnjivo neodoljiv, a osoba kojoj najviše treba spas je – ona sama! Opako pametna i zavodljiva ljubavna priča uzburkat će vam krv i dotaknuti srce.
Gospođica čudesna (Carsington Brothers #1)
Loretta Chase
Alistair Carsington zaista bi htio da toliko ne voli žene. Kako bi pobjegao svojim najgorim nagonima, otišao je daleko od civilizacije: u Derbyshire, i to zimi!
Nadao se da će ondje ubiti dvije muhe jednim udarcem: pobjeći svim iskušenjima i odužiti se prijatelju koji mu je spasio život u borbi kod Waterlooa. Međutim, zbog ovih časnih nakana našao se licem u lice s gospođicom Mirabel Oldridge, ženom koja je jednako inteligentna, svojeglava i podmukla kao i on – i savršeno neodoljiva.
Mirabel Oldridge već ima pune ruke posla pazeći da njezin genijalni i nevjerojatno ekscentrični otac ne upadne u nevolje.
Posljednje što joj treba jest izuzetno privlačan, pretjerano osjetljiv i suviše pametan plemić koji će ju podsjetiti da i ona ima srce – a bogme i tijelo za koje on tvrdi da je toliko neugledno odjeveno da je građanska dužnost svući ga.
Može li biti gore? I zašto je ono što je potpuno pogrešno baš uvijek tako čudesno?
Gospodin nemogući (Carsington Brothers #2)
Loretta Chase
Egipat, 1821. Rupert Carsington, četvrti sin lorda Hargatea, prava je neprilika. Neodoljivo je zgodan, nevjerojatno muževan i nepopravljivo nemoguć, a kamo god se uputio, prati ga nevolja. No Rupert se još nikad nije našao u situaciji iz koje nije mogao pobjeći. Sve dosad.
Igrom sudbine završio je u tamnici najozloglašenijeg kairskog zatvora, i jedini mu je izlaz prihvatiti opasnu ponudu lijepe crvenokose udovice, gospođice Daphne Pembroke. Ona želi da joj Rupert pomogne pronaći brata, koji je vjerojatno otet radi legendarnog faraonskog blaga. Njihova suradnja isključivo je poslovna: ona će biti mozak operacije, a on snaga. U teoriji to zvuči vrlo jednostavno…
No, s vremenom, napetost među njima sve više buja, a kočnice popuštaju te neizbježno dolazi do sraza tih dvaju potpuno različitih svjetova – suzdržane udovice i nepopravljivog zavodnika – i to na najneodoljiviji mogući način.
Gospodin Savršeni (Carsington Brothers, #3)
Loretta Chase
Uzoran
Nasljednik grofa od Hargatea, Benedict Carsington, vikont Rathbourne, savršen je aristokrat. Visok, taman i privlačan, poznat po svojim besprijekornim manirama i dobrom podrijetlu. Benedict poznaje sva društvena pravila i ne predstavlja mu nikakav problem strogo ih se pridržavati – sve dok se ne pojavi ona.
Na lošem glasu
Bathsheba Wingate pripadnica je lošeg ogranka obitelji DeLucey – sve samih ozloglašenih lažljivaca, varalica i muljatora. Nikakvo čudo stoga što joj je muž, inače sin plemićke obitelji, razbaštinjen. Obudovjela, sa skromnim prihodima, odlučila je svojoj kćeri osigurati stabilan život i pristojan odgoj. Ništa i nitko neće pomrsiti Bathshebine planove – sve dok se ne pojavi on.
Savršen
No tada Bathshebina nestašna kći namami Benedictova dovitljivog nećaka u potragu za legendarnim blagom. Kako bi spasili vitezove-skitnice, Benedict i Bathsheba kreću u spasilačku misiju koja će ih dovesti u opasnu, intimnu bliskost. Situacija je to koja praktično jamči kaotičnim svršetkom – čak i skandalom! – bude li u nju uključen bilo tko drugi. Ali Benedict sve savršeno drži pod kontrolom. Pod savršenom kontrolom, unatoč svojoj ludoj želji da prekrši sva pravila.
