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Jane Ashford Books in Order

Jane Ashford has written 44 books, published between 1980 and 2024. The first book is Gwendeline (1980) and the newest is The Duke Has Done It Again (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
44
Published
1980–2024
Pages on record
9,327 in 30 of 44 books
Reading time
155–233 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,327 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 44 titles with a page count on record.

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Jane Ashford is the pen name of Nancy Jane LeCompte, born in Eaton, Ohio in 1948, who also publishes as Jane LeCompte. Ashford writes Regency and traditional historical romance, nobility, husband and wife, forced marriage, social life and customs, and contemporary romance alongside it. Reading Georgette Heyer at school pointed Ashford toward Regency England and then toward a degree in English literature. The catalogue runs to 44 books, from Bluestocking and Gwendeline (1980) to The Duke Has Done It Again (2024), with Duke's Sons, Duke's Estates and Way to a Lord's Heart as the series.

How many Jane Ashford books are there?

Jane Ashford has 44 books, released between 1980 and 2024. They include 3 series and 27 titles listed outside any series.

Jane Ashford Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 44 Jane Ashford 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.

  1. Cover of Gwendeline by Jane Ashford (1980)
  2. Cover of Bluestocking by Jane Ashford (1980)
  3. Cover of Man of Honour by Jane Ashford (1981)
  4. Cover of The Marchington Scandal by Jane Ashford (1982)
  5. Cover of The Headstrong Ward by Jane Ashford (1983)
  6. Cover of A Radical Arrangement by Jane Ashford (1983)
  7. Cover of Cachet / First Impressions by Jane Ashford (1984)
  8. Cover of The Impetuous Heiress by Jane Ashford (1984)
  9. Cover of The Repentant Rebel by Jane Ashford (1984)
  10. Cover of The Irresolute Rivals by Jane Ashford (1985)
  11. Cover of The Reluctant Rake by Jane Ashford (1987)
  12. Cover of Meddlesome Miranda by Jane Ashford (1989)
  13. Cover of Moon Passage (As: Jane LeCompte) by Jane Ashford (1989)
  14. Cover of The Bargain by Jane Ashford (1997)
  15. Cover of Charmed and Dangerous by Jane Ashford (1998)
  16. Cover of Bride to Be by Jane Ashford (1999)
  17. Cover of Sistren (As: Jane LeCompte) by Jane Ashford (2006)
  18. Cover of The Bride Insists by Jane Ashford (2014)
  19. Cover of Married to a Perfect Stranger by Jane Ashford (2015)
  20. Cover of Heir to the Duke by Jane Ashford, book 1 of the Duke's Sons series (2016)
  21. Cover of What the Duke Doesn't Know by Jane Ashford, book 2 of the Duke's Sons series (2016)
  22. Cover of Lord Sebastian's Secret by Jane Ashford, book 3 of the Duke's Sons series (2017)
  23. Cover of Nothing Like a Duke by Jane Ashford, book 4 of the Duke's Sons series (2017)
  24. Cover of Last Gentleman Standing by Jane Ashford (2017)
  1. 1
    Gwendeline1980 · 317 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980317
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  2. 2
    Bluestocking1980 · 303 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980303
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  3. 3
    Man of Honour1981 · 349 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981349
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  4. 4
    Rivals of Fortune1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  5. 5
    The Three Graces1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  6. 6
    The Marchington Scandal1982 · 309 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982309
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  7. 7
    The Headstrong Ward1983 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983307
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  8. 8
    A Radical Arrangement1983 · 279 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983279
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  9. 9
    First Season1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  10. 10
    Cachet / First Impressions1984 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984277
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  11. 11
    The Impetuous Heiress1984 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984220
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  12. 12
    The Repentant Rebel1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  13. 13
    The Irresolute Rivals1985 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985222
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  14. 14
    MIRAGE1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  15. 15
    The Reluctant Rake1987 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19871
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  16. 16
    Meddlesome Miranda1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
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  17. 17
    Moon Passage (As: Jane LeCompte)1989 · 187 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989187
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  18. 18
    The Marriage Wager1996 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996384
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  19. 19
    The Bargain1997 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997352
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  20. 20
    Charmed and Dangerous1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  21. 21
    Bride to Be1999 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999368
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  22. 22
    Sistren (As: Jane LeCompte)2006 · 166 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006166
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  23. 23
    Once Again a Bride2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  24. 24
    The Bride Insists2014 · 412 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014412
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  25. 25
    Married to a Perfect Stranger2015 · 372 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015372
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  26. 26
    Heir to the DukeDuke's Sons #12016 · 343 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016343
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  27. 27
    What the Duke Doesn't KnowDuke's Sons #22016 · 379 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016379
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  28. 28
    Lord Sebastian's SecretDuke's Sons #32017 · 377 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017377
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  29. 29
    Nothing Like a DukeDuke's Sons #42017 · 343 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017343
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  30. 30
    The Duke Knows BestDuke's Sons #52017 · 381 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017381
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Jane Ashford 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.

Duke's Sons in order

6 books
  1. 1. Heir to the Duke
  2. 2. What the Duke Doesn't Know
  3. 3. Lord Sebastian's Secret
  4. 4. Nothing Like a Duke
  5. 5. The Duke Knows Best
  6. 6. A Favor for the Prince

Duke's Estates in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Duke Who Loved Me
  2. 2. Earl on the Run
  3. 3. Blame It on the Earl
  4. 4. A Gentleman Ought to Know
  5. 5. The Duke's Best Friend
  6. 6. The Duke Has Done It Again

Way to a Lord's Heart in order

5 books
  1. 1. Brave New Earl
  2. 2. A Lord Apart
  3. 3. How to Cross a Marquess
  4. 4. A Duke Too Far
  5. 5. Earl's Well That Ends Well

Standalone books

27 books

27 Jane Ashford titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jane Ashford books in order?

You only need to read Jane Ashford books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Jane Ashford

Start with Gwendeline (1980), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jane Ashford book?

The Duke Has Done It Again (2024) is the newest Jane Ashford book released so far.

Is there a new Jane Ashford book coming?

No next Jane Ashford book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Jane Ashford at a glance

Still publishing
Jane Ashford published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Jane Ashford books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
9,327 pages across the 30 of 44 books with a recorded length, a median of 332 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jane Ashford books, 17 of 44, were published in the 1980s.

What the Jane Ashford books are about

29 of the 44 Jane Ashford 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 13 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.