Excellent romance between Teresa and Arthur. Everyone needs an Earl in their life! I can’t wait to read another Jane Ashford novel.

This was not really what i had hoped it to be. I ended up just being bored and feeling meh about it. The characters were so and so.

Found the heroine extremely unlikeable, with the way she just jumps at erroneous conclusions right away, and how we don't even see where she's coming from to have such wrong opinions and stand by them
This then did not make for an enjoyable read for me - kept wondering why the poor earl would put up with this (except for the fact the author had deemed it so...)

I enjoyed this entire series. I loved that the author found love for the hero after he helped the younger gentleman recover from grief and find love. I also love that it's about an older couple coming to terms with finding love again.

A nice story, what’s going to happen with Arthur and Teresa is she’s keeping secrets about her life and her past?

Earl's Well That Ends Well by Jane Ashford is a historical romance that sends it readers into the pages willingly. The plot is well planned, the characters have depth and the pace moves along steadily. It was a bit of a long chase for Arthur and the heroine, Teresa, was a bit bull-headed at some points but it did indeed end well. I do recommend this novel to all historical romance readers.

This is a super fun read. I really enjoyed this one!

Many thanks to the author, the publisher, and Netgalley for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

I wanted an epilogue! The Earl’s story deserved it. A little steamy action would have been good, too. Overall, it was a fitting, satisfying end to the series, confirming that the Earl of Macklin is a rare breed: a British aristocrat who is fair, honest, humane, and democratic. Impossible not to draw parallels to Trump, Epstein and the oligarchs in our country who place themselves above the law and have utter disdain and disregard for anyone they feel is below them and therefore unworthy of attention, kindness and support. Makes me realize that this sort of evil is universal and unending.

I hope her next series is a spin-off featuring the 3 young lady detectives and Tim, whose life readers will be eager to follow.

I received a complimentary ARC of this book from Sourcebooks Casablanca through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

Jane Ashford spins a delightful regency romp in Earl's Well the Ends Well. Arthur, the Earl of Madden, is a widower who has used his grieving for his wife to help others find their way in life from young ladies to a servant boy. Now he meets Teresa Alverez, a Spanish lady with a hidden past in the course of solving the disappearance of opera dancers from Drury Lane Theatre where Tereza paints sets and his protege acts. They join forces to find the missing young ladies and develop romantic feelings. Can this work out? Read on and find out.

Earl’s well that ends well is the fifth book in Jane Ashford’s “The Way to a Lord’s Heart” series but the first I’ve read from this series and by this author so maybe I would’ve appreciated it much more if I’d read the previous books.

While the book is entertaining enough to keep you turning the pages it has two big problems IMO:

- The romance is almost non-existent in favor of a mystery plot. Unlike other readers I don’t mind when there’s a mystery plot in my historical romances (in fact, I prefer it) but in this case I don’t think the plot is well executed and its resolution is too convenient and not that thrilling. The fact that a good chunk of the book is spent on this mystery makes the relationship between the two main characters underdeveloped and the chemistry between them is nowhere to be found.

- The heroine. I couldn’t stand her and her attitude towards the hero for most of the book. I can understand her past makes it difficult for her to trust people, but she’s so awful and rude to him and every other character that comes in contact with her with no reason whatsoever that I couldn’t warm up to her.

Although a bit of a letdown I’ll read some of the other books in the series as I’m curious about the backstory of some of the secondary characters that appear in this one.

I really enjoyed this book. It was a very sweet romance between the two main characters, Teresa and Arthur. Arthur was this older cinnamon roll hero who truly cared about people's well being, no matter their station. And it was a bit of a mystery with Teresa, because it's like she was trying to stay under the radar even though she was clearly a lady noblewoman who wasn't living like a noblewoman normally would. Definitely going to be picking up more Jane Ashford!

*I apologize for the delay; I thought I had posted this review a month ago.

