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  • Bibliography:
    41 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1980
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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About the Author

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.

Full Series List in Order

The Duke's Estates

1 - The Duke Who Loved Me (Aug-2021)
2 - Earl on the Run (Feb-2022)
3 - Blame It on the Earl (Aug-2022)
4 - A Gentleman Ought to Know (Mar-2023)
5 - The Duke's Best Friend (Sep-2023)
6 - The Duke Has Done It Again (Jun-2024)

Duke's Sons

0.5 - A Favor for the Prince (Jul-2020)
1 - Heir to the Duke (Jan-2016)
2 - What the Duke Doesn't Know (Sep-2016)
3 - Lord Sebastian's Secret (Jan-2017)
4 - Nothing Like a Duke (May-2017)
5 - The Duke Knows Best (Dec-2017)

The Way to a Lord's Heart

1 - Brave New Earl (Aug-2018)
2 - A Lord Apart (Mar-2019)
3 - How to Cross a Marquess (Sep-2019)
4 - A Duke Too Far (May-2020)
5 - Earl's Well that Ends Well (Jan-2021)

Book List in Order: 41 titles

  • Gwendeline // Earl to the Rescue

    Warner Regency - 11

    Penniless! Gwendeline, just 18 and totally unsuited to earn her own way in the world, was to be evicted from her country estate. Then the butler ushered in a tall, rather arrogant visitor. Lord Merryn. He had, it seemed, been a friend of her late ...

  • Bluestocking // Last Gentleman Standing

    Warner Regency - 19

    Elisabeth Elham had no use for the Marriage Mart. Perhaps when she'd been a penniless nineteen, it might have supplied the husband she needed to support her. Now, however, she was an heiress, twenty-four years old, independent, proud of her bluest...

  • Man of Honour

    Warner Regency - 25

    Eliott Crenshaw saw his duty -- and married Laura Lindley. What else could a gentleman do when they had been snowbound together at an inn -- unchaperoned? The fact that Laura was beautiful, gentle, and completely suitable as a wife made his behav...

  • Rivals of Fortune

    Warner Regency - 32

    Joanna swore her heart had been broken when Peter Finley married someone else. Then two gentlemen came to call. Sir Rollin Denby, handsome, tailored in the height of London fashion, flirted with her outrageously. Mr. Jonathan Erland, who had just ret...

  • The Three Graces

    Signet Regency Romance

    THREE PERILOUS PATHS The Hartington sisters were three of the most captivating young ladies in the realm -- and suddenly among the most impoverished. The demise of their spendthrift father and the passing of their generous aunt left them with only...

  • The Marchington Scandal

    Signet Regency Romance

    On the Surface, He's a Pretentious AristocratBut the Heart Sees More Than Meets the EyeLord Oliver Stonendon, or Stone Heart, as the ton refers him, flirts with every debutante. He's handsome, rich, and quite a catch, but he hasn't proposed -- not si...

  • The Headstrong Ward

    Signet Regency Romance

    THE BEAUTIFUL DANGER The aristocratic Debenham clan grew exceedingly uneasy when Lady Anne Tremayne left the school where she had been safely sequestered. For now it was the Debenhams' task to see this irredeemably rebellious young Miss through he...

  • A Radical Arrangement

    Signet Regency Romance

    A MATCHLESS DILEMMA Sir Justin Keighley was everything that repelled Margaret Mayfield in a man. He was shocking in his opinions, arrogant in his manner, rude in his actions, and completely without respect for the common decencies of civilized soc...

  • First Season

    Signet Regency Romance

    LOVE WAS SO MUCH MORE DANGEROUS THE SECOND TIME AROUND Lady Anabel Wyndham was in a most unusual situation for her first London season. Beautiful, witty, and still young, she nonetheless was a widow with three small and very lively children. Thus ...



  • The Impetuous Heiress

    Signet Regency Romance

    LESSONS FOR A LORD The moment that Lady Alicia Alston first encountered Ian Cairnyllan, she could see that this imperious lord from the wilds of Scotland had a great deal to learn. He clearly did not appreciate that Alicia was a most sought-aft...

  • The Repentant Rebel

    Signet Regency Romance

    FEAR OF FALLING Miss Diana Gresham was only seventeen when she was lured by the scheming Gerald Carshin into making a ruinous misstep, only to be abandoned by that handsome scoundrel. Now she is twenty-five, beautiful, wealthy, vibrantly intell...

