I’ll get right to the good part, with no flirting around. I have ARCs to give away of Loretta Chase’s 27 July book “Last Night’s Scandal.” In fact, I have six ARC copies.
And I have a grand prize, too: a selection of her printed backlist, including Don’t Tempt Me, Last Hellion, Lord of Scoundrels, Not Quite a Lady, and Your Scandalous Ways. AND a $25 gift card to your choice of Amazon or BN.com.
You wish to have? Sure you wish to have. It’s Loretta Chase!
All you have to do: get crazy and tell me what would you do for a Loretta Chase book – and a selection of her backlist? Much like what you’d do for a Klondike bar, only MORE BETTERER AND AWESOMERERST because did I mention it’s Loretta Chase? It’s Loretta Chase! So get creative and share, and I’ll pick the winners over the weekend. You have 24 hours, so get cracking!
Disclaimer: I’m not being compensated for this giveaway, except that I get to talk about Loretta Chase and write words like “betterer.” No additives or preservatives. Slippery when wet. You give love a bad name. Sealed for your protection.
For the latest Lorretta Chase novel &the; backlist, I would give up cruising romance blogs at work. I would also stop bring my iPhone to meetings to read the SB/DA app while my co-workers drone on about work flow…blah..blah..marketing, blah..blah…etc. I would gladly give up all my internet boredom devices to get my chubby hands on a Loretta Chase prize!
For Loretta Chase, I would use my one, precious, hoarded “Day free of Child” coupon given to me by my loving husband on Mother’s Day (the one I was planning on using for the day after Halloween when he is exhausted and hyper and sticky) to clear the house. Then I would devour her and chocolate in equal measures, glorying in the freedom and fantastic writing. Ooooh, now I’m all excited!
Would begging help? I’m an excellent grovelerER…
(For Loretta Chase, I would even write this at work. Shhh, don’t tell)
I will dress up in one of Lady Gaga’s wacky get-ups and perform a few of her hits in the subway station. I’ll event take requests.
What would I do? Hrm. I’d race through any and ARCs I have to get to this one and read it, first off! Hrm. I’d make an entire dress for the Renaissance Faire by hand – not by machine!
I’m having surgery this month and would forgo all the good
drugs for Loretta Chase!!!!!
Obviously, everyone else took all the clever ideas. I’m left with the following:
Homemade chocolate chip cookies. For you. I will bake them, send them, and you can hide from the kids and the man and eat them, all by yourself. Plus, you’ll have my undying gratitude. Loretta Chase is an amazing author. Any chance to read her work is the best I’m going to get!
Will groveling suffice?
To win Loretta Chase books, I would make her work the focus of my next graduate thesis paper, spending months researching dry scholarly articles and enduring the scorn of the entire English department. But my paper would be filled with such fabulous fabulosity that they would have to acknowledge the literary awesomeness of Chase.
I’d kiss the evil twin and like it.
I would read every book on SBTB that has ever been given an F or DNF rating.
THEN I would read every LC book in order to scour my mind free of the horrificness with the awesomeness that is LC!
And, I would make even more words by combining the suffix “ness” to adjectives! Terrificness!
price89 – Is 89 too high a price? Depends on 89 of WHAT you’re talking about. 🙂
Okay not sure if this qualifies, but I’ve been reading as much as possible lately and usually in the dead of night (think 3am) because I’ve just been diagnosed with stupid-ass, breast cancer. As my four year old son would say, “what a dumbbucket thing that is”. Double dumbbucket. So what would I do for a Loretta Chase prize pack? I would rest easy, I would not lie there in the middle of the night thinking all manner of Dark and Evil thoughts. Sorry to play the illness card, I’m not doing it for sympathy it’s just really that’s what I’d do. I’d add this to my bedside table along with all my other well loved, restorative, comfort read romances and get through the night.
The other thing I would do is a big happy dance. Which have been in short supply.
To win, I would take all EIGHT of my teen and tween nieces—and the teenage daughter whose life I’ve ruined—to see the Twilight movie AND I will not roll my eyes or make gagging noises even once. (See, no sacrifice is too great!)
BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! If there’s time left in the day, I’ll dance naked in the town square with red ribbons in my hair and bells on my toes to “You Shook Me (All Night Long)” as played by the never-to-be-famous teenage garage band currently practicing across the street.
Oooooo, LORETTA CHASE. She is one of my top three all-time must-buy, must-read authors. She’s wuuuuuunderful. “Mr. lmpossible” is pretty much a perfect romance novel, and “Lord of Scoundrels” is just delicious.
What would I do for her new book and some backlist? Hm.
I would choreograph a Bollywood song-and-dance routine to honor her best plotlines and perform it in full costume and post it to YouTube (you could have a DVD copy). 🙂
Yep – Sweeney wins, I’m thinking. Send her some LC so those awesome heroines can totally help her kick cancer’s dumbbucket ass! Sweeny, I also recommend Jennifer Cruisie for her cancer kicking poweress.