This book was a wonder from the start. Normally, I do not like May-December romances, but the characters in this book were both older. The heroine was not a fresh-plucked debutante looking for her fairy tale husband. And the hero was a widower with older children.
But I became enraptured after I started reading. This book was so much a mix of society. You have the theater and it's workers. Workers like the dancers, stage hands, costumes and set designers. Then you have the aristocracy. The Earl's, the ladies, the young misses and older arbiters of society. The two main characters each came from.one of these. As you read the story, it become apparant that the heroine had suffered much in her life. I am not going to go into detail, I mean you need to read the book after all, but she has suffered, yet was able to carve a life for herself where she was able to come to a different country try, speaking a different language and using her skills was able to provide for herself and even have a maid. She was a person that her neighbors looked up.to as a leader. The hero was an earl, who had become jaded with life. He was lonely after being widowed and his family wanted him to find himself again. He had begun coming out of his shell in past stories, but this was his story. Now, this is part of a series, but I didn't see many references nor do I remember the previous story. So it is a stand alone book.
And it is a sweet story. A couple of linging looks, and lovely kiss and the main social injustice if the story was sex trafficking. Only Ms. Ashford would be so bold.
This book is worth buying, reading and cherishing. I would love to give it more than 5 stars, but am unable to do so.i recommend buying and reading this story.

This book is the third and final book in Jane Ashfords Way to a Lords Heart series but they can all be read as a standalone. It is a regency England historical second chance romance with a mystery and some fun supporting characters. This is very different than other historicals that I normally read. The characters are a lot older they are in their late 40s to 50s. The characters are likable and sweet. If you are looking for a nice sweet romance in a historical setting this is for you. It has very little steam.

Unfortunately, I don't have anything nice to say about this book.

Arthur is known for being a meddler, from the other books, and he continues to get into everyone else's business. Teresa was just mean. I didn't see any love or actual feelings between the two of them, and I didn't like how much Arthur had to degrade himself for Teresa to deign to marry him.

Arthur has spent the last year helping four young men recover from losing a loved one. Along the way they each also found love. Feeling the emptiness of his estate, he goes to London where he encounters Teresa. He is instantly intrigued.

Teresa has no time for Arthur in her life. She has made a new life for herself in London and it doesn't include having an affair with him. But no matter how much she tries to dissuade him, he keeps coming around. This leads to actually getting to know and respect him...which she never imagine would happen.

Will Teresa decide to open her heart so that she might finally get her HEA with Arthur?

I adored Teresa and Arthur's story. Having read the previous books in the series and loved Arthur to death, I'm so glad that Ashford let him get his HEA! I loved watching these two together! With Teresa not wanting to have anything to do with the nobility, Arthur had to work hard to get her to see the man that he was and that he was worth getting to know. I have throughly enjoyed this series! I don't know if this is the last book in the series, but there is one more person I would like to see get their HEA (fingers crossed)!

Was a decent read, but it felt like nothing really happened except till the end because there wasn't a lot of drama or anything. The main characters were both really proper, calm, and timid it felt like. I wish there had been more going on. I liked the mystery aspect of this book, and I felt that what was going on really kept me interested in the book. I liked Arthur overall, and I thought he was super sweet and everything, but overall he wasn't a favorite in terms of like his seductive demeanor. He didn't really have any seductiveness about him. I just wish there was more to this story. And if you're looking for a book with sexy times, this isn't it. There wasn't any. I don't really historical romance for only the sexy times, but I like to at least have a bit of chemistry or spice to it and sadly this just didn't have it. But overall it was a nice read.

A lonely widower. A woman of secrets. A life of happiness?

Earl’s Well that Ends Well is the last book in the Way to a Lord’s Heart series by Manda Collins. Arthur Shelton, the Earl of Macklin, has returned home after guiding four young men and helping them find love after each had suffered heartache and grief. All he finds in London is loneliness until meeting a background painter for the theater one day. Arthur is captivated by the mysterious Teresa Alvarez de Grenada.

Teresa is a Spanish noblewoman who has seen and experienced grief and heartache as well during the war with Napoleon. She has had to fight for everything she has and won’t give up and give in to Arthur’s charisma just because he has a title. She has found a place painting backdrops for the theater and believes her life is just fine the way it is. Little does she know that meeting Arthur could give her a life and love for all time.

Arthur and Teresa get involved in the mysterious disappearance of several theater dancers, the return of someone from Teresa’s past, and the matchmaking of a mutual friend. Will they solve the mysteries that they encounter and realize that life is for living, loving, forgiving, and accepting each other for who they are?

I really enjoyed reading the Earl’s story because I feel that after everything he has done for others, he deserves to have a happy ending and find love again. Teresa has done things she is not proud of, but she has accepted that she can forgive herself and open her heart.

At the same time, I was sad to see an ending to the series, but the author surprised me by writing the Earl’s story.

Earl's Well That Ends Well is the fifth book in Jane Ashford's The Way to a Lord's Heart series. The clever title and beautiful cover first caught my eye. When I realized I've read two of the previous books in the series and really enjoyed them, I was happy to get an opportunity to review this installment. And when I realized this was Arthur's story, the matchmaker in the previous novels, I was ecstatic! Arthur really deserved his own HEA. Alas, though this was a pleasant story, I feel poor Arthur was cheated.

