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The Betrothal edition by Mirella Sichirollo Patzer Literature Fiction eBooks

Robert and Emilie wish to marry in early eighteenth century New France. But a rich, devious man has designs on the beautiful Emilie. His thugs threaten the priest not to perform the ceremony. The cowardly priest agrees. The thwarted lovers go into hiding, but nothing turns out easy. A sister at the convent where Emilie hides is not who she seems. She will play an important part in Emilie's life, for good and bad. Robert accidentally finds a price on his head. The rich man applies to Claude to kidnap Emilie. A powerful rogue who lives a brutal life, Claude may have second thoughts. All these people must come to terms with who they are and what they've done. Can they forgive or receive forgiveness?
There are many POV characters to keep track of, and everyone's motivations aren't always clear. But the author writes beautiful prose, and I recommend this novel for its theme of forgiveness in the face of painful odds.


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The Betrothal edition by Mirella Sichirollo Patzer Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

I didn't think that this book was going to be so interesting. I could not put it down. The characters are well developed and the storyline is strong and emotional with love and faith playing major roles in the plot.
The Blighted Troth was an intriguing story. There were so many twists and turns and I loved how all the characters were connected and the story came together at the end. The religious components and the social system of 18th Century French Canada were interesting to learn about and I thought this was a great historical fiction, in that it kept events compelling while still showing some history. My only objection was that the graphic violent sex contrasted more than was necessary, with the strong theme of forgiveness and God that ran through the rest of the book, and could have achieved a purpose with much less detail.
I am an author and very critical of what I read. I love the Blighted Troth! This is a novel with so much tension and intrigue that you never want to put it down, a real page turner! I cried toward the end even though it was a happy ending. The characters were so well written, their own personal agendas completely known, you will feel like they were part of your own family. Every emotion you ever had will be erupted in this novel. The Blighted Troth is well worth a good read and you'll never be the same.
A wedding planned but not finished. A bride not married, a groom left frustrated. A priest turned coward! These are just a few of the scenarios in The Betrothal. The twists and turns of this book were sometimes rivoting, sometimes predictable but always entertaining. I rather enjoyed the book but I didn't think it was as good as the one I read previously, The Contesseas vendetta.
The Blighted Troth is a dramatic tale of blameless innocents and the gross and gratuitous abuse of power. It's also a story of redemption and the forgiveness of unforgivable abuse.

It is set in French Canada in the 18th Century--a fascinating place and era that is little represented in fiction--and is a faithful representation of the conditions that existed there and then, when the seigneur (overlord) wielded near absolute power and the village priest commanded respect, regardless of his personal deficiencies.

As a Canadian, I can assure readers that Ms. Patzer has done a fine job of capturing the aura and timbre of her characters.
From the dramatic opening scene in The Blighted Troth, Ms Patzer draws us into the early 18th century with the skill of a classic artist and keeps us there, hooked on history.

In 1702, beautiful Emilie Basseaux and Robert Lanzille, the miller, are in love and about to marry, but their selfish, egotistical overload, Seigneur Richard Tonnacour, decides otherwise. Fearing the lord will kill Robert and seize Emilie for himself, the lovers are forced to leave their cosy community of Pointe-du-Lac, New France, to take refuge in monasteries in Quebec. Here, they are meant to wait for help to arrive from a trusted bishop. However, powerful people in the landed gentry and the Church ensure this sanctuary and help are denied them. The lovers are separated, both to face their own dangerous future while seeking the means to be reunited. In this age of power and intrigue, it is not surprising that, by their trust and innocence, Emilie and Robert exacerbate their plight.

Historically, we experience the early 1700s; its agricultural life dominated by the nobility and influenced by the Church. We are swept up in the riots brought on by famine, and suffer the horrors of the plague with its victims in homes, in the streets and in the hospitals.

Ms Patzer's knowledge of the setting and her well-researched era enrich the story.
She takes us into taverns, monasteries, manor houses and ordinary homes and compels us to explore the themes of Cowardice and Honour; Trust and Betrayal; Faith, Love and Loss, at all levels of society.

Characters the innocent lovers encounter are, like themselves, tainted by circumstance some tragic, some sinful, some wicked but all in need of love and forgiveness. Issues they face still have relevance today.

The quote in the front of the book, by Charlotte Bronte, begins "Forgiveness is the mightiest sword..." The Blighted Troth made me question this. Should there be degrees of forgiveness, or is Forgiveness the essence of itself? When you read this beautifully written literary novel, you can be the judge.

Wendy Laharnar -author
The Unhewn Stone
The author is a charming storyteller whose attention to detail puts one right in the scenes of history. This was my first exposure to New France and the people who lived there. The reader can smell the newly baked bread, feel the emotions of disappointment, fear ,loneliness, anger, betrayal, first love-everything a well told fiction story offers, with the historical setting to inform the reader of a different time, a different way of living. She builds characters that fit fright into the drama of the time and place, and keeps one guessing where they are going . I look forward to reading the other novels by this writer knowing I will be taken on another magical journey in her time machine.
Robert and Emilie wish to marry in early eighteenth century New France. But a rich, devious man has designs on the beautiful Emilie. His thugs threaten the priest not to perform the ceremony. The cowardly priest agrees. The thwarted lovers go into hiding, but nothing turns out easy. A sister at the convent where Emilie hides is not who she seems. She will play an important part in Emilie's life, for good and bad. Robert accidentally finds a price on his head. The rich man applies to Claude to kidnap Emilie. A powerful rogue who lives a brutal life, Claude may have second thoughts. All these people must come to terms with who they are and what they've done. Can they forgive or receive forgiveness?
There are many POV characters to keep track of, and everyone's motivations aren't always clear. But the author writes beautiful prose, and I recommend this novel for its theme of forgiveness in the face of painful odds.