Maxine Martin was an orphan who worked for a Mrs. Martin (no relation) in England. When Mrs. Martin's son, Colin, ran off with Kurt d'Estier's fiancée, Maxine was sent to Morocco to apologize to Kurt because she so happens to look like Mrs. Martin's daughter; they coincidentally share the same name, and because ten years ago Kurt and Mrs. Martin's daughter—who shall now be known as Max—had an almost history together. Maxine was told to pretend to be Max, never thinking Kurt would whisk her off to the desert for revenge. When they found out that Colin and Kurt's fiancée had perished in a plane accident, Kurt forced Maxine into marriage because with Colin dead, Max stand in line to inherit Mrs. Martin's money.

On their wedding night, Kurt discovered the deception and he was very angry because he has been made a fool again, but he won't divorce her for a while to save face. Then Max arrived and Kurt spent a lot of time with her (or it's implied he had) while Maxine was the neglected wife.

Nothing new, but what I found different was that towards the end Kurt never revealed what he was doing all those weeks he was neglecting Maxine. Was he really spending all that time with Max? Did he had an affair with her? I suppose Maxine was so happy with Kurt's love that she didn't care what he was doing in the earlier parts of their marriage now that he belongs to her. ( )