The Devil's Daughter by Danielle Steel

The Devil's Daughter

A Novel

Danielle Steel

Diversified Publishing · Print & ebook · January 13, 2026

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two diametrically different sisters—one calculating and egotistical, the other honorable, kind, and compassionate—clash in this compelling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel.

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Who it’s for
Readers interested in complex sibling relationships
Themes
family dynamics, sibling rivalry, personal growth
Pacing
Mixed

About this book

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two diametrically different sisters—one calculating and egotistical, the other honorable, kind, and compassionate—clash in this compelling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel. Graduating magna cum laude from MIT is the happiest day of Billie Banks’s life, although her family is not part of it. Her mother, who always supported her, died when Billie was seventeen.

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Since then, her father has been slowly drinking himself to death on the family farm in Iowa, and she and her younger sister, Mickie, have grown even more estranged. Growing up, the siblings could not have been more different. Billie was shy, small, bookish, more like their mother; tall, blond Mickie was boldly sexual, craving attention, and lacking empathy for anyone, like their father. Despite Billie’s attempts to look after Mickie following their mother’s death, her sister consistently treated her with cruelty. So when Mickie invites Billie to move in with her in Los Angeles, Billie is both wary and hopeful. Taking a leap of faith, she joins her sister on the West Coast. While Mickie lands a questionable modeling job and falls in with a fast crowd, Billie begins working at a pathology lab and starts dating a warm, supportive reporter at the Los Angeles Times. But then the siblings’ difficult history once again rises to the surface. This gripping story of a sisterly bond strained to the breaking point by narcissism and temptation is an unforgettable tale of good and evil from Danielle Steel.

Who it’s for

  • Readers interested in complex sibling relationships
  • Fans of domestic thrillers with emotional depth

Where it sits

Sibling Stories89%
Psychological Fiction52%
Contemporary Romance43%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Contemporary Romance
  • Women's Fiction
  • Family Life
Authors
Danielle Steel
Publisher
Diversified Publishing
Published
January 13, 2026
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
family dynamics · sibling rivalry · personal growth
Reading lane
Contemporary Romance