And there is the mystery of where Evelyn could be and what is keeping him away from his family. She also wisely provides a cast of characters that are fun to read about, as well as a family that cares deeply for one another. This twin-swapping masquerade was a fun read, and the author uses plenty of humour and sparking banter to liven things up. Of course Kit and Cressy fall in love but society is expecting the lasting commitment to be that of Evelyn and Cressida.
He therefore is courting the sensible and well admired Cressida but when Evelyn goes missing, his twin, Kit, on leave from the foreign service, steps in and masquerades as his brother.
Her twin sons, Evelyn and Christopher who love her to bits want to help her clear her debts but the family fortune is tied up in a trust that the elder twin cannot break until he marries. The extravagant, excitable and most charming Dowager Lady Denville is a spend-thrift without equal and has managed to accumulate humongous debts. "Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen."â?Publishers Week … ( more)įalse Colours by Georgette Heyer was a slow moving but intriguing historical romance story that pulled me in from the beginning. I've read her books to ragged shreds."â?Kate Fenton, Daily Telegraph When the incorrigible Lady Fancot persuades her son to impersonate his twin (just for one night, she promises) the masquerade sets off a tangled sequence of events that engage Kit's heart far more deeply than he'd ever anticipated with his brother's fiancÃ?©eâ?who might know much more about what's going on than she cares to reveal.
If Evelyn fails to meet the Dowager Lady Stavely in a few days as planned, the betrothal could be off. The Fancot family's fortunes are riding on Evelyn's marriage to the self-possessed Cressy Stavely, and her formidable grandmother's approval of the match. Kit returns to London on leave from the diplomatic service to find that his twin brother Evelyn has disappeared and his extravagant mother's debts have mounted alarmingly. Something is very wrong, and the Honourable Christopher "Kit" Fancot can sense it. The Queen of Regency Romance, bestselling author Georgette Heyer, charms readers with this delightful romp of mistaken identity.
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