Arthur Shelton, the widowed Earl of Macklin, previously helped four grieving noblemen get past their grief and find love. Arthur, however, began to see how empty and lonely his own life was, so he returned to London. There he meets Teresa Alvarez de Granada, a Spanish noblewoman, and is quickly taken with the beautiful woman. Teresa, however, has been hurt and used in the past, and does her best to avoid the handsome earl. When the two begin to investigate the disappearance of young opera dancers that Teresa knew, however, she feels herself being drawn to Arthur. Can a woman with a past have a relationship with a highly respected lord and not ruin his life?

One thing I particularly liked about this story is that both leads were not in the first blush of youth; Arthur was a 50-year-old grandfather and Teresa, I believe, was in her 40's. That was a nice change of pace. I enjoyed reading about Arthur in the previous books, and I was thrilled that he would get the love he so richly deserved the second time around. I had trouble warming to Teresa, however. Though I could sympathize with her because she was previously hurt, I think she didn't give Arthur much opportunity to get to know her better; therefore, her growing feelings of love didn't ring true to me. The plot of the missing opera dancers seemed a bit contrived; I did, though, enjoy the bantering of the young ladies of the ton who wanted to help with the investigation. Though this wasn't a total win for me, it was an enjoyable sweet romance. I just think Arthur deserved more.

I received an ARC of this book courtesy of the publisher and NetGalley. I received no compensation for my review, and all thoughts and opinions expressed are entirely my own.

Earl’s Well That Ends Well is a second-chance romance about a nobleman falling in love again after a decade of being a widower, and the mysterious woman who catches his eye. While the characters are well-written and the pace of the story works, the resolution and romance leave something to be desired.

Arthur Shelton, Earl of Macklin, has just reached middle age. He is surrounded by his doting children and loving friends, but feels a void in his life as his progeny raise their own families. Choosing to return to London for the season, Arthur encounters a woman who bewitches him entirely, and has to find a way into her heart.

Teresa Alvarez de Granada encounters Arthur when he visits the theatre where she works. She paints sets, and has built an independent, safe life for herself, one that grants her respectability and peace after years of turbulence. Distrustful of aristocrats by nature, Teresa rebuffs the earl’s interest and tries to move on with her life. However, the machinations of fate push them together in an effort to solve a series of unusual disappearances plaguing the theatre.

Arthur is well established in society, and while considered a tad eccentric, he is otherwise seen as an exemplary gentleman. He didn’t sow many wild oats, settling down young with his beloved wife. Their relationship is described as loving and mutually respectful, and it is clear that Arthur was a devoted husband and engaged father. All that aside, Teresa immediately thinks that Arthur is out of touch and has no concept of the life led by normal, working class people. Arthur, for his part, is confused and frustrated by Teresa’s indifference, and occasional rudeness. While they are pushed together by circumstance, Arthur has to try to overcome Teresa’s first impression of him, and hopefully earn her love in the process.

The main issue I had with the book is that there is too much time spent on secondary characters and subplots, and not enough of the story is devoted to the actual romance; while the reader learns a lot about the main characters, there isn’t enough relationship building. There is definite and clear chemistry between the two protagonists, but the romance pretty much stagnates until the last couple of chapters of the book. The end itself isn’t satisfying; the story stops really abruptly and without fanfare. The ending doesn’t feel like a resolution. The last page sneaks up on the reader, and while the ending IS good, it isn’t very satisfying or cohesive. The final conflict of the story seems manufactured, rather than following from previous events. And, while Teresa had great potential, she really doesn’t get a chance to grow as a character. Most of the character development is reserved for Arthur, and while it’s necessary and his arc is satisfying, Teresa could have used more time on the page to work through her trauma and move on to her new life. Teresa had a lot of potential as a complicated, intense character, but so little was resolved for her that the narrative feels rushed, even unfinished.

Earl’s Well That Ends Well is a well-written story with a full world, populated with interesting characters. The plot has good structure, but too much of the romance is sacrificed for sleuthing and mystery-solving. While it is certainly an enjoyable read, it isn’t really that romantic, nor does the heroine really get her due.

Arthur and Tersa's story is a funny and poignant one. It is hilarious in places.
Filled with amazing people and a funny storyline it is Jane Ashford at her best.
I received a complimentary copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving this review.