False Colours by Georgette Heyer

False Colours by Georgette Heyer ISBN-13: 9781402210754 Trade Paperback: 342 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Released: 1963; March 1, 2008

Source: Borrowed from the local library.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Honourable Christopher "Kit" Fancot 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. 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.

If Evelyn fails to meet the Dowager Lady Stavely in a few days as planned, the betrothal could be off. 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.


My Review:
False Colours is a Regency romance novel. This romance was mostly dinner parties and garden walks, so there wasn't much action-adventure. But I loved this fun story!

There are funny scenes of Kit and his mother making tiny slips about his identity, and the mother's personality created a lot of humorous scenes. While I could guess what had happened to Evelyn, who was going to marry whom, and so on, there were several times the story took a turn that I didn't expect.

**minor spoiler** I love that the heroine is astute enough to realize Kit isn't the man she agreed to marry, and she doesn't jump to the conclusion that she can't trust Kit because of the lie.**end spoiler**

There was no sex. There was some bad language (mostly using "God" in a swearing sense). Overall, I'd recommend this enjoyable novel.


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