At any rate, Heyer's Regency romances are so much fun. They sparkle. The only criticism I have (and it's a mild one) is the overuse of slang from that time period. I completely understand the young ones in their twenties flinging around slang, makes perfect sense. But when the sixty year old grannies are talking the same way it just rings a little false. I never heard any of my grandparents say "cool". They sounded like adults, not like me and my friends.
Kit and Evelyn are identical twins in their early twenties. Their father passed, leaving his title to the elder twin, Evelyn. Both boys dote on their loving but flighty mother, Lady Denville. Kit has been in Vienna for years when he gets a feeling that Evelyn in is some kind of trouble and returns home to London. His mother confirms Kit's suspicions: Evelyn has been expected back for a few days and they've had no word from him. Even worse is he's expected to show up to dinner to meet the family, including the formidable Grandmother, of a women he intends to marry, Cressy Stavely. It will be a scandal on both families if Evelyn doesn't attend, so Lady Denville begs Kit to take his place. Kit is reluctant to do so, certain the ruse will be discovered, but he does it anyway. The tangled web gets messier when Kit and Cressy find themselves falling for each other (Cressy, a smart girl, saw right through the scheme and knew it wasn't Evelyn).
So now Kit wants to marry his brother's intended, his brother returns in love with a woman he just met, and they're up to their eyes trying to figure out how to pay off their mother's considerable debts. It was a lot of fun and of course everything worked out in the end.
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