Earl's Well That Ends Well

by Jane Ashford

Overview

This beautiful, sweet Regency romance from beloved author Jane Ashford takes you to a glittering world of revelations and romance, where a lonely earl can find love where he least expects it…

Arthur Shelton, Earl of Macklin, has helped four young noblemen recover from grief and find love, but he's learned to live his own life as a widower. Yet when he returns home after traveling, his estate feels too empty, and he quickly heads to London. There, he encounters Teresa Alvarez de Granada, a charming Spanish noblewoman and is immediately entranced.

There is no room for earls in the quiet, safe life Teresa has finally found for herself. The earl might be charming and handsome, but she knows firsthand how dangerous attraction can be. The more determined Teresa is to discourage Arthur, the more entangled they get, and it's only a matter of time before her respect for him starts to feel a lot like love.

Praise for Jane Ashford's Regency romances:

"Humor, drama, mystery, romance, intrigue, and a surprising ending."—Harlequin Junkie for How to Cross a Marquess

"An irresistible love story."—Library Journal for A Duke Too Far

"Expertly crafted…another triumph of nuanced characterization and sparkling wit."—Booklist for Nothing Like a Duke

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492663478
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	12/29/2020
Series:	Way to a Lord's Heart Series , #5
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.80(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Jane Ashford discovered Georgette Heyer in junior high school and was captivated 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. She’s written historical and contemporary romances, and her books have been published all over Europe as well as in the United States. Jane has been nominated for a Career Achievement Award. Find her on the web at www.janeashford.com and facebook.com/janeashfordwriter. If you’d like to receive her monthly newsletter, you can sign up at either of those sites.

Editorial Reviews

10/05/2020

Ashford concludes her The Way to a Lord’s Heart series (after A Duke Too Far) with this sweet romance set in Regency London’s theater world. Arthur Shelton, the widowed Earl of Macklin, meets set painter Señora Teresa Alvarez de Granada while in London visiting his friend Tom, an aspiring actor. Arthur is immediately drawn to the stunning, independent Spanish woman, but she resists his charms. When several of the theater’s dancers mysteriously disappear, Arthur, Tom, and Teresa join forces to search for the missing women. Teresa and Arthur grow closer, but she has resolved never again to let any man dictate her life after being coerced into a traumatizing relationship by a friend of her father’s. She reveals her painful backstory to Arthur, thinking it will make him want to keep his distance—but it only leaves Arthur determined to protect her. Ashford’s chaste, emotional romance highlights the inequities faced by 19th-century women of all classes. This series finale will satisfy Regency fans with its quick-witted characters and engaging love story. Agent: Jennifer Weltz, Jean V. Naggar Literary. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly

"Ashford (A Duke Too Far, 2020) wraps up her stellar The Way to a Lord’s Heart series with another sweetly romantic Regency romance expertly spiked with danger." — Booklist

"A sweet Regency romance with a healthy dose of mystery and resolution." — Kirkus Reviews

"This series finale will satisfy Regency fans with its quick-witted characters and engaging love story." — Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

2020-10-27
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make yourself a match.

Arthur Shelton, Earl of Macklin, is known for his heavy hand in other people’s love lives—a widower himself, he’s helped many young men heal their broken hearts by finding true love. And when he realizes he’s ready to find love again, he heads to London to visit old friends—“and who knew what else might turn up?” But it’s not in a ballroom where he finds his match; instead, while walking down the street with a friend, he meets Teresa Alvarez de Granada and feels an instant attraction though he knows little about her—and she intends to keep it that way. Teresa, having escaped a difficult life in Spain, wants nothing to do with Arthur or any other man, especially a nobleman—she only wants to paint for the theater and enjoy her quiet apartment. But when several dancers at Teresa's theater go missing and Arthur offers to use his standing to help find them, the investigation brings the two closer together. Despite Teresa's attempts to keep Arthur at a distance, she finds herself starting to believe he really is the man he seems to be, but just as they start to connect, pieces of her past reappear and may keep them apart. The finale to Ashford’s The Way to a Lord’s Heart series will satisfy readers who have wondered about the mysterious nobleman from the previous entries. Ashford explores the ideas of privilege and nobility with the help of Lord Macklin as well as cameos from characters from earlier books, which is satisfying. Though there are awkward moments, particularly with Teresa’s inconsistent use of Spanish, the story is quite sweet despite some dark moments in the discovery of the missing dancers. As with earlier entries, Ashford’s greatest strength is in depicting moments of true connection in relationships, both friendly and romantic, and readers more interested in those moments than steamy love scenes will find much to enjoy here.

A sweet Regency romance with a healthy dose of mystery and resolution.

Kirkus Reviews