  • The Irresolute Rivals

    Signet Regency Romance

    RAGE AT FIRST SIGHT The first sight that Miss Susan Wyndham and Miss Marianne MacClain had of each other was enough to make their eyes blaze. For both were arriving at the first grand ball of the season at the same time -- in identical gowns. B...

  • Mirage

    She was beautiful enough to die for...Maybe that was why someone was trying to kill her. Geri has one of the most celebrated faces in the world. As a top model, the sleek svelte redhead is sought after by rock stars, movie moguls, and millionaires...

  • The Reluctant Rake

    Signet Regency Romance

    A SCANDALOUS SURPRISE Miss Julia Devere was the most innocent and sheltered of young beauties. Her doting parents had succeeded in shielding her from exposure to the sordid facts of life in society, and now both they and she were delighted with he...

  • Cachet // First Impressions

    A series of robberies at the palatial houses featured in Anitra MacBride's prestigious magazine Cachet implicates her staff. Anitra, totally baffled, accepts help from a total stranger, an Englishman she detests on sight but for some strange reason t...

  • Meddlesome Miranda

    Signet Regency Romance

    THE APPRENTICE ADVENTURESS Miss Miranda Dennison was a properly brought-up young lady with an improper appetite for adventure. She found it in abundance on the isolated estate of Baron Philip Highdene. There was the darkly handsome, brooding ba...

  • The Marriage Wager

    Bantam Fanfare

    It was scandalous, to wager one's reputation on a hand of cards. But Lady Emma Tarrant felt she had no choice. She had watched her husband gamble his life away, and when she saw another young man losing heavily, she was determined to save him from a ...

  • The Bargain

    It's more than ridiculous, it's damned embarrassing and inconvenient...for a scientist with his reputation to be called in to get rid of a ghost. But when the Prince Regent summons Lord Alan Gresham to London to solve the mystery of a hauntin...

  • Charmed and Dangerous

    Bantam Fanfare

    THE SPY WHO LOVED HER Gavin Graham works alone, trusts no one, and never, ever gives his heart. But the spy may have met his match in an ex-governess. Laura Devane has been handpicked to fulfill an important mission: distracting him from the decep...



  • Bride to Be

    Bantam Fanfare

    TO HAVE AND TO HOLD The daughter of free spirits who routinely outraged the haut ton, Emily Crane longed for a less scandalous life. Now she's the toast of society -- and she couldn't find it more tedious. Until, in the midst of yet anothe...

  • Once Again a Bride

    Pushed into a miserable loveless marriage, Charlotte Rutherford Wylde finds her late husband has spent her entire fortune and more astonishingly, he has an entire family that he never bothered to mention. The fashionable Wyldes are as surprised to...

  • The Bride Insists

    She Thinks She's Bought a Compliant Husband... Although Clare Greenough has inherited an unexpected fortune, her money is in the hands of a trustee until she marries -- everyone knows a woman is incapable of managing funds. What she needs is a...

  • Married to a Perfect Stranger

    Time and distance have changed them both... Quiet and obliging, Mary Fleming and John Bexley marry to please their families and John immediately leaves on a two-year diplomatic mission. Now John is back, and everything they thought they knew about...

  • Heir to the Duke

    Duke's Sons - 1

    Life is predictable for a Duke's first son As eldest son of the Duke of Langford, Nathaniel Gresham sees his arranged marriage to Lady Violet Devere as just another obligation to fulfill -- highly suitable, if unexciting. But as Violet sets ou...

  • What the Duke Doesn't Know

    Duke's Sons - 2

    A proper English wife, or the freedom of the sea? Lord James Gresham is the fifth son of the Duke of Langford, a captain in the Royal Navy, and at a loss for what to do next. He's made his fortune; perhaps now he should find a proper wife and set up...

  • Lord Sebastian's Secret

    Duke's Sons - 3

    He's hidden this shameful secret all his life... Lord Sebastian Gresham is a battle tested soldier and brilliant strategist. Yet all his life he's had to hide his complete failure to decipher letters. In his own mind, he's just stupid. What a mira...

