Description
The Duchess is an emotive story of loss and betrayal by the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel.
When Angélique is eighteen, she loses her beloved father – the Duke of Westerfield. Outwardly, Angélique has the world at her feet, residing within the walls of her ancestral home – Belgrave Castle – but machinations are underway to change her destiny. Her step-brothers have always been jealous of her and use this opportunity to cast her out of her home, with little more than the clothes on her back.
Angélique now must fight for her survival, and seeks out a job as a nanny in the south of England. But the family are not all they appear to be. With the lady of the house flitting between London and Hampshire, it’s left to Angélique to care for her four children. The household is a place danger and temptation. Just as she begins to adjust to her new life, misfortune strikes once more . . .
Will Angélique find the strength she needs to shape a new future as a governess? What might become of her beloved home, Belgrave Castle, and the poisonous deceit of her brothers – will they always stand in the way of her happiness?