Savršenom kontrolom?
Kako da ne…
Isabella
Loretta Chase
At the spinster age of 26, the independent, wealthy and imminently sensible Isabella Latham had forgotten about marriage hopes long ago. Ever aware of duty, Isabella accompanies her two young cousins to oversee their debut in London...only to find that it's Isabella who is attracting all the suitors...all of whom do seem to have quite an excess of creditors.There's the sinfully sexy Basil Trevelyan, a rake through and through - the kind of rake that even sensible Isabella can barely resist. And then there's his maddeningly handsome cousin, the Earl of Hartleigh, who makes her heart nearly leap out of her chest, with just a glance of his eye.Poor, poor Isabella. What's a girl to do? But more importantly...who's a girl to choose?Never did prim and proper Isabella think that having two rakish suitors would cause a scandal so earth shattering that it would rattle all her family skeletons, get one over on all those vile gossip mongers and --- land her an ideal husband!
Knaves' Wager
Loretta Chase
"I need no further proof that you are despicable!" Lilith Davenant's sensibilities were appropriately offended. How dare the brazen Lord Julian Brandon kiss her when he knew full well the man she was to marry was in the next room! It mattered not that the cad was handsome, charming and witty...unlike the staid, auburn-haired young widow's fiance. Lilith's repute meant all. Never did she imagine the blackguard's amorous pursuit was the result of a wager to sully her flawless reputation. Nor did she dream that one day she would yearn for Julian's irresistible embrace-and that a reckless gamble would cause the notorious rake to lose his heart...just as Lilith discovered her own!
Last Night's Scandal (Carsington Brothers, #5)
Loretta Chase
An unsuitable pair? Absolutely. But they just can't escape each other, no matter how hard they try.
After surviving the perils of Egypt, Peregrine Dalmay, Earl of Lisle is back in London, facing the most dire threat of all: his irrational family....and Miss Olivia Wingate-Carsington. A descendent of notorious—but very aristocratic—swindlers, the delectable redhead has the ability to completely unhinge him, and a long history of dragging him into her scandalous schemes.
Olivia may be Society's darling, but she's aware a respectable future looms menacingly. And so when Lisle is forced to go on a family mission, she sees this as the perfect chance for one last adventure—even if it is with the one man in the world she can't wrap around her finger: but really, she only wants to help…
Which is why Lisle and Olivia find themselves in a gloomy Scottish castle inhabited by spiteful ghosts and craven murderers...and a shocking secret: the greatest peril of all may be burning within their own stubborn hearts.
Lord Lovedon’s Duel
Loretta Chase
When Chloe Sharp hears the handsome Earl of Lovedon say her sister’s royal marriage is a match made in money, she challenges him to a duel—for love and honor.
Originally in anthology Royal Bridesmaids
Lord of Scoundrels (Scoundrels, #3)
Loretta Chase
DETERMINED LADY
Tough-minded Jessica Trent's sole intention is to free her nitwit brother from the destructive influence of Sebastian Ballister, the notorious Marquess of Dain. She never expects to desire the arrogant, amoral cad. And when Dain's reciprocal passion places them in a scandalously compromising, and public, position, Jessica is left with no choice but to seek satisfaction...
LORD OF SCOUNDRELS
Damn the minx for tempting him, kissing him... and then forcing him to salvage her reputation! Lord Dain can't wait to put the infuriating bluestocking in her place—and in some amorous position. And if that means marriage, so be it!—though Sebastian is less than certain he can continue to remain aloof... and steel his heart to the sensuous, headstrong lady's considerable charms.
Lord Perfect (Carsington Brothers, #3)
Loretta Chase
IDEAL
The heir to the Earl of Hargate, Benedict Carsington, Viscount Rathbourne, is the perfect aristocrat. Tall, dark, and handsome, he is known for his impeccable manners and good breeding. Benedict knows all the rules and has no trouble following them—until she enters his life.
