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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. And the characters! The plot! I love False Colours so much."Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen." It's definitely made my top 10 by Heyer list. ***** 'Georgette Heyer is the queen of Regency comedy of errors, and this story is one of her best.' It was just pure delight and put a smile on my face more than once.' 'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store!' HARRIET EVANS Escapism of the highest order' DAILY MAIL 'Georgette Heyer's Regency romances brim with elegance, wit and historical accuracy, and this is one of her finest and most entertaining. Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA 'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. 'Elegant, witty and rapturously romantic' KATIE FFORDE Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS It's not long before Kit realises the true extent of his family's tangled affairs it's left to him to set things right.īut in the face of Evelyn's continued absence, Kit's ingenuity is stretched to the limit. Even more shocking, he is informed that his twin brother Evelyn has vanished without a trace. Instead, he is startled to find his alluring yet extravagant mother on the brink of financial and social ruin. When Kit Fancot returns on leave from the diplomatic service, he expects to find his loving family at home waiting for him. 'My generation's Julia Quinn' ADJOA ANDOH, star of Bridgerton

the permanent glister of scandal ties the whole thing together' INDEPENDENT 'A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers. 'The greatest writer who ever lived' ANTONIA FRASER If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!