A Lady's Deception

By Jeanne Savery

Tacye Adlington disguises herself as her late twin brother in order to provide a proper escort for her younger sister during Bath's Little Season, but her masquerade is threatened by her attraction to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821749773
• ISBN13: 9780821749777
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

A Lady's Deception

When I first read this, a decade or so ago, I read it under the mistaken belief that it would be similar to a manga I adore called Basara. All I really read of the synopsis was 'Young girl masquerades as her late twin brother and gets into trouble'--which is Basara's plot at the most simple. So yes I was mighty surprised and learned the valuable lesson to read the blurb before you read the book to avoid such mishaps again. Regardless this trope--a lady disguising herself as a guy--tickles me pink every time. Whether made seriously or made as a lark, almost invariably the lady in question gets into some situations that are simply outlandish. I especially love it when the hero suspects the lady and purposely makes her squirm to see if she breaks. Lucius is rather like that, pushing buttons to get to the truth. Tacye (for the record she and her sister win for exotic names in Regency Romances, at least for this month) is capable, intelligent, quick-witted and has the inner strength to make the charade work. I fully believe if Lucius hadn't become a factor nothing would have gone wrong. Admittedly the time that Tacye spends a female in Lucius' company is far shorter then what she spends with as a guy, but Lucius caught on to the guise fairly quick. So while Tacye was falling in love with him, and wondering how to explain that she isn't a guy, he was wondering how to get her not to be a guy long enough for things not to get really scandalous!

One of the Best Category Regencies Ever Written!

This is one of my all-time favorite books of any kind, and within category regencies ties for second place with Cathleen Clare's 'Clarissa.' (Number one is Jessica Benson's unbelievably good 'Lord Stanhope's Proposal'). You've read the synopsis, so I won't trot that out again, just let me add a few notes. Tayce, our heroine, is absolute perfection. She manages to impersonte a young man and yet be utterly feminine at the same time. She has enormous depth, intelligence and humor, and her feelings of inadequacy about herself as a woman do not seem to be a plot contrivance but rather perfectly understandable given the circumstances. As for our hero, I don't know how he could be any more of a dream come true. This is a hero who genuinely wants his love to be all that she can and wants to be, who is so comfortable in his own skin that he is not intimidated by a woman who is not only frighteningly capable, but dares to defy conventionn out of love for her family. The fact that he is rich, handsome and titled does not detract from his appeal. Do yourself a favor and buy this book. This is what romance is all about.

A lot of Fun

It's the girl posing as a boy theme but it's very well done. The story is lovely and interesting all the way through. And the are characters wonderful. I really enjoyed it!