INFAMOUS
Bathsheba Wingate belongs to the rotten branch of the DeLucey family: a notorious lot of liars, frauds, and swindlers. Small wonder her husband’s high-born family disowned him. Now widowed, she’s determined to give her daughter a stable life and a proper upbringing. Nothing and no one will disrupt Bathsheba’s plans—until he enters her life…
SCANDALOUS
Then Bathsheba’s hoyden daughter lures Benedict’s precocious nephew into a quest for a legendary treasure. To recover the would-be knights errant, Benedict and Bathsheba must embark on a rescue mission that puts them in dangerous, intimate proximity. It’s a situation virtually guaranteed to end in mayhem—even scandal!—if anyone else were involved. But Benedict is in perfect control of events. Perfect control, despite his mad desire to break all the rules. Perfect control. Really.
Lord Perfect: Number 3 in series (Carsington Brothers)
Loretta Chase
Tall, dark, and handsome, the heir to the Earl of Hargate, Benedict Carsington, is known for his impeccable manners and good breeding. Benedict knows all the rules and has no trouble following them - until Bathsheba Wingate enters his life. Bathsheba Wingate belongs to the rotten branch of the DeLucey family: a notorious bunch of liars, frauds and swindlers. Small wonder her husband's high-born family disowned him. Now widowed, Bathsheba is determined to give her young daughter a proper upbringing. Nothing and no one will disrupt her plans. Then Bathseba's hoyden daughter lures Benedict's precocious nephew into a quest for a legendary treasure. To recover the would-be knights errant, Benedict and Bathsheba must embark on a rescue mission that puts them in dangerous, intimate proximity. Fortunately, Benedict is in perfect control - despite his mad desire to break all the rules. Perfect control. Really.
Miss Wonderful (Carsington Brothers, #1)
Loretta Chase
Due to his history of expensive romantic entanglements, Alistair Carsington now has six months to find either a useful occupation or a wealthy heiress to wed. To prove he is not an idle fop only concerned with sartorial pleasures, Alistair agrees to help his old friend, Lord Gordmor, by traveling to the wilds of Derbyshire to convince Gordmor's neighbors to support the nobleman's proposal to build a canal.
Upon arriving, Alistair, a famous war hero and eligible bachelor, finds everyone couldn't be nicer, everyone except for respectable, practical, spinsterish Mirabel Oldridge. The last thing Mirabel wants is for her tranquil little corner of England to be destroyed by a noisy, nasty canal, and she is prepared to use every weapon at her disposal--including her disheveled coiffure and unstylish wardrobe--to stop Alistair.
Mr. Impossible (Carsington Brothers, #2)
Loretta Chase
Alternate cover found here.
Impossible
Rupert Carsington, fourth son of the Earl of Hargate, is his aristocratic family's favorite disaster. He is irresistibly handsome, shockingly masculine, and irretrievably reckless, and wherever he goes, trouble follows. Still, Rupert's never met an entanglement—emotional or otherwise—he couldn't escape. Until now.
Outrageous
Now he's in Egypt, stranded in the depths of Cairo's most infamous prison, and his only way out is to accept a beautiful widow's dangerous proposal. Scholar Daphne Pembroke wants him to rescue her brother, who's been kidnapped by a rival seeking a fabled treasure. Their partnership is strictly business: She'll provide the brains, he the brawn. Simple enough, in theory.
Inevitable
Blame it on the sun or the blazing desert heat, but as tensions flare, and inhibitions melt, the most disciplined of women and the most reckless of men are about to clash in the most impossibly irresistible way.
Mr Impossible (The Carsington Brothers, #2)
Loretta Chase
Rupert Carsington, fourth son of the Earl of Hargate, is his aristocratic family's favorite disaster. He is irresistibly handsome, shockingly masculine, and irretrievably reckless, and wherever he goes, trouble follows. Still, Rupert's never met an entanglement - emotional or other - he couldn't escape. Only now he's in Egypt, stranded in the depths of Cairo's most infamous prison, and his only way out is accepting a beautiful widow's dangerous proposal. Scholar Daphne Pembroke wants him to rescue her brother, who's been kidnapped by a rival seeking a fabled treasure. Their partnership is strictly business: She'll provide the brains, he, the brawn. Simple enough in theory.But as tensions flare and inhibitions melt, the most disciplined of women and the most reckless of men are about to clash in the most impossibly irresistible way.
