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Jane Ashford

Auteur de The Bargain

50 oeuvres 1,483 utilisateurs 80 critiques 3 Favoris

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(eng) Jane Nancy LeCompte writes romance novels as Jane Ashford and Jane LeCompte.

Séries

Œuvres de Jane Ashford

The Bargain (1997) 116 exemplaires
Heir to the Duke (2016) 79 exemplaires
Pari Tenu (1996) 69 exemplaires
Married to a Perfect Stranger (1900) 59 exemplaires
What the Duke Doesn't Know (2016) 53 exemplaires
En Seconde Noces (2013) 53 exemplaires
Nothing Like a Duke (2017) 52 exemplaires
Lord Sebastian's Secret (2017) 51 exemplaires
A Radical Arrangement (1983) 51 exemplaires
The Duke Knows Best (2017) 46 exemplaires
The Three Graces (1982) 45 exemplaires
Man of honour (1981) 44 exemplaires
The Bride Insists (2014) 43 exemplaires
The Headstrong Ward (1983) 42 exemplaires
Brave New Earl (2018) 40 exemplaires
Charmed and Dangerous (1998) 35 exemplaires
Last Gentleman Standing (2017) 33 exemplaires
A Lord Apart (2019) 32 exemplaires
The Reluctant Rake (1987) 32 exemplaires
How to Cross a Marquess (2019) 31 exemplaires
A Duke Too Far (2020) 30 exemplaires
The Marchington Scandal (1982) 30 exemplaires
Bride to Be (1999) 29 exemplaires
First Season (1984) 26 exemplaires
Earl to the Rescue (2018) 25 exemplaires
Earl's Well That Ends Well (2020) 25 exemplaires
The Irresolute Rivals (1985) 23 exemplaires
Earl on the Run (Duke's Estates 2) (2022) 22 exemplaires
Meddlesome Miranda (1989) 20 exemplaires
Bluestocking (1980) 19 exemplaires
The Repentant Rebel (1984) 18 exemplaires
Rivals of Fortune (1981) 17 exemplaires
The Impetuous Heiress (1984) 16 exemplaires
First Season [and] Bride to Be (2015) 16 exemplaires
Gwendeline (1980) 16 exemplaires
When You Give a Rogue a Rebel (2021) 15 exemplaires
Moon passage (1989) 8 exemplaires
Cachet (First Impressions) (1984) 4 exemplaires
Mirage (1986) 2 exemplaires
La maladresse du comte (2024) 1 exemplaire

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Partage des connaissances

Nom légal
LeCompte, Nancy Jane
Autres noms
LeCompte, Jane
Ashford, Jane
Date de naissance
1948-08-20
Sexe
female
Nationalité
USA (birth)
Lieu de naissance
Eaton, Ohio, USA
Lieux de résidence
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Professions
romance novelist
Prix et distinctions
RT Career Acheivement Award Nomination (twice)
Courte biographie
Nancy Jane LeCompte was born in 20 August 1948 in Eaton, Ohio, USA. She discovered Georgette Heyer in junior high school and was entranced by the glittering world and witty language of Regency England. That delight was part of what led her to study English literature and travel widely in Britain and Europe. She has lived in New York, Boston and LA, her writing life punctuated by breaks where the fates intervened and swept her off in different directions. Today, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Jane has written historical and contemporary romances as Jane Ashford and Jane LeCompte. Her books have been published in England, Spain, France, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, and Latvia, as well as the U.S. She is a two-time nominee for a Career Achievement Award by Romantic Times Magazine. Away from romance writing for several years, she recently completed a new historical.
Notice de désambigüisation
Jane Nancy LeCompte writes romance novels as Jane Ashford and Jane LeCompte.