  • Nothing Like a Duke

    Duke's Sons - 4

    How does a gentleman rescue a lady? Lord Robert Gresham has given up all hope that the beautiful and independent Flora Jennings will ever take him seriously. He heads to an exclusive country house party to forget about the beauty haunting his thou...

  • The Duke Knows Best

    Duke's Sons - 5

    They're wrong for each other, for all the right reasons... Lord Randolph Gresham has come to London for one reason only―to find a suitable wife. Verity Sinclair may be intelligent, beautiful, and full of spirit, but her father knows a secret abo...

  • Brave New Earl

    The Way to a Lord's Heart - 1

    An Earl mired in melancholy is no match for a determined woman... Widower Benjamin Romilly, Earl of Furness, has given up hope of finding happiness. His wife died in childbirth five years ago, leaving him with a broken heart and a child who only r...



  • Earl to the Rescue

    Who needs a knight in shining armor when there's an earl at your side...? Gwendeline Gregory doesn't know what to think when she encounters the dashing Alex St. Audley, Earl of Merryn. She's in over her head in London Society, trying t...

  • A Lord Apart

    The Way to a Lord's Heart - 2

    After his parents' death, Daniel Frith, Viscount Whitfield, is up to his ears in paperwork. To make matters worse, his father's will contained a mysterious legacy: a house left to a complete stranger. Penelope Pendleton has no idea why Rose Cottag...

  • How to Cross a Marquess

    The Way to a Lord's Heart - 3

    The Marquess of Chatton and his neighbor Fenella Fairclough have known each other all their lives. They refused to marry years ago when their parents demanded it, and they won't concede now -- even if circumstances have brought these former enem...

  • A Duke Too Far

    The Way to a Lord's Heart - 4

    Secrets to reveal, legends to unravel, and a love to fight for... Peter Rathbone, Duke of Compton, is already struggling to handle the responsibilities of his family home and his grief over his sister Delia's death when he's astonished by ...

  • A Favor for the Prince

    Duke's Sons - 0.5

    Lord Alan Gresham is a bit embarrassed when the Prince Regent demands that he abandon his science experiments to work on an extremely important project―getting rid of a ghost. Alan is determined to debunk this obvious hoax as quickly as possible―...

  • Earl's Well that Ends Well

    The Way to a Lord's Heart - 5

    How to help a lonely Earl... 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 e...

  • The Duke Who Loved Me

    The Duke's Estates - 1

    The Duke of Tereford is accustomed to getting his own way, but she's going to teach him a thing or two about love... James Cantrell, the new Duke of Tereford, has inherited a dukedom in disarray and is overwhelmed by his unaccustomed responsib...

  • Earl on the Run

    The Duke's Estates - 2

    Fans of Mary Balogh, Ella Quinn, and Bridgerton will fall in love with the charismatic characters and glittering detail of Jane Ashford's bestselling Regency romances: • A reluctant earl flees from his new role • A willful lady yearns to ...

  • Blame It on the Earl

    The Duke's Estates - 3

    Jane Ashford brings you on a romp through the English countryside in her newest Regency romance perfect for readers of Mary Balogh, Ella Quinn, and fans of Bridgerton.Sarah Moran's attempt to save the future earl Kenver Pendrennon as he slips off the...

  • A Gentleman Ought to Know

    The Duke's Estates - 4

    Waltz into a delightfully sparkling Regency world that fans of Bridgerton and Georgette Heyer won’t want to miss.Charlotte Deeping needs something to keep her occupied now that she’s back home after her first London season. She misses solving loc...



  • The Duke's Best Friend

    The Duke's Estates - 5

    What’s a lady to do when the man standing in her way might also be the man of her dreams?Henry Deeping and Kate Meacham seem to clash every time they meet. Kate is frustrated by the change in her status following the death of her grandfather, a leg...

  • The Duke Has Done It Again

    The Duke's Estates - 6

    How can they stay rivals when they’re falling in love?As children of the two most prominent families in town, Gavin Keighley and Rose Denholme have been enemies their whole lives. When the Duke and Duchess of Tereford come to town to get their esta...

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Jane Ashford has published 41 books.

The next book by Jane Ashford, The Duke Has Done It Again, will be published in June 2024.

The first book by Jane Ashford, Gwendeline // Earl to the Rescue, was published in January 1980.

Yes. Jane Ashford has 3 series.
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