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| The Cornuta Curse, book one of the Love Locks series by 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?
Inspired by the nature, people and history of the Cinque
Terre on the Italian Riviera in Italy, A. Scott’s debut novel, The Cornuta
Curse, explores the old and new world of infidelity and one woman’s determination
to break a curse, which may be responsible for generations of adultery in her
family.
But 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, whether
she believes in it or not.
Armed with an heirloom key and a fireside tale of a
botched up love lock pact, Mara arrives in the medieval fishing 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 – the Cornuta Curse at the root of it all.
On meeting Saro, part time barman, part time pirate,
Mara starts to believe in the verity of the Cornuta Curse and the possibility
of true love. But as the curse promises wealth, love and even life to all
involved, will Saro help her break the curse, or will he kill to keep it alive?
This romantic suspense novel is Book One of the Love
Locks series. Indie Author, A. Scott, who has spent time living in the Cinque
Terre explains the motivation behind the Cornuta Curse,
“The Cinque Terre are the world’s most well preserved
medieval fishing villages, which results in 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 and practise her gestures will
understand why it is held on this date.”
The Cornuta Curse is book one in the Love Locks series
by A. Scott. It is available on Amazon Kindle, iTunes, Diesel, Smashwords and Barnes & Noble in ebook format and more information
can be found at http://www.thecornutacurse.com.
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For more information or interviews with the author A.
Scott. contact: thecornutacurse@gmail.com.
