Angélique has grown up at Belgrave Castle under the loving tutelage of her father, the Duke of Westerfield. But when he dies, her half-brothers brutally turn her out, denying her very existence. To survive, she will need all her resources--and one bold stroke of fortune. From England to Paris to New York, Steel paints a portrait of a woman of unquenchable spirit, who is every ounce a duchess.