The Heir of Whitestone by Catherine Coulter is an historical romance/ murder mystery novel. I love how the two genres are written together so seamlessly. The year is 1842 and the place is England.
Alex Ivanov is a young man who is going places. He can see in his mind how machines work and how he can make them more efficient. He cannot however remember his life before he was found and saved by Ryan Sherbrooke. That is a blank slate after being hit and thrown into the Thames. Luckily Ryan took him (and quite a few others) into his home.
Lady Camilla Rohman has the quintessential mean step-mother. She is determined to marry Camilla off to the first and worst person. It doesn’t help that Camilla is not the usual lady of her time. She wears glasses, is very intelligent and does not suffer fools.
Camilla and Alex meet and sparks fly. However, in the midst of this Alex is recognized by a parish priest, so Ryan takes him to Whitestone to see if he is indeed the heir of Whitestone. That is when the whole trajectory changes. It is clear that “things” just seem to “happen” to him, like someone is trying to kill him again.
I enjoyed the novel, The Heir of Whitestone by Catherine Coulter. Not just because of her skill in writing great characters, but I loved how the mystery fits in the novel seamlessly.