My Inconvenient Duke (Difficult Dukes, #3)
Loretta Chase
USA Today bestselling author Loretta Chase continues her Difficult Dukes series with this charming brother’s best friend second-chance historical romance.
Of all the dukes in all the world, why does it have to be him?
Lady Alice Ancaster needs a husband, and fast, because her reckless brother is going to get himself killed, leaving the dukedom—and her future—in their repellent cousin’s clutches.
The Duke of Blackwood has known Alice since childhood, and they’ve always had a special connection. But years ago he broke it, when he chose a riotous life with his two best friends instead of a reasonable one with her.
The trouble is, the tall, dark, sardonic rogue keeps turning up exactly when needed, and ready—though he sometimes needs a push—to play the hero, if only for as long as it takes.
Being irresistibly drawn to the Wrong Man is not convenient, but when events come to a crisis, Alice has to make a choice. The question is, can she live with it?
Not Quite a Lady (Carsington Brothers, #4)
Loretta Chase
Irresistible Force
Darius Carsington is a spectacularly handsome rake with a rare intelligence and no heart, a man who divides his time between bedding loose-moraled women and writing scholarly papers. He finds society's "perfect darlings" exceedingly boring. But there's something intriguing, and not quite perfect, about faultless Lady Charlotte Hayward. He senses a crack under her polished surface, and finding it is a challenge he can't resist.
Immovable Object
Lady Charlotte is so beautiful, charming, and gracious that no one has noticed what an expert she is at Not Getting Married. Early on, she learned a painful lesson about trust... and temptation. In the years since, she's devoted her life to being all she ought to be—and she's not about to let a man like Carsington entice her to do everything she shouldn't.
A Splendid Collision
But the rules of attraction can easily overpower the rules of manners and morals, and sometimes even the best-behaved girl has to follow her instincts, even if it means risking it all.
Ongepaste gevoelens
Loretta Chase
Om het hoofd boven water te kunnen houden, moet mode-ontwerpster Marcelline Noirot dringend een adellijke klant zien te strikken. De aanstaande hertogin van Clevedon lijkt een prima kandidate. Marcelline spoedt zich van Londen naar Parijs om de hertog ervan te overtuigen dat hij bij Maison Noirot moet aankloppen voor haar garderobe.
Marcelline vindt daarbij een beetje geflirt best gepermitteerd, maar dat wekt niet alleen de kóóplust van de hertog op. Clevedon wordt onweerstaanbaar aangetrokken door de exotische Marcelline, die op haar beurt voor het eerst in tijden vlinders voelt fladderen.
Natuurlijk verzetten ze zich tegen hun ongepaste gevoelens. Maar als Marcelline alles wat haar dierbaar is dreigt te verliezen, beseft ze dat de hertog niet alleen in financieel opzicht de sleutel tot haar geluk is…
Met dit spannende, pittige én humoristische liefdesverhaal beneemt Loretta Chase je vanaf de eerste pagina de adem.
O Príncipe dos Canalhas
Loretta Chase
O romance conta a história de Jessica, uma solteirona, que, pelo fato de ter criado vários meninos, sabe lidar com homens; afinal, são todos um beberrões, não? E apesar de seu irmão não ser nenhuma criança, ela deve meter-se em problemas quando o cabeça de vento deixa-se levar por Lorde Dain, ou Belzebu, para os íntimos; um canalha convicto que adora levar as mulheres à perdição e evita todo e qualquer tipo de sentimento desde que sua mãe traiu seu pai e fugiu com o amante. E então Dain conhece Jess e fogos explodem.
O Último dos Canalhas (Scoundrels, #4)
Loretta Chase
Loretta Chase é autora de O príncipe dos canalhas, ganhador do prêmio RITA de Melhor Romance Histórico.
“O embate cativante e hilário entre uma mulher determinada a manter o corpo e o coração a salvo e um homem igualmente disposto a conquistá-los.” – Amazon
O devasso Vere Mallory, duque de Ainswood, está pronto para sua próxima conquista e já escolheu o alvo: a jornalista Lydia Grenville. Só que desta vez, além de seduzir uma bela mulher, ele deseja também se vingar dela.
