He looks forward to setting up household in London with his shy, biddable wife, a woman who John could teach to become a fine diplomat’s wife. John, considered the least talented of four sons, found a new sense of purpose and confidence on his mission. Fordyce’s middle name might as well be Villain.īut the event of the past two years have changed both John and Mary. Just before reaching England, John’s ship hits a rock, and as the ship is sinking, John goes below to rescue his boss, Lord Amherst, while his feckless colleague, the Honorable Edmund Fordyce refuses to help. Soon afterward, John, who works for the Foreign Office, is sent away on a diplomatic mission to China, and the book opens nearly two years later as he returns. As such, they seem to make a perfect match, and so, after a short courtship in Bath, they marry. John and Mary (and really, couldn’t the author have come up with at least one different name) are viewed by their respective families as pattern-cards of propriety. I always enjoy a marriage-of-convenience story, and Married to a Perfect Stranger delivers exactly that.
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