The Bargain

By Jane Ashford

Book Overview

A classic prequel to The Duke's Sons, a brand new series of sparkling Regency Romance from award-winning author Jane Ashford

Celebrate the 80th birthday of Regency Romance with great books from Sourcebooks Casablanca!

Introducing the Gresham family

A Scientifically Minded Nobleman Learns the Breathless Chemistry of Desire

Lord Alan Gresham is the sixth son of the Duke of Langford and, as such, has been allowed to remain at Oxford to pursue his scientific studies. When the prince regent asks him to debunk the "ghost" of a dead actress haunting Carlton House, he cannot refuse, and is forced back to the Society he deplores. But upon meeting the daughter of the alleged ghost, his calm, logical investigation is disrupted.

Ariel Harding doesn't believe in ghosts, but she's determined to investigate this haunting. Her mother recently committed suicide, and Ariel is desperate to find the reason. She'll work with Alan because he has access to Prinny's resources, but she never dreamed she'd make a perilous bargain with a man who's as maddeningly arrogant as he is confoundedly attractive.

"A scintillating Regency adventure filled with...dark and dangerous action." --Affaire de Coeur

"Charmingly written, by a deft hand." --RT Book Reviews

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402277202
• ISBN13: 9781402277207
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.5" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

There's something about this...that delights!

I admit it. Although I ordinarily review scifi, I also read alot of mystery and romance, particularly romantic mysteries. Jane Ashford is not Jane Austen but this regency romance is a charmer that I have reread a number of times! I loved all the characters, particularly the hero's brothers, who are desperately in need of romantic assistance. The youthful urges and emotions of the principals underminine their best resolves to keep their relationship on a professional level and they are only fooling themselves. The heroine's backstory and the real basis for the mystery are tragic but this provides a weight to the novel that is needed: "The Bargain" might float away without it. All in all, one of my favorite romances...Ashford's other novels don't compare although "Charmed and Dangerous" comes close.

humorous, romantic, great read

I've read this book twice and it is a definate keeper. Ashoford has a way with humor, with her observations of the "ton" and men's attitudes towards women's abilities. I thought the sexual tension between the main characters was great...and the story was different from the usual