Bøger af Loretta Chase

Den endeløse strøm af friere, der ikke kan skue længere end hendes (indrømmet, bjergtagende) ydre, er ved at gå lady Clara Fairfax på nerverne. I ren desperation efter at være andet og mere end en pyntegenstand søger hun tilflugt i velgørenhedsarbejde, og da hun opdager, at et barn er i fare, er der kun ét sted, hun kan søge hjælp: hos den høje og flotte, men irriterende advokat Oliver Radford.Mod forventning står Radford for at skulle arve en hertugtitel. Men han har aldrig næret noget ønske om at være en del af de højere kredse i det britiske samfund, og selv om den fagre lady Fairfax viser sig at have ben i næsen, passer hun absolut ikke ind i hans planer. Men Clara overvælder selv Radfords ufejlbarlige fornuft, og snart kan en tur op ad kirkegulvet skimtes i horisonten.Efter vanlige standarder er det et upassende ægteskab for dem begge, men hverken Clara eller Radford har nogensinde ageret efter andres standarder. Vil selskabslivets mest bedårede arving og Londons vanskeligste ungkarl ende med at give efter for deres eget tøjlesløse begær?En hertug til Clara er fjerde bind i den underholdende serie Søstrene fra Huset Noirot, hvor tre ambitiøse søstre har charmeret og bedåret sig til den anerkendelse i de højere kredse af regencytidens London, som deres evner og hårde arbejde rettelig fortjener. Nu er det deres yndlingskundes tur til at spille i kærlighedens roulette – og indsatsen er hendes hjerte.

Fløjlsklædt fristelse er tredje bind i den underholdende serie Søstrene fra Huset Noirot om tre ambitiøse søstre, der er villige til at charmere og bedåre sig til den anerkendelse i de højere kredse af regencytidens London, som deres evner og hårde arbejde rettelig fortjener. Men når man er klar til at satse hvad som helst, risikerer man også at tabe det hele. Og Noirot-søstrene må sande, at det også gælder deres hjerter.Den dødsens charmerende markis af Lisburne, Simon Blair, er modstræbende vendt hjem til London af én eneste grund: for at opfylde sine forpligtelser over for familien. Men måske han samtidig får lejlighed til at forføre en vis rødhåret kjolemager? Meget muligt, men Leonie Noirot har ikke i sinde at lade ham få et ben til jorden, optaget som hun er af at forvandle hans kusine, den kedelige lady Gladys, til selskabssæsonens største modesensation.Leonie har et særligt talent for at trylle kurver – og profit – ud af den blå luft, men Hans Kriminelt Attraktive Nåde er for travlt beskæftiget med at forføre hende til at værdsætte hendes genistreger. Han trænger så sandelig til en lærestreg, og det væddemål, hun udfordrer ham til at indgå, burde én gang for alle give ham en.I teorien er det en udmærket plan – men Lisburne er ved at blive gevaldigt distraherende, og Leonies sædvanlige, kølige overblik er i fare for at glide hende af hænde som et par silkeunderklæder. Kan det tænkes, at selskabssæsonens mest sensationelle forvandling skal vise sig at blive hendes egen?

"Live the romance. Read Loretta Chase" -- Christina DoddThe traditional English Regency from New York Times bestselling author, Loretta Chase, is back...Lilith Davenant, has ample reason to detest Julian Wyndhurst, Marquess of Brandon: he's exactly the kind of man who hastened the demise of her profligate husband, and the debt he owed to Julian has forced her to an engagement with a wealthy suitor for the sake of supporting her beloved nieces and nephews. Besides that, Lord Julian somehow manages to ignite disturbing...feelings...she's never felt before!Lord Julian used his considerable skills and cunning in the war against Napoleon. Now he's obliged to use the same talents to save his young cousin from a disastrous marriage to a scheming mistress - who makes him a wager: If Julian can seduce the famously icy Lady Lilith Davenant, the lady will release his cousin from the engagement.But very quickly, Julian discovers Lilith's hidden warmth, kindness and humor. Will he be able to prove his heart to her before she learns of his recklessly shameless wager?

