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The Cornuta Curse
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest 2014 - Round One Winner!
One in four men cheat. But what if their betrayal is inevitable? What if, the women are cursed? Cursed by a 500-year-old love lock. If you were the one in four, would you try to break the curse?
Mara doesn’t believe in curses. She believes in facts: the women in her family are the one in four just like 800 million other women in the world.
Until one night of tragedy changes everything and Mara must confront the Cornuta Curse, the curse that’s doomed the women in her family to generations of betrayal, whether she believes in it or not.
Armed with an heirloom key and a fireside tale of a botched up love pact, Mara arrives in the medieval villages that are set among the Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera in Italy. Colourful tower houses nestled into cliffs that plunge down into the glistening sea: at first glance it is a tourism mecca of spectacular beauty.
However, within moments Mara is lost in the folds of an old world village, where a dark history of pirates, murder and betrayal still reigns – her curse at the root of it all.
On meeting Saro, part time barman, part time pirate, Mara starts to believe in the verity of her curse and the possibility of true love. But as the curse promises wealth, love and even life to all involved, will Saro help her solve the puzzle of the Cornuta Curse, or will he kill to keep it alive?
The Cornuta Curse is book one in the Love Locks series by Indie Author, A. Scott.
One in four men cheat. But what if their betrayal is inevitable? What if, the women are cursed? Cursed by a 500-year-old love lock. If you were the one in four, would you try to break the curse?
Mara doesn’t believe in curses. She believes in facts: the women in her family are the one in four just like 800 million other women in the world.
Until one night of tragedy changes everything and Mara must confront the Cornuta Curse, the curse that’s doomed the women in her family to generations of betrayal, whether she believes in it or not.
Armed with an heirloom key and a fireside tale of a botched up love pact, Mara arrives in the medieval villages that are set among the Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera in Italy. Colourful tower houses nestled into cliffs that plunge down into the glistening sea: at first glance it is a tourism mecca of spectacular beauty.
However, within moments Mara is lost in the folds of an old world village, where a dark history of pirates, murder and betrayal still reigns – her curse at the root of it all.
On meeting Saro, part time barman, part time pirate, Mara starts to believe in the verity of her curse and the possibility of true love. But as the curse promises wealth, love and even life to all involved, will Saro help her solve the puzzle of the Cornuta Curse, or will he kill to keep it alive?
The Cornuta Curse is book one in the Love Locks series by Indie Author, A. Scott.
247 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 29, 2013
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January 5, 2014
I've given this book five stars, but as this ebook is my debut as an Indie Author, I look forward to hearing what Goodreads members think so that it can be judged properly.
The Cornuta Curse is inspired by the nature, people and history of the Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera in Italy. I have been fortunate enough to have spent time living in the Cinque Terre - the world’s most well preserved medieval fishing villages.
The Cinque Terre offers a spectacular fusion of the old world with the new, not just in the landscape but also in the people and their traditions. I am constantly in awe of the way history dictates what is done in everyday life here – there are behaviours, work practices, traditions and celebrations that are carried out today just as they were over 500 years ago.
While The Cornuta Curse is a fictional piece, it does draw on real superstitions and traditions from the past and present as I have understood them. The term cornuto or cornuta, meaning cuckold or cuckquean, dates back to medieval times and is still used here. There is a hand gesture for it and even a party. The party is held on the eleventh day of the eleventh month – those who follow Mara’s journey in The Cornuta Curse and practise her gestures will understand why it is held on this date.
I hope I have been able to share some of the spirit of the Cinque Terre through The Cornuta Curse and that Goodreads members who have been to the Cinque Terre, and those still to go, enjoy reading it.
The Cornuta Curse is inspired by the nature, people and history of the Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera in Italy. I have been fortunate enough to have spent time living in the Cinque Terre - the world’s most well preserved medieval fishing villages.
The Cinque Terre offers a spectacular fusion of the old world with the new, not just in the landscape but also in the people and their traditions. I am constantly in awe of the way history dictates what is done in everyday life here – there are behaviours, work practices, traditions and celebrations that are carried out today just as they were over 500 years ago.
While The Cornuta Curse is a fictional piece, it does draw on real superstitions and traditions from the past and present as I have understood them. The term cornuto or cornuta, meaning cuckold or cuckquean, dates back to medieval times and is still used here. There is a hand gesture for it and even a party. The party is held on the eleventh day of the eleventh month – those who follow Mara’s journey in The Cornuta Curse and practise her gestures will understand why it is held on this date.
I hope I have been able to share some of the spirit of the Cinque Terre through The Cornuta Curse and that Goodreads members who have been to the Cinque Terre, and those still to go, enjoy reading it.
April 23, 2014
I got this book to read and review from Library Thing. Seeing its popularity on Amazon, I had high hopes for this book. However, I had difficulty staying with it as I ploughed along through it and constantly was trying to understand what was going on and how it all fit together. The author has written a big mixture of past and present, which made it tough to follow and understand. I really felt lost the first several pages. It got easier after that, but never did become a quick, easy read for me. The plot involves a curse on all the women in a family which leads them to unfulfilled marriages where one person in the relationship, usually the man, cheats on the other. The main character returns to her ancestral home in Italy to try to break the curse. I found the book filled with a lot of good descriptions of the areas, but still tough to follow and really understand as well as not engaging me, as the reader. I finally finished the book, but can neither recommend it nor give it a higher rating than two stars.
February 5, 2014
This was not my kind of book. It was not interesting to me so I stopped at page 72, roughly a third of the book.
However, just because I didn't like the story doesn't mean the author is crap. On the contrary, her writing is wonderful. What came to mind first was that her writing is lively. There's always a sense of movement, something about to happen. The main character is a tough girl, very independent, & fiercely loyal to her sister. She's fiery most times; somestimes unsure.Her descriptions of the characters' surroundings are colorful. I could see everything and hear sounds clearly in my mind.
I much prefer fantasy novels, but anyone who likes real-life non-fiction might enjoy this read.
However, just because I didn't like the story doesn't mean the author is crap. On the contrary, her writing is wonderful. What came to mind first was that her writing is lively. There's always a sense of movement, something about to happen. The main character is a tough girl, very independent, & fiercely loyal to her sister. She's fiery most times; somestimes unsure.Her descriptions of the characters' surroundings are colorful. I could see everything and hear sounds clearly in my mind.
I much prefer fantasy novels, but anyone who likes real-life non-fiction might enjoy this read.
August 19, 2014
I won a copy of this book from librarything. I really enjoyed this book. It was part chick lit, part adventure, part romance, part historical... There was a little bit of everything. The main character was great, very brave and with a great sense of humor. There were lots of twists along the way, and I never knew what was coming next. The ending left me with lots of questions, and I will be interested in finding out what happens next for sure.
April 8, 2014
I give up.... I've reached almost page 70, and I'm still as confused as I was at the beginning... DNF...
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