Ok… I have not yet read Loretta Chase. I have heard good things and after this post I am off to find some books to read. So I will now have to read the Loretta Chase which sounds like I will be getting a lot of new books soon in my future. (My husband will miss me.)
I just like the sounds of her books and would love to try them out. Let’s see what would I do… read, read, read and once I was done start praising. GRIN
What would I do for an ARC of Last Night’s Scandal? Hell. What wouldn’t I do?
-I’d marry the clodpole-baconbrained Bertie Trent and produce henwitted offspring.
-I’d set aside my delicate sensibilities and go on a simultaneous date with Carrot Top and Glenn Beck. Then swear off men for the rest of my life.
-I’d read ONE Cassie Edwards books, your choice Sarah. BTW, if I scratch my eyes out after reading it, you’ll have to provide me with all of LC’s on audio.
-I’d write a book for the new Recession-Broke Impotent Billionaire Series.
-And for the greatererest sacrafice; I’d reenact the infamous glove scene with a thickheaded ox of a man in a NYC deli during a lunch rush, then move on to the lamppost kiss all the while wearing the “puffy shirt” from Seinfeld.
methods69. You really want me to go there?? Ok. There are 69 proven methods to acquiring ARCs. None of which I’ve ever mastered.
For Loretta Chase, I would leave my lovely air conditioning and head out into the 100+ degree weather outside, and not return until I had read (or re-read as the case may be) every one of the books, and even more telling, I wouldn’t even notice the disgustingly humid heat or my likely sunburn.
Good grief, what would I do for this! I’ve only read two LC novels, and I asked my local library to buy a few more (which they have) totally selfishly so I can read more.
Since I’m currently on vacation in the Czech Republic, what I’d do for this giveaway would have to include a man with a mullet (or a “moo-lay” if they look like they’ve got money).
And no one could make a bigger sacrifice than that.
Loretta Chase! My first and favorite romance novel author!
Hmmm. I would give up precious, precious shelf space for those books, meaning sacrificing some of my other darlings. I would sacrifice suitcase space to carry them around with me when I’m traveling this summer. I would give up time I’m supposed to be working online to read. And I would definitely sacrifice my relationship with all kinds of people in real life so I could read instead of talking to them/cleaning my apartment/feeding the cat.
First, I would take a week off of work. Cause who needs a paycheck when you’ve got a mountain of Loretta Chase to read?
Then I would make a comic book documenting each moment of gasp and squee that I would experience while reading Ms. Chase, bind it all up into a nice little zine and send it to every library within a 50 mile radius. Once all those lovely librarians see how much glory there is in them thar books, they will all immediately invite Ms. Chase to come do a reading in the library. Since there will be so many invites, she will have to pick at least one (cause when something is in such high demand, who would not be willing to supply it?) and then I will get the opportunity to personally hand LC a copy of the zine I created about her books, thereby forging an unbreakable bond of awesomeness between myself and the author I might love more than mullets, man titty and the Hoff combined!
my word is together38… because thats what Ms. Chase and I will be… together for 38 lifetimes (or minutes, depending on the library’s schedule…)
I’ve gotten the joy to read one of Loretta Chase’s books so far and I was so delighted and so couldn’t believe what I have been missing of hers! This so would be a treat! I so can’t be outrageous or unique so I hope this is random, LOL, cuz otherwise I’d be an author who write all those unique reads of romance!
I shall promise if I win, to read the book out-loud to my hubby instead of just the certain passages I read him 😀 and I will work til I get him to read a romance!
cathiecaffey @ gmail.com
I’ve read Loretta Chase because SBTB recommended it and loved it. So to have her new book I’d be really nice to my mother-in-law for a day. Or for a whole weekend if I get the whole bunch of her works.
I’d produce a Lego animation video of the book I win and post it on youtube. I would have to collaborate with my son, who is a master animator. This would mean we’d probably have to add some chase scenes in outer space and at least one head would have to get whacked off (not that way). The Lord of Scoundrels would probably pant like Darth Vader, because, according to my son, and master animator, this is a really cool sound and a Lego animation video without some breathy hoo-hoos might be really lame.
And you don’t want no lame video!!
Oh, my … I do have some of Lady Loretta’s books on my hard drive (bought before they became unavailable to buy and _legally_ download) so for a prize such as this…
*thinks deeply*
No more chocolate for the rest of the month! This is a heartbreaking sacrifice for a true chocoholic! And no henna for 2 months! (Oh, my roots!)
Loretta Chase is what truly got me into romance. Previous to reading Mr. Impossible I was a casual half-curious, half-skeptical romance novel reader. I’d read a few but mostly thought the genre was sort of silly. After I finished that beautifully written, wonderfully entertaining novel I was officially converted and am using this summer to read through the Carsington Family Series; I’ve just finished Lord Perfect and I’m hooked!
What would I be willing to do to win this contest of awesome?
– Survive one of Lord Hargate’s terrifying lectures on one of my faults/poor decisions
– Endure one of Mr. Oldridge’s botanical rambles
– Resist the nearly overwhelming urge to put my hands all over Rupert. Or Alistair. Hehe.