Ao se envolver numa discussão numa taverna, Vere foi nocauteado por Lydia e se tornou alvo de chacota de toda a sociedade. Agora ele quer dar o troco manchando a reputação da moça.
Mas Lydia não está interessada em romance, principalmente com um homem pervertido feito Mallory. Em seus artigos, ela ataca nobres insen- satos como ele, a quem considera a principal causa dos problemas sociais.
Nesse duelo de vontades, Vere e Lydia se esforçam para provocar a der- rota mais humilhante ao mesmo tempo que lutam contra a atração que o adversário lhe desperta. E, nessa divertida batalha de sedução e malícia, resta saber quem será o primeiro a ceder à tentação.
Royally Ever After
Loretta Chase
Now published together for the first time: Loretta Chase's beloved novellas Lord Lovedon's Duel from the Royal Bridesmaids anthology and The Jilting of Lord Rothwick from the Royal Weddings anthology…
In Lord Lovedon's Duel, Chloe Sharp is prepared to protect her family's name, even to the death. When she hears the handsome Earl of Lovedon say her sister's royal marriage is a match made in money, she challenges him to a duel—for love and honor.
When the Marquess of Rothwick learns his fiancée, Barbara Findley, has broken off their engagement in The Jilting of Lord Rothwick, he rides out of London immediately to seek her out… and to win her back.
Scandal Wears Satin (The Dressmakers, #2)
Loretta Chase
From the Journals of Sophia Noirot: A dress is a weapon. It must dazzle his eye, raise his temperature... and empty his purse.
A blue-eyed innocent on the outside and a shark on the inside, dressmaker Sophy Noirot could sell sand to Bedouins. Selling Maison Noirot's beautiful designs to aristocratic ladies is a little harder, especially since a recent family scandal has made an enemy of one of society's fashion leaders. Turning scandal to the shop's advantage requires every iota of Sophy's skills, leaving her little patience for a big, reckless rake like the Earl of Longmore. The gorgeous lummox can't keep more than one idea in his head at a time, and his idea is taking off all of Sophy's clothes.
But when Longmore's sister, Noirot's wealthiest, favorite customer, runs away, Sophy can't let him bumble after her on his own. In hot pursuit with the one man who tempts her beyond reason, she finds desire has never slipped on so smoothly.
Schandaal in satijn
Loretta Chase
Sophy Noirot wil koste wat kost de modezaak van haar en haar zusjes tot een succes maken. Het is dan ook een fikse tegenslag als hun beste klant, Clara Fairfax, op de vlucht slaat om te ontsnappen aan een huwelijk met een man die ze veracht. Sophy is vastbesloten het meisje te helpen en begint samen met Clara’s broer Harry, graaf van Longmore, een zoektocht.
Ze volgen het spoor naar Portsmouth, maar al doende worden ze steeds meer afgeleid door onmiskenbaar wederzijds verlangen. Desondanks weten ze Clara te vinden, maar daarmee is het probleem nog niet opgelost. Het is aan de vindingrijke Sophy om te zorgen dat Clara gevrijwaard blijft van een liefdeloos huwelijk. En wie weet zit er alsnog een huwelijk in het vat…
Meesterverteller Loretta Chase tovert weer heerlijke hoofdpersonen, humor en prikkelende passie uit haar pen. Een niet te missen pareltje!
Silk Is for Seduction (The Dressmakers, #1)
Loretta Chase
From the Design Book of Marcelline Noirot:The allure of the perfect gown should be twofold:ladies would die to wear it . . .and gentlemen would kill to remove it!
Brilliant and ambitious dressmaker Marcelline Noirot is London's rising star. And who better to benefit from her talent than the worst-dressed lady in the ton, the Duke of Clevedon's intended bride? Winning the future duchess's patronage means prestige and fortune for Marcelline and her sisters. To get to the lady, though, Marcelline must win over Clevedon, whose standards are as high as his morals are . . . not.
