Destiny's Duchess Author:Caroline Courtney Her fiance was a stranger, but Candida must make sure her husband was not... — The Duke of Stratton agreed to marry Candida Wellesley sight unseen. He had looked at the size of her fortune, and since wealth was what he sought in a bride, he asked for no portrait so that he might judge her beauty. And since the Duke had never seen her, Candida was... more » able to engage herself as governess to his ward. In his own household, she could observe him at work, at play, and in his cups -- and she could decide whether she wanted to wed the Duke of Stratton.« less