It had been Clayton’s plan to keep their betrothal a secret – even from her because he wanted to woo her, to make her come to care for him on her own without having to force her into the marriage. In the beginning she is extremely irritated by him but eventually comes to see him as a friend, but because he learns that Paul is about to ask for her hand in marriage, it becomes necessary to tell her the truth – that she was, in Whitney’s words, sold to Clayton, a man she could barely tolerate to pay off her father’s debts. He is a handsome but annoying man who is pursuing her with the same fervor in which she is pursuing Paul. Whitney returns home and immediately begins going out into Society where she meets one Clayton Westmorland who just happens to live but a few miles away from her. What she doesn’t know, and doesn’t find out for awhile, is that her father has betrothed her to another man.
She would miss her aunt and uncle desperately, but she wanted to hurry home and show her father that she had become a woman he could be proud of – and of course to show Paul Sevarin the same thing and to once again begin her pursuit of him with increased fervor. When her father finally and most unexpectedly sends for her to return home to England, she is thrilled. She grew up to become an accomplished young woman – beautiful, sophisticated and confident. Her aunt and uncle both adored her and for the last few years of her ‘childhood’ gave her a taste of what a real, loving family felt like. Whitney didn’t know it at the time, but that was the best thing that could have happened to her. My heart ached for her upon learning that her father was sending her to France to live with an aunt and uncle because he was simply at his wits end with her. No stunt was too outlandish as long as he noticed her. I loved the young girl, and her adventurous nature - her unabashed ‘love’ for Paul Sevarin and her sneaky little tricks to draw his attention. Having been raised without a mother’s affection and gentle nurturing to guide her, her upbringing was overseen by a father who had taken little interest in her, leaving her to her own devices only to chastise and criticize her when she disappointed him. McNaught gave us such a well defined, deeply complex character, that I was able to understand and forgive all of her perceived shortcomings. When writing Whitney’s role in the story, Ms. Then it dawned on me – for Judith McNaught to be able to make me feel such a wide range of emotions – joy, despair, passion, pain, betrayal, hatred and love – and feel them deeply enough to bring me to tears more than just a couple of times, she must truly be an amazing author. When I was laughing, smiling and sighing, I wanted to give it a 5 star rating. When I was upset and sobbing I wanted to give it a 1 star rating.
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Reading Whitney, My Love took me on such a roller coaster ride of emotions that I’ve been struggling with exactly how to review it and how to rate it. Then it dawned on me – for Judith McNaught to be able to make me feel such a wide range of emotions – joy, despair, passion, pain, betrayal, hatred and love – and feel them This review contains spoilers - Reading Whitney, My Love took me on such a roller coaster ride of emotions that I’ve been struggling with exactly how to review it and how to rate it. The book ended with me disgusted about how he broke Whitney's spirit with all the emotional abuse and since none of his issues trusting her are ever resolved the HEA is unbelievable.more
During the course of the book he beats her until she cries (I forget whether it was a horse whip or a riding crop), rapes, threatens to cheat, and desserts his heroine not once but twice due to his own idiocy (each time leaving his lady love to grovel to win him back). The entire book our hero's either acting from selfish ulterior motives, paranoid distrust (that results in cruelty), or 'let's make this all about me' guilt = /. It mentally scarred me at 16 so much, that I didn't touch a historical romance again until I was 25. During the course of the book he beats her until she cries (I forget whether it was a horse whip or a I was a bottomless romance pit as a teen, I read everything and loved it all( Including books that now make me gag) until I read this. I was a bottomless romance pit as a teen, I read everything and loved it all( Including books that now make me gag) until I read this.
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