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Critiques

I wasn’t sure how I felt about this book when I first finished reading it. Well, I KNEW, but I didn’t want to admit it to myself, I think. 😊 So, I decided to let it stew for a few days before writing my review so I could then look back and see what really stood out for me. My impression is still basically the same. I generally liked the story and I thought the mystery was a good one. What I didn’t like was Charlotte! She was often described as ‘prickly’ – I would amend that to ‘bit***’ as that is how she acted most of the time. I loved Charlotte’s brothers and I can certainly see them with books in the future, and I loved Laurence and was so happy to have met him.

Charlotte Deeping met her best friends when they went away to school and they’ve been the closest of friends since. They solved mysteries and enjoyed each other, but now, Charlotte is the only one who remains unmarried. She didn’t do well on the marriage mart because of her ‘prickly’ personality. Now, at home in the country, with none of her friends nearby, she’s a tad on the bored side. If she just had a mystery to solve or something to keep her occupied, she’d get through it all. It is hunting season, and her family is a renowned breeder of hunting horses, so maybe someone or something of interest will show up at the annual hunt.

Laurence Lindley, the Marquess of Glendarvon, is good friends with Charlotte’s brother, Stanley, who invited him to be a house guest for the annual hunt. Laurence hasn’t had a very happy life, but although he constantly thinks of what happened in terms of scandal, it really wasn’t. He was only four when his parents were gruesomely murdered. He never, ever, talks about it. It isn’t a secret, exactly, he just doesn’t wish to discuss it and doesn’t tell people about it. He is excited for the hunt since it is one of his favorite ways to pass the time – and he loves being able to gallop across the countryside on his excellent mount, Ranger. He even finds himself enjoying the ‘prickly, Miss Charlotte Deeping.

Charlotte learned about Laurence’s parents and she also learned from both him and her brother that it was a very private matter for him and he didn’t want to talk about it. However, Charlotte just couldn’t leave a good mystery alone no matter anyone else’s feelings about it. Then, to add another mystery, there was an odd finding at the estate of her good friend Cecelia and her husband the Duke of Tereford. When Laurence seems to recognize the find, Charlotte is off and running – and dragging all of them along with her – whether they wanted to come along or not.

I enjoyed the basic story and most of the characters. I didn’t care for Charlotte at all – I found her to be bit*** rather than prickly. She could have been a great character with a great romance, but she just didn’t cut it for me. I found her to not only be bit***, but she seemed to have no respect for, nor kind thoughts about any male. The book was filled with male-bashing and that just makes me want to put the book down. Yes, I know feminism is the theme of the day right now, but – does being for females actually mean being against males? Every female in this book had nothing but negative things to say about the males. It just made me really sad.

Can I recommend this book? Well – yes and no. If you don’t mind a prickly, male-bashing female lead who steps on everyone’s wishes and then acts as if she is the injured party, then yes, I do recommend it because the mystery and bones of the story are good. Otherwise, I can tell you that I enjoyed the bones of the story, I disliked Charlotte, and I would not read it a second time.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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BarbaraRogers | 1 autre critique | Feb 21, 2023 |
A Gentleman Ought to Know
by Jane Ashford

A Regency Romance with the right blend of intrigue, mystery, action, and adventure which I definitely enjoyed.

Overall, it was a satisfying story with well-rounded characters who were easy to wish the best for.

While this was fourth book in the Duke's Estates series, don't worry. It can easily be read on it's own.


Thank-you to Sourcebooks Casablanca via NetGalley for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

#AGentlemanOughttoKnow #NetGalley
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SoBelJan | 1 autre critique | Feb 20, 2023 |
 
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Marlobo | 1 autre critique | Dec 24, 2022 |
Lord Randolph Gresham has come to town to find a wife. It should only take him one season. Verity Sinclair has managed to convince her family that she can have one season to find someone with whom she can have adventures, not a country vicar. But the two of them keep meeting and keep finding things in common.
Charming read.
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wyvernfriend | 1 autre critique | Dec 22, 2022 |

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Statistiques

Œuvres
50
Membres
1,483
Popularité
#17,316
Évaluation
3.2
Critiques
80
ISBN
221
Langues
3
Favoris
3

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