Loretta Chase Books in Order
Loretta Chase has written 27 books, published between 1987 and 2025. The first book is Isabella (1987) and the newest is My Inconvenient Duke (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1987–2025
- Pages on record
- 6,692 in 19 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 112–167 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,692 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
Regency historical romance is Loretta Chase's form, built on nobility, the London upper class and courtship. Chase's series include Scoundrels, the Carsington Brothers, the Dressmakers, the Difficult Dukes and the Trevelyan family. Isabella (1987) is the earliest of 27 catalogued titles, Lord of Scoundrels (1995) sits mid-run, and My Inconvenient Duke is the newest. The 1990s were the peak decade.
How many Loretta Chase books are there?
Loretta Chase has 27 books, released between 1987 and 2025. They include 7 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Loretta Chase Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Loretta Chase books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 11987–1/4
- 219882281/4
- 31988–1/4
- 41989–1/4
- 5The Sandalwood Princess1990 · confirmed 1/41990–1/4
- 7Falling Stars1992 · confirmed 1/41992–1/4
- 819923681/4
- 919943521/4
- 101995–1/4
- 1119953741/4
- 1219983841/4
- 1320043421/4
- 1420053121/4
- 1520062931/4
- 1620073501/4
- 1720083841/4
- 1820093841/4
- 1920103721/4
- 2020113711/4
- 2120123711/4
- 2220143751/4
- 23Royally Ever After2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 2420153721/4
- 2520174001/4
- 2620203841/4
- 272025–1/4
Loretta Chase books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Scoundrels in order
5 booksCarsington Brothers in order
5 booksDressmakers in order
4 booksDifficult Dukes in order
3 booksTrevelyan Family in order
2 booksRegency Noblemen in order
2 booksFallen Women in order
2 booksStandalone books
4 books4 Loretta Chase titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Loretta Chase books in order?
You only need to read Loretta Chase books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Loretta Chase
Start with Isabella (1987), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Loretta Chase book?
My Inconvenient Duke (2025) is the newest Loretta Chase book released so far.
Is there a new Loretta Chase book coming?
No next Loretta Chase book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Loretta Chase at a glance
- Still publishing
- Loretta Chase published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Loretta Chase books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 6,692 pages across the 19 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 371 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Loretta Chase books, 8 of 27, were published in the 1990s.
What the Loretta Chase books are about
19 of the 27 Loretta Chase books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: regency romance is tagged on 9 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Regency romance 9 of 19 books
- Man-woman relationships 7 of 19 books
- Historical romance 5 of 19 books
- Romance 4 of 19 books
- Nobility 3 of 19 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 19 books
- London (England) 2 of 19 books
- Missing persons 2 of 19 books
- Upper class 2 of 19 books