The prize seems well worth the risk—but this time Marcelline's met her match. Clevedon can design a seduction as irresistible as her dresses;and what begins as a flicker of desire between two of the most passionately stubborn charmers in London soon ignites into a delicious inferno . . . and a blazing scandal.
And now both their futures hang by an exquisite thread of silk . . .
Ten Things I Hate About the Duke (Difficult Dukes, #2)
Loretta Chase
USA Today bestselling author Loretta Chase continues her Difficult Dukes series with this delightful spin on Shakespeare's classic, The Taming of the Shrew.
Cassandra Pomfret holds strong opinions she isn’t shy about voicing. But her extremely plain speaking has caused an uproar, and her exasperated father, hoping a husband will rein her in, has ruled that her beloved sister can’t marry until Cassandra does.
Now, thanks to a certain wild-living nobleman, the last shreds of Cassandra’s reputation are about to disintegrate, taking her sister’s future and her family’s good name along with them.
The Duke of Ashmont’s looks make women swoon. His character flaws are beyond counting. He’s lost a perfectly good bride through his own carelessness. He nearly killed one of his two best friends. Still, troublemaker that he is, he knows that damaging a lady’s good name isn’t sporting.
The only way to right the wrong is to marry her…and hope she doesn’t smother him in his sleep on their wedding night.
The Devil's Delilah (Regency Noblemen, #2)
Loretta Chase
Hot-tempered and unpredictable, Delilah Desmond was indeed the Devil's daughter. "Devil" Desmond, to be exact, society's most infamous rogue who had just completed his scandalous memoirs. A great many dreaded the tell-all publication, including his daughter, for it meant certain social ruin.
The English Witch (Trevelyan Family, #2)
Loretta Chase
Pity Alexandra Ashmore! Though bewitching to behold, she has been forced into an engagement with a man she does not love. Alexandra's stodgy fiancé is blind not only to her considerable charms, but also to her dazzling effect on other men. Even worse, the green-eyed beauty is kidnapped by one such swain, a hot-blooded Albanian hopelessly smitten with her.
But Alexandra's true troubles begin with the arrival of her dashing rescuer, Basil Trevelyan. From Albania to England, the notorious cad pursues her, determined to make her his own, and setting Alexandra's world scandalously atilt in ways she never dreamed.…
The Last Hellion (Scoundrels, #4)
Loretta Chase
A ferocious conflict of wills...
Vere Mallory, the Duke of Ainswood, has everything--he's titled, he's rich, he's devastatingly good looking--and he seems determined to throw it all away. Disreputable, reckless, and wild, the last of the Mallory hellions is racing headlong to self-destruction...until a mind numbingly beautiful blonde Amazon knocks him off his feet--literally.
An incendiary passion...
Lydia Grenville is dedicated to protecting London's downtrodden. Dissolute noblemen like Ainswood are part of the problem, not the solution. She would like him to get his big, gorgeous carcass out of her way so that she can carry on with her work. The problem is, Ainswood can no more resist a challenge, especially in female form, than he can resist the trouble she seems to attract.
If they can only weather their personal firestorm...they might survive the real danger that threatens all they hold dear.
The Lion's Daughter (Scoundrels, #1)
Loretta Chase
Esme Brentmore doesn't care that revenge isn't a suitable job for a woman. She's determined to avenge the murder of her beloved father, an enigmatic English aristocrat who lived in self-imposed exile. Honor demands that Esme let nothing and nobody stand in her way. That includes the handsome wastrel who's become entangled in her life, whose charm does not make up for his lazy and irresponsible character.
Having gambled away his entire family fortune, Varian St. George, Lord Edenmont, now lives by his wits and winning ways. A man who has always taken the path of least resistance — preferably in soft beds with willing women — he does not want to become embroiled in a mad quest with a hot-tempered and heavily armed redhead.
But forced to travel together through an exotic land, the mismatched pair soon discovers that friction can produce some very dangerous sparks ...
The Mad Earl's Bride (Scoundrels, #3.5)
Loretta Chase
Originally appeared in the print anthology Three Weddings and a Kiss (1995).
