The Mad Earl's Bride for $1.99

The Mad Earl’s Bride is a novella I wrote for a bridal anthology. It reappeared a few years later in another collection, then, eventually, all by itself as an eBook.

This story, which was originally released between Lord of Scoundrels and The Last Hellion, includes a few secondary characters readers may remember from Lord of Scoundrels. It also includes a return to Dartmoor, Devon, for some brooding atmosphere—but yes, of course there’s comic relief.

If you haven’t read it already, here’s a chance to get it at bargain price. Or you can make a gift of it.

The deal ends on 3 December.

Please save the date: In January, we're going to celebrate!

We’re going to have a tea party! It’s happening in January. It’s happening live, in Massachusetts, where it will be cold and possibly snowy. Have your boots ready.

Meena Jain, Director of the Ashland Public Library, is throwing the party to celebrate the release of My Inconvenient Duke. I’ll be there, of course, chatting with my good friend, author Caroline Linden, and those of you readers who can make it. There will be treats. And attendees are welcome to dress in Regency/Romantic era costume, if they so choose.

January 2025 also marks Lord of Scoundrels’ 30th anniversary (may I say Yikes). We’ll also celebrate this miracle of longevity.

Details, details

  • This is an actual, in-person event.

  • 1-3PM ET

  • 25 January 2025

  • Ashland Public Library / 66 Front St / Ashland Massachusetts 01721

  • More info here.

  • Ph 508 881 0134 / Email: ashlandprograms@minlib.net

  • Kindly register here.

The photo: The teacup and saucer belonged to my mother, and was probably a wedding gift. She gave it to me when I turned into a serious tea drinker. Of course I’m afraid to use it, but I keep it where I can see it every day… and wonder if she ever drank tea from it. She was a coffee drinker (black, always) all the time I knew her.

Lights, Camera, Auction!

To raise funds for the Ashland Public Library, more than fifty romance writers are offering books and other tempting articles for an online auction. Once again I find myself in a stellar cast of authors. If you click on this link, you’ll see what I mean.

The auction runs from 8pm (ET) Wednesday 11 October to 8pm (ET) Wednesday 18 October.

My contribution is a collection of autographed books, as listed in the text and shown in the graphic below.

The first two Difficult Dukes (the third is still being written but there’s light at the end of the tunnel): A Duke in Shining Armor and Ten Things I Hate About the Duke.

All of the Dressmakers series: Silk Is For Seduction, Scandal Wears Satin, Vixen in Velvet, and Dukes Prefer Blondes.

And, rounding up the usual suspect, Lord of Scoundrels.

You will find all the wonderful details here on the main auction page. The Loretta Chase page is here.