Angelique Latham has grown up at magnificent Belgrave Castle under the loving tutelage of her father, the Duke of Westerfield, after the death of her aristocratic French mother.

At eighteen she is her father’s closest, most trusted child, schooled in managing their grand estate. But when he dies, her half-brothers brutally turn her out, denying her very existence. Angelique has a keen mind, remarkable beauty, and an envelope of money her father pressed upon her.

To survive, she will need all her resources—and one bold stroke of fortune. Unable to secure employment without references or connections, Angélique desperately makes her way to Paris, where she rescues a young woman fleeing an abusive madam—and suddenly sees a possibility: Open an elegant house of pleasure that will protect its women and serve only the best clients.

With her upper-class breeding, her impeccable style, and her father’s bequest, Angélique creates Le Boudoir, soon a sensational establishment where powerful men, secret desires, and beautiful, sophisticated women come together. But living on the edge of scandal, can she ever make a life of her own—or regain her rightful place in the world?

From England to Paris to New York, Danielle Steel captures an age of upheaval and the struggles of women in a male-ruled society—and paints a captivating portrait of a woman of unquenchable spirit, who in houses great or humble is every ounce a duchess.


安潔莉克．雷瑟姆自法國貴族出身的母親去世後，在壯麗的貝爾格雷夫城堡長大，備受父親威斯特菲爾德公爵呵護。

安潔莉克在十八歲時學習管理家族龐大的領地，她是父親最親近也最信任的子女。然而，在父親死後，同父異母的兄弟殘忍地將安潔莉克趕走，拒絕承認她的存在。好在安潔莉克擁有敏銳的頭腦、絕世的美貌和父親塞在信封袋中給她的一筆錢。

為了存活，除了需要運用她所有的資源，還需要一番好運氣。在沒有受到推薦或因為沒有人脈而找不到工作的困境下，安潔莉克想盡辦法來到法國，碰巧救了名遭受老鴇虐待而逃跑的年輕女子，就在這時，安潔莉克看到了一線曙光——她可以開一間高雅的妓院，不但保護旗下妓女，也專為高檔客戶服務。

安潔莉克憑著她上流社會的身段、無可挑剔的時尚風格以及父親留下的遺產，開設了「女人香閨」，不久便掀起一股風潮，成為有權有勢的男人、美麗世故的女人、及秘密情慾的匯聚之地。但是，生活在醜聞邊緣的她，究竟能否創造屬於自己的生活？抑或是重新找到自己在世上應有的位置？

從英國到巴黎，再到紐約， Danielle Steel 描繪了一段動盪的歲月，以及在男性支配的社會中，女性的種種掙扎努力。以動人的文字，描繪一位意志堅定的女性，不論身份貴賤，她都是位真正的女爵。