This is OG shit, y’all, and I am here for it! Special shout-out to the Captives of the Night cover, featuring the most mid-90s model sporting stubble, masquerading as an 1820s nobleman when he clearly belongs in a Steven Seagal movie.ĭon’t get me wrong, Loretta Chase knows how to turn up the temps, but some of her phrasing is just so very… dated. These covers are giving me major flashbacks to wandering the grocery store book aisle (yes, kids, grocery stores used to have a whole aisle dedicated to books and magazines IN PRINT) and being titillated by the suggestive yet tasteful (?) pictures of brawny men swooping women-always in ballgowns-into their arms. Thus, the following reviews will be slightly out of order, but I think we can all handle that level of disarray in today’s times, yeah? Rather than focus on one series, I ended up reading one from her Carsington Brothers series, and two from Scoundrels-and since Lord of Scoundrels was everyone’s #1 pick, I read that one first. I was completely unfamiliar with Chase’s work, so I headed over to Smart Bitches, Trash Books to get some recommendations. When you have a quote from Julia Quinn calling you “one of the finest romance authors of all time” on your covers, well, I can only assume you have a second home in Key West.
Welcome to Week Three of our 2022 Grown-Up Guide to Romance Novels! Are y’all ready to get CLASSY?! Er, I mean, CLASSIC? Because I’m kicking it old school with Loretta Chase, who’s been smutting up mass market paperbacks since 1987. What’s Your Type: Bad boys, feisty heroines, societal scandal, soapy drama Sub-Genres: Historical Fiction, Action Adventure, Mystery
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