<p><b>If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!</b> <p><b>'The greatest writer who ever lived' </b>Antonia Fraser<br><b>'As incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's novels'</b> Joanne Harris<br><b>'Triumphantly good' </b>India Knight<br><b>_____________ <p>Neither Sir Tristram Shield nor his beautiful young cousin, Eustacie, share the slightest inclination to marry one another.</b> <p>Yet it is Eustacie's grandfather's dying wish, made on his deathbed. <p>For there is no one else to look after and provide for Eustacie while his heir, Ludovic, remains a fugitive from justice after allegedly murdering a man in a dispute over a priceless family heirloom. <p>And so the hunt is on - to find Ludovic and bring him home as well as the Talisman Ring ... <p><b>Romance, a murder mystery, a proposed marriage of convenience, and the hunt for a golden ring lie at the heart of one of Georgette Heyer's funniest and fastest-paced romantic comedies to date.</b><br><b>_____________</b> <p><b>Readers love <i>The Talisman Ring</i> . . .</b> <p>***** '<b>Fantastic rip roaring comedy-</b> mystery- farce, with not one romance, but two!'<br>***** 'I <b>love this book</b>. I love the characters; I love the plot.'<br>***** 'I know I'll be <b>rereading </b>it whenever I need a good laugh.'<br>***** 'I <b>could not put this book down</b>.'<br>***** 'It's <b>hilarious</b> and made me laugh out loud. Definitely one of Heyer's best.'</p>