by Georgette Heyer
What’s a boy to do when his identical twin brother goes missing just before an important dinner to meet his fiancé’s family and get their seal of approval? Why impersonate him, of course! Although the plotline is predictable, this is another enjoyable regency “romp”. Heyer has once again created som...
-- Originally reviewed at Here There Be Books. --Yes, another Georgette Heyer book! There's just something about them that makes me feel like I'm surrounded by a snuggly blanket. They're clever and funny but they ALSO have some really great characters who get into trouble that somehow never seems cl...
Probably closer to 2.5 stars.The best way that I can describe it is to say that this book was too "busy". Too much description and entirely too much dialogue. I wanted to shout at the characters to shut up for a while and give me some time to think.The plot was fairly predictable, but I liked the ...
This is a quiet book: no romping and no hilarity, although the premise might’ve supported such excesses. In this tale of two identical twins, all the preconceptions are turned on their heads. Kit, a diplomatic secretary in Vienna, is the rational younger twin to Evelyn, the impulsive and rakish Earl...
My sister read a little of this aloud in the car. The plot sounds hilarious.
After a disquieting feeling that his twin brother is in trouble, Kit Fancome rushes back to London. There, he finds that his brother Evelyn has disappeared, and no one has seen him for a week. Even worse, Evelyn has arranged to meet his fiancee's family the very next day--and if he doesn't show, th...
I had a vague idea when I started this one that I had really disliked it the first time I read it and vowed to never read it again. By the time I finished, I had convinced myself that this was a delusion of my strange brain. But it wasn’t. I went to add it to my Goodreads account, only to discover t...
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