Rating: A+
Setting: Historical
Hero: Clayton Westmoreland
Heroine: Whitney Stone
After terribly embarrassing her father when she makes a cake of herself by throwing herself all over a local boy, Paul, Whitney Stone is sent to Paris with her uncle and aunt. There, she blossoms under the loving care of her uncle and aunt and turns into a beautiful, confident and witty young woman. She becomes the new rage in Paris when she is presented to the Parisian Society, capturing the heart of sophisticated and suave Nicolas DuVille. But Whitney remains loyal to her childhood love and returns to England all ready to win Paul's heart with her charms. But she doesn't know that her swimming-in-debts father has traded her off with the Duke of Claymore.
Nicolas DuVille wasn't the only one infatuated with Whitney. Clayton Westmoreland, 9th Duke of Claymore was also fascinated by her when she spurred with him at a masquerade, unknowing who he was, and making fun of noble titles. And that was the time Clayton knew he had to have her but he was also aware that Whitney's stubbornness and willfulness won't let him approach her in a typical courtship. So he devises a plan of paying off her father's debts and signing a betrothal with her father without her knowledge. After Whitney gets to know the truth, there begins a roller coaster ride of emotions and relationship intricacies by the end of which we have a wonderful story of two people who learned to learn from their mistakes, a willful hoyden who ended up a lot more grown-up and mature and an arrogant man who learnt not to jump to conclusions every time.
Over the years as I read more discussions online about this book and its characters, I came to acknowledge their flaws as well but Whitney, My Love was also my book by Judith McNaught, so it must have had something that made me go on a JM spree and devour all her novels!
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