Before there was Meghan Markle, there was Consuelo Vanderbilt, the original American Duchess. From the dawning of the opulent Gilded Age, to the battles of the Second World War, AMERICAN DUCHESS is a riveting tale of one woman’s quest to attain independence --- at any price.

From New York Times bestselling author Karen Harper comes a novel based on the lives of two amazing sisters. One sailed the Titanic and started a fashion empire. The other overtook Hollywood and scandalized the world. Together, they were unstoppable.

Although her sister Anne (who became the queen) is the one most remembered by history, Mary was the Boleyn that set into motion the chain of events that brought about their meteoric rise to power, as well as the one who managed to escape their equally remarkable fall. Sent away from home at an extraordinarily young age, Mary is quickly plunged into the dangerous world of court politics, where everything is beautiful, but deceptive, and everyone is always watching and manipulating.