Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught

Whitney Stone, a spirited young woman banished to Paris by her cold father, blossoms into a ravishing beauty and the darling of Parisian society, only to return to England planning to marry her childhood sweetheart, Whitney, My Love on Amazon. However, she discovers her bankrupt father has bargained her away in marriage to the arrogant and alluring Clayton Westmoreland, the Duke of Claymore, who is fiercely determined to make her his wife despite her stubborn infatuation with another. Outraged and defiant, Whitney resists her new husband, yet finds herself intensely tempted by his smoldering passion as they navigate a stormy path of deep desire, stubborn pride, and complex misunderstandings before finding a true, lasting love.