Loretta Chase


Loretta Chase, née Loretta Lynda Chekani is an American writer of romance novels since 1987.

Biography

Loretta Lynda Chekani was born in 1949 in a family of Albanian origin. She studied at New England public schools before receiving a bachelor's degree from Clark University, where she majored in English. Her past lives include clerical, administrative, and part-time teaching at Clark and a "Dickensian six-month experience" as a meter maid. After college, her first professional writing job was for an exhibition catalog. This led to a job moonlighting as a corporate video scriptwriter. During this time she met a video producer who enticed her to write novels...and eventually to marry him. Her first Regency manuscript, Isabella, was bought by the first New York editor who read it and led to a successful career as a romance author. Chase said of her marriage: "The books resulting from this union have won a surprising number of awards, including the Romance Writers of America RITA® Award." Her books have also won several Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice awards, various RRA-L awards, and the All About Romance Top 100 Romances award multiple times.

Trevelyan Family Saga Series

  1. Isabella 1987/Nov
  2. The English Witch 1988/Jul

    Regency Series

  3. Viscount Vagabond 1989/Jan
  4. The Devil's Delilah 1989/Jun

    Scoundrels Series

  5. The Lion's Daughter 1992/Oct
  6. Captives of the Night 1994/Mar
  7. Lord of Scoundrels 1995/Jan
  8. "The Mad Earl's Bride" in Three Weddings and a Kiss 1995/Sep
  9. The Last Hellion 1998/Apr

    Carsington Brothers Series

  10. Miss Wonderful 2004/Mar
  11. Mr. Impossible 2005/Mar
  12. Lord Perfect 2006/Mar
  13. Not Quite a Lady 2007/May
  14. Last Night's Scandal 2010/Aug

    Fallen Women Series

  15. Not Quite a Lady 2007/May
  16. Your Scandalous Ways 2008/Jun
  17. Don't Tempt Me 2009/Jul

    Single Novels