Gwendolyn Adams is about to propose to an earl. On his deathbed.
Gwendolyn Adams isn't shocked at being asked to save a handsome earl's dying line, even when she learns the prospective bridegroom is seriously ill and possibly insane. She's quite a good nurse, after all, and her family is famous for producing healthy male children. Those stories about his riding the moors half-naked on a pale white horse? Extremely intriguing—especially after she gets her first look at the gorgeous lunatic.
The Earl of Rawnsley wants only to lose what's left of his mind in peace and privacy. But his busybody relatives have saddled him with a surprise bride and orders to sire an heir forthwith. (And they say he's mad?) But with Gwendolyn, his health is returning, and his resistance ... crumbling. Is it possible that love is the finest madness of all?
The Sandalwood Princess
Loretta Chase
Determined to uncover who stole her sandalwood statue, Amanda Cavencourt - an Englishwoman living in India - is shocked to learn the culprit is a notorious rogue known as the Falcon. Why would a man renowned for his dangerous and delicate missions indulge in petty thievery? Intrigued by the mystery — and rumors of the Falcon's devilish charm and good looks—Amanda sets out on the trail of the brazen blackguard. But what she stumbles upon is a man who just may be her perfect match....
Viscount Vagabond
Loretta Chase
Catherine Pelliston runs away from home and is subjected to an incredible series of events, winding up in a brothel after being abducted, but the greatest danger she faces takes the form of a devastatingly enticing man
Vixen in Velvet (The Dressmakers, #3)
Loretta Chase
From the Diary of Leonie Noirot: The perfect corset should invite its undoing . . .
Lethally charming Simon Fairfax, Marquess of Lisburne, has reluctantly returned to London for one reason only: a family obligation. Still, he might make time for the seduction of a certain redheaded dressmaker—but Leonie Noirot hasn't time for him. She's obsessed with transforming his cousin, the dowdy Lady Gladys, into a swan.
Leonie's skills can coax curves—and profits—from thin air, but his criminally handsome lordship is too busy trying to seduce her to appreciate her genius. He badly needs to learn a lesson, and the wager she provokes ought to teach him, once and for all.
A great plan, in theory—but Lisburne's become a serious distraction, and Leonie's usual logic is in danger of slipping away as easily as a silk chemise. Could the Season's greatest transformation be her own?
Vojvoda od poroka (Scoundrels, #4)
Loretta Chase
Vere Mallory, vojvoda od Ainswooda, ima sve što čovjek može poželjeti – titulu, bogatstvo i savršen izgled. Ozloglašen, bezobziran i neobuzdan, posljednji Mallory vodi život ispunjen porocima srljajući u propast, sve dok ga ne obori jedna prekrasna plavuša, doslovno. Lydia Grenville zaštitnica je potlačenih, a raskalašeni plemići poput Verea samo joj stvaraju probleme. Zato želi da joj se taj zanosni golemi muškarac makne s puta. Međutim, Ainswood ne može odoljeti njezinoj privlačnosti, baš kao što ona ne može prestati privlačiti nevolje. Pred njima je opasnost koju mogu pobijediti jedino ako prebrode međusobne nesuglasice. Otkvačeno duhovito, toplo i privlačno.
Your Scandalous Ways (Fallen Women, #1)
Loretta Chase
James Cordier is all blue blood and entirely dangerous. He's a master of disguise, a brilliant thief, a first-class lover—all for King and Country—and, by gad, he's so weary of it. His last mission is to "acquire" a packet of incriminating letters from one notorious woman. Then he can return to London and meet sweet-natured heiresses—not adventuresses and fallen women.
Francesca Bonnard has weathered heartbreak, scorn, and scandal. She's independent, happy, and definitely fallen; and she's learned that "gentlemen" are more trouble than they're worth. She can also see that her wildly attractive new neighbor is bad news.
But as bad as James is, there are others far worse also searching for Francesca's letters. And suddenly nothing is simple—especially the nearly incendiary chemistry between the two most jaded, sinful souls in Europe. And just as suddenly, risking everything may be worth the prize.
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