– Attempt to talk Olivia Wingate-Carsington out of one of her Ideas
And finally, in an act of compassion,
– Make all of my friends read AT LEAST one Loretta Chase novel!
For free books, especially free LC books – there is nothing too shamelesser, too degradinger, too scandalouser that I would not doer!
BUT – if I had to pick, to win this contest, I would…
*drumroll*
Get my fiance to hang a framed poster of the Lord of Scoundrels cover next to his beloved Star Wars movie posters AND I would write an Ode to my Luuuuurve of Loretta Chase in perfect iambic pentameter(er)!
What would I do for a Loretta Chase book?
I’d come clean to my mother about reading romance… and then read it out loud and enjoy her gasps and protestations of horror. =D
Oooooh, what would I do for an LC book? I would totally dye my hair purple and maybe even add a pink streak through it! (wait, I already dyed it purplish)
If I won, I would post here for once, instead of lurking like I normally do. 😛
I’d give myself a full Brazilian with an epilator and then forgo the Klondike bar in my fridge as a reward.
I’d take the books and read them at the merch table at my bf’s rock music gigs, lend them to any who asked, male or female, and imply that anytime they see me with my Sony Reader it’s because the cover of whatever I’m reading is waaay to racy/erotic to have in public. (Actually, it’s usually free/uncopyrighted Google Book gems.)
And when I was done reading them, I’d descend upon my local library (which is really hurting for funding right now) like the giddy angel of pulp romance and donate the stack PLUS my entire collection of Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark/Were-Hunter books.
For a Loretta Chase book, I would bake you a sour cream cherry pie with crumb topping!
I would also put all the romances I read on my Visual bookshelf (alongside the “quality” books I want people to think I read). All 200 year to date.
For a new Loretta Chase book I would totally ship you my first born. He’s three and quite skilled at fetching stuff for you. He even pours without spilling. 🙂
Not enough? I will “accidentally” cut my husband’s hair in such a way that he is either forced to wear a mohawk or shave his head entirely. Swear to God, I will send you pictures!
I would
a) donate books of the backlist that I have read already to someone else (oh, moving).
b) talk up romance as a genre to be respected at the young writer’s SFF workshop I’ll be staffing in a week. I will discuss worldbuilding, incluing, ways of getting women into wartime situations (seriously, Mary Balogh is better at that than many SFF writers), making strong but damaged characters, following through on things, ensemble casts, cliches, et cetera. I will recommend romance writers to the students when we go to readings at Barnes & Noble, possibly forcing Jennifer Crusie books into their hands (depends on what Crusie’s available). I will talk about scorn for other genres and how hypocritical it is. I will talk about feminism as it relates to writing and publishing. I will point them to Smart Bitches as a source for publishing information and general booktalk, because talking about books is good even when they aren’t the books you like (yet).
I mean, I’m going to do that anyway, but booook.
Hmmm. For a Loretta Chase book, what would I do? What’s the peak of insanity?
I know! I would empty my 401k and bet it all on the Pirates winning the World Series this year!
How about run naked around the White House?
I am almost out of materials to read (on a book budget), so I would love some Chase books to read at our cabin!
I’d give up cake, cupcakes, cookies, bread and all other baked goods for the rest of the year. I’d even give up pasta! I’d give up those truly scrumptious toffee cookies only available some of the time at my local farmer’s market. I’ll even ship a dozen to SB Sarah so she’ll know what kind of sacrifice this is.
For a new LC book, I’d walk to my local bookstore (about 10 miles) or at least the local Safeway (about 2 miles). I’d make two t-shirts of the old “Lord Perfect” cover and make my fiance wear one with me at the local mall.
I’d even give up chocolate!
Hmmm, for LC… I’d read a Nicholas Sparks book (*gag*) or don that mullet wig throughout NYC.
I have never read a Loretta Chase book so … I guess I will post on a blog in the hopes of winning one????
Wow, Scorpio M. must be a lot like me, because I instantly thought “I’d wear a mullet for those books!” And by mullet I mean a mullet wig, because God knows I love me some Loretta Chase, but an actual mullet surely is above and beyond any bitch’s duty. I hope. Lord of Scoundrels … mmmm … still one of the best romances EVER. I recommend it to anybody who dares to ask my romance advice 😀
looking75? WTF is wrong with this safety thingy? I am 37, and just last week somebody thought I was 26!
I would pay you $100!
Oh, wait, then I could just go buy them in the store…
While my husband slept, I would take a razor and carve “I <3 Lorretta” in his back hair.
Now, I can’t think of why anyone would WANT me to do this, but hey, as was said already, all the good ideas were taken.
(altruistic reason? I want this for a friend who thinks that Twilight is a good romance. I mean, really.)
For any Loretta Chase book I would swear off Klondkike bars. Including the delicious ones with the peanut butter ice cream and a chocolate shell. Then I would run around naked with half a cantaloupe on my head screaming “I’M A HAMSTER”
And then I would make myself read that Catherine Coulter historical I still can’t get to because…it’s a Catherine Coulter historical in order to remind myself why Loretta Chase is amazing and a blessing to us all.