A review by wendysimon
With This Ring by Amanda Quick

4.0

This was just the type of book I needed right now. A period romance/mystery with a strong female heroise. Beatrice Poole is an author under the pseudonym Mrs. Ameilia York. When her niece's future is put in jeopardy by the untimely death of their uncle and a lack of dowry, Beatrice sets out to find where the money went. She finds a reference to a large purchase that she believes was the Forbidden Rings of Aphrodite which open up a statue with a treasure inside. Now she believes her uncle was murdered and turns to Leo, the Earl of Monkcrest, to help because he is an expert on antiquities. The rest of the book describes their budding romance and their search for the truth which ends up leaving a lot of bodies behind. When they finally do discover the treasure, it is quite hilarious.