Satinsvøbt skandale er andet bind i den underholdende serie Søstrene fra Huset Noirot om tre ambitiøse søstre, der er villige til at charmere og bedåre sig til den anerkendelse i de højere kredse af regencytidens London, som deres evner og hårde arbejde rettelig fortjener. Men når man er klar til at satse hvad som helst, risikerer man også at tabe det hele. Og Noirot-søstrene må sande, at det også gælder deres hjerter.Sophia Noirot ser muligvis ud til at være en blåøjet uskyldighed, men i virkeligheden er hun en forretningshaj, der kunne sælge sand i Sahara. Desværre er det noget mere udfordrende at overbevise Londons aristokratiske ladies om at købe de smukke rober fra Huset Noirot – særligt efter at en familieskandale for nyligt har gjort en af selskabslivets førende damer fjendtligt stemt over for de tre kjolemagere. Det vil kræve hver en tomme af Sophias talent at vende skandale til fordel for hendes og søstrenes forretning, og hendes tålmodighed bliver yderligere sat på en gevaldig prøve, da den imposante, letsindige skørtejæger, jarlen af Longmore, insisterer på at blande sig.Den pragtfulde tamp er ude af stand til at have mere end én tanke i hovedet ad gangen – og den tanke handler primært om, hvordan han kan lokke Sophia ud af de eventyrlige gevandter, hun gør sig alverdens anstrengelser for at sælge. Men da Longmores søster – som også er Huset Noirots rigeste og mest skattede kunde – løber væk, kan Sophia ikke lade ham forkludre opsporingen af den bortløbne søster. Jagten går ind, men i selskab med den ene mand, der kan friste hende over evne, må Sophia snart indse, at begær aldrig har klædt hende så godt.

Forførende silke er første bind i den underholdende serie Søstrene fra Huset Noirot om tre ambitiøse søstre, der er villige til at charmere og bedåre sig til den anerkendelse i de højere kredse af regencytidens London, som deres evner og hårde arbejde rettelig fortjener. Men når man er klar til at satse hvad som helst, risikerer man også at tabe det hele. Og Noirot-søstrene må sande, at det også gælder deres hjerter.Den talentfulde kjolemager Marcelline Noirot er den næste nye stjerne på Londons modehimmel. Og findes der en bedre måde at demonstrere de fortryllende kvaliteter i hendes kjoledesigns på, end ved at kreere en forvandling af Londons hidtil dårligst klædte lady? Hvis Marcelline kan sikre sig hertugen af Clevedons trolovede som eksklusiv kunde, vil det betyde prestige og rigdom for både hende selv og hendes søstre i Huset Noirot. Men for at indfange hans kommende hertuginde, må Marcelline først vinde selveste Clevedons agtelse, og hans standarder er lige så høje, som hans moralske tærskel er … lav.Gevinsten lader til at være risikoen værd – men for en gangs skyld har den snedige Marcelline forregnet sig. For Clevedons evner for forførelse er lige så uimodståelige som hendes for at designe betagende rober. Det, der begynder som en lille gnist mellem to af Londons mest indædt stædige charmører, slår snart ud i lys, lidenskabelig lue – og infernalsk skandale. Og nu hænger fremtiden for dem begge i en udsøgt, tynd silketråd.

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 town, the Duke of Clevedon's intended bride? Winning the future duchess's patronage would mean 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.

From the Diary of Leonie Noirot: The perfect corset should invite its undoing . . .Lethally charming Simon Blair, 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?

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 . . .

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?

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 descendant 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.

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 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, combined with money and rank, makes him welcome everywhere. The most popular bachelor in the Beau Monde can easily save Zoe's risqué reputation . . . if the wayward beauty doesn't lead him into temptation, and a passion that could ruin them both.

Blame it on the Egyptian sun or the desert heat, but as tensions flare between a reckless rogue and beautiful scholar en route to foil a kidnapping, so does love, in the most uninhibited and impossibly delightful ways.

Beloved author Loretta Chase offers her long-awaited new novel-the tale of a bluestocking and a reformed rake who clash over a matter of business, and soon find themselves facing an entirely different, and delicious, sort of tension.

Darius Carrington is a spectacularly handsome rake with a rare intelligence and no heart. A man of science, he divides his time between bedding loose-moralled women and writing scholarly papers about livestock breeding. He finds the eligible ladies of the ton thoroughly dull. That is until he meets Lady Charlotte Hayward...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 hard and painful lesson about trust... and temptation. In the years since, she's built impentrable defences that no man has overcome. She's devoted to life to being everything she ought to be- and she's not about to let a man like Carsington entice her to anything she shouldn't.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 does mean risking everything.

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.

Determined Lady tough-minded Jessica Trent's sole intention is to free her nitwit brother from the destructive influence of Sebastian Ballister, the notorious Marquis of Dain. She never expects to desire the arrogant, amoral cad.