Sinful love, scandal, and tragedy

By Thomas Caras

This is the story of Maria Martell, who has an affair with a young and handsome priest after a fateful snowstorm strands him at her house for three days during a house blessing. His affair leaves her pregnant. The disclosure of her affair and pregnancy leads to her divorce from John Martell. She gives birth to Andrew Martell, who is partially crippled from birth. While growing up, Andrew developed a deep seated hatred for his mother for his birth as a cripple. His mother's steadfast evasiveness to respond to his inquiries about his birth father further fuels his hatred. Who is his father? When the painful truth about his birth father is revealed to Andrew, it is so overwhelming that he takes drastic action, which leads to dire tragedy This story has it all. Here is a gripping, scandalous, and heart-wrenching tale of forbidden love, attempted murder, tragic suicide, miraculous survival, heartfelt pain, and future atonement.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CCCMZWQW
• ISBN13: 9798853158825
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.0"