I am delighted to share my review today for The Cornish Betrothal by Nicola Pryce. I would also like to wish Nicola a Very Happy Publication Day and also give a big thank you for my copy of this book.

This is the latest in the Cornish Saga series and yes it can be read as a stand alone but you would be missing out on some wonderful previous books.

Let me show you what this is all about…

Synopsis…

Cornwall, 1798.

Four years have passed since Midshipman Edmund Melville was declared missing, presumed dead, and Amelia Carew has mended her heart and fallen in love with a young physician, Luke Bohenna. But, on her twenty-fifth birthday, Amelia suddenly receives a letter from Edmund announcing his imminent return. In a state of shock, devastated that she now loves Luke so passionately, she is torn between the two.

When Edmund returns, it is clear that his time away has changed him – he wears scars both mental and physical. Amelia, however, is determined to rekindle their courtship and nurse him back to help. Luke, who has always understood that Amelia’s love for Edmund would take precedence, backs away.

But soon, Amelia begins to question what really happened to Edmund while he was missing. As the treads of truth slip through her fingers, she doesn’t know who to turn to: Edmund, or Luke? 

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My Review…

It is so good to pick up a novel by Nicola Pryce and be transported back in time in the county I live in. This is part of a series and as I have read previous books I am obviously going to say they work better when read in order, but, I do think they work as stand-alone.

Set in 1798 in an around Truro with jaunts to Falmouth, Bodmin and Plymouth areas. This is a story of lost love.

Edmund had been lost in the Caribbean, missing and assumed dead. Proof of his death was discovered and this gives his fiance, Amelia, the confirmation she needs that he is gone. She is a young woman who has a love of herbs and their uses in medicine. Dr Luke Bohenna has encouraged her and more importantly has been her friend. Over time their feeling s grow. It is when the future looks certain that the past raises its head and news of Edmund’s survival is heard.

How can a woman be in love with two men especially when she thought one of them had died. When he reappears she does expect him to be changed given the hardship he went through, but Amelia still finds it a shock.

I really do enjoy this authors books and I love the almost sereneness as I read. It is a pleasure to be taken back into a simpler time and the pace of life was slower. That doesn’t mean it was safer though, people are devious, they are greedy and they are also manipulative. So it does sound quite bizarre for me to mention how serene it felt to read, but that is how it felt for me. The story does have drama and tension and it is a real page-turner,

There are some wonderfully vivid descriptions and this complements and adds to the sense of place. Cornwall has rugged coasts, stretching moors, noisy harbours, and ever-changing weather and this is all brilliantly woven in to create a stunning backdrop to this storyline that has a mysterious and sinister storyline. One of the characters does bring a slightly spooky feel to the story and this I really liked and again it fits in well.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and once again the author has done a wonderful job of capturing the sense of time and place. A brilliant storyline and one that readers of historical fiction, sagas and romance will adore. I would definitely recommend it.

About the Author…

Nicola Pryce trained as a nurse at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. She loves literature and history and has an Open University degree in Humanities. She’s a qualified adult literacy support volunteer and lives with her husband in the Blackdown Hills in Somerset. She and her husband love sailing and together they sail the south coast of Cornwall in search of adventure. If she’s not writing or gardening, you’ll find her scrubbing decks.

Pengelly’s Daughter is her first novel, then The Captain’s Girl, The Cornish Dressmaker, and The Cornish Lady. A Cornish Betrothal will be published in November.

Nicola is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and The Historical Writers’ Association.

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