I’m delighted to welcome Sandra Cox back to my blog today with her latest release, SUNSET. Doesn’t that title conjure wonderful images? And wait until you see the cover! First, though, here’s Sandra with an intriguing guest post…
Be Careful What You Wish For
by Sandra Cox
If you found a genie’s lamp and had three wishes what would they be? Anything you want. What would you wish for? My first would be world peace, followed closely by being a New York Times bestselling author. And I think I’d hold on to the third for a fallback.
While having our desires fulfilled sounds wonderful, the problem with wishes, dreams, and fantasies achieved is that there is usually an unforeseen downside.
In Gillian Stone’s case it was an unexpected codicil.
Intro:
Be careful what you wish for.
While I’m dropping pearls of wisdom let me add, read the fine print.
Why am I wasting my time offering warnings that no one is going to listen to? Because as humans we have this unconquerable urge to try to help others learn from our mistakes. Or in this case my great, great, great, great grandmother’s mistakes.
She came from a very poor background and consequently wanted it all, riches beyond measure, beauty. Need I say more?
Great-great-plus Grams stumbled onto a genie’s lamp and made her wish.
You don’t believe in genies?
Trust me. They’re real all right. Unfortunately, when my ancient relative made her wish she didn’t bother to listen to the genie’s warning of strings attached. This lack of foresight has a direct bearing on the first born daughter of each generation, i.e. me.
To put it mildly, my life is complicated. I am literally grounded forever.
I live on a lavish estate in the mountains of North Carolina. Between sunset and dawn, my life is my own. But during the day I’m encased in several hundred pounds of marble. If you happen to wander by the Stone Estate and peep through the fence, you’ll hear the rippling sounds of water from a lovely manmade pool surrounded by lush fragrant flowers. Beside it stands a life-size statue of a young woman with long flowing hair and classic bone structure, draped in a Greek toga, a cat at her feet.
The cat is Merrick. The young woman is me.
~ooOOoo~
Bio:
Multi-published author Sandra Cox is a vegetarian, animal lover and Muay Thai enthusiast. She lives with her husband, three cats, one dog and an occasional foster cat in sunny North Carolina.
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From the Pen of Mae Clair 
Ooooh.
More bloody temptation.
Thank you and drat you.
And I agree. I would hang onto at least one wish.
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Hi, and thanks for visiting my site to check out Sandra’s latest. Sounds like you are already familiar with her wonderful stories. I love the premise of this one!
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Wow! It sounds a wonderfully compelling read. On top of my TBR list.Congratulations Sandra!
What amazing amazing authors are guests on your fab blog, Mae! Thank you for showcasing them!
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Carmen, somehow I missed your comment. So, sorry! I’m thrilled you’re delighted to meet Sandra and excited about her latest release. It does sound fabulous. Thanks so much for visiting, my friend!
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Holy cow, what a great premise! Another to add to my list. Great cover as well. Mae, I blame you for feeding my TBR list. 😀 I’m going to have to take a vacation just to read them!
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LOL! I hear you, Julie. My TBR has moved from a mountain into a landslide 🙂
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Reblogged this on KC Books & Music and commented:
Check out Sandra Cox on Mae’s blog folks!
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Thank you!
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Ooh, I know Sandra appreciates that, Kev. Thanks for the reblog!
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You’re most welcome.
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Love that book cover… would love to have three wishes too! LOL Anyway, sounds great. What… No cat picture? 😉
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Ha. I did look for a good cat picture:)
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Kev, you’d love all Sandra’s cat stuff (Rico and Aragorn would, too!). She’s like us when it comes to cats…OCD (obsessive cat disorder). She always works those felines in somehow, LOL!
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OCD… Lol! 😀
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Hey, EC, thanks for stopping by:) Happy to throw temptation your way. Grin.
Thank you, Carmen. I appreciate your interest and kind words.
Thank you, Julie. I’m glad you like the cover and the premise. I like the cover too:)
Mae, thank you so much for having me at your lovely blog and letting me interact with your great guests. Appreciate ya.
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Hey, sorry I’m late. Yesterday imploded, but it looks like my readers made you and your latest feel welcome. Always happy to have you here, and yep–my blog friends are wonderful!
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What a wonderful premise. Adding it to the TBR list.
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Glad you like the premise, Sue, and I appreciate you putting it on your list:)
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Wonderful, Sue! Sandra will appreciate!
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I’ve always thought I’d be over the moon to get three wishes, but I agree, there is always a downside! Great blog and introduction to Sandra Cox another from the #RRBC fold!
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Yay, RRBC:)
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Yep, she’s another RRBC author. I love that so many of my friends are getting to know each other. Thanks for popping in to check out her latest! 🙂
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Reblogged this on Writing and Music and commented:
What would you do if you were given three wishes? Would you take time to consider the consequences of each?
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Much appreciated!
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Gorgeous cover. How much input did you have on the final product, Sandra?
sherry @ fundinmental
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Hi Sherry, This was an indie so quite a bit:) Glad you like it. Me too:)
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It goes so well with the title, too 🙂
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I’m with you on the cover, Sherry. Love it!
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Interesting premise. Adding to my TBR list.
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YAY! Sandra will love hearing that. Thanks for visiting, Alicia. Always glad to have you pop in! 🙂
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Gorgeous cover and fabulous intro. Best of luck to Sandra!
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Hi Alicia, How are you?
Appreciate the interest.
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Thanks, Flossie:)
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Thanks for visiting, Flossie. I love the cover, too… so very magical.
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That intro is intriguing. It made me think of the cheerleader statue in Buffy with the evil witch’s spirit trapped in it.
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Interesting. I’ve never seen Buffy, but I do like that idea of the statute. Thanks for dropping by, Emma!
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